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ordinance by the Cities of Fellsmere and Sebastian and the Town of Orchid authorizing the inclusion of the Town in the District. SECTION 2 AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE MILLAGE FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1984 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1984 Section 21-93 of the Code of Laws and ordinances of Indian River County is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 21-93. Levy of taxes, budget adoption. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually an ad avalorem tax against all real and tangible property included within the district not to exceed one-half mill except for the one-year period beginning January 1, 1984 and ending December 31, 1984, in which the millage shall not exceed 1.5 mills. For the purpose of this tax levy, the assessment roll, as prepared by the county property appraiser and equalized by the property appraisal adjustment board, shall be adopted and used. As provided by law, each year the board of fire commissioners, after receiving the recommendations of the advisory committee, shall prepare and adopt a budget and shall, by resolu- tion fix the rate of said tax and levy same, forwarding to the board of county commissioners, the county appraiser and the county tax collector certified copies thereof all as provided by law. The said tax shall be included upon the tax notices issued by the tax collector and the said tax shall be collected with the county taxes, in the same manner and wherever practicable in the manner provided by law for the collection of county ad valorem taxes, including sale of tax certificates for which purpose the special district tax shall be included with the county tax. The county tax collector shall forward to the board of fire commissioners taxes collected at the same time and in the same manner as pro- vided for the payment of county taxes by the tax collector to the board of county commissioners. The county property appraiser and the county tax collector shall be entitled to payment for their services in connection with the collection of said taxes as pro- vided by law. Said budget, as above referred, shall contain all of the estimated costs of providing fire protection and control -2- CODING: Words in strnek-through type are deletions from existing law; words underlined are additions. _ ;