HB 1607

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the South Walton Fire District, Walton
3	County; amending chapter 2000-491, Laws of Florida;
4	specifying territorial boundaries for each area of the
5	district in which a commissioner elected to the board of
6	fire commissioners must reside; providing an effective
7	date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Section 4 of chapter 2000-491, Laws of Florida,
12	is amended to read:
13	Section 4.  Board of fire commissioners.--The business and
14	affairs of the district shall be conducted and administered by a
15	board of seven commissioners.
16	(1)  The commissioners elected for seat 1 and seat 2 must
17	reside within the following described area:
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19	Commencing at the point of intersection of the
20	Intracoastal Waterway and the East Walton County line
21	for a point of beginning; thence South along the East
22	lines of Sections 13, 24, 25, and 36 Township 3 South,
23	Range 18 West, to the Gulf of Mexico; thence meander
24	Westerly along the Gulf of Mexico to the point of
25	intersection of the West line of Section 8, Township 3
26	South, Range 19 West and the Gulf of Mexico; thence
27	North along the West section lines of Sections 8 and
28	5, Township 3 South, Range 19 West and the West
29	section lines of Section 32 and 29, Township 2 South,
30	Range 19 West to the Choctawhatchee Bay; thence
31	meander Easterly along Choctawhatchee Bay to the
32	Intracoastal Waterway; thence meander Easterly along
33	the Intracoastal Waterway to the Point of Beginning.
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35	(2)  The commissioners elected for seat 3 and seat 4 must
36	reside within the following described area:
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38	Commencing at the point of intersection of the West
39	section line of Section 31, Township 2 South, Range 20
40	West and the Gulf of Mexico; thence North along the
41	West section lines of Sections 31, 30 and 19, Township
42	2 South, Range 20 West to Choctawhatchee Bay; thence
43	meander Easterly along the Choctawhatchee Bay to the
44	point of intersection with the East section line of
45	Section 19, Township 2 South, Range 19 West; thence
46	run South along the East section lines of Section 19,
47	30 and 31, Township 2 South, Range 19 West and the
48	East section lines of Section 6 and 7, Township 3
49	South, Range 19 West to the point of intersection with
50	the Gulf of Mexico; thence meander westerly along the
51	Gulf of Mexico to the Point of Beginning.
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53	(3)  The commissioners elected for seat 5 and seat 6 must
54	reside within the following described area:
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56	Commencing at the point of intersection of the East
57	line of Section 36, Township 2 South, Range 21 West
58	and the Gulf of Mexico; thence North along the east
59	section lines of Section 36, 25, and 24, Township 2
60	South, Range 21 West to the Choctawhatchee Bay; thence
61	meander Westerly along the Choctawhatchee Bay to the
62	point of intersection of the West line of Walton
63	County; thence run South along the West lines of
64	Sections 19 and 30, Township 2 South, Range 21 West to
65	the point of intersection with the Gulf of Mexico;
66	thence meander Easterly along the Gulf of Mexico to
67	the point of beginning.
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69	(4)  The commissioner elected for seat 7 shall be elected
70	at large and must reside within the district boundaries.
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72	Two commissioners shall be elected from each precinct in the
73	district, and one commissioner shall be elected at large. Each
74	member of the board must, at the time of qualifying for, and
75	during the term of, office, be an elector of Walton County, a
76	resident of the district, and, if elected for a specified seat
77	from a precinct, a resident of the geographical boundary
78	designated for that seat precinct. The board shall elect from
79	its number a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer
80	annually in October. Such officers shall have the duties usually
81	pertaining to like officers. Members of the board shall receive
82	no compensation for their service, but they are entitled to
83	reimbursement for expenses incurred in the conduct of their
84	official duties. Each member of the board, before entering upon
85	the duties of that office, shall execute to the Governor for the
86	benefit of the district a good and sufficient bond in the sum of
87	$1,000, conditioned to faithfully perform the duties of that
88	office and to account for all funds of the district which come
89	into his or her hands. The premium of the bond shall be paid
90	from funds of the district.
91	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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