House Bill hb0831

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 831

        By Representative Ritter






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the City of Pompano Beach,

  3         Broward County; amending chapter 2000-476, Laws

  4         of Florida; providing for an interlocal

  5         agreement which would include provisions to

  6         jointly fund program infrastructure

  7         improvements between the City of Pompano Beach

  8         and Broward County, provided the city is not

  9         limited in its ability to receive anticipated

10         utility taxes, franchise fees, or other fees;

11         providing that calculations of population

12         census of the City of Pompano Beach begin with

13         the fiscal year 2000 and include all new

14         residents added to the city as a result of

15         chapter 2000-476, Laws of Florida; providing

16         for retroactive application to September 15,

17         2000; providing an effective date.

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

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21         Section 1.  Section 3 of chapter 2000-476, Laws of

22  Florida, is amended to read:

23         Section 3.  An interlocal agreement shall be developed

24  between the governing bodies of Broward County and the

25  annexing city and executed prior to the effective date of the

26  annexation. The agreement shall include a financially feasible

27  plan for transitioning county services, buildings,

28  infrastructure, waterways, roads and rights-of-way, and

29  employees, including provisions to jointly fund programmed

30  infrastructure improvements, provided that the city is not

31  limited in its ability to receive anticipated utility taxes,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 831

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  1  utility franchise fees, or other franchise fees and provisions

  2  for Broward County to continue to receive certain revenues

  3  generated by the Cresthaven Area until the completion of

  4  programmed infrastructure improvements, as appropriate.

  5         Section 2.  A new section 7 is added to chapter

  6  2000-476, Laws of Florida, to read:

  7         Section 7.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections

  8  186.901 and 218.26, Florida Statutes, to the contrary, for all

  9  purposes under state law, the calculation of the total

10  population census of the City of Pompano Beach, beginning with

11  fiscal year 2000, shall include all of the new residents added

12  to the city as a result of the enactment of this act.

13         Section 3.  The amendments to chapter 2000-476, Laws of

14  Florida, as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this act, shall be

15  retroactively applied to September 15, 2000.

16         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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