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• ORDINANCE 2002- 021 b. A fire department vehicle, an emergency medical service vehicle, a Sheriff's office vehicle, a municipal police department vehicle, or any other vehicle, and such equipment necessary to outfit the vehicle for its official use or equipment that has a life expectancy of at least 5 years. {r_ (4) Distribution to Municipalities. State law provides that municipalities are to receive a share of the revenues from the extension of the 1989 Surtax in accordance with the terms of any interlocal agreement entered into between the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners as the governing body of Indian River County, Florida and the governing bodies of the municipalities representing a majority of Indian River County's municipal population or, in the absence of an interlocal agreement, in accordance with the state revenue sharinc formula. The infrastructure sales surtax proceeds from the extended levy of the 1989 Surtax shall be distributed to the respective municipalities within the County pursuant to the state revenue sharing formula. SECTION 6. REFERENDUM RESULTS. If a majority of the votes cast at the referendum in respect to the extension of the 1989 Surtax shall be "For the extension of the one -cent sales tax", the 1989 Surtax extension shall be approved and the extension of the 1989 Surtax shall thereupon be levied effective June 1, 2004 and shall continue in full force and effect through and including December 31, 2019. SECTION 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE. In the event the Referendum is not approved, the levy of the 1989 Surtax shall remain in effect as originally provided in the 1989 Ordinance; and the proceeds of t he 1989 Surtax shall continue to be used for the purposes provided in the 1989 Ordinance and shall continue to be d istributed as provided in the 1989 Ordinance. SECTION 8. AUTHORIZING NECESSARY ACTION. The County hereby authorizes the proper officials to do all things deemed necessary in connection with the holding of the referendum and the levy of t he Surtax, if approved, to the extent provided by law and in this O rdinance. SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY. It is declared to be the intent of the Board of County Commissioners that if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, section, subsection, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent portion, and such holding shall not affect the validity of remaining portions of this Ordinance. SECTION 10. FILING WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Clerk be and hereby is directed forthwith to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Department of State, Bureau of Administrative Code, The Elliot Building, 401 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250, and to the Department of Revenue. JULY 2, 2002 -55-