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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HB 1553
By Representative A. Greene
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to South Shore Drainage
3 District, Palm Beach County; amending chapter
4 17259, Laws of Florida, 1935, as amended;
5 revising the boundary line description of South
6 Shore Drainage District located in Palm Beach
7 County and to include additional land within
8 the boundaries of the district; amending the
9 plan of reclamation of the district; providing
10 for the equal assessment of benefits for all
11 lands within the district; providing an
12 effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 17259, Laws of
17 Florida, 1935, as amended, is amended by revising the
18 territorial boundaries of South Shore Drainage District in
19 Palm Beach County and to include additional lands within the
20 boundaries of the district to read as follows:
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22 Commencing at a point being the intersection of
23 the west right-of-way line of the Everglades
24 Drainage District's North New River Canal with
25 the east and west half section line of Section
26 14, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
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28 Thence west along the aforesaid half section
29 line of Section 14, 3,722 feet, more or less,
30 to a point whence the quarter corner between
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1 Section 14 and Section 15, Township 44 South,
2 Range 36 East, bears west 50 feet distant;
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4 Thence North 0°7' east along a line parallel to
5 and 50 feet east of the section line between
6 the aforesaid Section 14 and 15, a distance of
7 2,561 feet, more or less, to a point being the
8 intersection with the south boundary of Florida
9 East Coast Railway right-of-way, said point
10 lying 50 feet east, and 81.6 feet south of the
11 section corner common to Sections 10, 11, 14
12 and 15, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
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14 Thence south 89°57' west along the south
15 boundary of the Florida East Coast Railway
16 right-of-way, a distance of 15,915.8 feet, more
17 or less, through Sections 15, 16 and 17 to a
18 point on the section line between Section 17
19 and 18, said point lying 94.5 feet south of the
20 section corner common to Sections 7, 8, 17, and
21 18, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
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23 Thence north 0°5' east along said section line
24 between Sections 17 and 18 and Sections 7 and 8
25 to a point on the section line between Section
26 7 and 8, said point being 105.8 feet north of
27 the section corner common to Sections 7, 8, 17,
28 and 18, Township 44, Range 36 East;
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30 Thence north 45°00' west diagonally through
31 Section 7, Township 44 South, Range 36 East,
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1 7,431 feet, more or less, to a point lying 75
2 feet north and 30 feet east of the section
3 corner common to Sections 1 and 12, Township 44
4 South, Range 35 East, and Sections 6 and 7,
5 Township 44 South, Range 36 East (the
6 above-described line being parallel to and 75
7 feet distant from a true northwest diagonal
8 line through the aforesaid Section 7);
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10 Thence south 89°21' west along a line parallel
11 to and 75 feet north of the section line
12 between Section 1 and Section 12, Township 44
13 South, Range 35 East, a distance of 5,227 feet,
14 more or less, to a point whence the corner of
15 Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, Township 44 South,
16 Range 35 East, bears 45°00' west 105.8 feet
17 distant;
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19 Thence north 0°03' east on a line parallel to
20 and 75 feet east of the section line between
21 Section 1 and Section 2, a distance of 5,205
22 feet, more or less, to a point on the township
23 line between Section 1 and Section 36, whence
24 the corner of Section 1 and 2, Township 44
25 South, Range 35 East, and Sections 35 and 36,
26 Township 43 South, Range 35 East, bears south
27 89°21' west 75 feet distant;
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29 Thence north 0°03' east 310 feet, more or less,
30 to a point 100 feet south from the center line
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1 of the lake shore levee as located on the
2 ground by the Everglades Drainage District;
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4 (The above described boundaries are in common
5 with the boundaries of the South Florida
6 Conservancy District);
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8 Thence north 0°03' east 309 feet, more or less,
9 to a point being the intersection with the
10 south boundary of the United States Engineer
11 War Department's Lake Okeechobee Levee
12 right-of-way;
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14 Thence along the south boundary of the
15 aforesaid Federal Levee right-of-way, more
16 particularly described as follows:
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18 (a) North 88°44' east, a distance of 5,229 feet, more
19 or less, to a point being on the range line between Sections
20 31 and 36, Township 43 South, Ranges 35 and 36 East;
21 (b) Thence north 88°44' east, a distance of 2,222
22 feet, more or less, to a point;
23 (c) Thence south 63°03' east, a distance of 1,428
24 feet, more or less, to a point being on the township line
25 between Section 31 and Section 6, Townships 43 and 44 South,
26 Range 36 East;
27 (d) Thence south 62°54' east, a distance of 2,022
28 feet, more or less, to a point being on the section line
29 between Section 5 and Section 6, Township 44 South, Range 36
30 East;
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1 (e) Thence south 58°52' east, a distance of 6,115
2 feet, more or less, to a point being on the section line
3 between Sections 4 and 5, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
4 (f) Thence south 58°52' east, a distance of 1,820
5 feet, more or less, to a point;
6 (g) Thence south 76°25' east, a distance of 881 feet,
7 more or less, to a point on the section line between Section 4
8 and Section 9, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
9 (h) Thence south 76°25' east, a distance of 1,904
10 feet, more or less, to a point;
11 (i) Thence south 86°45' east, a distance of 1,034
12 feet, more or less, to a point on the Section line between
13 Section 9 and 10, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
14 (j) Thence south 86°45' east, a distance of 2,603.3
15 feet, more or less, to a point, being the intersection of the
16 south boundary of the Federal Levee right-of-way with the
17 south boundary of the Everglades Drainage District's Lake
18 Okeechobee Levee;
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20 (The above-described boundaries are in common
21 with the South Shore Drainage District Plan of
22 Reclamation dated July 1, 1935)
23 (a) Thence N36°17'25"E (new basis of bearing) along
24 the southeasterly right-of-way of the L-D2, Hoover Dike a
25 distance of 800 feet, more or less, to the north line of
26 Section 10, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
27 (b) Thence N36°17'25"E along said Dike right-of-way a
28 distance of 3,253 feet;
29 (c) Thence S54°58'55"E a distance of 4,531 feet to the
30 west right-of-way of the North New River Canal;
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1 (d) Thence south along said North New River Canal
2 right-of-way a distance of 5,284 feet, more or less, to the
3 north line of Section 14, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;
4 (e) Thence south along said west North New River Canal
5 right-of-way, a distance of 2,641 feet, more or less, to a
6 point on the east and west half-section line of Section 14,
7 Township 44 South, Range 36 East, being the Point of
8 Beginning.
9 Section 2. Plan of Reclamation. The Plan of
10 Reclamation for South Shore Drainage District heretofore
11 established is amended and, as amended, is adopted for the
12 District and established as herein stated.
13 A. The existing drainage facilities and drainage
14 system within the territorial boundaries of the District will
15 be utilized under the amended Plan of Reclamation, including
16 levees, canals, channels, laterals, pumping plants and other
17 structures.
18 B. The pump station building, equipment and canal
19 systems serving the additional lands shall be deemed to be a
20 part of the District's amended Plan of Reclamation, which will
21 be effective upon the transfer of the aforementioned
22 facilities to the District by the Owner.
23 Section 3. Benefits Assessed. It is hereby ascertained
24 that all lands within the boundaries of the District shall be
25 equally benefited from the water management works, facilities
26 and improvements as constructed and maintained under the
27 amended Plan of Reclamation and pursuant to the provisions of
28 this act; and, therefore, all said lands in the District shall
29 be assessed equally, by reason of the operation and
30 maintenance of the District's works, facilities and
31 improvements pursuant to this provisions of this act.
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1 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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