House Bill 2387

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2387

        By the Committee on Community Affairs and Representative
    Gay





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to special districts; amending

  3         ss. 189.429 and 191.015, F.S.; providing

  4         construction with respect to the codified

  5         charters of special districts under ch. 189,

  6         F.S., and independent fire control districts

  7         under ch. 191, F.S.; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 189.429, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         189.429  Codification.--Each district, by December 1,

15  2004, shall submit to the Legislature a draft codified

16  charter, at its expense, so that its special acts may be

17  codified into a single act for reenactment by the Legislature,

18  if there is more than one special act for the district. The

19  codification or restatement of existing statutory language

20  shall not be construed as a grant of any additional authority

21  or restriction of authority of any other governmental entity

22  pursuant to general law. However, specific exceptions to law

23  contained in any special act which are merely recodified shall

24  continue to apply. The Legislature may adopt a schedule for

25  individual district codification. Any codified act relating to

26  a district, which act is submitted to the Legislature for

27  reenactment, shall provide for the repeal of all prior special

28  acts of the Legislature relating to the district.  The

29  codified act shall be filed with the department pursuant to s.

30  189.418(2).

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  1         Section 2.  Section 191.015, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         191.015  Codification.--Each fire control district

  4  existing on the effective date of this section, by December 1,

  5  2004, shall submit to the Legislature a draft codified

  6  charter, at its expense, so that its special acts may be

  7  codified into a single act for reenactment by the Legislature,

  8  if there is more than one special act for the district. The

  9  codification or restatement of existing statutory language

10  shall not be construed as a grant of any additional authority

11  or restriction of authority of any other governmental entity

12  pursuant to general law. However, specific exceptions to law

13  contained in any special act which are merely recodified shall

14  continue to apply. The Legislature may adopt a schedule for

15  individual district codification. Any codified act relating to

16  a district, which act is submitted to the Legislature for

17  reenactment, shall provide for the repeal of all prior special

18  acts of the Legislature relating to the district. The codified

19  act shall be filed with the Department of Community Affairs

20  pursuant to s. 189.418(2).

21         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that the codification or restatement of existing
27    statutory language contained in the codified charters of
      special districts under chapters 189 and 191, F.S., shall
28    not be construed as a grant of additional authority or a
      restriction of authority of any other governmental entity
29    pursuant to general law. Provides for specific
      exceptions.
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