Division of Community Development
Special District Accountability Program
Official List of Special Districts
Informal Non District Report as of
September 26, 2020
The following
293
entities do not appear to be special districts within the meaning of Chapter 189,
Florida Statutes:
- Airport / Sears MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Airport CRA of the City of Avon Park Area / Advisory board under the Avon Park CRA
- Apalachicola Public Library Does not have a governing board.
- Apalachicola Recreation Board No governing board - fund in the financial statements only.
- Apalachicola River Navigation District Dissolved by Chapter 69-709, Laws of Florida
- Arcadia Fire Department (Desoto) City Department
- Arts Council of N.W. Florida (Multi) Private, Non-for-Profit, Florida Chartered Corporation
- Augusta Savage Arts and Community Center 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Avon Park Airport Authority (Highlands) Advisory Powers Only
- Avon Park Estates Special Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Avon Park Lakes Special Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Baker County Planning & Development Commission (Baker) Believed to be no longer in operation.
- Bal Harbour Village Security Program STD No policy-making powers.
- Bay County Mosquito Control District No governing board
- Beach Business Improvement District (Fort Lauderdale) Advisory committee to city commission.
- Belleview Economic Development Council Advisory Powers Only
- Brittany Oaks Drainage District (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Caloosa Estates Lighting District (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Cape Canaveral Beautification Board Advisory powers only - Previously mistakenly identified as dep. district.
- Cape Coral Charter School Authority Appears to be a special district; city says no - Asked City to seek AG opinion.
- Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency Does not govern anything. Planning org only. Manages transportation planning.
- Charlotte County-Punta Gorda Planning Council (Charlotte) Dissolved by County Ordinance 82-04
- Charlotte Fire/Rescue Service Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Charlotte Harbour Water & Sewer District District not renewed.
- Charlotte Public Safety Unit Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Charlotte Street/Drainage District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Charlotte Waterway Maintenance District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Chipola Dormitory Authority (Jackson) No longer in operation.
- Citrus County Library District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Citrus County Municipal Tax District MSTU
- Citrus County Special Lighting District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Citrus County Water and Wastewater Authority Not local special-purpose gov. - regulatory
- City of Key West Utility Board (Monroe) Provides electrical service
- City of New Smyrna Beach Utility Commission Provides electrical service
- Collier County Fire Control (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Collier County Water Management District #7 (Collier) No longer in operation - dissolved.
- Collier County Water Pollution Control Program (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Columbia County Mosquito Control District (Columbia) County Department
- Commercial Space Financing Corporation Created as a corporation not for profit, not a special district
- Community Maritime Park Associates, Inc. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Consolidated Dispatch Agency (Leon) Not created as a special district.
- Corkscrew Road Assessment Unit (Lee) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Crews Lake Road & Bridge District (Pasco) No longer in operation.
- Crews Lake Water & Sewer District (Pasco) No longer in operation.
- Cross Florida Canal Navigation District (Multi) No longer in operation.
- Crystal Water Management District No longer in operation.
- Dade County Mosquito Control District (Dade) County Department
- Dade County Tourist Development Council (Dade) Advisory Board - no policy-making authority
- Debra Community Development District (Orange) Never formally established.
- Deltona Area Librray District (Volusia) Referendum failed - not established.
- DeSoto City Special Benefit Fire District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- DeSoto County Fire & Rescue MSTU (DeSoto) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- DeSoto Fire and Emergency Medical Services County Department
- Eagle Lake Community Redevelopment Agency (Polk) Never established
- East Bonita Drainage District (Lee) Dissolved by Chapter 89-169, Laws of Florida
- East Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (Palm Beach) Formal Declaratory Statement
- East Coast Memorial Hospital District (Palm Beach) Never established - bond issue did not pass
- East Hendry County Fire Protection Service MSTU District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- East Hendry County Recreation MSTU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- East Lake Fire & Rescue District (Pinellas) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- East Volusia Mosquito Control District (Volusia) County Department
- El Portal Waste District Does not have a separate governing board.
- Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough Co. (Hillsborough) Legal determination
- Escambia-Pensacola Human Relations Commission (established 2019) Is not a special district per county attorney.
- Everglades Drainage District (Broward) Abolished in 1949 by the State Legislature.
- Everglades Fire Control District (Multi) No longer in operation.
- Felda MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- First Florida Governmental Financing Commission (Multi) Financing/loan pool created by interlocal agreement.
