HB 1587 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Okaloosa County; amending chapter 2000-
3	434, Laws of Florida; revising boundaries of the Baker
4	Fire District, Okaloosa County; amending chapter 2001-333,
5	Laws of Florida; revising boundaries of the North Okaloosa
6	Fire District; providing an effective date.
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8	WHEREAS, the North Okaloosa Fire District and the Baker
9	Fire District are independent special fire districts created by
10	acts of the Florida Legislature, and
11	WHEREAS, an amendment to the local act that created the
12	Baker Fire District created an overlap regarding boundaries of a
13	portion of territory between the North Okaloosa Fire District
14	and the Baker Fire District, and
15	WHEREAS, the purpose of this act is to clarify and ratify
16	the agreements between the parties regarding fire district
17	boundaries, NOW, THEREFORE,
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1. Section 2 of section 2 of chapter 2000-434,
22	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
23	Section 2. Creation; boundaries.--
24	(1) All of the following lands in Okaloosa County shall be
25	incorporated as an independent special fire control district,
26	which shall be a public municipal corporation for the public
27	benefit, with perpetual existence, to be known as the Baker Fire
28	District, in which name it may sue and be sued, and lease, own,
29	possess, and convey real and personal property, by purchase or
30	gift or otherwise, to carry out the purposes of this act. The
31	lands so incorporated shall include the following:
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33	Begin at Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County line and six 3/4
34	miles south of the Alabama State Line, thence Easterly
35	and Southeasterly on State Forest Road (Peaden Bridge
36	Road then John Riley Barnhill Road) to intersect with
37	Narrows Creek, thence Easterly along Narrows Creek to
38	intersect with State Highway 189, thence run North 3/4
39	mile along State Highway 189 to intersect with State
40	Forest Road (Shockley Springs Road) thence run Easterly
41	along State Forest Road (Shockley Springs Road) to
42	intersect Bear Branch, continue East along Bear Branch
43	to intersect Yellow River, thence Southerly along the
44	channel of the Yellow River to the North Section line
45	of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 24 West, thence
46	run West along Section lines to the intersection of Old
47	River Road, thence run South along Old River Road to
48	the intersection of Griffith Cemetery Road, thence
49	continue South along Griffith Cemetery Road to
50	intersection of Buck Ward Road, thence continuing
51	Southeasterly along Buck Ward Road to the intersection
52	of Old River Road, thence South along Old River Road to
53	the intersection with Garrett Mill Road, thence West
54	along Garrett Mill Road to intersect State Highway 4,
55	thence Northwesterly along State Highway 4 to intersect
56	Keyser Mill Road, continue Southwesterly along Keyser
57	Mill Road to intersect Galliver Cut off (County Road
58	189), thence North along Galliver Cut off to Lighthouse
59	Church Road, continue West along Lighthouse Church Road
60	to intersection with Poplar Head Church Road, continue
61	West to Penny Creek, thence Westerly along Penny Creek
62	to Blackwater River, thence Northwesterly along
63	Blackwater River to Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County Line,
64	thence North along Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County line for
65	nine miles to point of beginning. Okaloosa County,
66	Florida.
67	Begin at Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County line and six 3/4
68	miles south of the Alabama State Line, thence Easterly
69	and Southeasterly on State Forest Road (Peaden Bridge
70	Road then John Riley Barnhill Road) to intersect with
71	Narrows Creek, thence Easterly along Narrows Creek to
72	intersect with State Highway 189, thence run North 3/4
73	mile along State Highway 189 to intersect with State
74	Forest Road (Shockley Springs Road) thence run
75	Easterly along State Forest Road (Shockley Springs
76	Road) to intersect Bear Branch, continue East along
77	Bear Branch to intersect Yellow River, thence
78	Southerly along Yellow River to intersection with Gum
79	Creek, thence Northwesterly along Gum Creek to
80	intersect with Old River Road, thence South along Old
81	River Road for 1/4 mile to intersect with Griffith
82	Cemetery Road, thence Southwesterly along Griffith
83	Cemetery Road for 1 mile to intersection of North
84	branch of Three Mile Branch, thence Southerly along
85	Three Mile Branch to Mill Creek, thence Southerly
86	along South branch of Mill Creek to Garrett Mill Road,
87	thence West along Garrett Mill Road 3/8 mile to
88	intersect State Highway 4, thence Northwesterly along
89	State Highway 4 to intersect Keyser Mill Road,
90	continue Southwesterly along Keyser Mill Road to
91	intersect Galliver Cut off (County Road 189), thence
92	North along Galliver Cut off to Lighthouse Church
93	Road, continue West along Lighthouse Church Road to
94	Penny Creek, thence Westerly along Penny Creek to
95	Blackwater River, thence Northwesterly along
96	Blackwater River to Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County Line,
97	thence North along Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County line for
98	10 miles to point of beginning. Okaloosa County,
99	Florida.
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101	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
102	boundaries of the district as described herein shall be excluded
103	from the district and its jurisdiction. If any area, tract, or
104	parcel of land within the boundaries of the district shall
105	hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area, tract, or
106	parcel of land shall be excluded from the district effective the
107	next January 1 following such annexation by a municipality.
