§ 262-367. Definitions.

Unless the context shall indicate otherwise, the following words as used in this article shall have the following meanings.

(1)

Assessable improvements means, without limitation, any and all public improvements and community facilities that the district is empowered to provide in accordance with this article.

(2)

Bond includes "certificate," and provisions applicable to bonds shall be equally applicable to certificates. "Bond" includes general obligation bonds, assessment bonds, refunding bonds, revenue bonds and such other obligations in the nature of bonds as are provided for in this article as the case may be.

(3)

Board means the board of supervisors of the Pelican Bay Improvement District, or if such board shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this article to the board shall be given by law.

(4)

Cost, when used with reference to any project, includes but is not limited to, the expenses of determining the feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction or reconstruction; the cost of surveys, estimates, plans and specifications; the cost of acquisition, construction or reconstruction; the cost of surveys, estimates, plans and specifications; the cost of improvements, engineering, fiscal and legal expenses and charges; the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment; cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired; financing charges, the creation of initial reserve and debt service funds; working capital; interest charges incurred or estimated to be incurred on money borrowed prior to and during construction and acquisition and for such reasonable period of time after completion of construction or acquisition as the board may determine; the cost of issuance of bonds pursuant to this act including advertisements and printing, the cost of any election held pursuant to this act and all other expenses of issuance of bonds; discount, if any, on the sale or exchange of bonds; administrative expenses; such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of any project or to the financing thereof, or the development of any lands within the district; and reimbursement of any public or private body, person or firm or corporation for any monies advanced in connection with any of the foregoing items of cost. Any obligation or expense incurred prior to the issuance of bonds in connection with the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of any project or improvement thereon, or in connection with any other development of land that the board of the district shall determine to be necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this act, may be treated as a part of such cost.

(5)

District means the Pelican Bay Improvement District and "district manager" means the manager of the district.

(6)

Elector means a voter or qualified elector (under F.S. § 97.021(5)), who resides within the district.

(7)

Landowner means the owner of the freehold estate, as appears by the deed record, including trustees, private corporations, and owners of condominium units; it does not include reversioners, remaindermen, or mortgagees, who shall not be counted and need not be notified of proceedings under this article.

(8)

Project means any development, improvement, property, utility, facility, works, enterprise, or service, now existing or hereafter undertaken or established, under the provisions of this article.

(9)

Sewer system means any plant, system, facility or property and additions, extensions and improvements thereto at any future time constructed or acquired as part thereof useful or necessary or having the present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment, purification or disposal of sewage, including without limitation industrial wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from the development of any natural resources; and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include treatment plants, pumping stations, lift stations, valves, force mains, intercepting sewers, laterals, pressure lines, mains and all necessary appurtenances and equipment, all sewer mains, laterals and other devices for the reception and collection of sewage from premises connected therewith, and all real and personal property and any interest therein, rights, easements and franchises of any nature whatsoever relating to any such system and necessary or convenient for operation thereof.

(10)

Water management and control facilities means any lakes, canals, ditches, reservoirs, dams, levees, sluiceways, floodways, pumping stations or any other works, structures, or facilities for the conservation, control, development, utilization and disposal of water, and any purposes appurtenant, necessary or incidental thereto, and includes all real and personal property and any interest therein, rights, easements and franchises of any nature relating to any such water management and control facilities or necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance thereof.

(11)

Water system means any plant, system, facility or property and additions, extensions and improvements thereto at any future time constructed or acquired as part thereof, useful or necessary or having the present capacity for future use in connection with the development of sources, treatment, or purification and distribution of water and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes dams, reservoirs, storage tanks, mains, lines, valves, pumping stations, laterals, and pipes for the purpose of carrying water to the premises connected with such system, and all rights, easements and franchises of any nature whatsoever relating to any such system and necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 74-462, § 2; Laws of Fla. ch. 77-531, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 82-280, § 1)