HB 0273 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Southeast Volusia Hospital
3	District, Volusia County; providing for codification of
4	the district’s charter; codifying, amending, and
5	reenacting chapters 24961 (1947), 29586 (1953), 57-1931,
6	65-2362, 67-2148, 81-499, and 89-552, Laws of Florida;
7	providing a declaration of legislative intent; repealing
8	special acts relating to the district; providing an
9	effective date.
10
11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
14	this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
15	relating to the Southeast Volusia Hospital District. It is the
16	intent of the Legislature to provide a single, comprehensive
17	special act charter for the district including all current
18	legislative authority granted to the district by its several
19	legislative enactments and any additional authority granted by
20	this act and chapter 189, Florida Statutes, as they may be
21	amended from time to time. It is further the intent of this act
22	to preserve all district authority.
23	Section 2.Chapters 24961 (1947), 29586 (1953), 57-1931,
24	65-2362, 67-2148, 81-499, and 89-552, Laws of Florida, relating
25	to the Southeast Volusia Hospital District, are codified,
26	reenacted, amended, and repealed as herein provided.
27	Section 3. The charter for the Southeast Volusia Hospital
28	District is re-created and reenacted to read:
29	Section 1. A special tax district is hereby created and
30	incorporated, to be known as “Southeast Volusia Hospital
31	District” in Volusia County, which district shall embrace and
32	include the following described property in Volusia County:
33	Beginning at the point of intersection of the main
34	channel of Mosquito Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean,
35	thence run Southeasterly with the shore of the
36	Atlantic Ocean to the point of intersection with the
37	South line of Township 19S, Thence West with said
38	Township line to the Southwest corner of Section 34,
39	Township 19S, Range 33E, Thence North to the Northwest
40	corner of Section 3, Township 19S, Range 33E, Thence
41	West along the South line of Township 18S, Range 33E,
42	to the Southwest corner of said Township 18S, Range
43	33E, thence North with West line of Township 18S,
44	Range 33E, to the Northwest corner of said Township
45	18S, Range 33E, thence West along line between
46	Townships 17S and 18S to the Southwest corner of
47	Township 17S, Range 32E, Thence along the Range line
48	between Ranges 31E and 32E North to the Northwest
49	corner of Township 17S, Range 32E, thence East along
50	the North line of Township 17S, Range 32E to point of
51	intersection with the South fork of Spruce Creek,
52	thence Northerly and Easterly along Spruce Creek to
53	the point of intersection with the main channel of the
54	Halifax River, thence Southerly and Easterly along the
55	main channel of the Halifax River and the main channel
56	of Mosquito Inlet to the point of beginning. All the
57	above described property lying and being in County of
58	Volusia, State of Florida.
59	Section 2. (1) The governing body of the Southeast
60	Volusia Hospital District shall consist of five commissioners,
61	all of whom shall be qualified electors and freeholders residing
62	in the district. The first commission shall be appointed by the
63	Governor between the first Monday in February, 1949, and the
64	second Tuesday in March, 1949. Two commissioners shall be
65	appointed for 4 years, two shall be appointed for 2 years, and
66	one shall be appointed for 1 year. When the term of office of
67	any member of the commission expires, the Governor shall appoint
68	a member or members for a period of 4 years. Commissioners
69	shall serve without compensation. Within 10 days after the
70	first commissioners have been duly appointed and qualified, they
71	shall hold an organizational meeting at which time a chair, vice
72	chair, and treasurer shall be elected from their number. Such
73	officers so elected shall hold office for a period of 1 year or
74	until the next ensuing annual organizational meeting.
