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An act relating to the North Okaloosa Fire District, 2
Okaloosa County; amending chapter 2001 -333, Laws of 3
Florida, as amended; authorizing the Board of Fire 4
Commissioners of the district to establish a schedule 5
of impact fees for new construction within its 6
jurisdictional boundaries under certain circumstances; 7
providing for use of such impact fees; defining the 8
term "new facilities"; requiring recordkeeping; 9
authorizing agreements with general purpose local 10
governments for certain purposes; providing an 11
effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 6 of section 16
2 of chapter 2001-333, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 17
2007-311, Laws of Florida, to read: 18
Section 6. Financial matters. — 19
(3) IMPACT FEES.—If the general purpose local government 20
has not adopted an impact fee for fire services which is 21
distributed to the dist rict for construction within its 22
jurisdictional boundaries, the board may establish a schedule of 23
impact fees for new construction to pay for the cost of new 24
facilities and equipment, the need for which is in whole or in 25
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part the result of new construction . The impact fees collected 26
by the district under this subsection shall be kept separate 27
from other revenues of the district and must be used exclusively 28
to acquire, purchase, or construct new facilities or portions 29
thereof needed to provide fire protectio n and emergency services 30
to new construction. As used in this subsection, the term "new 31
facilities" means land, buildings, and capital equipment, 32
including, but not limited to, fire and emergency vehicles, 33
radio telemetry equipment, and other firefighting or rescue 34
equipment. The board shall maintain adequate records to ensure 35
that impact fees are expended only for permissible new 36
facilities or equipment. The board may enter into agreements 37
with general purpose local governments to share in the revenues 38
from fire protection impact fees imposed by such governments. 39
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 40