House Bill hb0943

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 943

        By Representative Spratt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Immokalee Fire Control

  3         District, Collier County; amending chapter

  4         2000-393, Laws of Florida, to include specific

  5         authorization of the imposition, collection,

  6         and use of impact fees as provided in chapter

  7         191, Florida Statutes; 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 6 of section 3 of chapter 2000-393,

13  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

14         Section 6.  Taxes; non-ad valorem assessments; impact

15  fees; user charges.--

16         (1)  GENERALLY.--The district board shall fix and cause

17  to be levied on all property of the district, a millage

18  sufficient to meet the requirements of the adopted budget;

19  provided, however, 2 mills is the maximum that can be levied

20  in any 1 year, except as provided in chapter 191, Florida

21  Statutes, or any other applicable general law or special law,

22  as said laws may be amended from time to time. In addition,

23  the district shall have such authority to levy non-ad valorem

24  assessments and charge impact fees and user charges as

25  prescribed herein and in chapter 191, Florida Statutes, and

26  all other applicable general law or special law, as said laws

27  may be amended from time to time.

28         (2)  IMPACT FEES.--

29         (a)  The general-purpose local government for Collier

30  County, within which the district lies, has not adopted an

31  impact fee for fire services which is distributed to the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 943

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  1  district for construction within the district's jurisdictional

  2  boundaries. Because of the population growth and resulting new

  3  construction within the jurisdictional boundaries of the

  4  district, the Legislature recognizes the district's need to

  5  impose impact fees for new construction to pay for the cost of

  6  new facilities and equipment, the need for which is in whole

  7  or in part the result of said new construction.

  8         (b)  The district board has the right, at its sole

  9  discretion, to establish a schedule of impact fees in

10  compliance with any standards set by general law or special

11  law, as said laws may be amended from time to time, for new

12  construction to pay for the cost of new facilities and

13  equipment of the district, the need for which is in whole or

14  in part the result of new construction within the

15  jurisdictional boundaries of the district. The impact fees

16  collected by the district under this subsection shall be kept

17  separate from other revenues of the district and must be used

18  exclusively to acquire, purchase, or construct new facilities

19  or portions thereof needed to provide fire protection and

20  emergency services to new construction. As used in this

21  subsection, "new facilities" means land, buildings, and

22  capital equipment, including, but not limited to, fire and

23  emergency vehicles, radio telementry equipment, and other

24  firefighting or rescue equipment. The district board shall

25  maintain adequate records to ensure that impact fees are

26  expended only for permissible new facilities or equipment as

27  allowed by general law and special law, as said laws may be

28  amended from time to time.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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