§ 258-136. Definitions.

Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

Board shall mean the board of county commissioners of Brevard County constituted the governing body of the district.

Bonds shall mean bonds or revenue certificates or other financial obligations of the district which are part or all of an issue of such obligations, any one or more which mature over three years from date of issue issued pursuant to this article.

District shall mean the Brevard County gas district, created and established by this article.

Gas distribution system shall mean and include a plant and system for the distribution and sale of gas and gas services in a municipality and the surrounding territory, including the sale and distribution of gas to residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and other users, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property, real, personal or mixed used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises, rights-of-way and easements.

Gas transmission system shall mean and include a supply of natural gas, whether acquired from wells or deposits or from a pipe line or other source of supply and a pipe line or lines, plant and system for the acquisition and the transportation, transportation, transmission and delivery of natural gas or a plant for the manufacture or storage of gas and the transportation, transmission and delivery thereof, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property, real, personal or mixed, used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises, rights-of-way and easements. A gas transmission system may include facilities for making deliveries of gas to industrial and institutional users and to line tap residential and commercial users as well as to gas distribution systems.

Municipality shall mean and include incorporated cities, towns and villages and other municipal corporations of the state of Florida.

System shall mean and include a gas transmission system or systems and a gas distribution system or systems, or any one or more thereof.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 57-1174, § 1)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.