Tax payer class action suit alleges violation of Polluter Pays Amendment
(number 5) to Florida Constitution. Plaintiffs seek several declarations, among
them, that the 0.1 mill ad valorem tax assessments levied by the SFWMD
pursuant to the Everglades Forever Act to abate Everglades Agricultural Area
pollution and the additional ad valorem tax assessments levied under the
SFWMD's general ad valorem taxing authority for other pollution abatement
costs attributable to EAA polluter, violate the amendment.

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Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun