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  2         An act relating to the South Indian River Water

  3         Control District, Palm Beach County; amending

  4         chapter 71-820, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  5         authorizing the Board of Supervisors of the

  6         South Indian River Water Control District to

  7         receive and maintain real and personal property

  8         for recreational purposes for land within the

  9         District lying East of Canal 18 of the South

10         Florida Water Management District only;

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.  Section 6 of chapter 71-820, Laws of

16  Florida, as amended, is amended to read:

17         Section 6.  The Board of Supervisors of the South

18  Indian River Water Control District in Palm Beach County,

19  Florida, is hereby authorized, empowered and permitted to

20  expend funds of the District to pay for engineering studies

21  for the purpose of planning a road improvement program, and to

22  pay for the construction, maintenance, improvement and repair

23  of dedicated roads and road rights-of-way, including the

24  swales thereof, within the District where such construction,

25  maintenance, improvement and repair is not performed by other

26  governmental bodies and to levy special assessments on the

27  basis of parcels benefited rather than acres benefited for

28  said purposes. The Board of Supervisors of the South Indian

29  River Water Control District in Palm Beach County, Florida, is

30  hereby further authorized to expend funds of the District not

31  in excess of $500,000 for the purchase of equipment and other


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  1  facilities to be used for the purpose of construction,

  2  maintenance, improvement and repair of dedicated roads and

  3  road rights-of-way including the swales thereof (where such

  4  construction, maintenance and repair are not performed by

  5  other governmental bodies), and drainage works and other works

  6  in the District, and to levy special assessments for said

  7  purposes. The Board of Supervisors of the South Indian River

  8  Water Control District is further authorized, empowered and

  9  permitted to expend funds of the District to pay for

10  engineering studies for the purpose of planning facilities to

11  provide potable water distribution and waste water collection

12  systems to those lands lying East of Canal 18 of the South

13  Florida Water Management District, and to the Northeast

14  Quarter (NE 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) plus the

15  North one-half (N 1/2) of the North one-half (N 1/2) of the

16  Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4)

17  of Section 1, Township 41 South, Range 41 East, in Palm Beach

18  County, Florida, in cooperation with the Town of Jupiter and

19  the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District, and to

20  pay for the construction, maintenance, improvement and repair

21  of those facilities where such construction, maintenance,

22  improvement and repair is not performed by other governmental

23  bodies, and to levy special assessments, on the basis of

24  parcels or front footage benefited rather than acres

25  benefited, for said purposes, and to transfer said facilities

26  to the Town of Jupiter and the Loxahatchee River Environmental

27  Control District for operation and maintenance. The Board of

28  Supervisors of the South Indian River Water Control District

29  is further authorized to receive and maintain real and

30  personal property for recreational purposes for land within

31  the District lying East of Canal 18 of the South Florida Water


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  1  Management District only; and to make it available for the use

  2  of the landowners. The Board of Supervisors is authorized to

  3  expend funds of the District to pay for the maintenance of

  4  such property, the cost of which shall be borne by the

  5  landowners owning land lying East of Canal 18 of the South

  6  Florida Water Management District.

  7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  8  law.

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