75	(2) Effective January 1, 1990, the governing body of the
76	Southeast Volusia Hospital District shall consist of seven
77	commissioners. Two commissioners shall be residents of New
78	Smyrna Beach, two commissioners shall be residents of the City
79	of Edgewater, one commissioner shall be a resident of Oak Hill,
80	and two commissioners shall be residents of the unincorporated
81	area of the hospital district. Commissioners shall have
82	business, professional, or personal experience useful for
83	service as a commissioner. Commission members appointed
84	pursuant to subsection (1) shall continue serving on the
85	commission as long as they remain on the commission or are
86	reappointed to the commission without regard to the requirements
87	of this subsection. The first additional appointment made to
88	the commission which shall be made by January 1, 1990, shall be
89	a resident of the City of Edgewater; the second additional
90	appointment to the commission which shall be made by January 1,
91	1990, shall be a resident of the unincorporated area of the
92	hospital district; the first appointment replacing a
93	commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection (1) shall be a
94	resident of Oak Hill; and the second appointment replacing a
95	commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection (1) shall be a
96	resident of the City of Edgewater.
97	(3) Of the appointments to the commission to be made by
98	the Governor by January 1, 2007, one appointment from the
99	unincorporated area of the hospital district and one appointment
100	from the City of Edgewater shall be for terms of fifteen (15)
101	months expiring March 31, 2008, and one appointment from the
102	unincorporated area of the hospital district and one appointment
103	from the City of Edgewater shall be for terms of fifty-one (51)
104	months expiring March 31, 2011. Thereafter, the terms for all
105	commissioners shall be for four (4) years each, expiring March
106	31.
107	(4) The commissioners shall hold an annual organizational
108	meeting between the first and fifteenth day of March each year.
109	The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the
110	board of commissioners for cause and shall fill any vacancies
111	that may at any time occur therein. Each member shall give bond
112	to the Governor for the faithful performance of his or her
113	duties in the sum of $5,000, with a surety company qualified to
114	do business in the state as surety; however, the bonds of the
115	chair and of the treasurer of the board shall be $10,000 for
116	each such officer, which bonds shall be approved and kept by the
117	Clerk of the Circuit Court of Volusia County. The premiums on
118	the bonds shall be paid as part of the expense of the district.
119	Section 3. The board of commissioners of the Southeast
120	Volusia Hospital District, hereinafter called the board, shall
121	have all the powers of a body corporate, including the power to
122	sue and be sued under the name of the Southeast Volusia Hospital
123	District; to contract and be contracted with; to adopt and use a
124	common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to acquire,
125	purchase, hold, lease, and convey such real and personal
126	property as the board may deem proper or expedient to carry out
127	the purposes of the act; to appoint and employ a superintendent
128	and chief surgeon and such other agents and employees as the
129	board may deem advisable; to borrow money; and to issue the
130	notes, bonds, and other evidences of debt of the district
131	thereof to carry out the provisions of this act in the manner
132	hereinafter provided.
133	Section 4. Four (4) of the commissioners shall constitute
134	a quorum, and a vote of at least a majority of the commissioners
135	at any regular or special meeting shall be necessary to the
136	transaction of any business of the district. The commissioners
137	shall cause true and accurate minutes and records to be kept of
138	all business transacted by them and shall keep full, true, and
139	complete books of account and minutes, which minutes, records,
140	and books of account shall at all reasonable times be open and
141	subject to the inspection of inhabitants of the district. Any
142	person desiring to do so may make or procure copy of the
143	minutes, records, or books of account, or such portions thereof
144	as he or she may desire.
145	Section 5. (1) The board is authorized to purchase or
146	otherwise acquire such real and personal property as may be
147	required to establish, construct, operate, and maintain such
148	hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or related facilities as in
149	its opinion shall be necessary for the health and welfare of the
150	people of the district. The hospitals, clinics, nursing homes,
151	or related facilities shall be established, constructed,
152	operated, and maintained by the board for the preservation of
153	the public health, for the public good, and for the use of the
154	public of the district; and the acquisition of real and personal
155	property for the establishment, construction, operation, and
156	maintenance of such hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or
157	related facilities within the district are hereby found and
158	declared to be a public purpose and are necessary for the
159	preservation of the public health, for the public use, and for
160	the welfare of the district and inhabitants thereof. The
161	location of such hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or related
162	facilities shall be determined by the board.
