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  2         An act relating to the Trailer Estates Park and

  3         Recreation District, Manatee County; codifying,

  4         reenacting, amending, and repealing special

  5         acts relating to the district; providing for

  6         the administration of the affairs of said

  7         district by a board of nine trustees and

  8         defining their powers and duties; providing for

  9         the qualification of electors in the district

10         and for annual election of trustees; providing

11         for removal of trustees and appointment to fill

12         vacancies; providing for the assessment and

13         collection of a recreation district tax

14         assessed against each improved residential

15         parcel of real property within the district;

16         providing that such district tax shall be a

17         lien against each parcel of land so assessed

18         and for the method of collecting such tax;

19         providing for the deposit and disbursement of

20         funds of the district; establishing a fiscal

21         year and providing for publication of annual

22         financial statements; authorizing the trustees

23         of the district to issue bonds and other

24         obligations of the district and to secure the

25         same by pledge of tax revenues and other

26         property of the district; authorizing the

27         trustees of the district to acquire and dispose

28         of real and personal property for the general

29         purpose of the district; authorizing the

30         trustees of the district to promulgate rules

31         and regulations for the use of facilities of


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  1         the district; providing for the abolishment of

  2         the district; providing conditions precedent to

  3         the filing of suit against the district or any

  4         of the trustees thereof, and relieving

  5         individual trustees from personal liability for

  6         obligations of the district; defining terms;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida

12  Statutes, this act constitutes the codification of all special

13  acts relating to the Trailer Estates Park and Recreation

14  District. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this

15  law to provide a single, comprehensive special act charter for

16  the district, including all current legislative authority

17  granted to the district by its several legislative enactments

18  and any additional authority granted by this act.

19         Section 2.  Chapters 69-1287, 70-796, 72-612, 73-546,

20  76-420, 76-423, 81-428, 90-447, 94-413, and 96-442, Laws of

21  Florida, are codified, amended, reenacted, and repealed as

22  herein provided.

23         Section 3.  The Trailer Estates Park and Recreation

24  District is re-created and the charter is re-created and

25  reenacted to read:

26         Section 1.  Upon this act becoming a law, all lands

27  described in Section 2 lying in Manatee County, hereinafter

28  described, shall become and be incorporated into and as a park

29  and recreation district, which shall be an independent special

30  taxing district, having the powers and duties herein set

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  1  forth, under the name of "Trailer Estates Park and Recreation

  2  District."

  3         Section 2.  The lands so to be incorporated being

  4  described as follows:

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  6         (a)  Trailer Estates Subdivision as recorded in

  7         Plat Book 8, page 138, of the Public Records of

  8         Manatee County, Florida. First Addition to

  9         Trailer Estates Subdivision as recorded in Plat

10         Book 9, page 71, of the Public Records of

11         Manatee County, Florida.

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13         (b)  Second Addition to Trailer Estates

14         Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 9, page

15         61, of the Public Records of Manatee County,

16         Florida.

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18         (c)  Third Addition to Trailer Estates

19         Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 10, Page

20         69 of the Public Records of Manatee County,

21         Florida.

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23         (d)  Fourth Addition to Trailer Estates

24         Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 11, page

25         66, of the Public Records of Manatee County,

26         Florida.

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28         (e)  Fifth Addition to Trailer Estates

29         Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 12, page

30         55, of the Public Records of Manatee County,

31         Florida.


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  2         (f)  The SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of

  3         Section 22, TWP. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.; LESS: Land

  4         Described in Deed Book 380, Page 451, Official

  5         Records Book 208, Pages 156 & 157, Official

  6         Records Book 240, Pages 167 & 168, all of the

  7         Public Records of Manatee County, Florida; ALSO

  8         LESS: The South 133 feet and the East 290 feet

  9         of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4.

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11         (g)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE

12         1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S.

