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GALLANT v. STEPHENS

No. 48604.

358 So.2d 536 (1978)

William GALLANT, Appellant, v. Cliff STEPHENS, Don Jones, Jeanne Malchon, Charles E. Rainey, G. Patrick Iley, Merrett Stierheim, O. Sanford Jasper, Mac Haines, James T. Russell, Robert Shevin, and J. Ed Straughn, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. White, Jr., Clearwater, and Joseph C. Jacobs of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Michael S. Davis, Chief Asst. City Atty., St. Petersburg, W. Gray Dunlap, County Atty. and Gerald A. Figurski, Asst. County Atty., Clearwater, and Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and Larry Levy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellees.

Ralph A. Marsicano, Gen. Counsel, Tampa, and Burton M. Michaels, Staff Atty., Tallahassee, for Florida League of Cities, Inc., amicus curiae.

Robert L. Nabors, County Atty., Titusville, for Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County, amicus curiae.

Edward M. Jackson, Cocoa, and Joseph C. Jacobs, Richard W. Ervin and Robert J. Angerer of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, for Gilbert A. Tucker, et ux; Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc.; Sun Bank of Ocala, etc.; F.E. Sullivan, III, et al.; A. Duda & Sons, Inc., etc.; Carolyn R. Kempfer, et al.; and Roy Platt, etc., amicus curiae.

ENGLAND, Justice.

By direct appeal we are asked to review an order of the Pinellas County Circuit Court upholding the constitutionality of Sections 125.01(1)(q) and (1)(r), Florida Statutes (1975), which together authorize counties to create "municipal service taxing units" having the power to impose ad valorem taxes without voter approval. We have jurisdiction under Article V, Section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution...

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