Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 716
       
       
        
       By Senator Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00952-20                                            2020716__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to county boundaries; amending ss.
    3         7.31 and 7.59, F.S.; revising county boundaries;
    4         providing an effective date.
    5          
    6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    7  
    8         Section 1. Section 7.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    9  read:
   10         7.31 Indian River County.—The boundary lines of Indian
   11  River County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner
   12  of township thirty-one south, of range thirty-five east; thence
   13  east on the line dividing the townships thirty and thirty-one
   14  south, to the point where said line intersects the thread of the
   15  south fork of the St. Sebastian River; thence northerly down the
   16  thread of said stream to the main stream of the St. Sebastian
   17  River; thence down the thread of the St. Sebastian River to its
   18  confluence with the Indian River; thence east to the
   19  intersection with the southwesterly extension of the centerline
   20  of the approach channel to the Sebastian Inlet from the Indian
   21  River; thence northeasterly along said centerline and continue
   22  northeasterly and easterly along the centerline of the Sebastian
   23  Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean; thence southward along the Atlantic
   24  coast, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the
   25  jurisdiction of the State of Florida to the intersection of said
   26  Atlantic coast and a line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured
   27  at right angles to, the township line dividing between townships
   28  thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence west, parallel with,
   29  and 45.22 feet south of said township line, to the west right
   30  of-way line of State Road A1A; thence northwesterly along said
   31  right-of-way line to the intersection of said right-of-way line
   32  and the north line of Lot 25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as
   33  recorded in Plat Book 4, page 23, of the public records of St.
   34  Lucie County, Florida. Said north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet
   35  north of, and parallel with, as measured at right angles to, the
   36  township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four
   37  south; thence west along the north line of said Lot 25 to the
   38  easterly mean high water line of Round Island Creek; thence
   39  meandering southeasterly along said mean high water line to its
   40  intersection with the township line dividing townships thirty
   41  three and thirty-four south; thence west on said township line
   42  to range line dividing ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east;
   43  thence north between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east to
   44  the northeast corner of section one, township thirty-three
   45  south, range thirty-five east; thence west on township line
   46  dividing townships thirty-two and thirty-three south, range
   47  thirty-five east to the range line dividing ranges thirty-four
   48  and thirty-five east; thence north on said range line to the
   49  northwest corner of township thirty-one south, range thirty-five
   50  east, being the place of beginning.
   51         Section 2. Section 7.59, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   52  read:
   53         7.59 St. Lucie County.—The boundary lines of St. Lucie
   54  County are as follows: Beginning on the eastern boundary of the
   55  State of Florida at a point where the north section line of
   56  section thirteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one
   57  east, produced easterly, would intersect the same; thence
   58  westerly on the north line of said section and other sections to
   59  the northwest corner of section eighteen, township thirty-seven
   60  south, range forty-one east; thence south along the range line
   61  between ranges forty east and forty-one east which is concurrent
   62  with the St. Lucie County and Martin County boundary lines to
   63  the intersection with the north line of the south 508.15 feet of
   64  the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty
   65  seven south, range forty east; thence west along the south
   66  508.15-foot line of the northeast quarter of section twenty
   67  four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and
   68  concurrent with the municipal boundary line of the City of Port
   69  St. Lucie to the intersection of the east 924.15-foot line of
   70  section twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty
   71  east; thence south along the east 924.15-foot line of section
   72  twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and
   73  continuing along the municipal boundary line of the City of Port
   74  St. Lucie, to the intersection of the south line of the
   75  northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven
   76  south, range forty east; thence west along the south line of the
   77  northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven
   78  south, range forty east to the intersection with the west edge
   79  of Howard Creek; thence southerly and along with the west edge
   80  of Howard Creek being concurrent with the municipal boundary
   81  line of the City of Port St. Lucie to the intersection of the
   82  north shore of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the
   83  west edge of Howard Creek as concurrent with the City of Port
   84  St. Lucie municipal boundary; thence departing said north shore
   85  of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the municipal
   86  boundary line of the City of Port St. Lucie, a bearing direction
   87  (State Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 45
   88  degrees, 16 minutes west, 2,355 feet more or less, to a point
   89  within the body of water of the north fork of the St. Lucie
   90  River; thence departing said point a bearing direction (State
   91  Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 41 degrees,
   92  4 minutes east, 6,155 feet more or less to a point located in
   93  the body of the north fork of the St. Lucie River which
   94  intersects with the west line of section thirty, township
   95  thirty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence south 6,459
   96  feet along the west line of sections thirty and thirty-one,
   97  township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east, to the
   98  intersection with the township line between townships thirty
   99  seven and thirty-eight south; also being the southwest corner of
  100  section thirty-one, township thirty-seven, range forty-one east;
  101  thence west on the said township line to the range line dividing
  102  ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence north on said
  103  range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Okeechobee
  104  County, to the northwest corner of township thirty-four south,
  105  range thirty-seven east; thence east on the township line
  106  dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four south to a point
  107  of intersection with the easterly mean high water line of Round
  108  Island Creek; thence meandering northwesterly along said mean
  109  high water line to its intersection with the north line of Lot
  110  25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as recorded in Plat Book 4, page
  111  23, of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida. Said
  112  north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet north of, and parallel with,
  113  as measured at right angles to, the township line dividing
  114  townships thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence east along
  115  the north line of said Lot 25 to the west right-of-way line of
  116  State Road A1A; thence southeasterly along said right-of-way
  117  line to the intersection of said west right-of-way line and a
  118  line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured at right angles to,
  119  the township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty
  120  four south; thence east along said line lying 45.22 feet south
  121  of, and parallel with the line dividing townships thirty-three
  122  and thirty-four south, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence continuing
  123  easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence
  124  southerly along said east boundary, including the waters of the
  125  Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida,
  126  to the place of beginning.
  127         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.