Senate Bill 2614

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SB 2614

    By Senator Geller





    29-1679-99                                         See HB 1553

  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 including additional land within the

  8         boundaries of the district; amending the plan

  9         of reclamation of the district; providing for

10         the equal assessment of benefits for all lands

11         within the district; providing an effective

12         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 to read:

18         (Substantial rewording of section. See

19         s. 2 of chapter 17259, Laws of Florida, 1935, as

20         amended, for present text.)

21         Section 2.  That for the purpose of reclaiming and

22  draining the lands hereinafter described and improving said

23  lands by means of the construction of canals and ditches and

24  making said lands available and habitable, and for the

25  maintenance thereof, and authorizing the cutting and

26  construction of canals, ditches, dikes, and reservoirs for the

27  benefit of said lands, and protecting the same from the effect

28  of excess water, and making them available for agricultural

29  and sanitary purposes, and for the public convenience and

30  welfare and for public utility and benefit, a drainage

31  district is hereby established and declared to exist, to be

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  1  known and designated as South Shore Drainage District, the

  2  territorial boundaries of which shall be as follows:

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  4         Commencing at a point being the intersection of

  5         the west right-of-way line of the Everglades

  6         Drainage District's North New River Canal with

  7         the east and west half section line of Section

  8         14, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

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10         Thence west along the aforesaid half section

11         line of Section 14, 3,722 feet, more or less,

12         to a point whence the quarter corner between

13         Section 14 and Section 15, Township 44 South,

14         Range 36 East, bears west 50 feet distant;

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16         Thence north 0°7' east along a line parallel to

17         and 50 feet east of the section line between

18         the aforesaid Section 14 and Section 15, a

19         distance of 2,561 feet, more or less, to a

20         point being the intersection with the south

21         boundary of Florida East Coast Railway

22         right-of-way, said point lying 50 feet east,

23         and 81.6 feet south of the section corner

24         common to Sections 10, 11, 14 and 15, Township

25         44 South, Range 36 East;

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27         Thence south 89°57' west along the south

28         boundary of the Florida East Coast Railway

29         right-of-way, a distance of 15,915.8 feet, more

30         or less, through Sections 15, 16, and 17 to a

31         point on the section line between Sections 17

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  1         and 18, said point lying 94.5 feet south of the

  2         section corner common to Sections 7, 8, 17, and

  3         18, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

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  5         Thence north 0°5' east along said section line

  6         between Sections 17 and 18 and Sections 7 and 8

  7         to a point on the section line between Sections

  8         7 and 8, said point being 105.8 feet north of

  9         the section corner common to Sections 7, 8, 17,

10         and 18, Township 44, Range 36 East;

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12         Thence north 45°00' west diagonally through

13         Section 7, Township 44 South, Range 36 East,

14         7,431 feet, more or less, to a point lying 75

15         feet north and 30 feet east of the section

16         corner common to Sections 1 and 12, Township 44

17         South, Range 35 East, and Sections 6 and 7,

18         Township 44 South, Range 36 East (the

19         above-described line being parallel to and 75

20         feet distant from a true northwest diagonal

21         line through the aforesaid Section 7);

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23         Thence south 89°21' west along a line parallel

24         to and 75 feet north of the section line

25         between Section 1 and Section 12, Township 44

26         South, Range 35 East, a distance of 5,227 feet,

27         more or less, to a point whence the corner of

28         Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, Township 44 South,

29         Range 35 East, bears 45°00' west 105.8 feet

30         distant;

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  1         Thence north 0°03' east on a line parallel to

  2         and 75 feet east of the section line between

  3         Section 1 and Section 2, a distance of 5,205

  4         feet, more or less, to a point on the township

  5         line between Section 1 and Section 36, whence

  6         the corner of Sections 1 and 2, Township 44

  7         South, Range 35 East, and Sections 35 and 36,

  8         Township 43 South, Range 35 East, bears south

  9         89°21' west 75 feet distant;

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11         Thence north 0°03' east 310 feet, more or less,

12         to a point 100 feet south from the center line

13         of the lake shore levee as located on the

14         ground by the Everglades Drainage District;

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16         (The above-described boundaries are in common