- First Municipal Loan Council (Multi) Financing/loan pool created by interlocal agreement.
- Flagler Water Districts #1, #2, #3, and #4 Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Units
- Florahome Drainage District (Putnam) District Abolished - duties assumed by Putnam County
- Florida City Foundation 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Florida Development Finance Corporation Not subject to boundary limitations
- Florida Governmental Utility Authority (Sarasota) Not tied to a limited geographic area.
- Florida Local Government Finance Authority (Multi) Financing/loan pool created by interlocal agreement.
- Florida Ports Financing Commission Legal determination
- Florida Rural Utility Financing Commission Loan/Financing Pool created by interlocal agreement; no distinct boundaries.
- Florida Seaport Transportation and ED Council Not within a limited boundary--statewide coverage
- Fort Ogden Special Road & Bridge District (DeSoto) No longer in operation.
- Fort Ogden Volunteer Fire Department (DeSoto) Volunteer Fire Department
- Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (St. Lucie) Political subdivision of a municipality or part of a municipality.
- Four County Corners MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Fruitville Fire Control District (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- G. Pierce Wood Hospital Fire Department (DeSoto) Part of State Mental Hospital
- Gadsden County Enterprise Zone Development Agency Board has advisory powers only.
- Gadsden County Mosquito Control District (Gadsden) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Gilchrist County Medical Board (Gilchrist) Political subdivision dissolved by Legislature in 1989.
- Glades County Emergency Medical Services Benefit Unit Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Glades Utility Authority Legal determination
- Glen Oaks Estate Special Assessment District (Sarasota) No separate governing board.
- Golden Melody Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Goodland Water District (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Grant Drainage District (Brevard) Abolished in 1989 by the Legislature
- Greater Pines Municipal Services (Lake) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Gretna Industrial Community Development Corporation (Gadsden) 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Gulf Gate Lighting District (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- Harlem Heights Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Harlem Recreation MSTU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Harney Road Drainage District (Hillsborough) Dissolved
- Hendry County Non-Districts List List of Hendry Co. Non-Districts (May 2012)
- Hialeah Special Parks District (Miami-Dade) City of Hialeah never created it.
- Hickory Hills Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Highlands Lakes Special Tax (Fire) District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Highlands Park Estates Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Highlands Park Estates Special Benefit Fire District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Highlands Park Special Benefit Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Highway Park Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission (Hillsborough) Advisory powers only
- Hillsborough County Civil Service Board (Hillsborough) County Department
- Holmes County Tourist Development Council Advisory Board - no policy-making authority
- Hookers Point Lighting District MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Immokalee Lighting & Beautification District (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Immokalee Lighting District (Collier) No longer in operation.
- Intercession Street Lighting District (Osceola) No longer in operation.
- Isles of Capri Municipal Fire Services (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Jackson County Port Authority (Jackson) Dissolved by the Legislature effective July 1990.
- Jackson South Community Hospital Street Lighting Special Taxing District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Jacksonville Economic Development Commission Advisory powers only.
- Jacksonville Electric Authority (Duval) Provides electrical service
- Jacksonville Mosquito Control District (Duval) Part of the City's Health Department
- Julington Creek Municipal Service District (St. Johns) No longer in operation.
- Kings Crossing Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Lake City Regional Utility Authority No separate governing board - part of City
- Lake County Ambulance District County Agency
- Lake Grady Water District (Hillsborough) No longer in operation.
- Lake Haven Estates Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Okeechobee Estates MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Padgett Estates East Road & Bridge District (Pasco) Responsibilities & operations assumed by the County
- Lake Padgett Municipal Service Unit (Pasco) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Panasoffkee Restoration Council Advisory Powers Only
- Lake Placid Special Benefit Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Placid Sun-N-Lakes Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Ridge Estates (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lake Suzy Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Lake Worth Downtown Development Authority (Palm Beach) No longer in operation.
- Lake-Sumter Emergency Medical Srvcs, Inc Not-for-profit corporation
- Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Non-governing - maintaining/operating for benefit of CDD members
- Leisure Lakes Special Benefit Fire District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Lely Golf Estates Beautification Municipal Service Tax Unit (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Leon County Community Redevelopment Agency Does not exist
- Levy Central Landfill & Polllution Prevention District (Levy) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Levy County Ambulance & Emergency Medical District (Levy) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Levy County Road Maintenance District (Levy) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Longbranch & Lakeside Special Road & Bridge District (Clay) Clay County says entity does not exist
- Lorida Special Benefit Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Manasota Key Conservation District (Sarosata) Legal determination
- Manatee Children's Service Advisory Board (Manatee) Advisory powers only
- Marco Island Beach Renourishment & Public Access MSTU (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Marco Island Beautification MSTU (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Marina at the Bluffs Property Owners Associaiton (Palm Beach) Town of Jupiter says district never was created
- Marion County Sports Authority (Marion) No longer in operation.