163	(2) The board of commissioners of the Southeast Volusia
164	Hospital District is authorized to provide necessary hospitals,
165	clinics, nursing homes, and related services or facilities for
166	poor and indigent persons or, in lieu thereof, the board is
167	authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for a period
168	not exceeding twenty-five (25) years with any hospital, clinic,
169	or nursing home, public or private, now or hereafter existing
170	within the district for the purpose of providing such facilities
171	or services to the poor and indigent and to pay for the same out
172	of the funds of the district and from the proceeds of any tax
173	which is levied under the provisions of this act or amendments
174	thereto.
175	Section 6. The board shall have the power of eminent
176	domain and may thereby condemn and acquire any real or personal
177	property which the board may deem necessary for the use of the
178	district, whether within or without the district. Such power of
179	condemnation shall be exercised in the same manner as is now
180	provided by the general law for the exercise of the power of
181	eminent domain by cities and towns of the state.
182	Section 7. The board is authorized, in order to provide
183	for and carry out the provisions of this act, to purchase or
184	otherwise acquire real and personal property; to establish,
185	construct, repair, alter, and maintain hospital, clinic, and
186	nursing home buildings and facilities; and to purchase, lease,
187	repair, and maintain hospital, clinic, and nursing home
188	equipment, furniture, and fixtures on lands in the district
189	owned by or leased to the district. The board is further
190	authorized to expend district funds derived from taxes or any
191	other source whatsoever for the purchase or lease of real or
192	personal property and for building, constructing, purchasing,
193	leasing, repairing, and maintaining all hospital, clinic, and
194	nursing home lands, buildings, equipment, and facilities in the
195	district, and to borrow money from time to time for such
196	purposes, and also for operating expenses; however, a tax not to
197	exceed four (4) mills on the dollar may be assessed and levied
198	against the taxable property within the district for all
199	purposes.
200	It is hereby found and declared that all funds expended for
201	current operating expenses, the care of indigent patients, and
202	for the construction, purchase, lease, maintenance, and repair
203	of all hospital, clinic, or nursing home lands, buildings, and
204	equipment, whether on lands owned by or leased to the district,
205	shall be for public purposes.
206	Section 8. (1) ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.--
207	(a) The board is authorized to provide by resolution at
208	one time or from time to time for the issuance of bonds or
209	revenue certificates, or both, collectively referred to in this
210	section as bonds of the district for the purpose of paying all
211	or a part of the cost of acquisition, construction, repairing,
212	extensions, additions, equipping, and reconstruction of any
213	hospital facilities of the district. The bonds of each issue
214	shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may
215	be determined by the board, and may be made redeemable before
216	maturity, at the option of the board, at such price or prices
217	and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board
218	prior to the issuance of the bonds. The board shall determine
219	the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be
220	attached thereto, and the manner of execution of the bonds and
221	coupons, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the
222	bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and
223	interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or
224	without the state. In case any officer whose signature or a
225	facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or
226	coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of
227	such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless
228	be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he or
229	she had remained in office until such delivery. All bonds
230	issued under the provisions of this act shall have and are
231	hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of
232	negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments laws of
233	the state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered
234	form, or both, as the board may determine, and provisions may be
235	made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal
236	alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the
237	reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to
238	both principal and interest. The issuance of such bonds shall
239	not be subject to any limitations or conditions contained in any
240	other law. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the
241	board may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or
242	temporary bonds with or without coupons, exchangeable for
243	definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are
244	available for delivery. The board may also provide for the
245	replacement of any bonds which shall be mutilated or be
246	destroyed or lost.
247	(b) Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this act
248	without obtaining the consent of any commission, board, bureau,
249	or agency of the state or county and without any other
250	proceedings or the happening of any other condition or thing
251	than those proceedings, conditions, or things which are
252	specifically required by this act.
253	(c) The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the
254	payment of the cost of the hospital facilities for which such
255	bonds shall have been authorized and shall be disbursed in the
256	manner provided in the resolution or in the trust agreement
257	authorizing the issuance of such bonds. If the proceeds of the
258	bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the
259	purpose for which the same shall have been issued, the surplus
260	shall be set aside and used only for payment of the cost of
261	additional projects or for the payment of the principal of and
262	interest on such bonds. In the event that the actual cost of
263	the project exceeds the estimated cost, the board may issue
264	additional bonds to cover the deficiency, subject to the same
265	restrictions as required for the original issue.
