In general a special-purpose district is a government district like a municipality, county, etc. (general-purpose districts), but for a special purpose only. A good example of a special-purpose district would be the school-district. Special districts are sometimes created to deal with fire protection, sewage, or to manage water resources. These districts are usually much more flexible than the more geographically determined municipalities and townships.
There are two types of special-purpose districts. Some are independent, in that they are allowed to tax, and others are dependent in that they are not allowed to tax.
Examples
- Los Angeles Community College District, California
- Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Reedy Creek Improvement District, Florida
See also: business improvement district, municipality, off-budget enterprise, political science, quasi-autonomous non-government organisation, residential community association, township, United States federal judicial district,
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"Would thou wouldst lift me on thy head Once said a Man -- and wise was He -- Save as a little child thou be.'" The ancient wise bassoons, Gray-beard Chanted runes: The sea of all doth lash and toss, But now 'twas trough, now 'tis crest, And curst to blest. "Life! Life! thou sea-fugue, writ from east to west, On thy dissolving score Blotted ere writ, [351] Of chords most fit. May read thy weltering palimpsest. And never to lose the old in the new, Love alone can do. And ever Love hears the women's sighing, [361] And ever wise childhood's deep implying, Though long deferred, though long deferred: Music is Love in search of a word." ____ The `Introduction' (pp. xxviii f., xxxiii ff. [Part III], xlvii [Part IV]) of its two themes, -- the evils of the trade-spirit These questions preyed on the poet's mind and were to be treated at length but which he was unable to complete. 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