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Florida Special District Handbook Online

Subject Index

- A -

• Accountability - See Section 2 - 1: Accountability Overview | Other Accountability Requirements
• Acknowledgements
• Ad Valorem, (i.e., according to value) Taxes
• Advantages - See Special District Advantages - Reasons Special Districts Are Created
• Agency Rule Report - See Reviewing and Revising Rules - The Agency Rule Report
• Amending Special District Charters
• Annual Compliance Statement (compliance with records disposition laws, rules, and procedures)
• Annual Financial Audit Report - See Section 2 - 4: The Annual Financial Audit Report
• Annual Financial Report - See Section 2 - 3: The Annual Financial Report
• Annual Notice of Any Changes, Public Facilities - See The Public Facilities Annual Notice of Any Changes
• Annual Special District Fee
• Assessments - See Non-ad valorem Assessments
• Audit - See Section 2 - 4: The Annual Financial Audit Report

- B -

• Bonds, Bond Authority, Bond Reporting, Bid Requirements - See Section 2 - 5: Bond Requirements
• Bonds, Negotiated Sales - See Negotiated Sale Requirements
• Bonds, Selling - See Selling General Obligation Bonds and Revenue Bonds
• Budgets - See General Budget Requirements For All Special Districts and Specific Budget Requirements for Dependent Special Districts

- C -

• Chart of Accounts - See The Uniform Chart of Accounts
• Competitive Bid Requirements (Bond Financing)
• Complaint for Validation of Bonds
• Comprehensive Planning - See Section 1 - 6: Comprehensive Planning and Public Facilities Reporting
• Construction Contracts, Awarding - See Procurement - General Requirements and Options
• Contacts, Technical Assistance - See Reporting Requirements Summarized and Direct Contacts For Additional Information
• Creating Dependent Special Districts
• Creating Independent Special Districts

- D -

• Defined Benefit Retirement Plan - See Locally Established Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
• Defined Contribution Retirement Plan - See Locally Established Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Definitions - See Section 1 - 2: Special District Definitions
• Dependent Special Districts, Creating - See Creating Dependent Special Districts
• Dependent Special Districts (Defined)
• Deposits, Public - See Section 3 - 5: Florida's Public Deposits Program
• Disclosures, Ethics (Financial Interests, Client Disclosures, etc.) - See Ethics Disclosures
• Dissolving Special Districts - See Merging and Dissolving Special Districts and Dissolving Dependent and Independent Through a Declaration of Inactive Status
• Due Dates - See At A Glance: Reports and Information By Due Date

- E -

• Elections - See Section 1 - 5: Elections
• Ethics - See Section 3 - 1: Ethics

- F -

• Fee, Annual Special District - See Annual Special District Fee
• Financial Disclosures, Ethics - See Ethics Disclosures
• Financial Emergencies
• Financial Requirements - See Section 2 - 2: General Financial Requirements
• Fiscal Year - See Uniform Fiscal Year
• Florida Retirement System

- G -

• Government-in-the Sunshine - See Section 3 - 2: Government-in-the-Sunshine

- H -

• History, Special Districts - See A Brief History of Special Districts

- I -

• Inactive Status - See Dissolving Dependent and Independent Through a Declaration of Inactive Status
• Independent Special Districts (Creating) - See Creating Independent Special Districts
• Independent Special Districts (Defined)
• Initial Report, Public Facilities - See Public Facilities Initial Report
• Investment of Surplus Funds - See Section 3 - 6: Investment of Surplus Funds

- L -

• Local Government Financial Reporting System
• Local Government Retirement Plans
• Locally Established Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
• Locally Established Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

- M -

• Meeting Requirements - See Public Meeting Requirements
• Meetings, Schedule - See Regular Public Meeting Schedule
• Merging Special Districts - See Merging and Dissolving Special Districts

- N -

• Negotiated Sale Requirements (Bonds)
• Newly Created Special District Responsibilities
• Non-ad valorem Assessments

- O -

• One-Acre/One-Vote Electoral Systems
• Oversight - See Section 1 - 7: The Oversight Review Process and Section 2 - 1: Accountability Overview

- P -

• Planning, Comprehensive - See Section 1 - 6: Comprehensive Planning and Public Facilities Reporting
• Popularly Elected Systems
• Procurement - General Requirements and Options
• Public Deposits - See Section 3 - 5: Florida's Public Deposits Program
• Public Facilities Initial Report
• Public Facilities Reporting
• Public Facilities Updated Report
• Public Meeting Requirements
• Public Meeting Schedule - See Regular Public Meeting Schedule
• Public Records - See Section 3 - 2: Government-in-the-Sunshine and Section 3 - 3: Public Records Retention and Disposition
• Purchasing Agreements - See Procurement - General Requirements and Options

- R -

• Records Management
• Registered Agent / Registered Office, Definition, Designating, How to Change - See Designate a Registered Agent and Registered Office
• Regular Public Meeting Schedule
• Reporting Requirements - See Vitally Important Statutorily Required Reporting
• Reporting Requirements, Due Dates - See At A Glance: Reports and Information By Due Date
• Reporting Requirements, Failure to Comply - See Consequences of Failure to Comply With Required Reporting
• Reporting Requirements Summarized and Direct Contacts For Additional Information
• Retirement Plans - See Section 2 - 6: Retirement Plans and Requirements
• Rules (special districts with adopted rules) - See Reviewing and Revising Rules - The Agency Rule Report

- S -

• Schedule, Public Meetings - See Regular Public Meeting Schedule
• Search the Florida Special District Handbook Online
• Selling Bonds - See Selling General Obligation Bonds and Revenue Bonds
• Special Districts, Definition - See Section 1 - 2: Special District Definitions
• Special District Information Program, Purpose, Roles, Fee - See Section 1 - 3: The Special District Information Program
• State Term Contracting - see Procurement - General Requirements and Options
• Surplus Funds - See Section 3 - 6: Investment of Surplus Funds

- T -

• Technical Assistance - See Reporting Requirements Summarized and Direct Contacts For Additional Information
• Travel Expenses and Reimbursements
• TRIM Process, Requirements - See Truth in Millage ("TRIM") Process

- U -

• Uniform Fiscal Year
• Uniform Special District Accountability Act of 1989
• Updated Report, Public Facilities - See Public Facilities Updated Report