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CITY OF MIAMI v. QUIK CASH JEWELARY & PAWN, INC.

No. 3D00-3533.

811 So.2d 756 (2002)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. QUIK CASH JEWELRY & PAWN, INC., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney, and Myrna D. Bricker, Assistant City Attorney, for appellant.

Dennis R. Bedard, Miami, for appellees.

Before FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

FLETCHER, Judge.

The City of Miami has appealed a final judgment declaring fees imposed by the City on pawnshop operators to be unconstitutional taxes. We reverse.

In 1996, the legislature enacted Chapter 96-242, Laws of Florida, establishing the Florida Pawnbroking Act (section 539.001-539.003, Florida Statutes) which authorized the licensing and regulating of pawnbrokers by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Act establishes...

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