13         Rge. 17 E. of Manatee County, Florida, more

14         particularly described as follows: From the NW

15         corner of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE

16         1/4 of Section 22, run S. 88 degrees 30' East

17         along the North line of said SW 1/4 of the SE

18         1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence run S. 1

19         degree 48' West, 100 feet for a Point of

20         Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30' East,

21         130 feet to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48'

22         West, 50 feet to a point; thence run N. 88

23         degrees 30' West, 130 feet to a point; thence

24         run N. 1 degree 48' East 50 feet to the Point

25         of Beginning.

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27         (h)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE

28         1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S.

29         Rge. 17 E. of Manatee County, Florida, more

30         particularly described as follows: From the NW

31         corner of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE


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  1         1/4 of Section 22, run S. 88 degrees 30' East

  2         along the North line of said SW 1/4 of the SE

  3         1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence run S. 1

  4         degree 48' West, 150 feet for a Point of

  5         Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30' East,

  6         130 feet to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48'

  7         West, 50 feet to a point; thence run N. 88

  8         degrees 30' West, 130 feet to a point; thence

  9         run N. 1 degree 48' East 50 feet to the Point

10         of Beginning.

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12         (i)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE

13         1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S.

14         Rge. 17 E. of Manatee County, Florida, more

15         particularly described as follows: From the NW

16         corner of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE

17         1/4 of Section 22, run S. 88 degrees 30' East

18         along the North line of said SW 1/4 of the SE

19         1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence run S. 1

20         degree 48' West, 200 feet for a Point of

21         Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30' East,

22         130 feet to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48'

23         West, 50 feet to a point; thence run N. 88

24         degrees 30' West, 130 feet to a point; thence

25         run N. 1 degree 48' East 50 feet to the Point

26         of Beginning.

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28         Section 3.  The business and affairs of said district

29  shall be conducted and administered by a board of nine

30  trustees (hereinafter referred to as the "trustees") who, upon

31  their annual election, shall organize by electing from their


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  1  number a chair, two vice chairs, a secretary, and a treasurer.

  2  Said trustees shall not receive any compensation for their

  3  services but shall be entitled to be reimbursed from funds of

  4  the district for any authorized disbursements they may

  5  properly incur on behalf of the district.  Each trustee

  6  authorized to sign checks of the district or otherwise

  7  designated to handle its funds shall, before he or she enters

  8  upon such duties, execute to the Governor for the benefit of

  9  said district, a good and sufficient bond approved by a

10  circuit judge of Manatee County in the sum of $5,000 with a

11  qualified corporate surety conditioned to faithfully perform

12  the duties of such trustee and account for all funds which may

13  come into his or her hands as such trustee.  All premiums for

14  such surety on all bonds shall be paid from the funds of said

15  district.

16         Section 4.  Elections shall be held at the usual

17  polling place within the district between the hours of 12 noon

18  and 8 p.m. and shall be conducted and supervised by the

19  supervisor of elections of Manatee County under the rules

20  governing general elections in the county, except as may

21  otherwise be provided herein.  Election of the Board of

22  Trustees shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the

23  first Monday of December, establishing 2-year terms for all

24  trustees, five to be elected in even years to serve 2-year

25  terms and four to be elected in odd years to serve 2-year

26  terms in order of expiration of terms of office and as

27  required to maintain a full board of nine trustees.

28         Section 5.  The only persons qualified to vote in said

29  election shall be owners of record of real property within

30  said district, but they need not be actually residing in the

31  district, nor be residents of the state.  The term "owners of


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  1  record" means record owners appearing on the current rolls of

  2  the tax assessor of Manatee County not less than 30 days prior

  3  to the date of each election. For the purpose of determining

  4  the qualifications of electors, the rolls of the tax assessor

  5  of Manatee County shall be presumptive evidence of the record

  6  of owners of property within the district, but such

  7  presumption may be rebutted by the voter furnishing a recorded

  8  deed or facsimile thereof to the supervisor of elections, or

  9  his or her designated agent at the polling place, at the time

10  of voting at such election.  Application for absentee ballots

11  may be obtained from the supervisor of elections of Manatee

12  County within 45 days prior to each annual election, and shall

13  be counted if actually received by the supervisor of elections

14  by 5 p.m. on the day before the date of each such election.

