Bill > H0479

This bill revises the Uniform Special District Accountability Act to clarify legislative intent regarding dependent special districts, which are those that rely on a local general-purpose government for oversight or funding. It specifies that the Legislature can create these dependent districts through special acts, and their charters must now clearly identify them as "dependent." The bill also requires the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to remove inactive special districts from its official list of districts. Furthermore, it allows certain dependent special districts to be reviewed by the local governments they depend on, and it updates reporting requirements and procedures for special districts that fail to comply with state laws, including moving oversight processes for districts created by special act or local ordinance to new sections of law and requiring districts to maintain their budgets and meeting minutes on their websites for extended periods.