No. CS/HB 4077
Filed under Local Government.
City of Punta Gorda, Charlotte County; Provides boundaries of Punta Gorda Utility District; authorizes Charlotte County to assume responsibility for utility functions in lands outside district; authorizes City of Punta Gorda to continue to own & maintain assets outside district; requires city & county to enter into interlocal agreements for specified purposes; provides reporting requirements; requires city to continue to provide potable water & wastewater utility service to certain customers & to maintain potable water & wastewater utility service infrastructure; requires continuation of powers, duties, & obligations of district & city until transfer.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe act codifies the Punta Gorda Utility District's boundaries to match the City of Punta Gorda's corporate limits as they exist on the effective date of this act.
Charlotte County is authorized to take over water and wastewater service, billing, and assets for areas outside the district, overriding any conflicting interlocal agreement already in place.
The city and county must sign a first interlocal agreement within 180 days and report a full transition plan to the county's legislative delegation within 365 days.
Until the transfer is finalized, the City of Punta Gorda must keep serving both existing and new customers outside the district and maintain its own utility infrastructure.
AIFixes the Punta Gorda Utility District's boundaries to all land within the City of Punta Gorda's corporate limits as they exist on the effective date, and makes a later-filed map and legal description the official reference.
AILets Charlotte County take over potable water and wastewater service, billing, management, and associated assets for lands outside the district, immediately upon enactment and despite any existing interlocal agreement to the contrary.
AIRequires the city and county to enter into a first interlocal agreement within 180 days of enactment, memorializing the steps toward a full transition plan.
AIRequires the City of Punta Gorda to keep providing water and wastewater service to existing and new customers outside the district, and to maintain its own infrastructure, until the assumption by the county is finalized.
AIPrevents the act from being read to impair, alter, or invalidate existing bonds, capital improvement commitments, franchise agreements, interlocal agreements, or financial obligations of the district, city, or county.