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By Representatives Kendrick and Argenziano
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Rainbow Lakes Estates
3 Municipal Service District, an independent
4 special district of the State of Florida in
5 Marion and Levy Counties; codifying the
6 district's charter, chapter 69-1298, Laws of
7 Florida, as amended, pursuant to section
8 189.429, Florida Statutes; providing
9 legislative intent; amending, codifying, and
10 reenacting all special acts relating to the
11 Rainbow Lakes Estates Municipal Service
12 District as a single act; repealing all prior
13 special acts related to the Rainbow Lakes
14 Estates Municipal Service District; providing
15 an effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida
20 Statutes, this act constitutes the codification of all special
21 acts relating to the Rainbow Lakes Estates Municipal Service
22 Taxing District. It is the intent of the Legislature in
23 enacting this law to provide a single comprehensive special
24 act charter for the district, including all current
25 legislative authority granted to the district by its several
26 legislative enactments and any additional authority granted by
27 this act. It is further the intent of this act to preserve all
28 district authority.
29 Section 2. Chapter 69-1298, Laws of Florida, as
30 amended by chapter 97-375, Laws of Florida, creating the
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1 Rainbow Lakes Estates Municipal Service District, is codified,
2 reenacted, amended, and repealed as herein provided.
3 Section 3. The charter for the Rainbow Lakes Estates
4 Municipal Service District is re-created and reenacted to
5 read:
6 Section 1. Creation and boundaries.--The creation of
7 the Rainbow Lakes Estates Municipal Service District as an
8 independent special district pursuant to chapter 69-1298, Laws
9 of Florida, as amended, is ratified and confirmed and the
10 lands lying within the area described as follows in Marion and
11 Levy Counties, State of Florida, shall hereby constitute the
12 Rainbow Lakes Estates Municipal Service District:
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14 All those certain lands lying and being situate
15 in the Counties of Marion and Levy, State of
16 Florida, lying in Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24,
17 Township 15 South, Range 17 East, in Sections
18 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27,
19 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, Township
20 15 South, Range 18 East and Sections 5 and 6,
21 Township 16 South, Range 18 East and being more
22 fully and particularly described as follows:
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24 BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of Section 6,
25 Township 15 South, Range 18 east and run thence
26 along and with the North boundary of said
27 Section 6, N. 89 degrees 24'38" E. a distance
28 of 2556.10 feet to the North 1/4 corner of said
29 Section 6; thence along and with the East
30 boundary of the West half of said Section 6, S.
31 00 degrees 11'57" E. a distance of 530.09 feet
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1 to the South 1/4 section corner of said Section
2 6; thence along and with the East boundary of
3 the West half of Section 7, Township 15 South,
4 Range 18 East, S. 00 degrees 11'51" W. a
5 distance of 2647.61 feet to the Southwest
6 corner of the NE 1/4 of said Section 7; thence
7 along and with the North boundary of Section 7,
8 N. 89 degrees 21's59" E. a distance of 2591.91
9 feet to the Northeast corner of SE 1/4 of
10 Section 7; thence along and with the North
11 boundary of the SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township
12 15 South, Range 18 East, S. 89 degrees 55'14"
13 E. a distance of 2639.33 feet to the Northeast
14 corner of the SW 1/4 of said Section 8; thence
15 along and with the East boundary of said SW
16 1/4; S. 00 degrees 10'51" W. a distance of
17 2643.28 feet to the S 1/4 section corner of
18 said Section 8; thence along and with the South
19 boundary of said Section 8, S. 89 degrees
20 52'09" E. a distance of 2658.52 feet to the
21 Southeast corner of said Section 8; thence
