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Fla. Panel Won t Revisit School Tax Hike s Constitutionality
Law360 (April 22, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT) A Florida appeals court won t reconsider its decision that a 2018 county referendum approving a tax increase can be made constitutional by severing unconstitutional provisions, with dissenting judges asserting a recent state Supreme Court decision invalidated the panel s previous holding.
Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a request for an en banc rehearing on the constitutionality of the referendum by Palm Beach County, which approved a property tax increase to fund noncharter schools, without providing an opinion.
However, dissenting Judge Cory J. Ciklin said that in light of the state high court s holding that a voter-approved sales tax.