When the board of commissioners determine [sic] it is necessary for the preservation
of public health, public peace and public safety to establish and maintain a department
of police or a fire department in any area or areas in said district, the board of
commissioners shall, by resolution, so declare and shall call an election to be held
in the area or areas in which said services are to be furnished for the ratification
or rejection of said resolution, and, in the event said resolution shall be ratified
at said election by the majority of the qualified electors voting in said election,
the board of commissioners shall, by resolution, adopt a schedule of service charges
and assess the same against the property owners and occupants of the premises in said
areas and may issue and sell bonds to pay for the costs of furnishing said services
in the manner hereinafter [in this article] provided. The election shall be called
and held in the manner prescribed for the calling and holding of special elections.
Provided, however, that any area or areas determined by the board of commissioners,
as provided herein, shall not include the whole or any part of that territory within
any incorporated municipality with territory lying outside or contiguous to the territory
within such municipal corporation but the territory within such municipal corporation,
shall be deemed and considered a separate area for the purpose of the provisions of
this section.
(Laws of Fla. 1953, Ch. 29095, § 13)
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