Palm Beach County v. Town of Palm Beach

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

The petitions for rehearing are denied.

LETTS and DELL, JJ., concur.

I would grant appellees’ petition for rehearing in order to specifically approve the trial court’s holding that the county is obligated to share with the municipalities any ad valorem tax funds collected from the municipalities and subsequently used for road and bridge purposes. This is clearly the holding of City of Orlando v. County of Orange, 276 So.2d 41, 44 (Fla.1973) which stated:

It is our opinion that Section 336.59 clearly expresses the Legislative intent that one-half of the ad valorem taxes…