HB 0599 2003
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6	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
7	the following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to the East Lake Tarpon Special Fire
13	Control District, Pinellas County; amending sections 3(2)
14	and 11 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida;
15	providing authority of the district with respect to land
16	that is annexed by a municipality or other fire control
17	district; providing for collection and payment of fire
18	services taxes or assessments by such municipality or
19	other district; providing for future repeal of the
20	amendments made by the act; providing effective dates.
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22	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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24	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 3 of section 1 of
25	chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
26	Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
27	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
28	boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
29	excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
30	tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
31	shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
32	tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
33	effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
34	municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
35	services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
36	Section 2. Section 11 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477,
37	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
38	Section 11. Annexation of territories by municipalities
39	or other fire control districts.--Notwithstanding chapter 171,
40	Florida Statutes, or any other applicable law or ordinance, if
41	any municipality or other fire control district annexes land
42	within the District, the District shall continue as the sole
43	taxing, enforcing, and service-providing authority for District
44	purposes in the annexed land. However, any municipality or
45	other fire control district that annexes such land may collect
46	the applicable assessment or tax for fire services and pay the
47	District for such services at the District's annually adopted
48	standard rate.For the purposes and requirements of this Act,
49	after the annexation by a municipality of any unincorporated
50	area within the East Lake Tarpon Special Fire Control District,
51	the annexed area shall be treated as lying within the corporate
52	boundaries of the annexing municipality, and shall not be
53	subject to a levy of the ad valorem tax which is authorized by
54	this Act.
55	Section 3. Effective December 31, 2007, subsection (2) of
56	section 3 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as
57	amended by this act, is amended to read:
58	Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
59	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
60	boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
61	excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
62	tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
63	shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
64	tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
65	effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
66	municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
67	services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
68	Section 4. Effective December 31, 2007, section 11 of
69	section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as amended by
70	this act, is amended to read:
71	Section 11. Annexation of territories by municipalities
72	or other fire control districts.--For the purposes and
73	requirements of this Act, after the annexation by a
74	municipality of any unincorporated area within the East Lake
75	Tarpon Special Fire Control District, the annexed area shall be
76	treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of the
77	annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy of
78	the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
79	Notwithstanding chapter 171, Florida Statutes, or any other
80	applicable law or ordinance, if any municipality or other fire
81	control district annexes land within the District, the District
82	shall continue as the sole taxing, enforcing, and service-
83	providing authority for District purposes in the annexed land.
84	However, any municipality or other fire control district that
85	annexes such land may collect the applicable assessment or tax
86	for fire services and pay the District for such services at the
87	District's annually adopted standard rate.
88	Section 5. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act
89	shall take effect January 1, 2004.