266	(2) BONDS.--Bonds may be issued from time to time by the
267	board for the purposes herein provided, provided the issuance of
268	general obligation bonds shall have been approved by a majority
269	of the votes cast in an election held for such purposes pursuant
270	to the requirements of the Constitution of Florida.
271	(3) REVENUE CERTIFICATES.--
272	(a) Revenue certificates issued under the provisions of
273	this act shall be payable from the revenues derived from the
274	operation of any hospital facility or combination of hospital
275	facilities of the district under the supervision, operation, and
276	control of the board and from any other funds legally available
277	therefor. The issuance of such revenue certificates shall not
278	directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the state, the
279	board, or the district to levy any ad valorem taxes or to make
280	any appropriations for their payment or for the operation and
281	maintenance of the hospital facilities of the district.
282	(b) The board shall not convey or mortgage any hospital
283	facility or any part thereof as security for the payment of the
284	revenue certificates.
285	(c) In the discretion of the board, each or any issue of
286	such revenue certificates may be secured by a trust agreement by
287	and between the district and a corporate trustee, which may be
288	any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company
289	within or outside of the state. Such trust agreement may pledge
290	or assign the revenues to be received by the board. The
291	resolution providing for the issuance of revenue certificates or
292	such trust agreement may contain such provisions for protecting
293	and enforcing the rights and remedies of the certificate holders
294	as may be reasonable, proper, and not in violation of law,
295	including covenants setting forth the duties of the board in
296	relation to the acquisition, construction, improvement,
297	maintenance, operation, repair, equipping, and insurance of the
298	facilities and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all
299	moneys. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company
300	incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such
301	depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge
302	such securities as may be required by the board. Such
303	resolution or such trust agreement may restrict the individual
304	right of action by certificate holders as is customary in trust
305	agreements securing bonds or debentures of corporations. In
306	addition to the foregoing, such resolution or such trust
307	agreement may contain such other provisions as the board may
308	deem reasonable and proper for the security of the certificate
309	holders. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the board
310	may provide, by resolution or by trust agreement, for the
311	payment of the proceeds of the sale of the revenue certificates
312	and the revenues of the facilities to such officer, board, or
313	depository as it may determine for the custody thereof, and for
314	the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and
315	restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in
316	carrying out the trust agreement may be treated as a part of the
317	cost of operation of the facilities affected by the trust
318	agreement.
319	(d) The resolution or trust agreement providing for the
320	issuance of the revenue certificates may also contain such
321	limitations upon the issuance of additional revenue certificates
322	as the board may deem proper, and such additional certificates
323	shall be issued under such restrictions or limitations as may be
324	prescribed by such resolution or trust agreement.
325	(4) REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS.-- The board is authorized to
326	provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds or
327	refunding revenue certificates for the purpose of refunding any
328	bonds or revenue certificates, respectively, then outstanding
329	and issued under the provisions of this act, provided that the
330	refunding of any bonds payable from ad valorem taxes shall be to
331	the advantage of the district, such as providing for lower
332	interest rates or other savings to the taxpayers. The board is
333	further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of
334	revenue certificates for the combined purpose of (1)paying the
335	cost of any acquisition, construction, extension, addition,
336	improving, equipping, or reconstruction of a facility or
337	facilities of the district and (2) refunding revenue
338	certificates of the district which shall theretofore have been
339	issued under the provisions of the act and shall then be
340	outstanding. The issuance of such obligations, the maturities
341	and other details thereof, the right and remedies of the holders
342	thereof, and the rights, powers, privileges, duties, and
343	obligations of the district with respect to the same shall be
344	governed by the foregoing provisions of this act insofar as the
345	same may be applicable.
