§ 1. Creation; boundaries.

(1)

Upon this act becoming a law, all of the following area in Okaloosa County shall be incorporated as a special fire protection district, which shall be a public municipal corporation for the public benefit, with perpetual existence, to be known as the East Niceville Fire District, in which name it may sue and be sued, lease, own, possess and convey real and personal property, by purchase or gift, or otherwise, in order to carry out the purposes of this act.

Area:

The area includes all sections outside the Niceville city limits bordered on the north by the Eglin Military Reservation, on the east by Rocky Bayou, on the south by the Choctawhatchee Bay, and on the west by the Valparaiso city limits.

(2)

Any lands within a municipality included in the boundaries of the district as described herein shall be excluded from the district and its jurisdiction. If any area, tract or parcel of land within the boundaries of the district shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality such area, tract or parcel of land shall be excluded from the district effective the next January 1, following such annexation by a municipality. Nothing contained in this act shall preclude any municipality from annexing lands to the territorial limits of the municipality even if the land is included within the district.

(3)

Should any part of the territory covered in this act be held not to be included herein, then this act shall continue in effect as [to] the balance of the territory.