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By Senator Rossin
35-750-00 See HB 1559
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Seminole Water Control
3 District, Palm Beach County; codifying and
4 reenacting provisions of chapters 70-854 and
5 88-504, Laws of Florida; providing for
6 codification of special acts relating to
7 Seminole Water Control District, a special tax
8 district created pursuant to chapter 70-854,
9 Laws of Florida, as amended, pursuant to s.
10 189.429, F.S.; providing that the name of the
11 District shall be the Seminole Improvement
12 District; providing for legislative intent;
13 providing for applicability of chapter 298,
14 F.S., and other general laws; providing
15 additional authority relating to the provision
16 of public infrastructure, services, assessment,
17 levy, and collection of taxes, non-ad valorem
18 assessments, and fees, public finance, and
19 District operations; providing powers of the
20 District; providing for compliance with county
21 plans and regulations; providing for election
22 of a Board of Supervisors; providing for
23 organization, powers, duties, terms of office,
24 and compensation of the board; providing for
25 levy of ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem
26 assessments; providing for costs; requiring
27 referendums under specified circumstances;
28 providing for collection, enforcement, and
29 penalties; providing for issuance of revenue
30 bonds, assessment bonds, and bond anticipation
31 notes; providing for general obligation bonds;
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1 providing a District charter; providing for
2 repeal of prior special acts related to the
3 Seminole Water Control District; providing
4 severability; providing that this act shall
5 take precedence over any conflicting law to the
6 extent of such conflict; providing an effective
7 date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Chapters 70-854 and 88-504, Laws of
12 Florida, are codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as
13 provided in this act.
14 Section 2. The Seminole Water Control District is
15 re-created and renamed and the charter for such District is
16 re-created and reenacted to read:
17 Section 1. District renamed.--The Seminole Water
18 Control District shall henceforth be known as the Seminole
19 Improvement District.
20 Section 2. Intent.--Pursuant to section 189.429,
21 Florida Statutes, this act constitutes the codification of all
22 special acts relating to the Seminole Water Control District.
23 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this law to
24 provide a single, comprehensive special act charter for the
25 District, including all current legislative authority granted
26 to the District by its several legislative enactments, any
27 additional authority granted by this act, and authority
28 granted by applicable general law.
29 Section 3. District created and boundaries
30 thereof.--For the purposes of providing public infrastructure;
31 services; the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes,
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1 non-ad valorem assessments, and fees; the operation of
2 District facilities and services; and all other purposes
3 stated in this act consistent with chapters 189 and 298,
4 Florida Statutes, and other applicable general law, an
5 independent improvement district is created and established in
6 Palm Beach County, to be known as the Seminole Improvement
7 District, the territorial boundaries of which shall be as
8 follows:
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10 All of Sections 1 and 2, that part of Section 3
11 situated Southerly and Eastwardly of the Canal
12 "M" right of way, and Section 12 except the
13 East Half (E 1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE
14 1/4) thereof, all in Township 43 South, Range
15 40 East.
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17 All of Sections 5 and 6, the North Half (N 1/2)
18 of Section 7 and the North Half (N 1/2) of
19 Section 8, Township 43 South, Range 41 East.
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21 All in the County of Palm Beach, State of
22 Florida, consisting of 4,032 acres, more or
23 less.
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25 Section 4. Provisions of other laws made
26 applicable.--The provisions of chapter 298, Florida Statutes,
27 and all of the laws amendatory thereof, now existing or
28 hereafter enacted are declared to be applicable to Seminole
29 Improvement District. Seminole Improvement District shall
30 have all of the powers and authorities mentioned in or
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1 conferred by chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as it may be
2 amended from time to time.
