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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Lee County; amending chapter 98 -2
461, Laws of Florida; revising the boundaries of the 3
Lee County Mosquito Control District; repealing 4
chapter 2001-335, Laws of Florida, relating to the 5
Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District; providing 6
for merger of the districts; transferring assets and 7
liabilities; requiring a referendum; providing 8
effective dates. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of t he State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 98 -461, Laws of Florida, 13
is amended to read: 14
Section 1. Continuation of a mosquito control district. —15
There is hereby provided for the continuation of the Lee County 16
Mosquito Control District, an independent special district, the 17
boundaries of which shall include all territory of Lee County . 18
except the following described area: 19
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DESCRIPTION 21
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A tract or parcel of land lying in parts of Township 23
46 South, Range 24 East and Township 46 South, Range 24
24 East and part of Township 47 South, Range 24 East, 25
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Lee County, Florida, which tract or parcel, containing 26
14,615 acres more or less, is described as follows: 27
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BEGINNING at the southeast corner of Section 24, 29
Township 46 South, Range 24 East, running west erly 30
along the south line of said section for 2,700 feet 31
more or less to the waters of Estero Bay; 32
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THENCE run southwesterly along a northwesterly line 34
across the waters of Estero Bay for 8,300 feet to a 35
point of intersection; 36
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THENCE run southerly along a westerly line across said 38
Bay and Starvation Flats for 4,200 feet more or less 39
to a point of intersection; 40
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THENCE run southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly 42
along a westerly line of said area running across said 43
Bay and Big Carlos Pass for 10,000 fee t more or less; 44
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THENCE run northwesterly across Big Carlos Pass and 46
along the shoreline of Estero Island for 6,100 feet 47
more or less to a point of intersection; 48
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THENCE continue northwesterly along said shoreline for 50
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3,200 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 51
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THENCE continue along said shoreline northwesterly for 53
22,800 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 54
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THENCE run northwesterly along said shoreline for 56
3,900 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 57
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THENCE run northwesterly alon g said shoreline and 59
across San Carlos Bay for 8,000 feet more or less to 60
the intersection of a westerly prolongation of the 61
north line of Section 13, Township 46 South, Range 23 62
East and the waters of San Carlos Bay; 63
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THENCE run easterly along said prolon gation and said 65
north line and the north line of Sections 18, 17, 16, 66
15, 14, and 13 to the northeast corner of said Section 67
13, Township 46 South, Range 24 East; 68
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THENCE run southerly along the easterly line of said 70
Section 13 and Section 24, Township 46 South, Range 24 71
East, for 10,600 feet more or less to the Point of 72
Beginning. 73
Section 2. Chapter 2001-335, Laws of Florida, is repealed. 74
Section 3. As of the effective date of this act, the Fort 75
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Myers Beach Mosquito Control District is merged into the Lee 76
County Mosquito Control District. All assets and liabilities of 77
the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District as of that date 78
shall be transferred to the Lee County Mosquito Control 79
District. 80
Section 4. Referendum.— 81
(1) The referendum electi on called for by this act shall 82
be held on November 5, 2024, concurrent with the 2024 general 83
election. 84
(2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be 85
in substantially the following form: 86
REVISING BOUNDARIES OF LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL 87
DISTRICT TO INCLUDE ALL OF LEE COUNTY 88
(3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ballot 89
in substantially the following form: 90
Shall Chapter 2024- , Laws of Florida, amending the 91
boundaries of the Lee County Mosquito Control District 92
to include all of Lee County, abolishing the Fort 93
Myers Beach Mosquito Control District, and 94
transferring the assets and liabilities of the Fort 95
Myers Beach Mosquito Control District to the Lee 96
County Mosquito Control District, become effective? 97
( ) YES. 98
( ) NO. 99
(4) In the event this question is answered affirmatively 100
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by a majority of the qualified voters voting in the referendum, 101
this act shall take effect. The referendum election shall be 102
conducted by the Supervisor of Elections of Lee County in 103
accordance with the Florida Election Code. 104
Section 5. This act shall take effect only upon its 105
approval by a majority vote of those qualified electors of Lee 106
County voting in a referendum conducted in accordance with the 107
provisions of law relating to elections curren tly in force, 108
except that this section and section 4 shall take effect upon 109
becoming a law. 110