Ordinance 020-1983ORDINANCE NO. 20 -1983
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.5 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,:
Section 1. That Section 6.5-1 of Chapter 6.5 of the Monroe
County Code of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, shall be
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6.5-1. Short title.
This ordinance may be cited as the Monroe County
Emergency and Non -Emergency Medical Services Ordinance
of 1982."
Section 2. That Section 6.5-2 of Chapter 6.5 of the Monroe
County Code of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, shall be
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6.5-2. Purpose.
The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the health,
safety and welfare of residents and visitors of Monroe
County by establishing uniform, county -wide standards
for certification of emergency medical services and non -
emergency medical transportation services, by providing
for the adoption of rules and regulations for the
operation of all emergency medical services and non -
emergency medical transportation services and by providing
for the enforcement of this ordinance and the rules and
regulations by representatives of the Board of County
Commissioners."
Section 3. That Section 6.5-3 of Chapter 6.5 of the Monroe
County Code of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, shall be
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6.5-3. Definitions.
A. "Administrator" means the Monroe County
Administrator or his designee.
B. "Advanced Life Support (ALS)" means treatment of
life -threatening medical emergencies through the use of
techniques such as endotracheal intubation, the
administration of drugs, intravenous fluids, telemetry,
cardiac monitoring, and cardiac defibrillation, by a
qualified person, pursuant to Chapter 401 Florida
Statutes and Chapter 1OD-66 Florida Administrative
Code.
C. "Advanced Life Support Service" means any
emergency medical transport or nontransport service
which used advanced life support techniques as defined
in this ordinance.
D. "Advanced Life Support Service/Fire Rescue" means
any fire department which provides advanced life
support services, but which does not routinely
transport those persons receiving such services.
E. "Ambulance" or "Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" means any privately or publicly owned land,
air or water vehicle that is designed, constructed,
re -constructed, maintained, equipped or operated for,
and is used for, or intended to be used for air, land
or water transportation of sick or injured persons who
are in need of emergency medical attention during
transport and who must be transported on a stretcher.
F. "Ambulance Driver" means any person who meets the
requirements of Chapter 401.281 Florida Statutes.
G. "Basic Life Support (BLS)" means treatment of
life threatening medical emergencies by a qualified
person through the use of techniques such as patient
assessment, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
splinting, obstetrical assistance, bandaging,
administration of oxygen, application of medical
antishock trousers, and other techniques described in
the Emergency Medical Technician Basic Training Course
Curriculum of the United States Department of
Transportation. "Basic Life Support" also includes
esophageal intubation if the emergency medical
technician performing the intubation has been trained
in the skill of esophageal intubation and is performing
the intubation under the medical direction of a
licensed physician. Cardiac monitoring, telemetry, and
the monitoring and maintenance of an intravenous fluid
may be performed by a certified emergency medical
technician if such person is trained in these skills
and performs them under the direction of a licensed
physician.
H. "Basic Life Support Service" means any emergency
medical transport service which uses basic life support
techniques as defined in this ordinance.
I. "Board" means the Board of County Commissioners
of Monroe County, Florida.
J. "Certificate" means a certificate of public
convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this
ordinance.
K. "County" means the incorporated and
unincorporated areas of Monroe County, Florida.
L. "Dispatch Centers" means Board approved dispatch
centers in Monroe County, Florida.
M. "Emergency Medical Service" means any person,
firm, corporation, association, volunteer organization,
or governmental entity owning or acting as agent for
the owner of any business or service which furnishes,
operates, conducts, maintains, advertises, engages in,
proposes to engage in, or professes to engage in the
business or service of providing advanced life support
and/or basic life support services, as defined in this
ordinance.
N. "Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)" means any
person who is trained in basic life support and who is
certified by the Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, to perform
such procedures in emergency situations.
0. "Medical Direction" means direct physician
supervision through two-way voice communication or,
when such voice communication is unavailable, through
established standing orders, pursuant to Chapter 401
Florida Statutes and Chapter 1OD-66 Florida
Administrative Code.
P. "Medical Director" means a licensed physician,
employed or contracted by an advance life support or
basic life support service, who provides medical
supervision, not to include administrative and
managerial functions, for daily operations and training
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 401 Florida
Statutes, Chapter 1OD-66 Florida Administrative Code,
and this ordinance.
Q. "Non -emergency Medical Transportation Service"
means any person, firm, corporation, association,
volunteer organization or governmental entity owning or
acting as agent for the owner of any business or
service which furnishes, operates, conducts, maintains,
advertises, engages in, proposes to engage in, or
professes to engage in the business or service of air,
land, or water transportation of persons who are
confined to wheelchairs or stretchers and whose
condition is such that these persons do not need, nor
are likely to need, immediate medical attention during
transport.