15  All election ballots shall be prepared by the supervisor of

16  elections of the county.  Persons desiring to have their names

17  placed on the ballot for election as trustee of the district

18  shall be qualified electors as defined in this act and shall

19  present a written petition to the supervisor of elections of

20  Manatee County not less than 60 days prior to the date of each

21  election, which petition shall be signed by the candidate and

22  notarized, and signed by not less than 25 persons qualified to

23  vote in said election within the district.  Notice of said

24  election setting forth the names of the persons proposed as

25  trustees of the district for the next ensuing 2 years shall be

26  given by the district in writing addressed to each record

27  owner or owners of each parcel of property within the

28  district, not less than 15 days before the date of each

29  election, and shall also be published by the district one time

30  at least 10 days prior to such election, in a newspaper of

31  general circulation published in the county, and if no


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  1  newspaper be published in said county, then they shall cause

  2  written or printed notices of said election to be posted in

  3  five public places within said district.  The trustees may

  4  appoint inspectors and clerks for the election whose duties

  5  shall be the same as similar officers in general elections,

  6  except as herein stated.  Said election may be by ballot or by

  7  voting machine, and if by ballot the same shall be written or

  8  printed in black ink on plain paper and shall be substantially

  9  in the following form:

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11         Board of Trustees of the Trailer Estates Park

12         and Recreation District (stating their names

13         and residence addresses)

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15  and if by voting machine the requirements for the ballot

16  herein described shall be adapted to the use of such voting

17  machine.  The nine persons receiving the highest number of

18  votes shall be declared trustees of the district for the

19  ensuing 2 years. Trustees may succeed themselves in office.

20         Section 6.  The supervisor of elections of Manatee

21  County shall canvass the return of election and shall announce

22  the results thereon the day following the election. Should

23  there be a deadlock in the balloting, a runoff election shall

24  be held on the 3rd Tuesday of December next following the

25  deadlocked election, except if a deadlock should occur in the

26  first election as provided hereunder, a runoff election shall

27  be held on the 3rd Tuesday following such deadlocked election.

28  The supervisor of elections shall be entitled to a reasonable

29  fee for conducting each election, payable out of general funds

30  of the district.

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  1         Section 7.  The Board of Trustees shall have the right,

  2  power, and authority to levy a special assessment known as a

  3  recreation district tax against all taxable real estate

  4  situated within said district for the purpose of providing

  5  funds for the operation of the district.  The trustees shall,

  6  on or before April 1 of each year, by resolution, fix the

  7  amount of the assessment for the next ensuing year and shall

  8  direct the tax assessor of Manatee County to assess and the

  9  tax collector of Manatee County to collect such tax as

10  assessed upon each improved residential parcel of property

11  within the district.  Prior to the adoption of the resolution

12  fixing the amount of the assessment, the trustees shall hold a

13  public hearing at which time property owners within the

14  district may appear and be heard.  Notice of the time and

15  place of the public hearing shall be published once in a

16  newspaper of general circulation within the county at least 21

17  days prior to the public hearing.  The county tax assessor

18  shall include on the Manatee County tax roll the special

19  assessment for park and recreation district benefits thus made

20  by the Board of Trustees of the district, and the same shall

21  be collected in the manner and form as provided for collection

22  of county taxes. The county tax collector and the county tax

23  assessor shall each receive compensation for their services

24  regarding such special assessment of 1-1/2 percent of the

25  gross tax receipts instead of the commissions and fees usually

26  earned for the assessment and collection of county taxes.

27  Further, the services of the tax assessor and the tax

28  collector under this act are hereby declared to be special

29  services performed directly for the district, and any payment

30  therefor shall not be considered of the general income of such

31  official nor come under sections 116.03 and 145.121, Florida


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  1  Statutes. After deducting therefrom the said fees, the tax

  2  collector shall deposit the funds into a depository designated

  3  by the Board of Trustees of the district for the account of

  4  the district. For the purpose of determining property subject

  5  to the district tax, an "improved residential parcel" shall be

  6  construed to mean a lot or lots on which a mobile home has

  7  been erected as of January 1 of the taxable year.  The

  8  district tax shall not be an ad valorem tax but rather shall

  9  be a unit tax assessed equally against all improved

10  residential parcels.

