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. Fully funds State growth management mandates and provides municipalities with State and local option revenue sources to meet financial feasibility requirements and infrastructure demands; . Allows municipalities and counties to reclassify businesses, professions, and occupations and establish new rate structures for local business taxes on a periodic basis; . Enhances municipal control over municipal employee pension plan management and funding; . Preserves and protects property rights of mobile home owners, when mobile home parks are rezoned, but not in a manner that requires removal costs to be the responsibility of local governments; . Broadens municipal home rule and other authority to issue tax-increment financed bonds and other forms of indebtedness without approval by referendum; . Provides an equitable, dedicated and recurring revenue source for municipal transportation projects and opposed legislation that transfers or diverts State Transportation Trust Fund revenues to balance the State budget; . Prohibits the Florida Department of Transportation from eliminating, deferring, or delaying capacity improvement projects contained in the 5-year Work Plan when it negatively impacts the Comprehensive Plan of the local government; . Authorizes the use of electronic traffic infraction detectors at traffic intersections; and . Maintains or increases funding of the State Water Protection and Sustainability Trust Fund. Section 3. Directive of City Clerk. The City Clerk shall provide an executed copy of this resolution to Governor Charlie Crist, Senate President Ken Pruitt, House Speaker Marco Rubio and members of the Florida Legislature. Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution will become effective upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 ih day of January 2008. ATTEST: ~"'l t, ~ Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk R2008- Fla League Of Cities Leg Priorities Supported Page 2 of 3