3 Section 5. Powers of the District; compliance with
4 county plans and regulations.--
5 (1) The District shall have the following powers:
6 (a) To sue and be sued by its name in any court of law
7 or in equity, to make contracts, and to adopt and use a
8 corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
9 (b) To acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation real
10 and personal property, either or both, within or without the
11 district, and to convey and dispose of such real and personal
12 property, either or both, as is necessary or convenient to
13 carry out the purposes, or any of the purposes, of this act
14 and chapter 298, Florida Statutes;
15 (c) To construct, operate, and maintain canals,
16 ditches, drains, levees, lakes, ponds, and other works for
17 water management and control purposes;
18 (d) To acquire, purchase, operate, and maintain pumps,
19 plants, and pumping systems for water management and control
20 purposes;
21 (e) To construct, operate, and maintain irrigation
22 works, machinery, and plants;
23 (f) To construct, improve, pave, and maintain roadways
24 and roads necessary and convenient for the exercise of the
25 powers or duties or any of the powers or duties of the
26 District or the supervisors thereof; and to include, as a
27 component of such roads, parkways, bridges, landscaping,
28 irrigation, bicycle and jogging paths, street lighting,
29 traffic signals, road striping, and all other customary
30 elements of a modern road system;
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1 (g) To finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
2 construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate,
3 and maintain systems and facilities for providing
4 transportation throughout the District, including private or
5 contract carriers, buses, vehicles, railroads, and other
6 transportation facilities, to meet the transportation
7 requirements of the District in activities conducted within
8 the District;
9 (h) To finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
10 construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate,
11 and maintain parking facilities within the District
12 boundaries;
13 (i) To finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
14 construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate,
15 and maintain additional systems and facilities for parks and
16 facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural, and
17 educational uses;
18 (j) To acquire, construct, finance, operate, and
19 maintain water plants and systems to produce, purify, and
20 distribute water for consumption;
21 (k) To acquire, construct, finance, operate, and
22 maintain sewer systems for the collection, disposal, and reuse
23 of waste and to prevent water pollution in the District;
24 (l) To levy ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem
25 assessments; to prescribe, fix, establish, and collect rates,
26 fees, rentals, fares, or other charges and to revise the same
27 from time to time for the facilities and services furnished or
28 to be furnished by the District; and to recover the cost of
29 making connection to any District facility or system;
30 (m) To provide for the discontinuance of service and
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1 user or property for any such rates, fees, rentals, fares, or
2 other charges that become delinquent and require collection.
3 However, no charges or fees shall be established until after a
4 public hearing of the board at the District at which all
5 affected persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard;
6 (n) To enter into agreements with any person, firm, or
7 corporation for the furnishing by such person, firm, or
8 corporation of any facilities and services of the type
9 provided for in this act;
10 (o) To enter into impact-fee-credit agreements with
11 local general-purpose governments. In the event the District
12 enters into an impact-fee-credit agreement with a local
13 general-purpose government under which the District constructs
14 or makes contributions for public facilities for which
15 impact-fee credits would be available, the agreement may
16 provide that such impact-fee credits shall inure to the
17 landowners within the District in proportion to their relative
18 assessments, and the District shall, from time to time,
19 execute such instruments (such as assignments of impact-fee
20 credits) as are necessary or desirable to accomplish or
21 confirm the foregoing.
22 (p) To construct and maintain facilities for and take
23 measures to control mosquitoes and other arthropods of public
24 health importance;
25 (q) To finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
26 construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate,
27 and maintain additional systems and facilities for
28 conservation areas, mitigation areas, and wildlife habitat,
29 including the maintenance of any plant or animal species, and
30 any related interest in real or personal property;
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1 (r) To borrow money and issue negotiable or other
2 bonds of the District as provided in this act; to borrow
3 money, from time to time, and issue negotiable or other notes
4 of the district therefor, bearing interest at not exceeding
5 the maximum interest allowable by law, in anticipation of the
6 collection of taxes, levies, and assessments or revenues of
7 the district; to pledge or hypothecate such taxes, levies,
8 assessments, and revenues to secure such bonds, notes, or
9 obligations; and to sell, discount, negotiate, and dispose of
10 the same;
11 (s) To provide public safety, including, but not
12 limited to, security, guardhouses, fences and gates,
13 electronic intrusion detection systems, and patrol cars, when
14 authorized by proper governmental agencies; except that the
15 District may not exercise any police power, but may contract
16 with the appropriate local general-purpose government agencies
17 for an increased level of such service within the District
18 boundaries;
19 (t) To provide systems and facilities for fire
20 prevention and control and emergency medical services,
21 including the construction or purchase of fire stations, water
22 mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment
23 consistent with any adopted Palm Beach County ordinance, rule,
24 or regulation if authorized by the county;
25 (u) To finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
26 construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, and
27 maintain additional systems and facilities for school
28 buildings and related structures, which may be leased, sold,
29 or donated to the school district for use in the educational
30 system when authorized by the district school board;
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1 (v) To establish and create such departments,
2 committees, boards, or other agencies, including a public
3 relations committee, as from time to time the Board of
4 Supervisors deems necessary or desirable in the performance in
5 the acts or other things necessary to the exercise of the
6 powers provided in this act and to delegate to such
7 departments, boards, or other agencies such administrative
8 duties and other powers as the Board of Supervisors deems
9 necessary or desirable; and
10 (w) To exercise all other powers necessary,
11 convenient, or proper in connection with any of the powers or
12 duties of the District stated in this act. The powers and
13 duties of the District shall be exercised by and through the
14 Board of Supervisors thereof, which board shall have the
15 authority to employ engineers, attorneys, agents, employees,
16 and representatives as the Board of Supervisors, from time to
17 time, determines, and to fix their compensation and duties.
