§ 10. Effective Dates; Approval at Referendum; Transitional Provisions.

(a)

This section shall take effect upon becoming a law.

(b)

All other sections of this Act shall take effect only upon approval as follows:

(1)

By a majority vote of the qualified electors residing within the proposed district and voting on such question; and

(2)

By a majority vote of the qualified electors residing within the corporate limits of the City of Orlando and voting on such question. The referendum on such question shall be held at the 1980 general election or at such earlier primary or special election as the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County may designate. The Board of County Commissioners shall provide at least thirty (30) days' notice of the election as required by Florida Statutes § 100.342.

(c)

The question of whether to issue bonds or other forms of indebtedness for the sole purpose of expanding the downtown branch of the Orlando Public Library, as authorized by this Act, shall be presented to the electors of the proposed district at the referendum required by Subsection (b). Such question of incurring debt shall be separate and distinct from the question of approving this Act, and no such indebtedness payable from ad valorem taxes shall be issued unless this Act is approved in the manner described by Subsection (b) and the issuance of said bonds or other forms of indebtedness is approved by a majority vote of the qualified electors residing within the proposed district and voting on the question.

(d)

The Board of County Commissioners and other relevant constitutional officers of Orange County may, at their discretion, take administrative actions as appropriate prior to the referendum to permit the tax authorized by this Act to be first levied in 1980, but no tax shall be levied unless approved in the manner provided for in this Act.

(e)

In the event this Act is approved in the manner provided by Subsection (b), but the question of the authority to issue bonds or other forms of indebtedness is not approved in the manner provided by Subsection (c), then the Board of County Commissioners may, in its discretion, call subsequent referendum or referendums on the question of whether to issue bonds or other forms of indebtedness, as authorized by this Act.

(f)

The defeat of this Act at the referendum required by Subsection (b) shall not be deemed to repeal, prohibit, or in any way limit the special taxing power delegated to the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County under Florida Statutes § 150.08, as amended by Laws of Fla. ch. 71-14.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 80-555, § 10)