Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills on Tuesday that are designed to make it harder for city and county governments to hike property taxes and require them to post more information online about their budgets.
With bill (SB 4F), local governments and special taxing districts can’t use the rise in per capita personal income when calculating the maximum millage they can approve for property taxes.
Bill (HB 1329) imposes new requirements on city and county governments, such as publishing a quarterly report on employee compensation and conducting a budget-cutting exercise each year.
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