11         Section 8.  The district may acquire and hold property,

12  sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and perform other

13  functions necessary or desirable to the carrying out of the

14  provisions and intent of this act. No debt shall be created

15  without the approval of the Board of Trustees.

16         Section 9.  The district tax shall be a lien upon each

17  improved residential parcel of land so assessed until said tax

18  has been paid, and shall be considered a part of the Manatee

19  County tax, subject to the same penalties, charges, fees, and

20  remedies for enforcement and collection as provided by the

21  laws of the state for the collection of such taxes.

22         Section 10.  The proceeds for said tax and the funds of

23  the district shall be deposited in the name of the district in

24  a bank or savings and loan association or building and loan

25  association authorized to receive deposits of county funds,

26  which depository shall be designated by resolution of the

27  Board of Trustees.  No funds of the district shall be

28  disbursed save and except by check or draft signed by the

29  chair and treasurer of the board or, in the absence of either,

30  by another trustee designated for that purpose by the board.

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  1         Section 11.  Trustees shall hold office for a term of 2

  2  years, and may succeed themselves.  All vacancies occurring in

  3  the Board of Trustees for any cause shall be filled for the

  4  unexpired term by the remaining trustees by the appointment of

  5  a successor trustee or trustees from among the qualified

  6  electors of said district as herein defined.  Any trustee

  7  failing to discharge the duties of his or her position may be

  8  removed for cause by the Board of Trustees, after due notice

  9  and an opportunity to be heard upon charges of malfeasance or

10  misfeasance.

11         Section 12.  The fiscal year of the district shall

12  commence January 1.  The trustees shall, on or before April 1

13  of each year, prepare an annual financial statement of income

14  and disbursements during the prior fiscal year.  On or before

15  April 1 of each year, the trustees shall prepare and adopt an

16  itemized budget showing the amount of money necessary for the

17  operation of the district for the next fiscal year, and the

18  district tax to be assessed and collected upon the taxable

19  property of the district for the next ensuing year. Such

20  financial statement shall be published once during the month

21  of April each year in a newspaper of general circulation

22  within the county. A copy of said statement and a copy of said

23  budget shall also be furnished by mail to each taxpayer within

24  the district within 30 days after its preparation and a copy

25  made available for public inspection at the principal office

26  of the district at reasonable hours.

27         Section 13.  The property of the district shall consist

28  of the recreational hall, shuffleboard courts, marina,

29  playgrounds, walks, and other property and improvements now or

30  hereafter erected or purchased by the trustees for the

31  district, as well as any other real or personal property which


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  1  the trustees of the district may, in their discretion,

  2  determine to be necessary or convenient for the purposes of

  3  the district. In addition thereto, for the comfort and

  4  convenience of taxpayers within the district, the trustees may

  5  in their discretion assume the cost of installing and

  6  maintaining entrance parkways and street lighting within the

  7  district and may acquire and dispose of any other facilities

  8  for the general purpose of the district.

  9         Section 14.  Persons entitled to use the facilities and

10  property of the district shall be limited to property owners

11  within the district, their family members and guests, and such

12  other persons and groups as the trustees may authorize from

13  time to time.

14         Section 15.  The trustees shall supervise all real and

15  personal property owned by the district, and shall have the

16  following powers in addition to those already herein

17  enumerated:

18         (a)  To negotiate purchases and to purchase real and

19  personal property on behalf of the district and to pay for

20  such purchases with either cash or by the issuance of bonds or

21  revenue certificates.

22         (b)  To determine and fix the tax to be assessed

23  annually within the district.

24         (c)  To enter into contracts on behalf of the district.

