It is hereby found by the board of county commissioners of Hernando County, Florida,
that street lighting is an essential service for the benefit of the health, safety,
and welfare of the public. It is further the finding of the board of county commissioners
that the legislature has in section 125.01(1)(q), Florida Statutes, provided for the
creation of municipal service benefit units as a taxing vehicle to grant to all counties
that taxing flexibility to levy special service charges or assessments within the
limits fixed for municipal purposes for the furnishing of municipal services within
those areas receiving the benefit of such municipal services in order to solve the
controversy of double taxation between residents of the incorporated and unincorporated
areas. It is the purpose of this division to create a county municipal service benefit
unit for the purpose of providing a street lighting system within the boundaries of
said unit.
