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House Bill 0571




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 571

        By Representative Frankel






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Indian Trail Water Control

  3         District, Palm Beach County; changing the name

  4         of the district to Indian Trail Improvement

  5         District; clarifying the district's authority

  6         to provide, finance, construct, operate, and

  7         maintain and include as a component roads,

  8         bridges, parkways, and other elements;

  9         providing for adoption by resolution of rules

10         and procedures for the letting of contracts;

11         providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  The name of Indian Trail Water Control

16  District, as created pursuant to chapter 57-646, Laws of

17  Florida, as amended, is hereby changed to Indian Trail

18  Improvement District.  Said change of name shall not impact,

19  alter, or change any existing statutory authority or provision

20  applicable to the district, nor any existing obligation of the

21  district, whether contractual or otherwise.

22         Section 2.  There is hereby included as a component of

23  roads in a water management plan parkways, bridges,

24  landscaping, irrigation, bicycle and jogging paths, street

25  lighting, traffic signals, road striping, and all other

26  customary elements of a modern road system. However, as it

27  relates to traffic signals, the district must obtain

28  authorization from the appropriate state or local government

29  prior to expending funds.

30         Section 3.  There shall be adopted by resolution such

31  rules, policies, guidelines, and procedures which will thereby

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 571

    514-140A-97






  1  authorize the district, at its discretion, to elect to use

  2  either a public bid or private negotiation process for the

  3  letting of contracts and purchase orders for works and

  4  improvements of the district, including procurement of

  5  personal property, commodities, and services, when the cost of

  6  said works and improvements, personal property, commodities,

  7  and services do not exceed the Category 2 amount set forth in

  8  s. 287.017, Florida Statutes.

  9         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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