House Bill hb0957
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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 957
By Representative Farkas
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Lealman Special Fire
3 Control District, Pinellas County; amending
4 sections 3(2) and 11 of section 1 of chapter
5 2000-426, Laws of Florida; providing authority
6 of the district with respect to land that is
7 annexed by a municipality or other fire control
8 district; providing for collection and payment
9 of fire services taxes or assessments by such
10 municipality or other district; providing for
11 future repeal of the amendments made by the
12 act; providing effective dates.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 3 of section 1 of
17 chapter 2000-426, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
18 Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
19 (2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
20 boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
21 excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
22 tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
23 shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
24 tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
25 effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
26 municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
27 services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
28 Section 2. Section 11 of section 1 of chapter
29 2000-426, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
30 Section 11. Annexation of territories by
31 municipalities or other fire control
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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 957
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1 districts.--Notwithstanding chapter 171, Florida Statutes, or
2 any other applicable law or ordinance, if any municipality or
3 other fire control district annexes land within the District,
4 the District shall continue as the sole taxing, enforcing, and
5 service-providing authority for District purposes in the
6 annexed land. However, any municipality or other fire control
7 district that annexes such land may collect the applicable
8 assessment or tax for fire services and pay the District for
9 such services at the District's annually adopted standard
10 rate. For the purposes and requirements of this Act, after the
11 annexation by a municipality of any unincorporated area within
12 the Lealman Special Fire Control District, the annexed area
13 shall be treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of
14 the annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy
15 of the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
16 Section 3. Effective January 1, 2008, subsection (2)
17 of section 3 of section 1 of chapter 2000-426, Laws of
18 Florida, as amended by this act, is amended to read:
19 Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
20 (2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
21 boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
22 excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
23 tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
24 shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
25 tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
26 effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
27 municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
28 services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
29 Section 4. Effective January 1, 2008, section 11 of
30 section 1 of chapter 2000-426, Laws of Florida, as amended by
31 this act, is amended to read:
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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 957
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1 Section 11. Annexation of territories by
2 municipalities or other fire control districts.--For the
3 purposes and requirements of this Act, after the annexation by
4 a municipality of any unincorporated area within the Lealman
5 Special Fire Control District, the annexed area shall be
6 treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of the
7 annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy of
8 the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
9 Notwithstanding chapter 171, Florida Statutes, or any other
10 applicable law or ordinance, if any municipality or other fire
11 control district annexes land within the District, the
12 District shall continue as the sole taxing, enforcing, and
13 service-providing authority for District purposes in the
14 annexed land. However, any municipality or other fire control
15 district that annexes such land may collect the applicable
16 assessment or tax for fire services and pay the District for
17 such services at the District's annually adopted standard
18 rate.
19 Section 5. Except as otherwise provide herein, this
20 act shall take effect January 1, 2003.
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