TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A lawsuit was filed Monday against the City of Tallahassee over its fire service fee, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU-FL).

The ACLU-FL and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed the lawsuit, calling the fire fees “an unconstitutional form of taxation not authorized by law,” the ACLU-FL wrote in a press release Monday.

The litigation asserts that the fire fee “is collected as a hidden charge on monthly utility bills and that the fee disproportionately impacts low-income households, and Black and Hispanic residents, students, and renters,” per the release.

The complaint went on to say that the city lacks the authority under general law or the Florida Constitution to levy a fire service fee.

Instead, the plaintiffs argue fi

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