Florida Statute 166 details
166.231 Municipalities; public service tax.—
(1)(a) A municipality may levy a tax on the purchase of electricity, metered natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas either metered or bottled, manufactured gas either metered or bottled, and water service. Except for those municipalities in which paragraph (c) applies, the tax shall be levied only upon purchases within the municipality and shall not exceed 10 percent of the payments received by the seller of the taxable item from the purchaser for the purchase of such service.
The statute only tells you that your municipality has the power to impose that tax and the maximum rate (10%), but does not tell you what that tax is for specifically, therefore the municipality can use that tax money on ANY general expense.
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