STATE v. SARASOTA COUNTY

No. 73912.

549 So.2d 659 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Moreland, State Atty., and Henry E. Lee, Chief Asst. State Atty., Sarasota, for appellant.

John L. McWilliams of Freeman, McWilliams & Dame, Jacksonville, and Richard E. Nelson of Helson, Hesse, Cyril, Smith, Widman, Herb, Causey & Dooley, Sarasota, for appellee.


GRIMES, Justice.

Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, we review a circuit court order that validated $37,000,000 in bonds proposed for issue by Sarasota County.

The county's proposed bond issue is to be secured by a prior lien upon and pledge of the county gas tax, the voted gas tax, and the local option gas tax. Because no ad valorem tax revenues were pledged, the county was exempt from...

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