| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Lake Asbury Municipal Service |
| 3 | Benefit District, Clay County; amending chapter 86-392, |
| 4 | Laws of Florida; authorizing the board of district |
| 5 | trustees to increase the cap on special assessments |
| 6 | against lots in the district, subject to voter approval at |
| 7 | a referendum; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subsection (4) of section 2 of |
| 12 | chapter 86-392, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 13 | Section 2. The following is the charter of the Lake Asbury |
| 14 | Municipal Service Benefit District: |
| 15 | (4) The district is authorized and empowered: |
| 16 | (j) To assess for each year of its operation against every |
| 17 | lot in the district a special assessment not to exceed $100, |
| 18 | provided that an assessment greater than $100 per lot may be |
| 19 | established by the Board of District Trustees upon approval by |
| 20 | majority vote of the electors of the district voting in a |
| 21 | referendum called for that purpose. |
| 22 | 1. The assessment above shall be billed and collected as |
| 23 | provided by Florida law, the rules of the Florida Department of |
| 24 | Revenue, and appropriate county ordinances, as applicable. The |
| 25 | procedures of s. 197.0126, Florida Statutes, shall be utilized |
| 26 | in collection and assessment upon written agreement with the |
| 27 | County Property Appraiser providing for reimbursement of |
| 28 | administrative costs incurred. All actions and procedures for |
| 29 | collections by the Property Appraiser or the Tax Collector shall |
| 30 | be as described by general Florida law. |
| 31 | 2. The special assessments shall be payable at the time |
| 32 | and in the manner set forth as prescribed in chapter 197, |
| 33 | Florida Statutes, or as may be subsequently modified by the |
| 34 | governing body, and shall be and remain liens on the assessed |
| 35 | property, coequal with the lien of all state, county, district, |
| 36 | and municipal taxes, and superior in dignity to all other liens, |
| 37 | titles, and claims, until paid and shall bear interest at a rate |
| 38 | not to exceed 18 percent per annum. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |