Section 7-2-1.3 - Study committee final report-ContentsThe study committee must submit a final report to the board of county commissioners of each affected county within one hundred and eighty days after the study committee is created. The study committee shall consider and include in the report:
(1) The fiscal impact of the proposed boundary change or county consolidation and the economic viability of the proposed county or the counties after the proposed boundary change;(2) The comparative costs of providing services in the affected counties and the proposed consolidated county or the counties after the proposed boundary change;(3) The projected revenues available to the affected counties and the proposed county or the counties after the proposed boundary change;(4) The final boundaries of the proposed county or the proposed boundary change, including a map of those boundaries;(5) The location of the county seat for the new county;(6) The name of the new county;(7) The procedure for the orderly and timely transfer of service functions and responsibilities after the consolidation or boundary change;(8) The plan and procedure for equalizing the assets of the affected counties, and the procedure for negotiating and resolving any subsequent disagreement regarding the equalization of assets;(9) The plan and procedure for repaying the debts of the current counties;(10) The estimated taxes, assessments, or other authorized charges necessary to meet the liabilities in the first full fiscal year after the consolidation or boundary change;(11) The structure or form of county government for the proposed county, and the selection, powers, duties, functions, qualifications and training, terms, and compensation of officers; and(12) The application of the plan, if any, to each school district or other special taxing district withing the affected counties.The report must be made available to any interested person.
Added by S.L. 2024, ch. 26,s. 4, eff. 7/1/2024.