17         with the boundaries of the South Florida

18         Conservancy District);

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20         Thence north 0°03' east 309 feet, more or less,

21         to a point being the intersection with the

22         south boundary of the United States Engineer

23         War Department's Lake Okeechobee Levee

24         right-of-way;

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26         Thence along the south boundary of the

27         aforesaid Federal Levee right-of-way, more

28         particularly described as follows:

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  1         (a)  North 88°44' east, a distance of 5,229 feet, more

  2  or less, to a point being on the range line between Sections

  3  31 and 36, Township 43 South, Ranges 35 and 36 East;

  4         (b)  Thence north 88°44' east, a distance of 2,222

  5  feet, more or less, to a point;

  6         (c)  Thence south 63°03' east, a distance of 1,428

  7  feet, more or less, to a point being on the township line

  8  between Section 31 and Section 6, Townships 43 and 44 South,

  9  Range 36 East;

10         (d)  Thence south 62°54' east, a distance of 2,022

11  feet, more or less, to a point being on the section line

12  between Section 5 and Section 6, Township 44 South, Range 36

13  East;

14         (e)  Thence south 58°52' east, a distance of 6,115

15  feet, more or less, to a point being on the section line

16  between Sections 4 and 5, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

17         (f)  Thence south 58°52' east, a distance of 1,820

18  feet, more or less, to a point;

19         (g)  Thence south 76°25' east, a distance of 881 feet,

20  more or less, to a point on the section line between Section 4

21  and Section 9, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

22         (h)  Thence south 76°25' east, a distance of 1,904

23  feet, more or less, to a point;

24         (i)  Thence south 86°45' east, a distance of 1,034

25  feet, more or less, to a point on the Section line between

26  Section 9 and 10, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

27         (j)  Thence south 86°45' east, a distance of 2,603.3

28  feet, more or less, to a point, being the intersection of the

29  south boundary of the Federal Levee right-of-way with the

30  south boundary of the Everglades Drainage District's Lake

31  Okeechobee Levee;

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  2         (The above-described boundaries are in common

  3         with the South Shore Drainage District Plan of

  4         Reclamation dated July 1, 1935)

  5         (a)  Thence N36°17'25"E (new basis of bearing) along

  6  the southeasterly right-of-way of the L-D2, Hoover Dike a

  7  distance of 800 feet, more or less, to the north line of

  8  Section 10, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

  9         (b)  Thence N36°17'25"E along said Dike right-of-way a

10  distance of 3,253 feet;

11         (c)  Thence S54°58'55"E a distance of 4,531 feet to the

12  west right-of-way of the North New River Canal;

13         (d)  Thence south along said North New River Canal

14  right-of-way a distance of 5,284 feet, more or less, to the

15  north line of Section 14, Township 44 South, Range 36 East;

16         (e)  Thence south along said west North New River Canal

17  right-of-way, a distance of 2,641 feet, more or less, to a

18  point on the east and west half-section line of Section 14,

19  Township 44 South, Range 36 East, being the Point of

20  Beginning.

21         Section 2.    Plan of Reclamation.--The Plan of

22  Reclamation for South Shore Drainage District heretofore

23  established is amended and, as amended, is adopted for the

24  district and established as herein stated.

25         A.  The existing drainage facilities and drainage

26  system within the territorial boundaries of the district will

27  be utilized under the amended Plan of Reclamation, including

28  levees, canals, channels, laterals, pumping plants, and other

29  structures.

30         B.  The pump station building, equipment, and canal

31  systems serving the additional lands shall be deemed to be a

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  1  part of the district's amended Plan of Reclamation, which will

  2  be effective upon the transfer of the aforementioned

  3  facilities to the District by the Owner.

  4         Section 3.  Benefits assessed.--It is hereby

  5  ascertained that all lands within the boundaries of the

  6  district shall be equally benefited from the water management

  7  works, facilities, and improvements as constructed and

  8  maintained under the amended Plan of Reclamation and pursuant

  9  to the provisions of this act; and, therefore, all said lands

10  in the district shall be assessed equally, by reason of the

11  operation and maintenance of the district's works, facilities,

12  and improvements pursuant to the provisions of this act.

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

14  law.

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