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A one-mill tax for Duval County teacher pay is the biggest reason tax bills will be higher. On flip side, Atlantic Beach and Baldwin cut their rates. Duval County property-owners will pay more in ...
The Save Our Homes law and tax rate cuts will keep property tax bills at about the same level for Jacksonville homeowners this year compared to 2021.
The city of Jacksonville is home to the Duval County Courthouse. The previous courthouse was constructed in 1958, and the county's population has grown by more than 50% in the past forty years. A new $190 million Duval County Courthouse was a key component of the Better Jacksonville Plan, approved by voters in 2000.
Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968. [6] Duval County was established in 1822 and is named for William Pope Duval, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834. Duval County is the central county of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
These are the sheriff, state attorney, public defender, tax collector, county clerk, a county appraiser who established the value of real estate for tax purposes, and county judges. Each sheriff operates under Florida Statute 30.15. [5] By state law there is one school district in each of the counties in Florida. [6]
But voters refused to approve new taxes to improve school conditions. In late 1963, Duval County was spending $299 per student compared to the state average spending of $372 per student. In 1964 all 15 of Duval County's public high schools lost their accreditation. [55] This added momentum to proposals for government reform.
There are four municipalities within Duval County that are outside of Jacksonville's city limits: Baldwin, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville Beach. The latter three communities, all located on a coastal barrier island , form part of the area known as the Jacksonville Beaches , together with Mayport within the Jacksonville city ...
In 1985, the city instituted a small property tax. In 1986, after most residents refused to pay the tax, the city repealed it. In 1988, Robert "Bob" Devaney, the mayor of Patton Village, said "Property values are zero. Nobody wants to buy here." [7] H. L. Patton died at age 100 in February 1989. [7]