Florida HB 4071: Miami Gardens NW 170th Street Stormwater Drainage Project

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An act relating to Palm Beach County; providing that a 2
municipal service taxing unit whose primary purpose is 3
to provide fire rescue and emergency medical services 4
to residents in unincorporated areas of the county 5
remains the service provider for a specified length of 6
time to real properties that are annexed into a 7
municipality; providing that the geographical 8
boundaries of the municipal service taxing unit shall 9
contract following the annexation under certain 10
circumstances; prohibiting Palm Beach County from 11
levying ad valorem taxes through the municipal service 12
taxing unit on annexed real properties following the 13
annexation; requiring the annexing municipality to pay 14
the county an annual service price for up to a 15
specified length of time; providing that the county, 16
through the municipal service taxing unit, remains the 17
authority having jurisdiction and may continue to 18
collect certain fees from annexed real properties; 19
providing for transfer of services to the annexing 20
municipality and the cessation of the county 21
jurisdiction to collect fees; providing circumstances 22
under which such transfer and cessation may not occur; 23
requiring good faith discussions and negotiations 24
between the annexing municipality and the county 25

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regarding the transition of services and the 26
expenditure of assets for capital and operational 27
purposes in the areas proposed to be annexed; 28
authorizing the annexing municipality and the county 29
to enter into an agreement on the length of time for 30
the provision of county services, the retention of 31
county jurisdiction regarding fees, and the annual 32
service price payments under certain circumstances; 33
providing a conflict resolution procedure in the event 34
an annexing municipality and the county do not enter 35
an interlocal agreement; providing applicability; 36
providing an effective date. 37
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 39
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Section 1. To ensure a smooth transition of services and 41
to avoid fiscal constraints that could occur in a municipal 42
service taxing unit the primary purpose of which is to provide 43
fire rescue and emergency medical services when tax revenue-44
generating real properties are annexed into a municipality and 45
out of the aforesaid municipal service taxing unit, the 46
following procedures shall be imposed on the real property being 47
annexed: 48
(1) The municipal service taxing unit whose primary 49
purpose is to provide fire rescue and emergency medical services 50

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shall remain the fire rescue and emergency medical services 51
provider for a period of six years to real property annexed 52
after January 1, 2027, notwithstanding s. 125.01, Florida 53
Statutes, or any other general law, special act, municipal 54
charter, or ordinance of a local government to the contrary. 55
(2) Following the annexation by a municipality that does 56
not have a charter provision, an ordinance, or an interlocal 57
agreement with Palm Beach County that includes the entirety of 58
the municipality within the Palm Beach County municipal service 59
taxing unit whose primary purpose is to provide fire rescue and 60
emergency medical services, the geographical boundaries of the 61
municipal service taxing unit shall contract to exclude the 62
annexed real property, and Palm Beach County may not levy ad 63
valorem taxes through the municipal service taxing unit on the 64
annexed real property. 65
(3) Annually, such annexing municipality shall pay Palm 66
Beach County, for the benefit of the municipal service taxing 67
unit, a service price for a period of not more than six years 68
which shall be the actual cost of the service provided. 69
(4) Palm Beach County, through the municipal service 70
taxing unit, remains the authority having jurisdiction and may 71
continue to collect the same fire rescue impact fees from the 72
annexed real property that were collected prior to the 73
annexation. 74
(5) The transfer of all fire rescue and emergency medical 75

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services to the annexing municipality, the cessation of annual 76
service price payments, and the cessatio