HB 0381

CS

CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
2	the following:
3
4	Committee Substitute
5	Remove the entire bill and insert:
6	A bill to be entitled
7	An act relating to Trailer Estates Fire Control District,
8	Manatee County; amending, codifying, reenacting, and
9	repealing special acts relating to the district; providing
10	boundaries of the district; providing for a board of
11	commissioners; providing for election and organization of
12	the board; providing powers and duties of the board;
13	providing for a special assessment; providing powers and
14	duties of the district; requiring a financial statement
15	and budget; providing definitions; requiring a record of
16	meetings of the board; providing for filling vacancies;
17	providing for bonds; providing for severability; amending
18	chapter 93-352, Laws of Florida, to remove a reference;
19	providing an effective date.
20
21	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
22
23	Section 1.  Pursuant to section 191.015, Florida Statutes,
24	this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
25	relating to the Trailer Estates Fire Control District. It is the
26	intent of the Legislature in enacting this law to provide a
27	single, comprehensive special act charter for the district,
28	including all current legislative authority granted to the
29	district by its several legislative enactments and any
30	additional authority granted by this act. It is further the
31	intent of this act to preserve all district authority, including
32	the authority to annually assess and levy against each taxable
33	property in the district a special assessment not to exceed $75.
34	Section 2.  Chapters 63-1587, 65-1894, 65-1895, 72-613, 80-
35	534, 82-323, 84-473, 94-373, and 95-503, Laws of Florida, are
36	codified, amended, reenacted, and repealed as provided herein.
37	Section 3.  The Trailer Estates Fire Control District is
38	re-created and the charter for the district is re-created and
39	reenacted to read:
40	Section 1.  Upon this act becoming a law, all of the lands
41	in Manatee County, hereinafter described, became and were
42	incorporated into and as a special fire control district, being
43	an independent special taxing district, a political subdivision
44	of the state, and having the powers and duties herein set forth,
45	under the name ?Trailer Estates Fire Control District.?
46	Section 2.  The lands so incorporated being described as
47	follows:
48	(a)  Trailer Estates Subdivision as recorded in
49	Plat Book 8, Page 138, of the Public Records of
50	Manatee County, Florida.
51	(b)  First Addition to Trailer Estates
52	Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 71, of
53	the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida.
54	(c)  Second Addition to Trailer Estates
55	Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 61, of
56	the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida.
57	(d)  Third Addition to Trailer Estates
58	Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 69, of
59	the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida.
60	(e)  Fourth Addition to Trailer Estates
61	Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 66, of
62	the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida.
63	(f)  Fifth Addition to Trailer Estates
64	Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 55, of
65	the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida.
66	(g)  The SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of
67	Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.; LESS:  Land
68	Described in Deed Book 380, Page 451, Official Records
69	Book 208, Page 156 & 157, Official Records Book 240,
70	Pages 167 & 168, all of the Public Records of Manatee
71	County, Florida;  ALSO LESS:  The South 133 feet and
72	the East 290 feet of said SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the
73	SE 1/4.
74	(h)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
75	of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.,
76	of Manatee County, Florida, more particularly
77	described as follows:  From the NW corner of said SW
78	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, run S.
79	88 degrees 30? East along the North line of said SW
80	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence
81	run S. 1 degree 48? West, 100 feet for a Point of
82	Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30? East, 130 feet
83	to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48? West, 50 feet
84	to a point; thence run N. 88 degrees 30? West, 130
85	feet to a point; thence run N. 1 degree 48? East, 50
86	feet to the Point of Beginning.
87	(i)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
88	of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.,
89	of Manatee County, Florida, more particularly
90	described as follows:  From the NW corner of said SW
91	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, run S.
92	88 degrees 30? East along the North line of said SW
93	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence
94	run S. 1 degree 48? West, 150 feet for a Point of
95	Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30? East, 130 feet
96	to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48? West, 50 feet
97	to a point; thence run N. 88 degrees 30? West, 130
98	feet to a point; thence run N. 1 degree 48? East, 50
99	feet to the Point of Beginning.
