ENROLLED HB 1587 2003 Legislature
   
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.
7         
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,
18         
19          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20         
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:
32         
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.
100         
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:
126         
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.