22 along and with the East boundary of Section 17,
23 Township 15 South, Range 18 East, S 00 degrees
24 00'15" W. a distance of 5280.36 feet to the
25 Southeast corner of said Section 17; thence
26 along and with the North corner of said Section
27 17; thence along and with the North boundary of
28 Section 21, Township 15 South, Range 18 East,
29 S. 89 degrees 48'37" E. a distance of 2689.11
30 feet to the Northeast corner of the NW 1/4 of
31 said Section 21; thence along and with the East
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1 boundary of said NW 1/4, S. 00 degrees 21'50"
2 w. a distance of 2595.69 feet to the Southeast
3 corner of said NW 1/4; thence along and with
4 the North Boundary of the SE 1/4 of said
5 Section 21, S. 89 degrees 50'46" E. a distance
6 of 2651.46 feet to the West 1/4 Section corner
7 of Section 22, Township 15 South, Range 18
8 East; thence along and with the West Boundary
9 of said Section 22, N. 00 degrees 08'20" E. a
10 distance of 2599.69 feet to the Northwest
11 corner of said Section 22; thence along and
12 with the North boundary of the NW 1/4 of said
13 Section 22, N. 89 degrees 52'38" E. a distance
14 of 1328.60 feet to the Northeast corner of the
15 West 1/2 of said NW 1/4; thence along and
16 with the East boundary of said W 1/2 of the
17 NW 1/4, S. 00 degrees 12'32" W. a distance of
18 2606.04 feet to the Southeast corner of said W
19 1/2 of the NW 1/4; thence along and with the
20 North boundary of the SW 1/4 of said Section
21 22, S. 89 degrees 50'56" E. a distance of
22 1325.37 feet to the Northeast corner of said SW
23 1/4; thence along and with the East boundary of
24 said SW 1/4 S. 00 degrees 16'45" W. a distance
25 of 2647.64 feet to the S 1/4 Section corner of
26 said Section 22; thence along and with the
27 South boundary of said Section 22, N. 88
28 degrees 48'37" W. a distance of 1322.36 feet to
29 the Northeast corner of the W 1/4 of Section
30 27, Township 15 South, Range 18 East; thence
31 along and with the East boundary of the W 1/4
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1 of said Section 27, S. 00 degrees 07'07" W. a
2 distance of 3970.74 feet, thence South 89
3 degrees 39'48" East 3983.94 feet to the
4 Northeast corner of the S 1/4 of said Section
5 27; thence along and with the North boundary of
6 the South half of the SW 1/4 of Section 26,
7 Township 15 South, Range 18 East, S. 89 degrees
8 58'12" E. a distance of 2645.64 feet to the
9 Northeast corner of said South half of SW 1/4;
10 thence along and with the East boundary of said
11 South half of the SW 1/4, S. 00 degrees 10'28"
12 E. 1321.12 feet to the N 1/4 section corner of
13 Section 35, Township 15 South, Range 18 East;
14 thence along and with the North boundary of
15 said Section 35, S. 89 degrees 36'30" E. a
16 distance of 2628.61 feet to the Northeast
17 corner of said Section 35; thence along and
18 with the West boundary of the South half of the
19 SW 1/4 of Section 25, Township 15 South, Range
20 18 East, N. 00 degrees 01'20" W. a distance of
21 1329.32 feet to the Northwest corner of the
22 South half of the SW 1/4 of said Section 25;
23 thence along and with the North boundary of
24 said South half of the SW 1/4, N. 89 degrees
25 50'57" E. a distance of 2660.96 feet to the
26 Northeast corner of the South half of the SW
27 1/4 of said Section 25; thence along and with
28 the East boundary of said South half of the SW
29 1/4, S. 00 degrees 19'30" W. a distance of
30 1336.36 feet to the South 1/4 section corner of
31 said Section 35; thence S. 00 degrees 32'00" E.
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1 a distance of 360.91 feet; thence S. 89 degrees
2 59'00" E. a distance of 558.83 feet to a point
3 on the West right of way line of Florida State
4 Road No. 45 (U.S. Highway No. 41); thence along
5 and with said right of way line, S. 09 degrees
6 17'00" W. a distance of 926.57 feet; thence
7 departing from said right of way line, S. 89
8 degrees 58'00" W. a distance of 400.85 feet to
9 the Southeast corner of the North half of the
10 NW 1/4 of Section 36, Township 15 South, Range
11 18 East; thence along and with the South
12 boundary of said North half of the NW 1/4, S.