100	(j)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
101	of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.,
102	of Manatee County, Florida, more particularly
103	described as follows:  From the NW corner of said SW
104	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, run S.
105	88 degrees 30? East along the North line of said SW
106	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence
107	run S. 1 degree 48? West, 200 feet for a Point of
108	Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30? East, 130 feet
109	to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48? West, 50 feet
110	to a point; thence run N. 88 degrees 30? West, 130
111	feet to a point; thence run N. 1 degree 48? East, 50
112	feet to the Point of Beginning.
113	(k)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
114	of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.,
115	of Manatee County, Florida, more particularly
116	described as follows:  From the NW corner of said SW
117	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, run S.
118	88 degrees 30? East along the North line of said SW
119	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet to the
120	East Right-of-Way of American Way (as per plat of
121	Trailer Estates, Third Addition, as recorded in Plat
122	Book 10, Page 69, of the Public Records of Manatee
123	County, Florida); thence run S. 1 degree 48? West, 270
124	feet for a Point of Beginning; thence run S. 88
125	degrees 30? East, 130 feet to a point; thence run S. 1
126	degree 48? West, 100 feet to a point; thence run N. 88
127	degrees 30? West, 130 feet to a point on the East
128	Right-of-Way of said American Way; thence run N. 1
129	degree 48? East along the East Right-of-Way of said
130	American Way, 100 feet to the Point of Beginning.
131	(l)  A tract of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
132	of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Twp. 35 S., Rge. 17 E.,
133	of Manatee County, Florida, more particularly
134	described as follows:  From the NW corner of said SW
135	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, run S.
136	88 degrees 30? East along the North line of said SW
137	1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, 14.74 feet; thence
138	run S. 1 degree 48? West, 250 feet for a Point of
139	Beginning; thence run S. 88 degrees 30? East, 130 feet
140	to a point; thence run S. 1 degree 48? West, 20 feet
141	to a point; thence run N. 88 degrees 30? West, 130
142	feet to a point; thence run N. 1 degree 48? East, 20
143	feet to the Point of Beginning.
144
145	Section 3.  The business and affairs of said district shall
146	be conducted and administered by a board of five commissioners,
147	hereinafter referred to as the ?commissioners,? who shall
148	organize in January of each year by electing from their number a
149	chair, a vice chair, a secretary, and a treasurer. The positions
150	of secretary and treasurer may be held by one commissioner. The
151	meeting at which the commissioners elect the officers shall be
152	called the ?organizational meeting.? Said commissioners shall
153	not receive any compensation for their services, but the
154	secretary and treasurer may receive a salary not to exceed $300
155	per annum from the funds of said district for said officers'
