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11 Senator Mitchell moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 1. Chapter 61-1997, Laws of Florida, as
18 amended, is codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as
19 herein provided.
20 Section 2. The Citrus County Mosquito Control District
21 is re-created and reenacted to read:
22 Section 1. Creation and intent.--Upon this act
23 becoming law, the creation of Citrus County Mosquito Control
24 District as an independent special district pursuant to
25 chapter 390, Florida Statutes, shall be ratified and
26 confirmed. It is further the intent of the Legislature in
27 enacting this law to provide a single, codified, comprehensive
28 special act charter for the district in accordance with
29 section 189.429, Florida Statutes. The district shall operate
30 pursuant to this special act and the provisions of chapter
31 388, Florida Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time,
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1 and all other general laws applicable to independent special
2 districts. It is the intent of this act to preserve all
3 existing district authority as it may be modified pursuant to
4 the provisions of chapter 388, Florida Statutes, this act, and
5 applicable general laws.
6 Section 2. Minimum charter requirements.--In
7 accordance with section 189.404(3), Florida Statutes, the
8 following subsections shall constitute the charter of Citrus
9 County Mosquito Control District:
10 (a) The district is organized and exists for all
11 purposes set forth in this act and chapter 388, Florida
12 Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time.
13 (b) The powers, functions, and duties of the district
14 regarding ad valorem taxation, bond issuance, other
15 revenue-raising capabilities, budget preparation and approval,
16 liens and foreclosure of liens, use of tax deeds and tax
17 certificates as appropriate for non-ad valorem assessments,
18 and contractual agreements shall be as set forth in chapters
19 170, 189, 197, and 388, Florida Statutes, this act, or any
20 other applicable general or special law, as they may be
21 amended from time to time.
22 (c) The district was created by the petition process
23 formerly contained in chapter 390, Florida Statutes.
24 (d) The district's charter may be amended only by
25 special act of the Legislature.
26 (e) In accordance with chapter 388.101, Florida
27 Statutes, the district is governed by a three-member board.
28 The membership and organization of the board shall be as set
29 forth in this act and chapter 388, Florida Statutes, as they
30 may be amended from time to time.
31 (f) The compensation of board members shall be
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1 governed by this act and chapter 388, Florida Statutes, as
2 they may be amended from time to time.
3 (g) The administrative duties of the board of
4 commissioners shall be as set forth in this act and chapter
5 388, Florida Statutes, as they may be amended from time to
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7 (h) Requirements for financial disclosure, meeting
8 notices, reporting, public records maintenance, and per diem
9 expenses for officers and employees shall be as set forth in
10 chapters 112, 189, 286, and 388, Florida Statutes, as they may
11 be amended from time to time.
12 (i) The procedures and requirements governing the
13 issuance of bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness
14 by the district shall be as set forth in chapters 189 and 388,
15 Florida Statutes, and applicable general laws, as they may be
16 amended from time to time.
17 (j) The procedures for conducting district elections
18 and for qualification of electors shall be pursuant to
19 chapters 189 and 388, Florida Statutes, and applicable general
20 laws as they may be amended from time to time.
21 (k) The district may be financed by any method
22 established in this act, chapters 189 and 388, Florida
23 Statutes, or any applicable general laws, as they may be
24 amended from time to time.
25 (l) In accordance with section 388.221, Florida
26 Statutes, the district may continue to levy upon all of the
27 personal and real taxable property in the district a special
28 tax not exceeding 10 mills on the dollar during each year as
29 maintenance tax.
30 (m) The method for collecting non-ad valorem
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1 shall be as set forth in chapters 170, 197, and 388, Florida
2 Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time.
3 (n) The district's planning requirements shall be as
4 set forth in chapters 189 and 388, Florida Statutes, as they
5 may be amended from time to time.
6 (o) The district's geographic boundary limitations
7 shall be the same as those established for Citrus County in
8 section 7.09, Florida Statutes:
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10 The boundary lines of Citrus County are as
11 follows: Beginning at a point in the thread or
12 center of the Withlacoochee River on the
13 section line dividing sections twelve and
14 thirteen, township twenty-one south, range
15 twenty east; thence on said line west to the
16 southwest corner of section nine, township
17 twenty-one south, range nineteen east; thence
18 north on said section line to township line
19 dividing townships twenty and twenty-one south;
20 thence west on said township line to the Gulf
21 of Mexico; thence north along said gulf,
22 including all islands along said gulf coast,
23 and including the waters of said gulf within
24 the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to
25 the most southern outlet of the Withlacoochee
26 River at its mouth, leaving out all the islands
27 in the mouth of said river; thence easterly
28 along the thread of said river to the point of
29 beginning, including all the lands and islands
30 which said river line may enclose.
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1 Section 3. Section 1 of chapter 61-1997, Laws
2 of Florida, and chapter 63-1221, Laws of Florida, are
3 hereby repealed 10 days after the effective date of
4 this act.
5 Section 4. The provisions of this act shall be
6 liberally construed in order to effectively carry out
7 the purposes of this act in the interest of the public
8 health, welfare, and safety of the citizens served by
9 the district.
10 Section 5. It is declared to be the intent of
11 the Legislature that if any section, subsection,
12 sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this act is
13 for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any
14 court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be
15 deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
16 provision, and such holding shall not affect the
17 validity of the remaining portions hereof.
18 Section 6. In the event of a conflict of the
19 provisions of this act with the provisions of any
20 other act, the provisions of this act shall control to
21 the extent of such conflict.
22 Section 7. This act shall take effect upon
23 becoming a law.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 An act relating to Citrus County Mosquito
2 Control District; codifying the district
3 charter; re-creating the district as an
4 independent special district; providing for a
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6 elections; providing boundaries; providing for
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