HB 0599 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the East Lake Tarpon Special Fire
3	Control District, Pinellas County; amending sections 3(2)
4	and 11 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida;
5	providing authority of the district with respect to land
6	that is annexed by a municipality or other fire control
7	district; providing for collection and payment of fire
8	services taxes or assessments by such municipality or
9	other district; providing for future repeal of the
10	amendments made by the act; providing effective dates.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 3 of section 1 of
15	chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
16	Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
17	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
18	boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
19	excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
20	tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
21	shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
22	tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
23	effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
24	municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
25	services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
26	Section 2. Section 11 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477,
27	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
28	Section 11. Annexation of territories by municipalities
29	or other fire control districts.--Notwithstanding chapter 171,
30	Florida Statutes, or any other applicable law or ordinance, if
31	any municipality or other fire control district annexes land
32	within the District, the District shall continue as the sole
33	taxing, enforcing, and service-providing authority for District
34	purposes in the annexed land. However, any municipality or
35	other fire control district that annexes such land may collect
36	the applicable assessment or tax for fire services and pay the
37	District for such services at the District's annually adopted
38	standard rate.For the purposes and requirements of this Act,
39	after the annexation by a municipality of any unincorporated
40	area within the East Lake Tarpon Special Fire Control District,
41	the annexed area shall be treated as lying within the corporate
42	boundaries of the annexing municipality, and shall not be
43	subject to a levy of the ad valorem tax which is authorized by
44	this Act.
45	Section 3. Effective January 1, 2009, subsection (2) of
46	section 3 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as
47	amended by this act, is amended to read:
48	Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
49	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
50	boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
51	excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
52	tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
53	shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
54	tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
55	effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
56	municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
57	services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
58	Section 4. Effective January 1, 2009, section 11 of
59	section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as amended by
60	this act, is amended to read:
61	Section 11. Annexation of territories by municipalities
62	or other fire control districts.--For the purposes and
63	requirements of this Act, after the annexation by a
64	municipality of any unincorporated area within the East Lake
65	Tarpon Special Fire Control District, the annexed area shall be
66	treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of the
67	annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy of
68	the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
69	Notwithstanding chapter 171, Florida Statutes, or any other
70	applicable law or ordinance, if any municipality or other fire
71	control district annexes land within the District, the District
72	shall continue as the sole taxing, enforcing, and service-
73	providing authority for District purposes in the annexed land.
74	However, any municipality or other fire control district that
75	annexes such land may collect the applicable assessment or tax
76	for fire services and pay the District for such services at the
77	District's annually adopted standard rate.
78	Section 5. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act
79	shall take effect January 1, 2004.