§ 28-236. Legal authority and administration.

(a)

Pursuant to section 125.01(5), Florida Statutes, the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners created and established, as a public body corporate and politic, a district known as the "Hernando County Water and Sewer District" (district); and

(b)

The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners is the ex officio governing board (board) of the district; and

(c)

The Hernando County Utilities Department (department) is responsible to the board for the operation and maintenance of the district's water and sanitary sewer systems and the administration of the district's enterprise fund; and

(d)

The board intends hereby to modify the ordinance authority for the department's operation and maintenance of such systems and administration of the enterprise fund.

(e)

Any reference in this division to water service or water systems shall be construed to include reuse water systems, whether or not expressly stated or so provided, unless the context clearly requires limitation to potable water service or systems.

(Ord. No. 2005-19, § 1, 10-18-05)