13 89 degrees 50'42" W. a distance of 2661.90 feet
14 to the Southwest corner of said North half of
15 NW 1/4 of Section 36; thence along the East
16 boundary of Section 35, Township 15 South,
17 Range 18 East, S. 00 degrees 08'00" E. a
18 distance of 1302.61 feet to the East quarter
19 section corner of said Section 35; thence along
20 and with the East-West 1/4 section line of said
21 Section 35, S. 89 degrees 47'40" W. a distance
22 of 5280.35 feet to the West 1/4 section corner
23 of said Section 35; thence along and with the
24 East boundary of Section 34, Township 15 South,
25 Range 18 East, S. 00 degrees 03'00" E. a
26 distance of 3134.16 feet to the southeast
27 corner of said Section 34; thence along and
28 with the South boundary of said Section 34, N.
29 89 degrees 02'07" W. a distance of 2650.44 feet
30 to the south 1/4 section corner of said Section
31 34; thence N. 89 degrees 01'48" W. a distance
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1 of 2649.32 feet to the Southwest corner of said
2 Section 34; thence along and with the South
3 boundary of Section 33; Township 15 South,
4 Range 18 East, N. 89 degrees 26'31" W. a
5 distance of 2657.52 feet to the S 1/4 section
6 corner of said Section 33; thence along and
7 with said South boundary, N. 89 degrees 24'58"
8 W. a distance of 2658.28 feet to the Southwest
9 corner of said Section 33; thence along and
10 with the South boundary of Section 32, Township
11 15 South, Range 18 East, N. 89 degrees 45'12"
12 W. a distance of 2650.30 feet to the South 1/4
13 section corner of said Section 32; thence
14 continuing along said South boundary, N. 89
15 degrees 44'44" W. a distance of 2343.81 feet to
16 a point in said South boundary; thence
17 departing from said South boundary and entering
18 Section 5, Township 16 South, Range 18 East run
19 due South a distance of 455.00 feet; thence N.
20 89 degrees 44'44" W. a distance of 306.89 feet
21 to a point in the East boundary of Section 6,
22 Township 16 South, Range 18 East; thence
23 entering said Section 6 run S. 89 degrees
24 44'07" W. a distance of 760.11 feet; thence due
25 North a distance of 455.00 feet to a point in
26 the South boundary of Section 31, Township 15
27 South, Range 18 East; thence along the South
28 boundary of said Section 31, S. 89 degrees
29 44'07" W, a distance of 1885.56 feet to the
30 South 1/4 section corner of said Section 31;
31 thence along and with the West boundary of the
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1 East half of said Section 31, N. 00 degrees
2 17'06" W. a distance of 5611.32 feet to the
3 North 1/4 section corner of said Section 31;
4 thence along and with the West boundary of the
5 SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 30, Township 15
6 South, Range 18 East, N. 00 degrees 58'34" E. a
7 distance of 1298.40 feet to the Northwest
8 corner of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4; thence
9 along and with the North boundary of said SW
10 1/4 of SE 1/4, N. 89 degrees 31'42" E. a
11 distance of 1304.26 feet to the Northeast
12 corner of said SW 1/4 of SE 1/4; thence along
13 and with the West boundary of the East 1/4 of
14 said Section 30, N. 00 degrees 32'15" E. a
15 distance of 2618.29 feet to the Southeast
16 corner of the NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of said Section
17 30; thence along and with the South boundary of
18 the NW 1/4 of said Section 30; thence along the
19 South boundary of the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of said
20 Section 30, s. 88 degrees 25'58" W. a distance
21 of 1284.91 feet to the Southeast corner of the
22 NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of said Section 30; thence
23 along the South boundary of the NE 1/4 of NW
24 1/4 of said Section 30, s. 89 degrees 39'23" W.
25 a distance of 1324.84 feet to the Northeast
26 corner of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said
27 Section 30; thence along and with the East
28 boundary of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, S. 00
29 degrees 48'47" W. a distance of 1310.37 feet to
30 the Southeast corner of said SW 1/4 of NW 1/4;
31 thence along and with the South boundary of
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1 said SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, S. 89 degrees 01'07" W.