R. "Non -emergency Medical Transportation Vehicle"
means any privately or publicly owned air, land or
water vehicle that is designed, constructed,
re -constructed, maintained, equipped, or operated for,
and is used for, or intended to be used for, air, land
or water transportation of persons who are confined to
wheelchairs or stretchers and whose condition is such
that these persons do not need, nor are likely to need,
immediate medical attention during transport.
S. "Paramedic" means a person certified by the
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State
of Florida, to perform basic and advanced life support
procedures.
T. "Physician" means a practitioner licensed under
the provisions of Chapter 458 or Chapter 459 Florida
Statutes."
Section 4. That Section 6.5-4 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code of
Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-4. Certificates required.
A. It is unlawful and subject to the penalties as
provided herein, for any person, business organization
or public agency to represent herself/himself or itself
as an emergency medical service or non -emergency
medical transportation service to engage in the
business of conducting an emergency medical service or
non -emergency medical transportation service without
first obtaining an appropriate certificate of public
convenience and necessity from the Board as provided
herein.
B. There shall be two categories of certificates of
public convenience and necessity in Monroe County.
1. Certificates of public convenience and
necessity for business and agencies that conduct
an emergency medical service, titled Class A, and
2. Certificates of public convenience and
necessity for business and agencies that conduct
a non -emergency medical transportation service,
titled Class B."
Section 5. That Section 6.5-5 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code of
Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-5. Procedure for obtaining certificate.
A. Application for Class A certificate shall be made
on forms provided by the Administrator. Such
applications shall include:
1. Name of service, business mailing address and
telephone number.
2. The name, age, address and telephone number
of each owner of the emergency medical service,
or if the service is a corporation, then the
directors of the corporation and of each
stockholder of the corporation; or if the service
is a volunteer organization, then the officers of
the organization.
3. The date of incorporation or formation of the
business association.
4. Level of care to be provided. Specify BLS or
ALS. If ALS, specify whether service is to
include transport or nontransport capabilities.
5. The zone(s) that the service desires to
serve.
6. The applicant's present and proposed base
station and all substations.
7. The names of all emergency medical
technicians, paramedics, and drivers to be
utilized by the applicant; the roster will
include the State of Florida certification
number, date of certification expiration and any
other relevant training of said personnel.
8. The year, model, type, Department of Health
ambulance permit number, mileage and State of
Florida vehicle license number of every ambulance
vehicle used by this applicant.
9. A description of the applicant's
communication systems including its assigned
frequency, call numbers, mobiles, portables,
other frequencies in use and a copy of all FCC
licenses held by the applicant.
10. The names and addresses of three U.S.
citizens who will act as reference for the
applicant.
11. A schedule of rates which the company will
charge during the certificate period.
12. Verification of adequate insurance coverage,
during the certificate period.
13. An affidavit signed by the applicant or an
authorized representative stating that all the
information contained in the application to the
best of their knowledge is true and correct.
14. A copy of the applicant's contract with a
medical director.
15. A copy of all standing orders as issued by
the medical director.
16. Such other pertinent information as the
Administrator may request.
17. An initial nonrefundable application fee of
$50.00.
18. An audit to be provided to the County
Administrator by an independent certified public
accountant of the accounts and records of the
service involved, said audit to be done annually
to coincide with the end of the business year of
the service.
B. Application for Class B certificate shall be made
on forms provided by the Administrator. Each
application shall include:
1. Name of service, business mailing adress and
telephone number.
2. The name, age, address and telephone number
of each owner of the nonemergency medical
transportation service, or if the service is a
corporation, then the directors of the
corporation and of each stockholder of the
corporation; or if the service is a volunteer
organization, then the names of its officers.
3. The date of incorporation or formation of the
business association.
4. The year, model, type, Department of Health
vehicle permit number, mileage, passenger
capacity, State of Florida vehicle license number
of every vehicle that will be used for patient
transport.
5. The location of the place or places from
which the applicant will operate and geographic
area or areas to be served by the applicant.
6. A description of the applicant's
communication system, if any, including its
assigned frequencies, mobiles and portables and a
copy of each FCC license issued for those
frequencies.
7. The names and addresses of three U.S.
citizens who will act as reference for the
applicant.
8. A schedule of rates which the applicant will
charge during the certificate period.
9. Verification of adequate insurance coverage
during the certificate period.
