House Bill 4325e1
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Monroe County; amending
3 chapter 97-348, Laws of Florida, relating to
4 the charter of Islamorada, Village of Islands;
5 revising transition provisions relating to
6 state shared revenues to extend waivers of
7 applicable revenue sharing eligibility
8 requirements and to authorize the usage of
9 millage levied by the Monroe County Mosquito
10 Control District for purposes of meeting the
11 minimum amount of revenue required to be raised
12 for revenue sharing eligibility; clarifying
13 legislative intent regarding the referendum
14 required to effectuate the charter, which
15 referendum was concluded on November 4, 1997,
16 with the required majority of voters approving
17 the charter; adopting nunc pro tunc the
18 effective dates in chapter 97-348, Laws of
19 Florida, in connection with the clarification
20 of legislative intent; declaring the charter to
21 be effective pursuant to its terms and
22 conditions; providing an effective date.
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 9 of chapter
27 97-348, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
28 Section 9. Transition schedule.--
29 (7) STATE SHARED REVENUES.--Islamorada, Village of
30 Islands, shall be entitled to participate in all shared
31 revenue programs of the State of Florida effective immediately
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1 on the date of incorporation. The provisions of s. 218.23(1),
2 Florida Statutes, shall be waived for the purpose of
3 eligibility to receive revenue sharing funds from the date of
4 incorporation through the state fiscal year 1999-2000
5 1997-1998. The millage levied by the Monroe County Mosquito
6 Control District, an independent special district as that term
7 is defined in chapter 189, Florida Statutes, which includes
8 the area within the corporate limits of the village, may be
9 used for purposes of satisfying the provisions of s.
10 218.23(1), Florida Statutes. The provisions of s. section
11 218.26(3), Florida Statutes F.S., shall be waived through the
12 1999-2000 for the 1997-1998 state fiscal year and the
13 apportionment factors for the municipalities and counties
14 shall be recalculated pursuant to s. 218.245, Florida Statutes
15 F.S. Initial population estimates for calculating eligibility
16 for shared revenues shall be determined by the University of
17 Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Should the
18 bureau be unable to provide an appropriate population
19 estimate, the Monroe County Planning Division estimate should
20 be utilized.
21 Section 2. Section 13 of chapter 97-348, Laws of
22 Florida, is amended to read:
23 Section 13. A majority of the registered voters of
24 Plantation Key and a majority of the registered voters of the
25 proposed new city of Islamorada having approved this charter
26 in a special election held on November 4, 1997, the conditions
27 for the creation of the charter contemplated by the enacting
28 act have been met, and the charter for Islamorada, Village of
29 Islands, is therefore effective pursuant to the terms and
30 conditions provided in this section. Because the intent of
31 this section is to clarify questions raised by citizens based
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1 upon a misinterpretation of legislative intent, the effective
2 date of the operating provisions of the charter are adopted
3 nunc pro tunc as originally provided in chapter 97-348, Laws
4 of Florida. This act shall take effect only upon its approval
5 by a majority vote of those qualified electors residing within
6 the proposed corporate limits of the proposed Islamorada,
7 Village of Islands as described in section 11, voting in a
8 referendum election to be called by the Monroe County
9 Commission and to be held on November 4, 1997, in accordance
10 with the provisions of law relating to elections currently in
11 force, except that:
12 (1) If the qualified voters residing in the area known
13 as Plantation Key consisting of Precincts 25 and 26 do not
14 approve this act by a majority vote in both Precincts 25 and
15 26, this act shall not take effect. If approved by the
16 electorate, including that in Precincts 25 and 26, section 3,
17 section 9(2), and section 9(3) shall take effect upon
18 certification of the election results by the Monroe County
19 Supervisor of Elections.
20 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect upon
21 becoming a law.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
23 law.
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