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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 of the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control 8
District to the Lee County Mosquito Control District; 9
requiring a referendum; providing effective dates. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 98 -461, Laws of Florida, 14
is amended to read: 15
Section 1. Continuation of a mosquito control district. —16
There is hereby provided for the continuation of the Lee County 17
Mosquito Control District, an independent special district, the 18
boundaries of which shall include all territory of Lee County. 19
except the following described area: 20
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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 tract or parcel of land lying in parts of Township 26
46 South, Range 24 East and Township 46 South, Range 27
24 East and part of Township 47 South, Range 24 East, 28
Lee County, Florida, which tract or parcel, containing 29
14,615 acres more or less, is described as follows: 30
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BEGINNING at the southeast corner of Section 24, 33
Township 46 South, Range 24 East, running westerly 34
along the south line of said section for 2,700 feet 35
more or less to the waters of Estero Bay; 36
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THENCE run southwesterly along a northwesterly line 39
across the waters of Estero Bay for 8,300 feet to a 40
point of intersection; 41
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THENCE run southerly along a westerly line across said 44
Bay and Starvation Flats for 4,200 feet more or less 45
to a point of intersection; 46
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THENCE run southeasterly, southerly and southwe sterly 49
along a westerly line of said area running across said 50
Bay and Big Carlos Pass for 10,000 feet more or less; 51
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THENCE run northwesterly across Big Carlos Pass and 54
along the shoreline of Estero Island for 6,100 feet 55
more or less to a point of interse ction; 56
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THENCE continue northwesterly along said shoreline for 59
3,200 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 60
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THENCE continue along said shoreline northwesterly for 63
22,800 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 64
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THENCE run northwesterly alo ng said shoreline for 67
3,900 feet more or less to a point of intersection; 68
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THENCE run northwesterly along said shoreline and 71
across San Carlos Bay for 8,000 feet more or less to 72
the intersection of a westerly prolongation of the 73
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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
north line of Section 13, Township 46 South, Range 23 74
East and the waters of San Carlos Bay; 75
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THENCE run easterly along said prolongation and said 78
north line and the north line of Sections 18, 17, 16, 79
15, 14, and 13 to the northeast corner of said Section 80
13, Township 46 South, Ra nge 24 East; 81
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THENCE run southerly along the easterly line of said 84
Section 13 and Section 24, Township 46 South, Range 24 85
East, for 10,600 feet more or less to the Point of 86
Beginning. 87
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Section 2. Chapter 2001-335, Laws of Florida, is repealed. 89
Section 3. As of the effective date of this act, the Fort 90
Myers Beach Mosquito Control District is merged into the Lee 91
County Mosquito Control District. All assets and liabilities of 92
the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District as of that date 93
shall be transferred to the Lee County Mosquito Control 94
District. 95
Section 4. Referendum.— 96
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(1) The referendum election called for by this act shall 97
be held on November 3, 2026, concurrent with the 2026 general 98
election. 99
(2) The ballot title for the referendu m question shall be 100
in substantially the following form: 101
MERGER OF MOSQUITO DISTRICTS, LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL 102
DISTRICT TO INCLUDE ALL OF LEE COUNTY 103
(3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ballot 104
in substantially the following form: 105
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Shall Chapter 2025- , Laws of Florida, amending the boundaries 107
of the Lee County Mosquito Control District to include all of 108
Lee County, abolishing the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control 109
District, and transferring the assets and liabilities of the 110
Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District to the Lee County 111
Mosquito Control District, become effective? 112
( ) YES. 113
( ) NO. 114
(4) In the event this question is answered affirmatively 115
by a majority of the qualified voters in each district voting in 116
the referendum, this act shall take effect. The referendum 117
election shall be conducted by the Supervisor of Elections of 118
Lee County in accordance with the Florida Election Code. 119
Section 5. This act shall take effect only upon its 120
approval by a majority vote of tho se qualified electors of Lee 121
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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
County Mosquito Control District and of the Fort Myers Beach 122
Mosquito Control District voting in a referendum to be held on 123
November 3, 2026, except that this section and section 4 shall 124
take effect upon becoming a law. 125