156	services as secretary and/or treasurer. Each commissioner shall,
157	before said commissioner enters upon such duties, execute to the
158	Governor, for the benefit of said district, a good and
159	sufficient surety bond in the sum of $5,000 with a qualified
160	corporate surety conditioned to faithfully perform the duties of
161	commissioner and to account for all funds which may come into
162	his or her hands as a commissioner. All premiums for such surety
163	on all bonds shall be paid from the funds of said district. Each
164	member shall, upon assuming office, take and subscribe to the
165	oath of office prescribed by s. 5(b), Art. II of the State
166	Constitution and section 876.05, Florida Statutes.
167	Section 4.  All district elections shall be conducted and
168	supervised by the Supervisor of Elections of Manatee County,
169	under the rules governing general elections in the County of
170	Manatee, except as may otherwise be provided herein. All
171	elections shall be held at the Trailer Estates Recreation Hall
172	in the district. Any registered voter residing in the district
173	may vote in a district election. Application for absentee
174	ballots may be requested from the Supervisor of Elections of
175	Manatee County within 1 year prior to each election, and shall
176	be counted once returned to the Supervisor of Elections? office
177	by 7:00 p.m. on the day of each election pursuant to the Florida
178	Election Code. All election ballots shall be prepared by the
179	Supervisor of Elections of Manatee County. The commissioners
180	shall be elected in nonpartisan elections. A person desiring to
181	have his or her name placed on the ballot for election as a
182	commissioner of the district shall be a freeholder and qualified
183	elector residing within the district, as certified by the county
184	property appraiser and the supervisor of elections of said
185	county to be a freeholder and qualified elector according to the
186	respective official records of such officers, and shall pay a
187	filing fee of $25 or, in the alternative, the person may qualify
188	by obtaining the signatures of at least 25 registered electors
189	of the district on petition forms provided by the supervisor of
190	elections, which petitions shall be submitted and checked in the
191	same manner as petitions filed by nonpartisan judicial
192	candidates pursuant to section 105.035, Florida Statutes. Notice
193	of said election setting forth the names of the persons proposed
194	as commissioners of the district shall be in writing and posted
195	at the principal office of the district not less than 15 days
196	before the date of each election. Notwithstanding the provisions
197	of section 101.20, Florida Statutes, the publication of a sample
198	ballot is not required. The Supervisor of Elections of Manatee
199	County shall appoint inspectors and clerks for the election
200	whose duties shall be the same as similar officers in general
201	elections, except as herein stated. Said election may be by
202	ballot or by other electronic or electromechanical voting
203	system, and if by ballot the same shall be written or printed in
204	black ink on plain paper and shall be substantially in the
205	following form:
206	Board of Commissioners of the Trailer Estates Fire Control
207	District
208	(stating their names)
209
210	,and if by other electronic or electromechanical voting system
211	the requirements for the ballot herein described shall be
212	adapted to the use of such voting system. Election of
213	commissioners shall be held bi-annually on the second Tuesday of
214	November or, in the alternative, on another Tuesday in November,
215	in even years, in conjunction with any other special, primary,
216	or general election to be conducted by the supervisor of
217	elections, by electing two commissioners in 2004 and three
218	commissioners in 2006 for 4-year terms. In the November 2004
219	election, Seats #2 and #4 shall be filled. In the November 2006
220	election, Seats #1, #3, and #5 shall be filled. Commissioners
221	may succeed themselves in office. The term of newly elected
222	commissioners shall commence on the first Tuesday of January
223	following the election. Commissioners shall serve until their
224	successors assume office, except as otherwise provided herein.
225	The commissioners whose seats are filled pursuant to the
226	commissioners? election in November 2000 (Seats #2 and #4) shall
227	serve until their successors assume office following the
228	November 2004 commissioners? election. The commissioners whose
229	seats are filled pursuant to the commissioners? election in
230	November 2002 (Seats #1, #3, and #5) shall serve until their
231	successors assume office following the November 2006
232	commissioners? election. Each commissioner must be a qualified
233	elector at the time he or she qualifies and continually
234	throughout his or her term.
235	Section 5.  The Supervisor of Elections of Manatee County
236	shall canvass the returns of elections and shall announce the
237	result thereof no later than the day following the election. The
238	expenses of the supervisor of elections for conducting each
239	election shall be paid out of general funds of the district.
240	Section 6.  All vacancies occurring in the board of
241	commissioners from any cause shall be filled by the remaining
242	commissioners by the appointment of a successor commissioner or
243	commissioners from among the registered voters residing in the
244	district who are freeholders within said district. An appointed
245	commissioner shall serve until the next commissioners? election,
246	at which time an election shall be held to fill the vacancy for
247	the remaining term, if any. Any commissioner failing to
248	discharge the duties of his or her position may be removed for
249	cause by the board of commissioners, after due notice and an
250	opportunity to be heard upon charges of malfeasance or
251	misfeasance.
252	Section 7.
253	(1)  The district shall have the right, power, and
254	authority to levy special assessments against taxable real
255	estate lying within its territorial bounds in order to provide
256	funds for the purposes of the district. The rate of such
257	assessments shall be fixed by a resolution of the board of
258	commissioners, as hereinafter provided, but shall in no event
259	exceed the sum of $50 per annum on business firms and buildings,
260	$75 per annum on homes, $0.50 per lot on vacant lots, and $0.50
261	per acre or fraction thereof on unsubdivided acreage. Apartment
262	buildings and tourist courts are to be construed as business
263	buildings; provided, however, there shall be an additional
264	assessment of $0.50 for each rental unit. Trailers and mobile
265	homes with or without cabanas, carports, or utility rooms shall
266	be construed as homes.
