Title: North Lake County Hospital District, Lake County

Summary: Provides for expiration of district at specified time without further legislative action & permits continuation of district by referendum; provides for referendum.

Full Text:
An act relating to the North Lake County Hospital District, Lake County; amending ch. 2012-258, Laws of Florida; providing for expiration of the district at a specified time without further legislative action and permitting continuation of the district by referendum; providing for a referendum; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Sections and of section of chapter 2012-258, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: Section 14. DURATION AND CONTINUATION.-The district expires and shall be dissolved at the end of its fiscal year in 2027 2017 without further action by the Legislature. How ever, the district may be continued at the end of that period for 17 years if in the general election in 2026 2016 a majority of the electors voting in a referendum called for that purpose approve its continuation. The district is subject to a continuation vote in like manner every years thereafter. If the district is dissolved without further action by the Legislature as provided in this act, all property owned by the district is transferred to, and all indebtedness of the district is assumed by, the La ke ENROLLED HB 1317 2017 Legislature County Board of County Commissioners effective upon such dissolution. Section 15. REFERENDUM.-The Board of County Commissioners of Lake County shall call, and the Supervisor of Elections of Lake County shall conduct, in conjunction with the general election to be held on November 8, 2026 2016, or such other general election date as provided by general law, a referendum as follows: CONTINUATION OF THE NORTH LAKE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT Shall the independent special district known as the North Lak eCounty Hospital District with authority to levy each year an ad valorem tax not to exceed mill to fund indigent care to qualified residents of the district be continued for another 39 years? Yes...... No...... Section 2. This act shall take effec tupon becoming a law.