10. An affidavit signed by the applicant or an
authorized representative stating that all
information provided in the application to the
best of their knowledge is true and correct.
11. A statement indicating the method of
screening that will be used to assure that all
calls responded to require only transportation as
may be provided by a nonemergency medical
transportation service and vehicle.
12. Such other pertinent information as the
Administrator may request.
13. An initial nonrefundable application fee of
$50.00.
14. An audit to be provided to the County
Administrator by an independent certified public
accountant of the accounts and records of the
service involved, said audit to be done annually
to coincide with the end of the business year of
the service.
C. Upon receipt of the application, the Admini-
strator shall review the application and conduct an
investigation of each applicant. The Administrator
shall also make an investigation as to the public
convenience and necessity for an emergency medical
service or non -emergency medical transportation service
within the zone or area requested.
D. Requirement of Board approval in granting Class A
or Class B certificate:
1. The Board shall schedule public hearings to
consider all applications for certificates. The
Administrator shall notify the applicant and all
current holders of certificates by mail of the
date, time and place of the public hearings at
least one week in advance.
2. At the hearing, the Board may receive the
report of the Administrator, testimony from the
applicant or any other interested party and any
other relevant information. The Board will
consider the public's convenience and necessity
for the service in the zone or area requested and
whether the applicant has the ability to provide
the necessary service. The Board will consider
recommendations from municipalities within the
applicant's requested service zone or area. The
Board shall then authorize the issuance of the
certificate with such conditions as are in the
public's interest or deny the application setting
forth the reasons for denial."
Section 6. That Section 6.5-6 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code of
Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-6. Rights and duties granted by certificate.
A. Class A and Class B certificates granted by the
Board shall be valid for two (2) calendar years and
shall be personal to the applicant and not
transferable. In the case of a corporation or business
entity, a new certificate must be applied for if
twenty-five per cent (25%) of the outstanding share of
the corporation or other incidents of ownership of the
business association are transferred or undergo a
change in ownership.
B. Class A certificates permit the certificate
holder to provide basic life support and/or advanced
life support services, whichever is applicable, within
his assigned zone and inter -hospital transfers and/or
inter -county transfers throughout the County
irrespective of zones, providing the service complies
with all applicable laws, ordinances and rules and
regulations.
C. Class B certificates permit the certificate
holder to provide non -emergency medical transportation
service throughout the County, providing the service
complies with all applicable laws, ordinances and rules
and regulations.
D. Acceptance of a Class A certificate by the
applicant shall obligate the applicant to:
1. Provide continuous basic life support and/or
advanced life support services, whichever is
applicable, on a 24-hour, 7-day week basis within
his assigned zone(s).
2. Provide mutual assistance responses to
adjoining zones, when requested to do so by the
dispatch center for calls when the certificate
holder for that zone is unable to respond or has
vehicles insufficient in number to render the
services needed.
3. To respond to all calls issued to it, unless
all vehicles are in service on other ambulance
business, incapacitated, or insufficient in
number to render the services needed.
4. Abide by all requirements of this ordinance
and rules and regulations adopted by the Board
and all State and local laws.
5. Provide access to the applicant's business
for inspection by the Administrator at reasonable
times.
6. Keep posted at his place of business a copy
of the fee schedule required by this ordinance.
7. Notify the Administrator of any changes in
the fee schedule.
8. Notify the Administrator at least thirty (30)
days prior to termination or reduction of any
service.
E. The acceptance of a Class B certificate by the
applicant obligates the applicant to:
1. Operate in accordance with this ordinance and
the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
this ordinance and all State and local laws.
2. Provide access to the applicant's business
for inspection by the Administrator at reasonable
times.
3. Notify Administrator at least thirty (30)
days in advance of termination or reduction of
service.
4. Notify the Administrator of any changes in
the fee schedule.
Section 7. That Section 6.5-7 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code of
Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-7. Renewal of certificate.
A. Applications for renewal of certificates of public
convenience and necessity shall be made on forms
provided by the Administrator and filed no earlier than
90 days nor less than 60 days prior to the expiration
date of the applicant's current certificate.
B. All requirements applicable to initial applica-
tions for a certificate shall be applicable to certifi-
cate holders seeking to renew them.
C. Renewal certificates may be approved by the Board
upon recommendation of the Administrator without public
hearings or notice to certificate holders. However,
any actions to change zones, modify, suspend, revoke or
otherwise change a certificate, shall be handled as a
new certificate of public convenience and necessity.
D. Recommendations from municipalities within the
certificate holder's assigned zone(s) will be
considered.