267	(2)  The county property appraiser shall furnish the
268	commissioners with a tax roll covering all taxable properties
269	within the territorial limits of said district upon which roll
270	said commissioners will place the levy for each parcel of
271	property shown thereon on or before the first day of June of
272	each year and any property owner in said district shall have the
273	right during the period between the tenth day of June and the
274	twentieth day of June of each year to file written protest of
275	the proposed assessments and the amount or rate thereof, and to
276	appear before the board in support of such protest; and the
277	board shall hold a meeting or meetings during said period to
278	consider and act upon any such protests.
279	(3)  Immediately after the expiration of the period last
280	mentioned, the board of commissioners shall adopt a resolution
281	fixing the rates of assessment and shall return the said tax
282	roll to the county property appraiser, having first noted
283	thereon the levy against each parcel of property described
284	thereon, on or before the first day of July of each year. The
285	county property appraiser shall then include in the Manatee
286	County tax roll the assessments thus made by the Board of
287	Commissioners of the Trailer Estates Fire Control District and
288	the same shall be collected in the manner and form as is
289	provided for the collection of county taxes and paid over by the
290	county tax collector to the board of commissioners in the manner
291	and form as is provided for the disbursement of county taxes.
292	The county tax collector and the county property appraiser shall
293	receive commissions and fees for assessing and collecting such
294	assessments, of one and one-half percent to the tax collector
295	and one and one-half percent to the property appraiser, instead
296	of the same commissions and fees usually earned for the
297	assessment and collection of county taxes. Further, the services
298	of the property appraiser and the tax collector under this act
299	are hereby declared to be special services performed directly
300	for the district, and any payment therefor shall not be personal
301	income of such official but shall be income to said official?s
302	office.
303	Section 8.  Such special assessments shall be a lien upon
304	the land so assessed along with the county taxes assessed
305	against the same until said assessments and taxes have been
306	paid, and if the same become delinquent, shall be considered a
307	part of the county tax, subject to the same penalties, charges,
308	fees, and remedies for enforcement and collection as provided by
309	the laws of the state for the collection of such taxes.
310	Section 9.  The proceeds of said assessments and the funds
311	of the district shall be deposited in the name of the district
312	in a qualified public depository as defined by Florida law,
313	which depository shall be designated by resolution of the Board
314	of Commissioners. No funds of the district shall be disbursed
315	save and except by check or draft signed by any two
316	commissioners.
317	Section 10.  The fiscal year of the district shall commence
318	October 1 of each year and end on September 30 of the following
319	year. The commissioners shall, on or before April 1 of each
320	year, prepare an annual financial statement of income and
321	disbursements during the prior fiscal year. On or before
322	September 1 of each year, the commissioners shall prepare and
323	adopt an itemized budget showing the amount of money necessary
324	for the operation of the district for the next fiscal year, and
325	the district assessment to be assessed and collected upon the
326	taxable property of the district for the next ensuing year. A
327	copy of the annual financial statement and a copy of the budget
328	shall be made available for public inspection at the principal
329	office of the district at reasonable hours.
330	Section 11.  The district may acquire and hold real and
331	personal property, sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and
332	perform other functions necessary or desirable to the carrying
333	out of the provisions and intent of this act. No debt shall be
334	created without the approval of the board of commissioners.