2 a distance of 1321.41 feet to the W 1/4 section
3 corner of said Section 30; thence along and
4 with the West boundary of said Section 30, N.
5 00 degrees 39'00" E. a distance of 2650.09 feet
6 to the Northwest corner of said Section 30;
7 thence along and with the West boundary of
8 Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 18 East,
9 N. 00 degrees 16'24" E. a distance of 1324.20
10 feet to the Southeast corner of the NE 1/4 of
11 the S 1/4 of Section 24, Township 15 South,
12 Range 17 East; thence along and with the South
13 boundary of the North 3/4 of Section 24,
14 Township 15 South, Range 17 East, N. 89 degrees
15 46'40" W. a distance of 5322.30 feet to the
16 Southwest corner of said North 3/4; thence
17 along and with the West boundary of said
18 Section 24, N. 00 degrees 00'56" W. a distance
19 of 1326.27 feet to the East 1/4 section corner
20 of Section 23, Township 15 South, Range 17
21 East; thence along and with the south boundary
22 of N 1/2 of said Section 23, S. 89 degrees
23 09'25" W. a distance of 2636.62 feet to a point
24 in the East right of way line of a Levy County
25 road; thence along and with said right of way
26 line, N. 37 degrees 12'29" W. a distance of
27 2149.11 feet; thence continuing along said
28 right of way line, N. 33 degrees 03'06" W. a
29 distance of 94.83 feet; thence departing from
30 said right of way line and running along with
31 the West boundary of the East 3/4 of the N 1/2
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1 of said Section 23, N. 01 degrees 09'53" E. a
2 distance of 953.69 feet to the Northwest corner
3 of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23;
4 thence along and with the North boundary of
5 said Section 23, S. 89 degrees 18'53" E. a
6 distance of 1322.54 feet to the South 1/4
7 section corner of Section 14, Township 15
8 South, Range 17 East; thence along and with the
9 West boundary of the East 1/2 of said Section
10 14, N. 00 degrees 02'17" E. a distance of
11 5325.47 feet to the North 1/4 section corner of
12 said Section 14; thence along and with the
13 North boundary of said Section 14, S. 89
14 degrees 41'00" E. a distance of 2642.57 feet to
15 the Northeast corner of said Section 14; thence
16 along the East boundary of said Section 14, S.
17 00 degrees 00'42" W. a distance of 2671.40 feet
18 to the Northwest corner of the West 3/4 of the
19 S 1/2 of Section 13, Township 15 South, Range
20 17 East; thence along and with the North
21 boundary of said West 3/4 of S 1/2 of Section
22 13, S. 89 degrees 23'29" E. a distance of
23 4020.70 feet to the Northeast corner of the
24 West 3/4 of the South 1/2 of Section 13;
25 thence along and with the East boundary of said
26 West 3/4 of the S 1/2, S. 00 degrees 12'36" W.
27 a distance of 2655.48 feet to the Southeast
28 corner of said West 3/4 of the 1/2; thence
29 along and with the South boundary of said
30 Section 13, S. 89 degrees 36'43" E. a distance
31 of 1337.12 feet to the Northeast corner of
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1 Section 24, Township 15 South, Range 17 East;
2 thence along and with the West boundary of
3 Section 18, Township 15 South, Range 18 East,
4 N. 00 degrees 17'26" E. a distance of 5299.43
5 feet to the Southwest corner of Section 7,
6 Township 15 South, Range 18 East; thence along
7 and with the West boundary of said Section 7,
8 N. 00 degrees 17'26" E. a distance of 2649.16
9 feet to the West 1/4 section corner of said
10 Section 7; thence continue along and with said
11 West boundary, N. 00 degrees 22'30" E. a
12 distance of 2650.95 feet to the Southwest
13 corner of Section 6, Township 15 South, Range
14 18 East; thence along and with the West
15 boundary of said Section 6, N. 00 degrees
16 22'30" E. a distance of 2653.72 feet to the
17 West 1/4 section corner of said Section 6;
18 thence continuing along and with the said West
19 boundary, N. 00 degrees 02'30" E. a distance of
20 2654.32 feet to the Point of Beginning.
