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A SECTION 21.102. Determination of Cost of Service. Said Municipal Service Taxing Unit is created for the purpose of providing fire protection within the boundaries of said Unit. The Board of County Commissioners in Indian River County, Florida, shall determine each year the cost of providing fire protection, including capital and equipment improvements, rentals and acquisitions, operating and maintenance costs and expenses, for the ensuing County fiscal year within the boundaries of said Unit. Section 21-103. Levy of Taxes, Adoption of Budget. The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, hereby authorizes a levy of tax not to exceed three (3) mills on all real and tangible property within said West Indian River County Fire Protection Municipal Service Taxing Unit created under the provisions of this Ordinance for the purpose of providing fire protection within the boundaries of said unit. Said tax shall be levied and a budget prepared and adopted by the Board at the same time and in the same manner as the Board prepares and adopts its County Annual Budget and levies taxes as provided by law. Said taxes shall be assessed, levied, collected, be remitted to and accounted for at the time and in the manner as the assessments, levies, collections, remittance and accountability of taxes by said Board as provided law. Said budget shall contain all or such portions of the estimated cost of providing fire protection within the boundaries of such unit, determined under the provisions of Section 21-102 of this Ordinance, as said Board shall determine to be necessary to provide such services. Section 21-104. Disposition of Proceeds from Levy of Taxes for Fire Protection. Those funds obtained from the levy of a tax on all real and tangible property within the boundaries of said unit shall be maintained in a separate account and used solely for the purpose of providing fire protection within the boundaries of such unit only. -2-