E. Each application for renewal of certificate shall
be accompanied by a $25.00 renewal fee."
Section 8. That Section 6.5-8 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code of
Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-8. Rules and regulations.
The Administrator is hereby authorized to prepare
such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the
purpose of this ordinance and shall present these rules
and regulations for the consideration by the Board of
County Commissioners at a public hearing.
The Board shall consider recommendations from
municipalities within its jurisdiction.
The Board may adopt and subsequently amend rules and
regulations adopted herein by motion, and its bi-weekly
public meeting provided notice of the proposed change
is given by publication not less than one week prior to
consideration by the Board."
Section 9. That Section 6.5-11 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code
of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-11. Certificate revocation, modification,
suspension.
Every certificate issued pursuant to this ordinance
is subject to revocation, modification or suspension
where it is found that any of the following has
occured:
A. The certificate holder has failed or neglected to
render services as required by the certificate, this
ordinance or the rules and regulations promulgated by
the Board, or Chapter 401 Florida Statutes.
B. The application submitted to secure a certificate
from the Board of County Commissioners contains false
representations, omitted facts.
C. The certificate holder or its agent has demanded
money or other compensation in excess of that
established in its schedule of fees filed with the
Board pursuant to this ordinance.
D. The certificate holder has failed to adequately
serve the public's convenience and necessity.
E. The certificate holder has failed to comply with
a correction order issued under Section 10 of this
ordinance."
Section 10. That Section 6.5-14 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code
of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-14. Exclusion from certificate requirement.
Certificates shall not be required for:
A. A privately owned vehicle not ordinarily used in
the business of transporting persons who are sick,
injured, wounded, incapacitated, or helpless.
B. A vehicle rendering services as an ambulance in
the event of a major catastrophe or emergency when
ambulances with permits based in the locality of the
catastrophe or emergency are incapacitated or
insufficient in number to render the services needed.
C. Ambulances based outside the County which pick up
a patient in the County and transport said patient out
of the County, or which pick up a patient outside the
County and transport said patient into the County.
D. Ambulances owned and operated by the State of
Florida or Federal Government.
E. Vehicles operated by the Monroe County
Transportation Program.
F. A vehicle under the direct supervision of a
licensed physician used as an integral part of a
private industrial safety, emergency, or disaster plan
within a privately owned and controlled area, which
vehicle may from time to time be used to transport
persons in need of medical attention, but which is not
available to the general public and which does not
routinely transport patients.
G. A fire department vehicle which is used as an
integral part of a fire suppression response unit,
which vehicle may from time to time be used to
transport fire fighters in need of medical attention;
however, basic or advanced life support units shall not
be deemed to be exempt under this section.
H. Any organization or person that provides wheel-
chair transport services, if:
1. The service is a public bus system.
2. The service is a public or private school bus
system whose major business is that of transporting
school children to and from school or school -
related activities.
I. Any hospital utilizing its own vehicles in
transporting, to or from a hospital or a medical
facility, if the hospital does not charge a fee for
this service, nonemergency patients whose medical
condition is such that they are confined to a
wheelchair or to a stretcher but who do not need, nor
are likely to need, medical attention during
transport."
Section 11. That Section 6.5-15 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code
of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-15. Turning in a false alarm.
Whoever, without reasonable cause, by telephone or
otherwise, summons any emergency medical services
vehicle pursuant to this ordinance or reports that such
a vehicle is needed when such person knows or has
reason to know that the services of such a vehicle are
not needed, shall be guilty of violation of this
ordinance subject to punishment as provided herein."
Section 12.
That Section 6.5-16 of Chapter 6.5 of the Code
of Ordinances of Monroe County, Florida, be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6.5-16. Penalties.
Any person who violates, or who fails to comply with,
any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
and/or imprisonment in the County Jail for not more
than sixty (60) days, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to
have been committed each time a violation occurs."
Section 13. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of
this Ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 14. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
said conflict.
Section 15. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be
included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the County
of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and
shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform
numbering system of the Code.
Section 16. This Ordinance shall take effect immediatley
upon receipt of official notice from the Office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Florida that this Ordinance has been
filed with said Office.
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Attest:
sst.ai, CLIRK
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ADOPTED: September 30, 1983
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Mayor airman
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFRCAENCY.
BY
AttornWs Ofte
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
-ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on
Friday, September 16, 1983, at 10:00 A.M. in Courtroom B, Monroe
County Courthouse Annex, 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe
County, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the fol-
lowing County Ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. -1983
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.5 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ENTI-
TLED THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY AND NON -EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ORDINANCE OF 1982.