18 However, in addition thereto, the District shall have all of
19 the powers provided for in chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as
20 amended from time to time. All powers and authority of the
21 District shall extend and apply to the District as a whole and
22 to each unit of development as, from time to time, is
23 designated by the Board of Supervisors.
24 (2) Notwithstanding any authority contained within
25 this section, the development, operation, or maintenance of
26 any District facilities or services shall comply with the
27 adopted comprehensive plan for Palm Beach County and any
28 adopted land development regulations or specialized plans
29 adopted thereunder which apply within the geographic
30 boundaries of the District.
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1 Section 6. Board of Supervisors, organization, powers,
2 duties, and terms of office.--
3 (1) There is created a Board of Supervisors of the
4 Seminole Improvement District which shall be the governing
5 body of the District. The Board of Supervisors shall consist
6 of three persons, who, except as otherwise provided in this
7 act, shall hold office for the term of 3 years and until their
8 successors are duly elected and qualified.
9 (2) Each year during the month of June, beginning in
10 June 1971, a Supervisor shall be elected, as provided in this
11 act, by the landowners of the District to take the place of
12 the retiring Supervisor. All vacancies or expirations on the
13 board shall be filled as required by this act and chapter 298,
14 Florida Statutes. The Supervisors of the Seminole Improvement
15 District need not be residents of the District or of the State
16 of Florida, and they may or may not be owners of land or
17 property within the District. In case of a vacancy in the
18 office of any Supervisor, the remaining Supervisors may fill
19 such vacancy until the next annual meeting of the landowners,
20 when his or her successor is elected by the landowners for the
21 unexpired term. As soon as practicable after their election,
22 the Board of Supervisors of the District shall organize by
23 choosing one of their number president of the Board of
24 Supervisors and by electing some suitable person secretary,
25 who may or may not be a member of the Board. The Board of
26 Supervisors shall adopt a seal, which shall be the seal of the
27 District. At each annual meeting of the landowners of the
28 District, the Board of Supervisors shall report all work
29 undertaken or completed during the preceding year and the
30 status of the finances of the District.
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1 (3) All Supervisors shall hold office until their
2 successors are elected and qualified. Whenever any election is
3 authorized or required by this act to be held by the
4 landowners at any particular stated time or day, and if for
5 any reason such election is not or cannot be held at such time
6 or on such day, the power or duty to hold such election shall
7 not cease or lapse, but such election shall be held thereafter
8 as soon as practicable and consistent with this act.
9 Section 7. Compensation of Board.--Each Supervisor
10 shall be paid for his or her services a per diem of $25.00 for
11 each day actually engaged in work pertaining to the District.
12 In addition to the per diem, Supervisors shall be paid travel
13 and related expenses at rates authorized by general law for
14 public officials pursuant to chapter 112, Florida Statutes.
15 Section 8. Meetings of landowners; election of
16 Supervisors.--Each year during the month of June, beginning in
17 1971, a meeting of the landowners of the District shall be
18 held for the purpose of electing a Supervisor to take the
19 place of the retiring Supervisor and hearing reports of the
20 Board of Supervisors. Elections shall be conducted in accord
21 with applicable provisions of chapter 298, Florida Statutes,
22 as amended from time to time.