108	Nothing contained in this act shall preclude any municipality
109	from annexing lands to the territorial limits of the
110	municipality even if such land is included within the district.
111	(3) Should any part of the territory covered in this act
112	be held not to be included herein, then this act shall continue
113	in effect as to the balance of the territory.
114	Section 2. Section 1 of section 2 of chapter 2001-333,
115	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
116	Section 1. Creation; boundaries.--Upon this act becoming a
117	law, all of the following lands lying in Okaloosa County shall
118	be incorporated as an independent special fire control district,
119	which shall be a public municipal corporation for the public
120	benefit, with perpetual existence, to be known as the North
121	Okaloosa Fire District, in which case it may sue and be sued,
122	lease, own, possess, and convey real and personal property, by
123	purchase or gift or otherwise, in order to carry out the
124	purposes of this act. The lands so incorporated shall include
125	the following:
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127	Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 12,
128	Township North, Range 23 West, thence West along
129	Section lines to the Northwest corner of Section 7,
130	Township 4 North, Range 23 West, and the channel of the
131	Yellow River, thence Southerly along the channel of the
132	Yellow River to the North Section line of Section 2,
133	Township 3 North, Range 24 West, thence run West along
134	Section lines to the intersection of Old River Road,
135	thence run South along Old River Road to the
136	intersection of Griffith Cemetery Road, thence
137	southwesterly along Griffith Cemetery Road thence
138	continue South long Griffith Cemetery Road to
139	intersection of Buck Ward Road, thence continuing
140	Southeasterly along Buck Ward Road to the intersection
141	of Old River Road, thence South along Old River Road to
142	the intersection with Garrett Mill Road, thence West
143	along Garrett Mill Road 3 thence West along Garrett
144	Mill Road to the intersection of Highway 4, continue
145	North along Highway 4 for approximately 3/8 miles to
146	the intersection of Keyser Mill Road, thence Southwest
147	along Keyser Mill Road to Baggett Creek and the
148	Northwest corner of Section 20, Township North, Range
149	24 West, thence South along Section lines to the
150	Southwest corner of Section 29, Township 3 North, Range
151	24 West, thence East along Section lines to the channel
152	of the Yellow River, thence Southerly along the channel
153	of the Yellow River to the intersection of the boundary
154	with Eglin Air Force Base, thence run East along Eglin
155	Air Force Base boundary, to the Southwest corner of
156	Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 24 West, thence run
157	North along Section line to the channel of the Shoal
158	River, thence Easterly along the channel of the Shoal
159	River to the intersection of the North Section line of
160	Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 24 West, thence run
161	East along Section line to the channel of the Shoal
162	River, thence Southerly and Easterly along the channel
163	of the Shoal River to the intersection of the boundary
164	of Eglin Air Force Base, thence run Easterly along the
165	boundary line of Eglin Air Force Base to the Southeast
166	corner of Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 23 West,
167	thence run North along Section lines to the North
168	right-of-way boundary of Interstate 10, thence run West
169	along said North right-of-way boundary of Interstate 10
170	to the channel of the Shoal River, thence Easterly and
171	Northerly along channel of Shoal River to the East
172	Section line of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 23
173	West, thence along Section lines to the Point of
174	Beginning, less and except the City Limits of the Town
175	of Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida. Also described
176	as all of the following property less and except the
177	City Limits of the Town of Crestview, Okaloosa County,
178	Florida, All of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
179	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
180	29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, in Township 4 North,
181	Range 23 West; All of Sections 12, 13, 24, 25, 35, 36,
182	in Township 4 North, Range 24 West; All of Sections 2,
183	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21,
184	23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and that
185	portion of Sections 1, 12, 13, 14, 23 West of the Shoal
186	River and that portion of section 26 that is both West
187	of the Shoal River and South of Interstate 10, in
188	Township 3 North, Range 23 West; All of Sections 1, 2,
189	10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
190	28, 29, 34, 35, 36, all of Section 3 except that
191	portion that is both West of Old River Road and North
192	of Griffith Cemetery Road, that portion of Section 4
193	both East of Griffith Cemetery Road, and South of Buck
194	Ward Road that portion of Section 5 South of Buck Ward
195	Road and East of North branch of Three Mile Branch,
196	that portion of Section 9 East of Three Mile Branch and
197	South of Mill Creek, and that portion of Section 17
198	both East of Keyser Mill Road and South of Garrett Mill
199	Road, that portion of Section 33 East of the Yellow
200	River, in Township 3 North, Range 24 West; all of
201	Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and that portion of section
202	7 North of the Shoal River, in Township 2 North, Range
203	23 West; All of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, and those
