LAKE COUNTY v. WATER OAK MANAGEMENT CORP.

No. 88218.

695 So.2d 667 (1997)

LAKE COUNTY, Florida, etc., Petitioners, v. WATER OAK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Nabors, Gregory T. Stewart and Virginia Saunders Delegal of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, Sanford A. Minkoff, Lake County Attorney, Tavares, and Gaylord A. Wood, Jr. of the Law Offices of Wood & Stuart, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Petitioners.

Daniel C. Brown of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Marks & Bryant, P.A., Tallahassee, and Larry E. Levy, Tallahassee, for Respondents.

David G. Tucker, County Attorney and Nancy Stuparich, Assistant County Attorney, Pensacola, for amicus curiae Escambia County, Florida.

William J. Roberts, General Counsel, Florida Association of Counties, Tallahassee, Jorge L. Fernandez, President, Florida Association of County Attorneys, Sarasota, and Harry "Chip" Morrison, General Counsel and Kraig Conn, Florida League of Cities, Inc., Tallahassee, for amici curiae Florida Association of Counties, Florida Association of County Attorneys, and Florida League of Cities, Inc.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Water Oak Management Corp. v. Lake County, 673 So.2d 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996), in which the district court certified the following question to be of great public importance:

IS LAKE COUNTY'S FUNDING BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND/OR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES VALID UNDER THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const...

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