23 Section 9. Taxes; non-ad valorem assessments.--
24 (1) AD VALOREM TAXES.--The Board of Supervisors,
25 subject to referendum approval pursuant to Article VII,
26 section 9 of the State Constitution, shall have the power to
27 levy and assess an ad valorem tax on all the taxable real and
28 tangible personal property in the District to pay the
29 principal of and interest on any general obligation bonds of
30 the District, to provide for any sinking or other funds
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1 costs for construction or maintenance of any of the projects
2 or activities of the District authorized by the provisions of
3 this act or applicable general law. The total amount of such
4 ad valorem taxes levied in any year shall not be in excess of
5 10 mills on the dollar per annum on the assessed value of the
6 taxable property within the District. The ad valorem tax
7 provided for in this section is in addition to county and
8 municipal ad valorem taxes provided for by law.
9 (2) REFERENDUM REQUIRED.--No residential or related
10 urban development shall be authorized or undertaken pursuant
11 to this act until the referendum required by Article VII,
12 section 9 of the State Constitution is conducted. Such
13 referendum shall be conducted within 2 years after the
14 effective date of this act at the expense of the District.
15 (3) NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS.--Non-ad valorem
16 assessments for the construction, operation, or maintenance of
17 District facilities, services, and operations shall be
18 assessed, levied, and collected pursuant to chapter 298,
19 chapter 170, or chapter 197, Florida Statutes, as amended from
20 time to time.
21 (4) TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND COSTS, A LIEN ON LAND
22 AGAINST WHICH ASSESSED, ETC.--All taxes and assessments
23 provided for in this act, together with all penalties for
24 default in payment of the same, and all costs in collecting
25 the same shall, from the date of assessment thereof until
26 paid, constitute a lien of equal dignity with the liens for
27 county taxes, and other taxes of equal dignity with county
28 taxes, upon all the lands against which such taxes are levied
29 as is provided in this act.
30 (5) COMPENSATION OF PROPERTY APPRAISER, TAX COLLECTOR
31 AND CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.--The Offices of the Property
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1 Appraiser, Tax Collector and Clerk of the Circuit Court of
2 Palm Beach County are entitled to compensation for services
3 performed in connection with taxes and assessments of the
4 District as provided by general law.
5 (6) LEVIES OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS ON LAND LESS
6 THAN 1 ACRE.--In levying and assessing all assessments, each
7 tract or parcel of land less than 1 acre in area shall be
8 assessed as a full acre, and each tract or parcel of land more
9 than 1 acre in area which contains a fraction of an acre shall
10 be assessed at the nearest whole number of acres, a fraction
11 of one-half or more to be assessed as a full acre.
12 Section 10. When unpaid taxes and assessments
13 delinquent; penalty.--All taxes and assessments provided for
14 in this act shall be and become delinquent and bear penalties
15 on the amount of such taxes in the same manner as county
16 taxes.
17 Section 11. Enforcement of taxes and assessments.--The
18 collection and enforcement of all taxes and assessments levied
19 by the District shall be at the same time and in like manner
20 as county taxes, and the provisions of the Florida Statutes
21 relating to the sale of lands for unpaid and delinquent county
22 taxes, the issuance, sale, and delivery of tax certificates
23 for such unpaid and delinquent county taxes, the redemption
24 thereof, the issuance to individuals of tax deeds based
25 thereon, and all other procedure in connection therewith shall
26 be applicable to the District and the delinquent and unpaid
27 taxes of the District to the same extent as if such statutory
28 provisions were expressly set forth in this act. All taxes and
29 assessments shall be subject to the same discounts as county
30 taxes.
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1 Section 12. (1) ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS, ASSESSMENT
2 BONDS, AND BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.--
3 (a) In addition to the other powers provided the
4 District, and not in limitation thereof, the District shall
5 have the power, pursuant to chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and
6 applicable general law as amended from time to time, at any
7 time and from time to time, after the issuance of any bonds of
8 the District has been authorized, to borrow money for the
9 purposes for which such bonds are to be issued in anticipation
10 of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and
11 to issue bond anticipation notes in a principal sum not in
12 excess of the authorized maximum amount of such bond issue.
