Florida local governments

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public authority system of local government

Florida local governments are county and municipal authorities within the state of Florida responsible for providing local services, enforcing regulations, and implementing public policies under state law.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Florida municipalities	1
municipal government of Tampa	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public authority ⓘ system of local government ⓘ
composedOf	Florida counties ⓘ Florida local governments self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Florida municipalities Florida special districts ⓘ
coordinatesWith	metropolitan planning organizations ⓘ regional planning councils ⓘ state agencies such as Florida Department of Transportation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elects	city or town council members ⓘ county commissioners ⓘ mayors in many municipalities ⓘ
governedBy	home rule powers granted by Florida Constitution ⓘ
includesGovernmentType	county government ⓘ dependent special district ⓘ independent special district ⓘ municipal government ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Florida ⓘ surface form: Florida Constitution Florida statutes ⓘ surface form: Florida Statutes
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ
mayUse	council–manager form of government ⓘ mayor–council form of government ⓘ
mustComplyWith	federal and state environmental regulations ⓘ
numberOfCounties	67 ⓘ
overseenBy	Governor of Florida ⓘ surface form: Florida Governor Florida Legislature ⓘ
providesService	emergency medical services ⓘ fire protection ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ local public transportation ⓘ local road maintenance ⓘ parks and recreation ⓘ solid waste collection ⓘ water and sewer services ⓘ
regulates	building codes ⓘ local land use ⓘ zoning ⓘ
responsibleFor	local code enforcement ⓘ local comprehensive planning ⓘ local economic development initiatives ⓘ local public health measures in coordination with state agencies ⓘ
roleIn	disaster preparedness and emergency management ⓘ hurricane response and recovery ⓘ
subjectTo	Florida statutes ⓘ surface form: Florida open meetings laws Florida public records laws ⓘ state preemption under Florida law ⓘ
taxAuthority	ad valorem property taxes ⓘ local option sales taxes ⓘ special assessments ⓘ tourist development taxes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florida local governments → composedOf → Florida local governments self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida municipalities

Tampa City Council → partOf → Florida local governments ⓘ

this entity surface form: municipal government of Tampa

Florida statutes → usedBy → Florida local governments ⓘ

subject surface form: Florida Statutes