Posted in Escambia County, Politics

Okaloosa County rollsback tax rate

   September 16, 2009

The Northwest Florida Daily News reports that Okaloosa County commissioners have reduced their property tax rate to make it the second-lowest millage rate in Florida – 3.28. The Escambia County millage rate is 6.976—more than double.

Okaloosa County does have an MSTU for its unincorporated areas of 0.18. Escambia County has had for years a Law Enforcement MSTU that is currently 0.685.

Okaloosa has fewer people – 179,693 to 302,939 in Escambia – and a substantial part of Okaloosa’s 936 sq. miles is covered by its two military bases.

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