Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SB 2724
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00438-09                                           20092724__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Pinellas Park Water Management
    3         District, Pinellas County; repealing chapter 2001-325,
    4         Laws of Florida; abolishing the Pinellas Park Water
    5         Management District; providing for maintenance of the
    6         drainage system; transferring the assets and
    7         liabilities of the district; providing for a
    8         referendum; providing effective dates.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Effective October 1, 2012, chapter 2001-325,
   13  Laws of Florida, is repealed, and the Pinellas Park Water
   14  Management District is abolished.
   15         Section 2. Upon dissolution of the district, responsibility
   16  for maintaining the drainage system shall be transferred to the
   17  Town of Kenneth City, the City of Pinellas Park, the City of St.
   18  Petersburg, and Pinellas County. Each entity shall maintain the
   19  drainage infrastructure within its geographic boundaries or
   20  according to an interlocal agreement that is created for this
   21  purpose.
   22         Section 3. Upon dissolution of the district, the Town of
   23  Kenneth City, the City of Pinellas Park, the City of St.
   24  Petersburg, and Pinellas County shall divide the assets and
   25  liabilities of the district according to their current
   26  proportion in the district or according to an interlocal
   27  agreement that is created for this purpose.
   28         Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   29  act, this act shall take effect only upon its approval by a
   30  majority vote of the electors of the Pinellas Park Water
   31  Management District voting in a referendum election to be held
   32  at the next regular primary or general election or at a special
   33  election called by the Board of County Commissioners and the
   34  City Council of Pinellas Park, except that this section shall
   35  take effect upon becoming a law.