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CLEARWATER - Pinellas County commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday the 2004 county budget, which takes effect Oct. 1.
The countywide property tax will remain the same at $6.80 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Residents in unincorporated Pinellas County, who pay an additional tax, will not see a rise in that rate of about $2.36 per $1,000. That means a person who owns a $125,000 home in unincorporated Pinellas County, after subtracting a $25,000 homestead exemption, would still pay about $916 in taxes.
County Administrator Steve Spratt had asked commissioners for $1.562-billion for the upcoming fiscal year, a 1.1 percent increase from this year's budget.
The new budget includes money for indigent health costs, four more code enforcement officers and $6.2-million to cover raises for sheriff's deputies.