335	Section 12.  The board of commissioners shall have the
336	power and authority to borrow money for the purposes of the
337	district in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the total tax
338	assessment of the year when such borrowing is done, provided,
339	however, that the total accumulative debt of the district shall
340	never exceed 50 percent of the total special assessment in any 1
341	year. Neither the district commissioners as a body nor any one
342	of them as an individual shall be personally or individually
343	liable for the repayment of such loan, such repayment shall be
344	made out of tax receipts of the district. Except as provided in
345	this paragraph, the district commissioners shall not create any
346	indebtedness or incur obligations for any sum or amount which
347	the commissioners are unable to repay out of district funds then
348	in their hands, provided, that the district commissioners may
349	make purchases of equipment together with funds for the erection
350	or improvement of a fire station and/or ancillary structures of
351	the district on an installment basis as necessary if funds are
352	available for the payment of the current year?s installment on
353	such equipment or building loan plus the amount due in that year
354	on any other installments and/or the repayment of any bank loan
355	or other existing indebtedness which may be due that year.
356	Section 13.  No funds of said district shall be used for
357	any purposes other than the administration of the affairs and
358	business of the district; the protection and preservation of
359	life and property; the prevention and elimination of fires; the
360	construction, care, maintenance, upkeep, operation, and purchase
361	of fire fighting and rescue equipment or a fire station and any
362	ancillary structures; installation of fire hydrants; payments of
363	public utilities such as electric lights and water; and payments
364	of salaries of a fire marshal and one or more firefighters as
365	the board of commissioners may from time to time determine to be
366	for the best interests of the district.
367	Section 14.  The board of commissioners shall have the
368	power and the authority to buy, sell, trade, rent, or lease real
369	and personal property or otherwise dispose of surplus real or
370	personal property in the name of the district; to deliver
371	purchase money notes and mortgages or to assume the obligation
372	of existing mortgages in connection with the acquisition of
373	property of the district; to mortgage real and personal property
374	when necessary to carry out the district?s duties and authority
375	under this act; to receive gifts of real or personal property;
376	and to acquire by gift or purchase a fire station and station
377	site and such fire fighting and rescue equipment as is deemed
378	necessary for the protection of said district. The board of
379	commissioners shall have the power to cooperate or contract with
380	other persons or entities, including other governmental
381	agencies, as necessary, convenient, incidental, or proper in
382	connection with providing effective mutual aid and furthering
383	any power, duty, or purpose authorized hereunder.
384	Section 15.
385	(1)  The members of the board of commissioners shall have
386	the duties usually pertaining to, vested in, and incumbent upon
387	like officers. A record shall be kept of all meetings of the
388	board of commissioners, and in such meetings concurrence of a
389	majority of said commissioners shall be necessary to any
390	affirmative action taken by the board. The board of
391	commissioners shall keep a permanent record book in which the
392	minutes of all meetings, resolutions, proceedings, certificates,
393	bonds given by commissioners, and corporate acts shall be
394	recorded. The record book shall be open to inspection in the
395	same manner as state, county, and municipal records are open
396	under Florida law. The record book shall be kept at the
397	principal office of the district.
398	(2)  The board of commissioners may adopt such bylaws and
399	rules and regulations not inconsistent with any portion of this
400	act, as it may deem necessary in and about the transaction of
401	its business and in carrying out the provisions of this act.
402	(3)  The board of commissioners shall have the right,
403	power, and authority to employ by written contract the services
404	of a technical advisor who is thoroughly familiar with the
405	details and operations of a fire control district for any and
406	all such technical advice as may be necessary to make the fire
407	control district operative in accordance with this act, and fees
408	for such services shall be payable from the funds of the said
409	fire control district. The board of commissioners is hereby
410	authorized to employ and to enter into agreements or contracts
411	with consultants, engineers, attorneys, and fiscal, financial,
412	or other experts to perform planning, engineering, legal,
413	financial, or other professional services for the district, or
414	any asset thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the
415	commissioners shall deem desirable and proper.
416	Section 16.
417	(1)  The board of commissioners of said district may
418	appoint a fire marshal, who shall be a person experienced in all
419	types of fire fighting and fire prevention and who shall work
420	with and cooperate with the Florida State Forestry Service in
421	which the district is situated, in the prevention of fires of
422	all types.
423	(2)  Said fire marshal shall be required to inspect all
424	places of business, apartment houses, hotels, motels, and other
425	buildings within the territorial limits of the district wherein
426	large groups of people might congregate to determine that such
427	places have proper fire extinguishers and fire escapes, at least
428	two times each year, and shall submit a report on same to the
429	board of commissioners.
