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