Neighborhood Improvement - Local Government / Neighborhood Preservation & Enhancement / Property Owners' Association / Special Residential
Nursing Home
Parking Facilities
Personnel Management
Planning / Zoning
Port Facilities
Qualifying Improvements to Real Property
Recreational Facilities / Programs
Regional Transportation
Regional Water
Research & Development
Soil & Water Conservation
Solid Wast Disposal
Street Lighting
Transportation Systems / Services
Utility Systems / Services
Water and/or Wastewater Systems
Water Management
Watershed Improvement
Date Created/Established
Creation Documents
Statutory Authority
Board Selection: Governor Appoints, Local Governing Authority Appoints, Same as Local Governing Authority, Similar to Local Governing Authority, Appointed, Elected, Appointed/Elected, Other
Authority to issue bonds: Yes or No
Revenue Source
Creation Method: local ordinance, Rule of the Governor & Cabinet, Special Act of the Legislature, General Law
Use the Official List of Special Districts to create a customized list of all the special districts within a specific county.
- Special District Name
- Registered agent's name, registered office address, telephone, fax, email, website
- Status: Dependent or Independent
- County or counties
- Local Governing Authority
- Date Created/Established
- Creation Documents
- Statutory Authority
- Board Selection: Governor Appoints, Local Governing Authority Appoints, Same as Local Governing Authority, Similar to Local Governing Authority, Appointed, Elected, Appointed/Elected, Other
- Authority to issue bonds: Yes or No
- Revenue Source
- Creation Method: local ordinance, Rule of the Governor & Cabinet, Special Act of the Legislature, General Law
- Functions
- - Affordable Housing
- - Airports / Air Navigation Facilities
- - Aquatic Weed Control
- - Beach Facilities
- - Business Improvement
- - Capital Improvements
- - Children's Services
- - Civic Facilities / Activities / Services
- - Collaborative Client Information Systems
- - Common Facilities Maintenance
- - Community Development
- - Community Redevelopment
- - Conservation
- - County Beach & Shore Preservation
- - County Development
- - County Fine Arts
- - County Health & Mental Health Care
- - County Road & Bridge
- - County Water & Sewer
- - Downtown Development / Improvement
- - Drainage & Water Control
- - Economic Development
- - Educational Facilities Benefit
- - Emergency Medical Services
- - Enterprise Zone Development
- - Environmental Protection
- - Erosion Control
- - Expressway & Bridge
- - Fire Control & Rescue
- - Health Care
- - Health Facilities
- - Higher Educational Facilities Financing
- - Historic Preservation
- - Hospital
- - Housing Authority
- - Housing Finance
- - Human Relations
- - Industrial Development
- - Infrastructure Development
- - Inland Navigation & Waterways
- - Juvenile Welfare
- - Lake & Dam Maintenance
- - Library - Law / Local / Regional
- - Licensing & Regulation
- - Mobile Home Park Recreation
- - Mosquito Control
- - Municipal-Type Services & Improvements
- - Natural Gas Transmission
- - Neighborhood Enhancement
- - Neighborhood Improvement - Local Government / Neighborhood Preservation & Enhancement / Property Owners' Association / Special Residential
- - Nursing Home
- - Parking Facilities
- - Personnel Management
- - Planning / Zoning
- - Port Facilities
- - Qualifying Improvements to Real Property
- - Recreational Facilities / Programs
- - Regional Transportation
- - Regional Water
- - Research & Development
- - Soil & Water Conservation
- - Solid Wast Disposal
- - Street Lighting
- - Transportation Systems / Services
- - Utility Systems / Services
- - Water and/or Wastewater Systems
- - Water Management
- - Watershed Improvement
"There are over 1,700 Independent and Dependent Special Districts in the state, governed by more than 30 statutes, involving over 500 local governments. Special Districts provide limited purpose government on a local level. Fire control, library, port & inlet, mosquito, water control, community development, roads, hospital, and other districts–all providing unique services, but all with the same need to be accountable and accessible to the citizens they serve."