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Additional Special District Information and Resources
The following related linked sites are external to the Department's web site and will open in a new browser window.
Ad Valorem Taxes and Truth-In-Millage (TRIM)
- Department of Revenue, Menee Rumlin-Bond, (850) 922-7963
Bond Financing
- State Board of Administration, Division of Bond Finance, Sharon Williams, (850) 413-1304
Elections
- Complaints/Violations - Florida Elections Commission, (850) 922-4539
- Florida's Election Code - Department of State, Division of Elections, Kristi Reid Bronson, (850) 245-6240
Employment
- Call Center - Agency for Workforce Innovation - 1-866-352-2345
Ethics
- Florida Commission on Ethics - Kerrie Stillman or Shirley Taylor, (850) 488-7864
- Search for Financial Disclosure Filers
Financial
- Annual Financial Audit Reports - Auditor General, Marilyn Rosetti, (850) 487-4413
- Annual Financial Report - Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Local Government, (850) 413-5571
- Access various Local Government Application Reports from the Department of Financial Services website that include special district financial data (revenues, expenditures, debt, non-compliant districts, etc.)
- Financial Emergencies:
- Auditor General, Marilyn Rosetti, (850) 487-4413
- Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, Kathy DuBose or Debbie White (850) 487-4110
- Public Deposits - Department of Financial Services, Collateral Management, Don Stanford, (850) 413-3360
- Surplus Funds - Investing - State Board of Administration, Susan Croswell, (850) 488-7311
Professional Associations and Other Resources for Specific Types of Special Districts
- Community Development Districts (regarding petitions to establish, amend, or contract community development districts with a size of 1,000 acres or more) - Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Barbara Leighty (850) 487-7917
- Community Redevelopment Agencies - Florida Redevelopment Association, Carol Westmoreland, 1-800-616-1513
- Housing Authorities - Florida Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Corey Mathews, (850) 222-6000
- Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Association of Florida Conservation Districts, Michelle Thatcher, (386) 362-2622
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Water Policy, Clegg Hooks, (850) 617-1706
- Special districts, all types - Florida Association of Special Districts, 1-800-454-1014
Public Records
- Government in the Sunshine - Office of the Attorney General, Opinion Section, (850) 245-0158
- Records Management, Retention and Disposition - Department of State, State Library and Archives of Florida, (850) 245-6714 or (850) 245-6746
Purchasing
- State Purchasing - Department of Management Services, Purchasing Division, Ron Brown, (850) 414-6742
Retirement
- Florida Retirement System - My FRS - Employer Services, and Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement, Garry Green, (850) 488-5706 | To Find Out About Joining the Florida Retirement System, (850) 488-8837
- Locally Established Retirement Plans - Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement, Lynn Culpepper, (850) 488-2784