ENROLLED HB 1729 2003 Legislature
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Keys Mosquito Control
3	District, Monroe County; amending chapter 2002-346, Laws
4	of Florida; increasing the amount of money which may be
5	borrowed from $150,000 for a period of time not to exceed
6	2 years to $1 million for a period of time not to exceed 5
7	years; 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. Section 5 of chapter 2002-346, Laws of Florida, is
12	amended to read:
13	Section 5. Powers of the board of commissioners.--The
14	board of commissioners shall have all the powers of a body
15	corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as a
16	corporation in said name in any court; to contract; to adopt and
17	use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; to purchase,
18	hold, lease, and convey such real estate and personal property
19	as a majority of the board may deem proper to carry out the
20	purposes of this act; to prescribe rules and regulations for the
21	marking of such property; to employ a director and such experts,
22	agents, and employees as the board may require; to participate
23	with employees in a group hospitalization insurance plan
24	providing the entire cost of such a plan; to contract and
25	cooperate with county, state, and other governmental agencies in
26	regard to mosquito control or suppression; to borrow money in an
27	amount not to exceed $1 million $150,000for a period of time
28	not to exceed 52years; and to issue negotiable promissory
29	notes and bonds or such necessary instruments to secure said
30	loan to enable it to carry out the provisions of this act.
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32	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.