Pinellas County didn’t seem to convince the Florida Supreme Court at arguments Wednesday that it should be immune from taxes on property it owns in neighboring Pasco County.
In 2019, a state appeals court ruled Pinellas County was obligated to pay property taxes on 12,400 acres of farmland it owns in Pasco County because Pinellas’s sovereign immunity doesn’t extend beyond its boundaries.
The justices seemed inclined to adopt that reasoning.
Justice Jamie R. Grosshans offered an example at the state level—if Florida purchased land in neighboring Georgia, Florida wouldn’t have any sovereignty in Georgia and would pay ...
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