§ 38-64. Compensation.

(1)

Compensation for services or for the taking or use of property shall be owed only to the extent that a claimant may not be deemed to have volunteered her or his services or property without compensation and only to the extent that such taking exceeds the legal responsibility of a claimant to render such services or make such property so available.

(2)

Compensation owed for personal services shall be only such as may be fixed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

(3)

Compensation for property shall be owed only if the property was commandeered or otherwise used in coping with an emergency and its use or destruction was ordered by the County.

(4)

Any person claiming compensation for the use, damage, loss, or destruction of property shall file a claim therefor with the County.

(5)

Unless the amount of compensation owed on account of property damaged, lost, or destroyed is agreed between the claimant and the County, the amount of compensation shall be calculated in the same manner as compensation due for a taking of property pursuant to the condemnation laws of this state except that if a party making a claim pursuant to this provision who disagrees with the amount of compensation offered by the County shall bear its own costs and attorney fees.

(6)

Nothing in this section applies to or authorizes compensation for the destruction or damaging of standing timber or other property in order to provide a firebreak or damage resulting from the release of waters or the breach of impoundments in order to reduce pressure or other danger from actual or threatened flood or applies to or authorizes compensation beyond the extent of funds available for such compensation.

(Ord. No. 02-50, § 1; Ord. No. 2017-38, § 1)