25         (d)  To incur obligations on behalf of the district,

26  including the power to issue bonds, notes, and other evidence

27  of indebtedness of the district for the purpose of obtaining

28  funds for the operation of the district, including the

29  purchase of land, buildings, and other improvements; provided,

30  however, that the aggregate amount of all obligations of the

31  district payable in any fiscal year shall not exceed the


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  1  aggregate amount of all revenue received by the district from

  2  all sources during such fiscal year. Bonds, notes, or other

  3  certificates of indebtedness issued by the district may be

  4  secured by the pledge of tax revenues obtained by the

  5  district, as well as by mortgage of property owned by the

  6  district.

  7         (e)  To issue its bonds to finance, in whole or in

  8  part, the cost of construction, acquisition, or improvements

  9  of real and personal property of the district.  The trustees,

10  in determining such costs, may include all costs and estimated

11  costs of the issuance of said bonds, all engineering,

12  inspection, fiscal, and legal expenses, all costs of

13  preliminary surveys, plans, maps, and specifications, initial

14  reserve funds for debt service, the costs of the services of

15  persons, firms, corporations, partnerships, or associations

16  employed, or consultants, advisors, engineers, or fiscal,

17  financial, or other experts in the planning, preparation, and

18  financing of the district.  The trustees are hereby authorized

19  to employ and to enter into agreements or contracts with

20  consultants, engineers, attorneys, or fiscal, financial, or

21  other experts for the planning, preparation, and financing of

22  the district, or any asset thereof, upon such terms and

23  conditions as the trustees shall deem desirable and proper.

24  The district may pledge to the punctual payment of bonds or

25  revenue certificates issued pursuant to this act, and interest

26  thereon, an amount of the revenue derived from the facilities

27  and services of the district, including acquisitions,

28  extensions, and improvements thereof sufficient to pay said

29  bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due

30  and to create and maintain reasonable reserves therefor.

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  1         (f)  To buy, sell, rent, or lease real and personal

  2  property in the name of the district; to deliver purchase

  3  money notes and mortgages or to assume the obligation of

  4  existing mortgages in connection with the acquisition of

  5  property of the district; and to receive gifts of real or

  6  personal property.

  7         (g)  To promulgate reasonable rules and regulations

  8  governing the use of the facilities of the district.

  9         (h)  To provide trash and garbage collection and

10  central television antenna signals and services for the

11  benefit of all persons residing within the district, to own,

12  operate, and maintain the necessary equipment and apparatus,

13  or to contract with others to provide such services, and to

14  hold such franchises as may be necessary or desirable to

15  provide such services.

16         (i)  To use district funds in the administration and

17  enforcement of the deed restriction as filed in the Manatee

18  County public records for properties within the district.

19         (j)  To recover all costs and reasonable attorney's

20  fees in addition to other appropriate relief should the

21  trustees be the prevailing party in any litigation, and in any

22  appellate proceedings, involving the enforcement of this act

23  and/or the deed restrictions as filed in the Manatee County

24  public records.

25         Section 16.  The construction, acquisition, or

26  improvements of real or personal property of the district, or

27  the refunding of any bonds or other obligations issued for

28  such purposes, may be authorized under this act. Bonds may be

29  authorized to be issued under this act to provide funds for

30  such purposes by resolution or resolutions of the trustees,

31  which may be adopted at the same meeting at which they were


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  1  introduced and may be adopted by a majority of the members

  2  thereof, and shall take effect immediately upon adoption and

  3  need not be published or posted. Said bonds shall bear

  4  interest at such rate or rates not exceeding 6 percent per

  5  annum, payable semiannually, may be in one or more series, may

  6  bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not

  7  exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, may be made

  8  payable in such medium of payment, at such place, within or

  9  without the state, may carry such registration privileges, may

10  be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without

11  premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such

12  terms, covenants, and conditions, and may be in such form,

13  either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent

14  resolution may provide.  Said bonds may be sold all at one

15  time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private

16  sale, or if refunding bonds, may also be delivered and

17  exchanged for the outstanding obligations to be refunded

18  thereby, in such manner as the trustees shall determine by

19  resolution, and at such price or prices computed according to

20  standard tables of bond value as will yield to the purchasers

21  or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange in

22  the case of refunding bonds, income at a rate not exceeding 6

23  percent per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds

24  so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount

25  of obligations surrendered therefor to the district. Pending

26  the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim certificates

27  or receipts or temporary bonds in such form and with such

28  provisions as the trustees may determine may be issued to the

29  purchaser or purchasers of the bonds sold pursuant to this

30  act.  Said bonds, and such interim certificates or receipts or

31  temporary bonds, shall be fully negotiable.