21 Section 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Marion
22 County, Florida, shall constitute the district board of said
23 municipal service district and shall constitute the governing
24 board of said district. Such district shall be a body
25 corporate and politic, exercising essential governmental
26 functions, and shall have the power to sue and be sued; to
27 contract; to adopt and use a common seal and alter the same at
28 pleasure; to purchase, hold, lease, or otherwise acquire and
29 convey such real property and personal property and interest
30 therein as may be necessary or proper to carry out the
31 purposes of this law. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Marion
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1 County, Florida, shall be the ex officio clerk and treasurer
2 of the district.
3 Section 3. The district board of said district is
4 authorized and empowered:
5 (a) To make rules and regulations for its own
6 government and proceedings and to adopt an official seal for
7 the district.
8 (b) To employ engineers, attorneys, accountants,
9 financial or other experts, and such other agents and
10 employees as said district board may require or deem necessary
11 to effectuate the purposes of this law, or to contract for any
12 of such services.
13 (c) To provide the following municipal services within
14 said district:
15 (1) Road maintenance and lighting.
16 (2) Maintenance and operation of all public lands and
17 all public civic and recreational facilities.
18 (3) Law enforcement.
19 (4) Fire protection.
20 (d) To exercise zoning powers consistent with and for
21 the enforcement of existing deed restrictions and covenants
22 contained in or incorporated in conveyances of lots in the
23 subdivision of Rainbow Lakes Estates.
24 (e) To provide for and regulate and control the
25 furnishing of water, gas, electric, telephone, and other
26 public utility services within said district, including the
27 franchising and taxing of such services.
28 (f) To acquire in the name of the district by
29 purchase, gift, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain
30 such lands and right and interest therein, including lands
31 under water and riparian rights, and to acquire such personal
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1 property as it may deem necessary in connection with the
2 furnishing of services authorized by this law and to hold and
3 dispose of all real and personal property under its control;
4 however, nothing herein contained shall authorize the power of
5 eminent domain to be exercised beyond the limits of the
6 district.
7 (g) To restrain, enjoin, or otherwise prevent the
8 violation of this law or of any resolution, rule, or
9 regulation adopted pursuant to the powers granted by this law.
10 (h) To join with any other district or districts,
11 cities, towns, counties, or other political subdivisions,
12 public agencies, or authorities in the exercise of common
13 powers.
14 (i) To levy a special ad valorem maintenance tax upon
15 all taxable real and personal property within said district
16 not to exceed 3 mills during any one year. Such special
17 maintenance tax shall be levied and collected in the manner
18 provided for the levy and collection of county ad valorem
19 taxes. The district board shall certify each year to the tax
20 collectors of Marion County and Levy County, respectively, the
21 millage levied as such special maintenance tax and said tax
22 assessors shall be ex officio tax assessors for the district,
23 and such taxes shall be levied and collected in the same
24 manner as other general county taxes. Taxes collected shall be
25 remitted by said tax assessors to the Clerk of the Circuit
26 Court for Marion County, Florida, as ex officio clerk and
27 treasurer of said district.
28 (j) To levy and assess special assessments to fund
29 municipal services within said district. The district board
30 shall certify each year to the tax collectors of Marion County
31 and Levy County, respectively, a non-ad valorem assessment
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1 roll, and said tax collectors for the district, and such
2 special assessments shall be levied and collected pursuant to
3 general law. Special assessments collected shall be remitted
4 by said tax collectors to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
5 Marion County as ex officio clerk and treasurer of said
6 district.
7 (k) To borrow money and issue bonds, certificates,
8 warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness.
9 Section 4. The annual fiscal year for the operation of
10 said district shall run from October 1 of each year to
11 September 30 of the following year. The district board on or
12 before July 1 of each year shall hold a public hearing and
13 adopt a budget setting forth the amounts necessary for the
14 costs and expenses of furnishing the municipal services
15 authorized by this law, including the maintenance and upkeep
16 of the roads and facilities as authorized by this law, which
17 budget shall serve as a basis for the annual levying of the
18 special ad valorem tax herein provided for. All funds received
19 from said special ad valorem taxes and from all other sources
20 shall be deposited in a special fund by the treasurer of the
21 district and shall only be expended pursuant to said budget
22 and pursuant to the laws of Florida regulating county budgets
23 and the expenditure of county funds.