430	Section 17.  The special fire control district shall exist
431	until dissolved by law. Should any part of the territory covered
432	in this act be held not to be included herein, then this act
433	shall continue in effect as to the balance of the said
434	territory. The district may be abolished by a majority vote of
435	the registered voters residing in the district at an election
436	called by the board of commissioners for such purpose, which
437	election shall be held and notice thereof given under the same
438	requirements as are set forth hereunder for the election of
439	commissioners and the levying and collecting of the district
440	assessments. Provided that the district shall not be abolished
441	while it has outstanding indebtedness without first making
442	adequate provision for the liquidation of such outstanding
443	indebtedness and provided, further, that the real and personal
444	property of the district shall be conveyed or otherwise
445	transferred by gift by the board of commissioners to the Trailer
446	Estates Park and Recreation District, being a political
447	subdivision of the state.
448	Section 18.  Commissioners not guilty of malfeasance in
449	office shall be relieved of any personal liability for any acts
450	done by them while holding office in the district; and any
451	commissioner who is made a party to any action, suit, or
452	proceeding solely by reason of holding office in the district
453	shall be indemnified by the district against reasonable
454	expenses, including attorneys? fees, incurred by said
455	commissioner in defending such suit, action, or proceeding,
456	except with respect to matters wherein it shall be adjudged in
457	such proceeding that such commissioner is liable for negligence
458	or misconduct in the performance of the commissioner?s duties.
459	Section 19.  No suit, action, or proceeding shall be
460	instituted or maintained in any court against said district or
461	the commissioners, or any commissioner thereof, for or upon any
462	claim, right, or demand of any kind or nature, unless the person
463	or persons making such claim or demand or claiming such right
464	shall have within 30 days after the alleged accrual of such
465	claim, right, or demand, given to the commissioners, or one of
466	them, a notice in writing setting forth the nature of the right,
467	claim, or demand, the amount thereof, the place and manner in
468	which such claim or right accrued, together with the names and
469	addresses of all witnesses by whom such claims, rights, or
470	demands are to be proved or established, all with sufficient
471	detail to enable the district and the commissioners to fully
472	investigate such claim, right, or demand; and no suit, action,
473	or proceeding or any such demand shall be instituted within 3
474	months after such notice shall be given.
475	Section 20.  The word ?district? shall mean the special
476	fire control district hereby organized; the words ?board? and
477	?board of commissioners? shall mean the board of commissioners
478	of and for the special fire control district hereby created when
479	used in this act, unless otherwise specified.
480	Section 21.  If any clause, section, or provision of this
481	act shall be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid for any
482	cause or reason, the same shall be eliminated from this act, and
483	the remaining portion of said act shall be in force and effect
484	and be as valid as if such invalid portion thereof had not been
485	incorporated therein.
486	Section 22.  This provisions of this act shall be liberally
487	construed in order to effectively carry out the purposes of this
488	act in the interest of the public.
489	Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of chapter 93-
490	352, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
491	(1)(a)  The business affairs of the Cedar Hammock Fire
492	Control District, Parrish Fire Control District, Southern
493	Manatee Fire and Rescue District, Trailer Estates Fire Control
494	District, Westside Fire Control District, and Whitfield Fire
495	Control District in Manatee County shall be conducted and
496	administered by a five-member board that is elected by the
497	electors of the respective districts in nonpartisan elections
498	held at the time and in the manner prescribed for holding
499	general elections in section 189.405(2)(a), Florida Statutes.
500	Each member shall be elected for a term of 4 years and shall
501	serve until his successor is chosen and qualified, except that
502	members elected to seats 2 and 4 in the first election held
503	after the effective date of this act shall be elected for a term
504	of 2 years.
505	Section 5.  Chapters 63-1587, 65-1894, 65-1895, 72-613, 80-
506	534, 82-323, 84-473, 94-373, and 95-503, Laws of Florida, are
507	repealed.
508	Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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