346	(5) ELECTION.--The board of county commissioners of
347	Volusia County shall, when presented with a resolution adopted
348	by the board requesting the holding of an election to approve
349	the issuance of bonds under this act, call, notice, and conduct
350	such election in the manner required by the constitution and by
351	the general laws of the state for the issuance of bonds by the
352	county. The cost of holding and conducting such election shall
353	be paid by the district.
354	Section 9. Prior to the issuance of such bonds, the board
355	shall, by resolution, determine the amount which in their
356	opinion will be necessary to be raised annually by taxation for
357	an interest and sinking fund with which to pay the interest and
358	principal of the bonds, and the board is authorized and required
359	to provide for the levy and collection annually of a sufficient
360	tax, without limitation as to rate or amount, upon all the
361	taxable property in the district to pay such interest and with
362	which to provide and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of
363	the principal of the bonds. Such sinking funds providing for
364	the payment of principal and interest of the outstanding bonds
365	shall not be used for any other purpose, provided, however, that
366	such sinking funds so set aside may be invested at the
367	discretion of the board or in the purchase or retirement of
368	bonds previously issued by the district. The revenues or any
369	part thereof derived from the operation of any hospital facility
370	or any combination of the hospital facilities of the district
371	shall, if so authorized by the board, be deposited to the credit
372	of the sinking fund for such bonds, and in that event the amount
373	of the annual levy herein required may be reduced in any year by
374	the amount of such revenues actually received in the preceding
375	year (excluding any depreciation fund) and then remaining on
376	deposit to the credit of the sinking fund for the payment of
377	such principal and interest.
378	Section 10. The board shall offer said bonds for sale by
379	notice stating the amount of bonds for sale, rate of interest
380	and when due, and payable, by advertising once a week for two
381	(2) weeks in a newspaper published in the district. The board
382	shall receive bids for the purchase of the bonds or any part
383	thereof on the day fixed by the notice, being not less than
384	twenty (20) days from the date of the first (1st) publication.
385	It shall have the right to reject any and all bids and
386	readvertise the bonds or any portion thereof remaining unsold.
387	Section 11. A bank or banks, or other depositary or
388	depositaries to be designated by the board, may receive and be
389	custodian of the bonds and all moneys arising from the sale of
390	the bonds.
391	Section 12. The funds of the district shall be paid out
392	upon warrant signed by the chair of the board and countersigned
393	by the treasurer thereof or bearing the facsimile signature of
394	the chair and treasurer when authorized by the board by
395	appropriate resolution. No warrant shall be drawn or issued
396	against funds of the district except for the purpose authorized
397	by this act or amendments thereto.
398	Section 13. It shall be the duty of the board, whenever
399	the bonds or any portion thereof are from time to time issued by
400	it, or whenever contracts entered into by the board require, to
401	annually assess and levy against the taxable property within the
402	district a tax to be collected and paid into the district fund
403	and used by the board for the operation, maintenance, and repair
404	of a hospital or hospitals established or authorized by this
405	act, or for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness
406	authorized by section 8, or for providing hospitalization under
407	a contract for the poor and indigent as contemplated under this
408	act, or amendments thereto, or for the payment of other
409	necessary expenses in carrying on and transacting the business
410	of the district, provided, nevertheless, that the millage for
411	the operating, maintenance, and repair of the hospital or
412	hospitals established as authorized by this act, or for the
413	payment of other necessary expenses in carrying on and
414	transacting the business of the district, shall not exceed four
415	(4) mills on all of the taxable property within the district.
416	Section 14. The board of commissioners of the Southeast
417	Volusia Hospital District is authorized and directed annually to
418	levy upon all the real and personal taxable property in the
419	district a sufficient tax to pay the interest and to provide and
420	maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the interest and
421	principal of the bonds provided for and authorized by this act.
