HB 0599 2003
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6	The Committee on Finance & Tax recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
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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. If an annexing municipality or other fire
49	control district pays the district for the provision of fire
50	control services in an annexed area, the District may not
51	collect a tax or assessment in that area.For the purposes and
52	requirements of this Act, after the annexation by a
53	municipality of any unincorporated area within the East Lake
54	Tarpon Special Fire Control District, the annexed area shall be
55	treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of the
56	annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy of
57	the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
58	Section 3. Effective December 31, 2007, subsection (2) of
59	section 3 of section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as
60	amended by this act, is amended to read:
61	Section 3. Formation; boundaries.--
62	(2) Any lands within a municipality included in the
63	boundaries of the District, as described herein, shall be
64	excluded from the District and its jurisdiction. If any area,
65	tract, or parcel of land within the boundaries of the District
66	shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality, such area,
67	tract, or parcel of land shall be excluded from the District
68	effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a
69	municipality; however, the District shall continue to provide
70	services to the annexed area pursuant to section 11.
71	Section 4. Effective December 31, 2007, section 11 of
72	section 1 of chapter 2000-477, Laws of Florida, as amended by
73	this act, is amended to read:
74	Section 11. Annexation of territories by municipalities
75	or other fire control districts.--For the purposes and
76	requirements of this Act, after the annexation by a
77	municipality of any unincorporated area within the East Lake
78	Tarpon Special Fire Control District, the annexed area shall be
79	treated as lying within the corporate boundaries of the
80	annexing municipality, and shall not be subject to a levy of
81	the ad valorem tax which is authorized by this Act.
82	Notwithstanding chapter 171, Florida Statutes, or any other
83	applicable law or ordinance, if any municipality or other fire
84	control district annexes land within the District, the District
85	shall continue as the sole taxing, enforcing, and service-
86	providing authority for District purposes in the annexed land.
87	However, any municipality or other fire control district that
88	annexes such land may collect the applicable assessment or tax
89	for fire services and pay the District for such services at the
90	District's annually adopted standard rate.
91	Section 5. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act
92	shall take effect January 1, 2004.