- Martin County Special Districts A-F Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Units
- Martin Downs Community Development District (Martin) Never formally established
- McClelland Improvement District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Metro-Dade County HUD (Miami-Dade) County Department
- Miami Airport & Harbor District (Miami-Dade) No longer in operation
- Mid-County MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Mid-State and Tower Lake Estates (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Military Point Advanced Wastewater Treat Does not have a separate governing board
- Moon Lake Volunteer Fire Department (Pasco) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Moonlight Volunteer Fire Department (Pasco) Part of County Government
- Mosquito Control MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Myakka Special Road & Bridge District Manatee County can't find any indication of this entity's existence.
- Naples Community Hospital Was not created by city of Naples
- Naples Drainage District (Multi) City of Naples never created district
- Naples Harbor District (Collier) City of Naples never created district
- Naples Production Park MSTU (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- New Smyrna Beach Airport / Industrial Park Advisory board
- Niceville-Valparaiso Regional Sewer Board, Inc. CPA verified it is set up as a non-profit corp.
- Nocatee Volunteer Fire Department (DeSoto) County Department
- North Beach Special Fire District (Miami-Dade) County Department
- North Florida Broadband Authority Not set up as special district; all work is outsourced.
- North LaBelle Lighting District (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- North LaBelle MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- North Lake County Ambulance Taxing District (Lake) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- North Naples Roadway MSTU (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- North Orange Blossom Special Benefit 8 and 9 Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- North Walton Mosquito Control District (Walton) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Northeast Fire Control District (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- Northwest Florida Creek Indian Council (Multi) Legal determination
- Northwest Highlands Park Estates Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Northwest Regional Library System (Bay) Non-profit corporation
- Northwestern Palm Beach Conty Hospital District (Palm Beach) Repealed
- Oak Haven Lighting District (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Ocean at the Bluffs NID (Palm Beach) Town of Jupiter never formally created this entity
- Ochopee Fire Control District (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Ogden Acres MSBU (DeSoto) MSBU
- Okaloosa County Mosquito Control District (Okaloosa) County Department
- Orange Blossom (Unit 12) Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Orange Blossom Country Club Community Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Orange Blossom Estates Special Benefit District (Units 1-19) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Orange Blossom Unit 6 Speical Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Orange Villa Mobile Home Estates Special Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Orlando Utilities Commission (Orange) Provides electrical service
- Osceola County Children's Services Council (Osceola) County dissolved on February 15, 1995
- Osceola Heritage Park Does not have a governing board; was not created by local ordinance.
- Palm Beach Construction Licensing Board Reason unknown - appears to be a Special District
- Palm Coast Fire District (Flagler) Corporation
- Peace River Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Pen Haven Sanitary District (Escambia) County says district never existed
- Penney Farms Water Utility (Clay) Legal determination
- Pensacola Port Authority (Escambia) Dissolved by Legislature in 1970
- Phillips Road MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Picciola Island Street Lighting (Lake) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization MPO - not a special district
- Pinellas County Unified Personnel System (Pinellas) Legal determination
- Pinellas Soil & Water Conservation District (Pinellas) Unknown status
- Placid Lake Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Placid Lakes Special Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Ponce DeLeon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association, Inc. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- Port Charlotte-Charlotte Harbour Fire Control District (Charlotte) Abolished by Charlotte County Ordinance 86-33
- Port Miami - Seaport Department (Miami-Dade) Miami-Dade County Department
- Port St. John Dependent Special District Board has advisory powers only.