422	Section 15. The levy by the board of the taxes authorized
423	by any provision of this act shall be by resolution of the board
424	duly entered upon the minutes of the board. Certified copies of
425	such resolution executed in the name of the board by its chair,
426	under its corporate seal, shall be made and delivered to the
427	board of the county commissioners of Volusia County and to the
428	comptroller of the state, not later than the first (1st) day of
429	July of every year. The county commissioners of Volusia County
430	shall order and require the tax assessor of the county to
431	assess, and the county tax collector of the county to collect,
432	the amount of taxes so assessed or levied by the board of
433	commissioners of the Southeast Volusia Hospital District upon
434	the taxable property in the district, at the rate of taxation
435	adopted by the board of commissioners of the district for the
436	year and included in the warrant of the tax assessor and
437	attached to the assessment roll of taxes for the county each
438	year. The tax collector shall collect such tax so levied by the
439	board in the same manner as other taxes are collected and shall
440	pay the same over to the board of commissioners of the Southeast
441	Volusia Hospital District within the time and in the manner
442	prescribed by law for the payment by the tax collector of county
443	taxes to the county depositary. It shall be the duty of the
444	comptroller of the state to assess and levy on all the railroad
445	lines and railroad property and telegraph lines and telegraph
446	property situated or located in the district, including as well
447	all telephone lines. The amount of each levy of each county or
448	state taxes and the said taxes shall be assessed by the same
449	officer respectively as are county taxes upon such property, and
450	such taxes shall be remitted by the collecting officer to the
451	board of commissioners of the Southeast Volusia Hospital
452	District. All such taxes shall be held by the board and paid
453	out by them as provided in this act.
454	Section 16. The board is authorized to pay from the funds
455	of the district all expenses of the organization of the board
456	and all expenses necessarily incurred with the formation of the
457	district and all other reasonable and necessary expenses,
458	including the fees and expenses of an attorney in the
459	transaction of the business of the district, and including the
460	compensation of a secretary to the board whose duties shall be
461	to keep and be responsible for all books of account, minutes,
462	and other records of the board, and in carrying out and
463	accomplishing the purposes of this act. This section, however,
464	shall not be construed to remit or instruct any of the powers
465	vested in the board by any other section or provision of this
466	act.
467	Section 17. At least once a year, the board shall publish
468	once in some newspaper in the district a complete detailed
469	statement of all moneys received and disbursed by them since the
470	creation of the district as to the first (1st) published
471	statement and since the last published statement as to any other
472	year. Such statement shall also show the several sources from
473	which said funds were received and shall show the balance on
474	hand at the time of the published statement. It shall show a
475	complete statement of the condition of the district.
476	Section 18. Each hospital and clinic established under
477	this act shall be for the use and benefit of the indigent sick.
478	Such residents shall be admitted to such hospital and clinic
479	and be entitled to medical care without charge, subject to the
480	rules and regulations prescribed by the board. Such hospitals
481	and clinics shall care for and treat without charge patients who
482	are found by the board to be indigent, but the board may collect
483	from patients financially able such charges as the board may
484	from time to time establish. The board shall have the power to
485	extend the benefits and privileges of such hospitals and clinics
486	and treatment and outpatient department to the home of the
487	indigent residents of the county. The board may extend the
488	privileges and use of such hospitals and clinics to nonresidents
489	of the district upon such terms and conditions as the board may
490	from time to time by its rules and regulations provide.
491	Section 19. It is intended that the provisions of this act
492	shall be liberally construed for accomplishing the work
493	authorized and provided for or intended to be and provided for
494	this act, and where strict construction would result in defeat
495	of the accomplishment of any part of the work authorized by this
496	act and liberal construction would permit or assist in the
497	accomplishment thereof, the liberal construction shall be
498	chosen.
499	Section 20. All bonds issued under the provisions of this
500	act may be validated by the board under and in accordance with
501	the provisions of the general laws of Florida, in the same
502	manner as is therein provided for validation of bonds, etc., by
503	any county, municipality, taxing district, etc. of the state.
504	Section 21. If any section, paragraph, phrase, or sentence
505	contained in this act, or amendments thereto, shall be held
506	inoperative, unconstitutional, or invalid by a court of
507	competent jurisdiction, it shall in no way affect the remaining
508	portions of this act.
509	Section 4.Chapters 24961 (1947), 29586 (1953), 57-1931,
510	65-2362, 67-2148, 81-499, and 89-552, Laws of Florida, are
511	repealed.
512	Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
513