24 Section 5. The Board of County Commissioners of Levy
25 County, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered by
26 resolution to delegate to and contract with the Board of
27 County Commissioners of Marion County, Florida, for the
28 administration of this law and the furnishing of the municipal
29 services provided for in this law by the district and the
30 district board to the area of said district lying within the
31 boundaries of Levy County, Florida.
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1 Section 6. The district board of said district shall
2 appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven registered
3 electors residing within said district, six of whom shall be
4 residents of Marion County, Florida, and one of whom shall be
5 a resident of Levy County, Florida, to serve for a term of 4
6 years or until their successors be appointed. Vacancies in
7 said committee due to death, disability, or removal of
8 residence from the district shall be filled by the district
9 board for the balance of the unexpired term of any member
10 dying, becoming disabled, or removing his or her residence
11 from the district.
12 Section 7. In accordance with section 189.404(3),
13 Florida Statutes, the following subsections shall constitute
14 the minimum charter requirements of the Rainbow Lakes Estates
15 Municipal Service District:
16 (a) The district is organized and exists for the
17 purposes set forth in this act and for the purpose of
18 providing municipal services within the boundaries of the
19 district as may be authorized by general law.
20 (b) The powers, functions, and duties of the district
21 regarding ad valorem taxation, bond issuance, other
22 revenue-raising capabilities, budget preparation and approval,
23 liens and foreclosure of liens, use of tax deeds and tax
24 certificates as appropriate for non-ad valorem assessments,
25 and contractual agreements shall be as set forth in chapters
26 170, 189, 197, and 298, Florida Statutes, or any other
27 applicable general or special law, as they may be amended from
28 time to time.
29 (c) The district was created by a majority of the
30 electors of the district voting in a special election held in
31 November 1969, pursuant to chapter 69-1298, Laws of Florida.
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1 (d) The district's charter may be amended only by
2 special act of the Legislature.
3 (e) The Marion County Board of County Commissioners is
4 the governing board of the district. The membership and
5 organization of the governing board shall be as set forth in
6 this act and applicable general laws.
7 (f) The compensation of board members shall be as
8 provided in this act and applicable general law.
9 (g) The administrative duties of the board shall be as
10 set forth in this act and applicable general law.
11 (h) Requirements for financial disclosure, noticing,
12 and reporting shall be as set forth in this act and applicable
13 general law.
14 (i) The procedures and requirements governing the
15 issuance of bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness
16 shall be as set forth in chapter 189, Florida Statutes, and
17 applicable general law.
18 (j) District elections or referenda shall be conducted
19 as set forth in this act and applicable general law.
20 (k) The district may be financed by any method set
21 forth in this act or applicable general law.
22 (l) The district is authorized to levy ad valorem
23 taxes at a rate not to exceed 3 mills during any one year.
24 (m) The method for collecting non-ad valorem
25 assessments, fees, or service charges shall be as set forth in
26 this act and applicable general law.
27 (n) The district's planning requirements shall be as
28 set forth in chapter 189, Florida Statutes, and applicable
29 general law.
30 (o) The geographic boundaries of the district shall be
31 as set forth in section 1 of this charter.
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1 Section 4. The provisions of this act shall be
2 liberally construed in order to effectively carry out the
3 purposes of this act in the interest of the public health,
4 welfare, and safety of the citizens served by the district.
5 Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence,
6 clause, or phrase of this act is held to be unconstitutional,
7 such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
8 portions of the act, the Legislature hereby declaring that it
9 would have passed this act and each section, subsection,
10 sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of any
11 other separate section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
12 phrase thereof, and irrespective of the fact that any one or
13 more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or
14 phrases thereof may be declared unconstitutional.
15 Section 6. Chapters 69-1298 and 97-375, Laws of
16 Florida, are repealed.
17 Section 7. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
18 law.
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