§ 23-50. Use of funds.

(a)

The collecting governmental unit shall be entitled to up to but not more than three (3) percent of the funds collected to compensate them for the administrative expense of collecting and administering the Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Capital Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance. All remaining funds collected from fire protection and emergency medical services capital facilities impact fees shall be used exclusively for the purpose of capital improvements which are of direct benefit to the benefit district from which the funds were collected in Hernando County. Fire districts under the control of the county shall be administered by the county; under the control of the City of Brooksville shall be administered by the city; and under the control of the Spring Hill Fire Rescue and Emergency Services District shall be administered by the district (absent a duly enacted interlocal agreement between the affected entities which provides for some other arrangement).

(b)

Funds shall be expended in the order in which they are collected.

(c)

(1)

Each fiscal period the county administrator or his designee, after consultation with the affected fire districts under the county's control, shall present to the board of county commissioners proposed capital improvement expenditures for fire protection and emergency medical services, assigning funds, including any accrued interest, from the Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Capital Facilities Impact Fees Trust Fund to capital facilities projects and related expenses. Monies, including any accrued interest, not assigned in any fiscal period shall be retained in the trust funds until the next fiscal period except as provided by the refund provisions of this division.

(2)

The use of funds collected from those properties within the boundaries of the City of Brooksville shall be determined by the City Council of the City of Brooksville consistent with this division or as otherwise provided in a dully enacted interlocal agreement between the county and the City of Brooksville.

(3)

The use of funds collected from those properties within the boundaries of the Spring Hill Fire Rescue and Emergency Services District (as set forth in Chapter 2009-261, Laws of Florida) shall be determined by the Board of Fire Commissioners who oversee Spring Hill Fire consistent with this division or as otherwise provided in a duly enacted interlocal agreement between the county and Spring Hill Fire.

(d)

In the event that bonds or similar debt instruments are issued for advanced provision of capital facilities for which fire protection and emergency medical services capital facilities impact fees may be expended, impact fees may be used to pay debt service on such bonds or similar debt instruments to the extent that the facilities provided are of the type described in paragraph (a) above and are located within the appropriate impact fee districts created by section 23-48 of this division.

(Ord. No. 86-31, § 10, 12-16-86; Ord. No. 93-11, § 10, 5-4-93; Ord. No. 96-12, § 10, 7-16-96; Ord. No. 97-17, § 10, 7-7-97; Ord. No. 2001-01, § 10, 1-9-01; Ord. No. 2009-14, § 1, 11-10-09)