HB 607

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; providing for drainage system
5	maintenance; abolishing the Pinellas Park Water Management
6	District; transferring all assets and liabilities of the
7	district; providing for a referendum; providing effective
8	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, 2011, 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13	Laws of Florida, is repealed, and the Pinellas Park Water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,
16	responsibility for maintaining the drainage system shall be
17	transferred to the Town of Kenneth City, the City of Pinellas
18	Park, the City of St. Petersburg, and Pinellas County. Each
19	entity shall be responsible for maintaining the drainage
20	infrastructure within its geographic boundaries, or according to
21	an interlocal agreement that may be created for this purpose.
22	Section 3.  Upon dissolution of the district, any district
23	assets and liabilities shall be divided among the Town of
24	Kenneth City, the City of Pinellas Park, the City of St.
25	Petersburg, and Pinellas County according to their current
26	proportion in the district or according to an interlocal
27	agreement that may be 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.

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