§ 258-71. Definitions.

As used in this article:

Authority means the South Brevard water authority created by this article.

Brevard County legislative delegation means those members of the Legislature whose district includes any part of Brevard County.

Cost, as applied to the acquisition and construction of a water system or extensions, additions, or improvements thereto, includes the cost of construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or purchase; the cost of all labor, materials, machinery, and equipment; the cost of all lands and interest therein, property, rights, easements, and franchises; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction; the creation of initial reserve or debt service funds; bond discount; cost of plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of costs and revenues; cost of engineering, financial, and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incidental in determining the feasibility or practicability of such construction, reconstruction, or acquisition; administrative expenses; such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to financing authorized by this article; and reimbursement of Brevard County or any municipality or any other person, firm, or corporation for any moneys advanced to the authority for any expenses incurred by the authority in connection with any of the foregoing items of cost or the creation of the authority.

County means Brevard County.

General obligation bonds means bonds or other obligations secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of the authority and payable from ad valorem taxes levied and collected on all taxable property in the district, without limitation of rate or amount, and may be additionally secured by the pledge of either or both the proceeds of special assessments levied against benefited property, or revenues derived from said water system.

Off-site water distribution system is that part of a publicly owned distribution system which is used to furnish water for sale, and is located off the site of the water treatment facilities used to treat such water, but excludes any lines or mains used to transport water from the treatment facilities to a distribution system.

Publicly owned water distribution system means any water distribution system owned or operated by a municipality, county, or special district. For the purposes of this article, however, the city of Cocoa water system which operates under the authority of Laws of Fla. chs. 57-1232 and 59-1186 and the general laws of Florida is exempt from the provisions of this act.

Revenue bonds means bonds or other obligations secured by and payable from the revenues derived from rates, fees, and charges collected by the authority from water distribution customers and from water supply agreements of any water distribution system, and which may be additionally secured by a pledge of the proceeds of special assessments levied against benefited property.

Water distribution system means any existing or future water distribution system owned, operated, or maintained, or proposed to be operated or maintained, by any person, municipality, private corporation, or governmental authority within the boundaries of the district that distributes water for sale, resale, or use by any other person, municipality, private corporation, or governmental authority.

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 and treatment or purification of water for domestic or industrial use and including, but not limited to, dams, wells, wellfields, reservoirs, storage tanks, mains, lines, valves, pumping stations, laterals, and pipes for the purpose of carrying water to water distribution systems connected with such system or of distributing water to customers, and includes all real and personal property and any interests therein, rights, easements, and franchises relating to any such system and necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 83-375, § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.