204	portions of Sections 4 and 9 East of the Yellow River,
205	and that portion of Section 11 North of the Shoal
206	River, in Township 2 North, Range 24 West.
207	Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 12,
208	Township North, Range 23 West, thence West along
209	Section lines to the Northwest corner of Section 7,
210	Township 4 North, Range 23 West, and the channel of
211	the Yellow River, thence Southerly along the channel
212	of the Yellow River to the North Section line of
213	Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 24 West, thence run
214	West along Section lines to the intersection of Old
215	River Road, thence run South along Old River Road to
216	the intersection of Griffith Cemetery Road, thence
217	southwesterly along Griffith Cemetery Road for 1 mile
218	to intersection of the North branch of Three Mile
219	Branch, thence Southerly along Three Mile Branch to
220	Mill Creek, thence southerly along South branch of
221	Mill Creek to Garrett Mill Road, thence West along
222	Garrett Mill Road for approximately 3/8 miles to the
223	intersection of Highway 4, continue North along
224	Highway 4 for approximately 3/8 miles to the
225	intersection of Keyser Mill Road, thence Southwest
226	along Keyser Mill Road to Baggett Creek and the
227	Northwest corner of Section 20, Township North, Range
228	24 West, thence South along Section lines to the
229	Southwest corner of Section 29, Township 3 North,
230	Range 24 West, thence East along Section lines to the
231	channel of the Yellow River, thence Southerly along
232	the channel of the Yellow River to the intersection of
233	the boundary with Eglin Air Force Base, thence run 14
234	East along Eglin Air Force Base boundary, to the
235	Southwest corner of Section 11, Township 2 North,
236	Range 24 West, thence run North along Section line to
237	the channel of the Shoal River, thence Easterly along
238	the channel of the Shoal River to the intersection of
239	the North Section line of Section 12, Township 2
240	North, Range 24 West, thence run East along Section
241	line to the channel of the Shoal River, thence
242	Southerly and Easterly along the channel of the Shoal
243	River to the intersection of the boundary of Eglin Air
244	Force Base, thence run Easterly along the boundary
245	line of Eglin Air Force Base to the Southeast corner
246	of Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 23 West, thence
247	run North along Section lines to the North right-of-
248	way boundary of Interstate 10, thence run West along
249	said North right-of-way boundary of Interstate 10 to
250	the channel of the Shoal River, thence Easterly and
251	Northerly along channel of Shoal River to the East
252	Section line of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 23
253	West, thence along Section lines to the Point of
254	Beginning, less and except the City Limits of the Town
255	of Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida. Also described
256	as all of the following property less and except the
257	City Limits of the Town of Crestview, Okaloosa County,
258	Florida, All of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
259	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
260	28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, in Township 4
261	North, Range 23 West; All of Sections 12, 13, 24, 25,
262	35, 36, in Township 4 North, Range 24 West; All of
263	Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18,
264	19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
265	36, and that portion of Sections 1, 12, 13, 14, 23
266	West of the Shoal River and that portion of section 26
267	that is both West of the Shoal River and South of
268	Interstate 10, in Township 3 North, Range 23 West; All
269	of Sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22,
270	23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, all of Section
271	3 except that portion that is both West of Old River
272	Road and North of Griffith Cemetery Road, that portion
273	of Section 4 both East of Griffith Cemetery Road, and
274	South of Buck Ward Road, that portion of Section 5
275	South of Buck Ward Road and East of North branch of
276	Three Mile Branch, that portion of Section 9 East of
277	Three Mile Branch and South of Mill Creek, and that
278	portion of Section 17 both East of Keyser Mill Road
279	and South of Garrett Mill Road, that portion of
280	Section 33 East of the Yellow River, in Township 3
281	North, Range 24 West; all of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
282	6, and that portion of section 7 North of the Shoal
283	River, in Township 2 North, Range 23 West; All of
284	Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, and those portions of Sections 4
285	and 9 East of the Yellow River, and that portion of
286	Section 11 North of the Shoal River, in Township 2
287	North, Range 24 West.
288
289	Any federal lands or lands located within the described
290	boundaries of the City of Crestview are excluded from the
291	district. If any portion of the district is annexed into a
292	municipality or becomes part of another fire district, the North
293	Okaloosa Fire District shall be entitled to receive all
294	revenues, including non-ad valorem assessments and impact fees
295	generated from that property in the calendar year of annexation,
296	i.e., January 1 through December 31.
297	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.