- Prairie Creek Water Conservation (DeSoto) Dissolved by County in 1974
- Punta Gorda Lot Mowing District No separate governing body
- Red Hills Farm Improvement District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Ridge at the Bluffs Property Owners Association (Palm Beach) Town of Jupiter says entity never was formally created
- River North Property Owners Association NID (Palm Beach) Town of Jupiter says entity never was formally created
- River Property Owners Association NID (Palm Beach) Entity never formally created
- San Sebastian Drainage District (Brevard) Dissolved by Chapter 76-331, Laws of Florida
- Sarasota County Fire and Rescue District (Sarasota) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Seacoast Utility Authority Per legal not a special district
- Sebring Acres Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sebring County Estates Speical Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sebring Hills Special Benefit District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sebring Utilities Commisison (Highlands) Board provides electrical service and is a political subdivision
- Sebring-Highlands Special Tax District (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Seminole Tribe Housing Authority (Multi) Chartered as a Federal agency
- Seven K Estates MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Shell Harbour Canal Maintenance District (Lee) Per Court Judgement the district was improperly formed - ordinance invalid
- Sky Valley MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Slavia Drainage District (Seminole) Duties and responsibilities assumed by the County.
- South Beach Erosion District (St. Lucie) County says district never was formally established
- South Broward Park District (Broward) Repealed
- South Daytona Community Trust Fund 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
- South Gate Lighting district (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- South Lake County Aviation Authority (Lake) No longer in operation.
- South Martin Regional Utility Authority Fictitious name only
- South Tampa Farms Drainage District (Hillsborough) County dissolved in 1991
- South Trail Fire Control District (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- Southeastern Palm Beach County Hospital District (Palm Beach) No longer in operation.
- Southside Community Redeveloment Agency of the City of Avon Park Area / Advisory Board under the Avon Park CRA
- Southwestern Palm Beach County Hospital District (Palm Beach) No longer in operation.
- Space Coast Infrastructure Agency (Brevard County) Unknown - agreement between County and Economic Development Zone?
- Spring Hill Fire and Rescue District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Spring Lakes Lighting District (DeSoto) MSTU / MSBU
- Springfield Neighborhood Improvement District (Duval) Entity never established
- St. Armand's Special Assessment District (Sarasota) No separate governing board.
- St. Augustine South Lighting District (St. Johns) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- St. Johns Co. Fire Prevention & Control District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- St. Lucie County Special Improvement District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Suburban Pensacola Sanitary District (Escambia) City of Pensacola says entity does not exist
- Sugar Lake MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sumter County Enterprise Zone Development Agency Committee Advisory powers only.
- Sumter Housing Finance Authority (Sumter) No longer in operation.
- Sumter Recreation & Water Conservation & Control Authority (Sumter) Abolished
- Sun-N-Lake Estates Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sun-N-Lakes Estates & Acreage - Lake Placid (Highlands) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sun-N-Lakes of Lake Placid Recreation District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sunshine Lake Estates (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Sunshine State Government Financing Commission (Leon) Financing/loan pool
- Suwannee County Hospital (Suwannee) Dissolved by Chapter 94-414, Laws of Florida
- Suwannee County Rescue District MSBU
- Tanglewood Improvement District (Lee) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Tanglewood Lighting District (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Taylor County Recreation Board (Taylor) No longer in operation.
- Thunderbird Road (or Hill) Wastewater Special Benefit District (Highlands County) MSBU
- Titusville Economic Development District Zone No governing board.
- Topeeskeegee Yungnee Park District (Broward) County abolished in 1988 and assumed responsibilities
- Town & River Improvement District (Lee) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Town Foundation (City of Weston) Not created by local ordinance.
- Twin Lakes (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Unit 6 Orange Blossom Special Benefit District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- University Hospital & Clinic (Escambia) No longer in operation.
- Valencia Terrace Street Lighting (Lake) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Venice Gardens Lighting District (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- Venus Special Benefit Fire District (Highlands County) MSBU
- Victoria Park One MSTU (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Village Green Street Lighting (Lake) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Warm Mineral Springs Lighting District #1 (Sarasota) No longer in operation.
- Waste Collection / Disposal / Management MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Water Pollution Control District (Collier) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- West Bay Drive Community Redevelopment District Redevelopment area under the Largo CRA.
- West Hendry County Fire Protection Service MSTU District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- West Hendry County Recreation MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- West Sebring Special Benefit Fire District Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Western Acres Improvement Unit (Lee) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Wheeler Road MSBU (Hendry) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Whiskey Creek Club Estate (Lee) Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit
- Whitfield Zoning District (Manatee) Law creating this district declared unconstitutional
- Winter Garden Downtown Parking District Fund Does not have a governing board.
- Winter Haven Community Redevelopment Agency (Polk) Referendum failed to pass
- Withlacoochee Job Training Consortium Interlocal agreement believed expired / Not functioning