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  1         Section 17.  A record shall be kept of all meetings of

  2  the Board of Trustees and in such meetings a concurrence of a

  3  majority of said trustees shall be necessary for any

  4  affirmative action taken by the board.  Said trustees may

  5  adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with any

  6  portion of this act, as they may deem necessary or convenient

  7  in and about the transaction of the business of the board and

  8  in carrying out the provisions of this act.

  9         Section 18.  For the general purposes of this act, each

10  parcel of improved residential property in said district is

11  hereby declared to be uniformly and generally benefited by the

12  provisions hereof.

13         Section 19.  The district hereby created may be

14  abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors in the

15  district at an election called by the trustees of the district

16  for such purpose, which election shall be held and notice

17  thereof given under the same requirements as are set forth

18  hereunder for the election of trustees and the levying and

19  collecting of the district tax. However, the district shall

20  not be abolished while it has outstanding indebtedness without

21  first making adequate provisions for the liquidation of such

22  outstanding indebtedness.

23         Section 20.  Trustees not guilty of malfeasance in

24  office shall be relieved of any personal liability for any

25  acts done by them while holding office in the district; any

26  trustee who is made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding

27  solely by reason of his or her holding office in the district

28  shall be indemnified by the district against reasonable

29  expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by him or her in

30  defending such suit, action, or proceeding, except with

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  1  proceeding that such trustee is liable for negligence or

  2  misconduct in the performance of his or her duties.

  3         Section 21.  The word "district" means the special park

  4  and recreation district hereby organized; the words "board,"

  5  "trustees," and "Board of Trustees" mean the Board of Trustees

  6  of and for the special park and recreation district hereby

  7  created when used in this act, unless otherwise specified.

  8         Section 22.  (a)  Notwithstanding any provisions to the

  9  contrary (as may now appear in section 8, section 13, or

10  section 15), the trustees of Trailer Estates Park and

11  Recreation District shall not enter into any contract

12  involving the initial purchase, lease, conveyance, or other

13  manner of acquisition of real or tangible personal property

14  constituting recreational facilities, which presently exist

15  within the territory included in the Trailer Estates Park and

16  Recreation District, in any instance when the cost price or

17  consideration therefor exceeds $25,000 including all

18  obligations proposed to be assumed in connection with such

19  acquisition, unless:

20         (1)  The trustees by two-thirds vote have approved the

21  terms and conditions of such acquisition by written

22  resolution;

23         (2)  Within not less than 30 nor more than 60 days

24  after the date of the resolution, the trustees certify the

25  resolution to the supervisor of elections of Manatee County

26  for a referendum election; and

27         (3)  A majority of qualified electors of the district

28  voting in a referendum election approve the resolution.

29         (b)  The qualifications of voters, notice, and

30  procedure for this referendum shall be the same as set forth

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  1  herein for the election of trustees and for special referendum

  2  elections.

  3         Section 4.  Chapters 69-1287, 70-796, 72-612, 73-546,

  4  76-420, 76-423, 81-428, 90-447, 94-413, and 96-442, Laws of

  5  Florida, are repealed.

  6         Section 5.  In the event of a conflict of the

  7  provisions of this act with the provisions of any other act,

  8  the provisions of this act shall control to the extent of such

  9  conflict.

10         Section 6.  The provisions of this act shall be

11  liberally construed in order to effectively carry out the

12  purpose of this act in the interest of the public.

13         Section 7.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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