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when workers are present. • Relocate Business – If you relocate your business,
Drivers will still be able to transfer your LBTR. You must complete a new LBTR
use their phone while their application, provide proof of zoning approval (if required)
car is stopped. and surrender the current original receipt.
The penalty for a first Tax Collector Office Presents Checks To Employee-
offense is $30 Funded Charities
plus court On May 28, Tax Collector Office employees proudly
Dear Friends, costs. A second offense is a $60 penalty presented checks to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
Summer is in full plus court costs and three points on the and Little Smiles of Florida, our 2017 and 2018 charity
swing … whether you are driver’s license. A crash resulting from partners. Each charity received a check for $8,108, from
enjoying a day on the water, texting would result in six points on a monies collected last year through employee participation in
participating in the lobster driver’s license. Drivers with additional Dress Down for Charity. This program gives employees the
mini season later this month, points can have their license suspended. ability to dress down every Friday in exchange for a weekly
or planning a road trip, our There will be a grace period through January contribution through payroll deduction.
office is here to help! to help inform motorists of the new law. In addition to the support raised through Dress Down for
Before you hit the road, Warnings will be issued during this time. Charity, both organizations received thousands of in-kind
I want to share important Renew Your Local Business Tax Receipt dollars from employee fundraising activities such as agency
information about a tougher Online wide bake sales and supply drives.
new distracted driving law Business owners can renew Local Business Tax Receipts The charities were thrilled to receive the donations, and
that aims to make our roads (LBTR) from July 1 through Sept. 30. Avoid crowded we are proud of our employees’ generosity and big hearts!
safer. Beginning July 1, texting while driving is a primary offices, renew your LBTR on our website at www.pbctax.
offense in Florida. In this issue, learn how the law will be com.
enforced and the penalties drivers face if they are caught Here Are A Few Helpful Tips For Business Owners
texting while driving. • Sale of Business – If you sell your business, transfer
Anne M. Gannon, the LBTR to the new owner. You must provide a bill of sale
Constitutional Tax Collector to the new owner and surrender the current original receipt
to our office. The new owner will pay a transfer fee.
New Texting While Driving Law Takes Effect July 1 • Out of Business – If you close your business, please
On July 1, Florida becomes the 44th state to make notify us immediately by emailing ClientAdvocate@
texting while driving a primary offense, meaning law taxcollectorpbc.com or complete and sign the “out of
enforcement can stop drivers solely for texting behind the business” portion of your Local Business Tax Notice Tax Collector Anne Gannon presents a check for $8,108 in
wheel of a moving vehicle. Drivers are required to go totally payment stub. Mail the stub to: Palm Beach County Tax employee donations to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
“hands-free” in school zones and in construction zones Collector, P.O. Box 3353, West Palm Beach, FL 33402-3353. CEO Rich Anderson.
Everglades Foundation Applauds $60 Million Grant

To Restore Natural Flow Of Water Beneath Tamiami Trail

Since 1928, the natural remaining road and install six
southerly flow of water sets of massive concrete culverts
into the Everglades has between the new bridges.
been bottlenecked by the “This $100 million project is an
Tamiami Trail, U.S. Route essential and significant step in the
41, resulting in excessive restoration of America’s Everglades
drying and increased fire in the Everglades and massive and returning the natural flow of
seagrass die-offs in Florida Bay. While construction of fresh water to Everglades Natural
two massive elevated bridges has improved the situation Park,” Eikenberg wrote in an April
significantly, there is one last phase of road modifications 29 letter to Transportation Secretary
necessary to accommodate the restoration of freshwater Elaine Chao.
flows to levels envisioned in the Comprehensive Funding for the project is part
Everglades Restoration Plan. of the Department’s Nationally
Thanks to a $60 million grant announced today by the Significant Federal Lands and
U.S. Department of Transportation to the National Park Tribal Projects grant program,
Service (along with $40 million included in the budget Eikenberg noted.
recently passed by the Florida legislature) the remaining
6.5 miles of roadway between the two bridges will now
be elevated.
“The water crisis facing the Everglades is really
two-fold,” explained Everglades Foundation CEO Eric
Eikenberg.
“At the northern end of the Everglades, excess water
flowing into Lake Okeechobee has forced massive
discharges of algae-causing water into the Caloosahatchee
and St. Lucie Rivers. Meanwhile, in the southern
Everglades, the lack of freshwater impacts wildlife and
destroys critical habitat. In Florida Bay, it is ruining the
delicate saltwater balance, killing seagrass habitat needed
to support world-class recreational fishing in the Florida
Keys.”
The 6.5-mile Tamiami Trail Modification Next Step
Phase II project, Eikenberg said, “will open up the
bottleneck, allowing the maximum amount of clean water
into Everglades National Park.”
Eikenberg said the funds will be used to elevate the