DATED at Key West, Florida, this 22nd day of August, A.D. 1983.
RALPH W. WHITE
Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Monroe County, Florida
and ex officio Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners
of Monroe County, Florida
(SEAL)
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THE FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER
Published Weekly
MARATHON, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MONROE )
Before -the undersigned authority personally appeared Judith E . Proulx , who on oath, says
Office Manager
that he is of The FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER, a weekly newspaper published at Marathon, in
Monroe County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Notice of Intention to Consider Adoption of
Amending Chapter 6.5 of the Code of Ordinances County Ordinance
IN THE MATTER OF in the
Court, was published in said
newspaper in the issues of September 1 8. 1983
Affiant further says that the said FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER is a newspaper published at Mara-
thon, in said Monroe County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously
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the' Board of County
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
SERVING THE UPPER KEYS
BOX 1197, TAVERNIER, FL. 33070
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF MONROE )
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared W. B, WOLF F
who on oath, says that he is EDITOR & PUBLISHER
of THE REPORTER, a weekly newspaper published at Tavernier, Monroe County, Florida;
that the attached copy of advertisement, being'a LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF NN0T�F0F INTF= NT1'Q51 TO CONSIDER
in the Court, was published in said
newspaper in the issues of 9-1., 9-8-83
Affiant further says that the said REPORTER is a
newspaper published at Tavernier, in said Monroe County,
Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been
continuously published in the said Monroe County, Florida,
each week (on Thursday), and has been entered as second
class mail matter at the Post Office in Tavernier, in said
County of Monroe, Florida, for a period of one year nexj NOTICEOF.1 TE NTION TO CONSIDER
i ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.5 OF THE CODE OF
securing this said advertisement for publication in thE; ORDINANCES OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ENTITLED THE
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY, AND -NON -EMERGENCY MEDICAL
said newspaper. -.SERVICES ORDINANCE OF1982.
DATED at Key West, Florida, this 22nd day of August, A.D.1983.
RALPH W. WHITE
Clerk of the Circuit Court
S L 1 4 T IJ of Monroe County, Florida
SWORN TO AND S 3CR I BED BEFORE ME_ THIS J I 1 and exofficioClerk ofihe
Board of County Commissioners
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NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN that on Friday,
September 16, 1983, at 10:00
A.M. in Courtroom B, Monroe
in the matter of i County Courthouse Annex,
50o Whitehead Street, Key
West, Monroe County,
h Florida, the Board of County '
Commissioners of Monroe
I County, Florida, intends to `
`consider the adoption of the
{ following.CountyOrdinance:
ORDINANCE NO.1983
AN ORDINANCE AMEN
IN CHAPTER 6:5. OF -
DINANCES OF, OMONRO
C COUNTY, FLORIDA, EN-
---TITLED THE, MONROE
I COUNTY EMERGENCY
jAND NON -EMERGENCY
ORDRVINICAL ANCE OF 19B2 ICES
was published in said newspaper in the issues O, DATED at Key West,
t Florida, this 22nd day of
I August, A:D.1983.
Q RALPH W• WHITE 4
/9 J i Clerk of the
Circuit Court of
Monroe County, Florida
Affian further says that the said The Key`. and exofth6Blard
news a er published at Key West in said Monroe of CountyCommissionersnre'ty,
P P P y � of Monroe County, nd
that the said newspaper has heretofore been cont Flonaa
`Aug.26, Sept. 2, 1983
in said Monroe County, Florida, each day except Saturdays and has
been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Key
West, in said Monroe County, Florida, for a period of one year next
preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of advertise-
ment; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised
any person, firm or corporation any discount;:rebate, commission or
refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication
in the said newspaper.
OF fU IDP.
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EXPIRcS
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
George Firestone
Secretary of State
October 17, 1983
Honorable Ralph W. White
Clerk of Circuit Court
500 Whitehead Street
Key West, Florida 33040
Attention: Ms. Virginia M. Pinder
Dear Mr. White:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes,
this will acknowledge:
NK/
1. Receipt of your letter/s of October 13
and certified copy/ies of Monroe
County Ordinance/s No./s 83-20 and 83-21
2. Receipt of County Ordinance/s
relative to:
(a)
which we have numbered
(b ) --- -- —
which we have numbered _
3. We have filed this/these Ordinance/s in this office
on October 17, 1983.
4. The original/duplicate copy/ies showing the filing date is/are
being returned for your records.
Cor4lially,
rarzoy'
(Mrs. 7Nancy Kavanaugh
Chief, Bureau of Laws
FIARIDA-State of the Arts