13 (b) Pursuant to chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and
14 applicable general law, the District shall have the power to
15 issue assessment bonds and revenue bonds, from time to time,
16 without limitation as to amount for the purpose of financing
17 those systems and facilities provided for in section 5. Such
18 revenue bonds may be secured by, or payable from, the gross or
19 net pledge of the revenues to be derived from any project or
20 combination of projects; from the rates, fees, or other
21 charges to be collected from the users of any project or
22 projects; from any revenue-producing undertaking or activity
23 of the District; from special assessments; or from any other
24 source or pledged security. Such bonds shall not constitute an
25 indebtedness of the District, and the approval of the
26 qualified electors shall not be required unless such bonds are
27 additionally secured by the full faith and credit and taxing
28 power of the District.
29 (c) Any issue of bonds may be secured by a trust
30 agreement by and between the District and a corporate trustee
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1 powers of a trust company within or without the state. The
2 resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or such trust
3 agreement may pledge the revenues to be received from any
4 projects of the District and may contain such provisions for
5 protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the
6 bondholders as the board approves, including, without
7 limitation, covenants setting forth the duties of the District
8 in relation to: the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
9 improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of
10 any projects; the fixing and revising of the rates, fees, and
11 charges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all
12 moneys and for the employment of consulting engineers in
13 connection with such acquisition, construction,
14 reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or
15 operation.
16 (d) Bonds of each issue shall be dated; shall bear
17 interest at such rate or rates, including variable rates,
18 which interest may be tax exempt or taxable for federal income
19 tax purposes; shall mature at such time or times from their
20 date or dates; and may be made redeemable before maturity at
21 such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as is
22 determined by the board.
23 (e) The District shall have the power to issue bonds
24 for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds of the
25 District.
26 (2) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.--
27 (a) Pursuant to this act, the District shall have the
28 power from time to time to issue general obligation bonds to
29 finance or refinance capital projects or to refund outstanding
30 bonds in an aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding at
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1 of the taxable property within the District as shown on the
2 pertinent tax records at the time of the authorization of the
3 general obligation bonds for which the full faith and credit
4 of the District is pledged. Except for refunding bonds, no
5 general obligation bonds shall be issued unless the bonds are
6 issued to finance or refinance a capital project and the
7 issuance has been approved at an election held in accordance
8 with the requirements for such election as prescribed by the
9 State Constitution. Such elections shall be called to be held
10 in the District by the Board of County Commissioners of the
11 County upon the request of the Board of the District. The
12 expenses of calling and holding an election shall be at the
13 expense of the District, and the District shall reimburse the
14 county for any expenses incurred in calling or holding such
15 elections.
16 (b) The District may pledge its full faith and credit
17 for the payment of the principal and interest on such general
18 obligation bonds and for any reserve funds provided therefor
19 and must unconditionally and irrevocably pledge itself to ad
20 valorem taxes on all taxable property within the District, to
21 the extent necessary for the payment thereof, without
22 limitations as to greater amount.
23 (c) If the board determines to issue general
24 obligation bonds for more than one capital project, the
25 approval of the issuance of the bonds for each and all such
26 projects may be submitted to the elector on one and the same
27 ballot. The failure of the electors to approve the issuance
28 of bonds for any one or more of the capital projects shall not
29 defeat the approval of bonds for any capital project that has
30 been approved by the electors.
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1 (d) In arriving at the amount of general obligation
2 bonds permitted to be outstanding at any one time pursuant to
3 paragraph (a), there shall not be included any general
4 obligation bonds that are additionally secured by the pledge
5 of:
6 1. Special assessments levied in the amount sufficient
7 to pay the principal and interest on a general obligation bond
8 so additionally secured, which assessments have been equalized
9 and confirmed by resolution or ordinance of the board pursuant
10 to section 170.08, Florida Statutes.
11 2. Water revenues, sewer revenues, or water and sewer
12 revenues of the District to be derived from user fees in an
13 amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the
14 general obligation bond so additionally secured.
15 3. Any combination of assessments and revenues
16 described in subparagraphs 1. and 2.
17 Section 13. Minimum charter requirements.--
18 (1) The District is organized and exists for all
19 purposes set forth in this act and chapter 298, Florida
20 Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time.
21 (2) The powers, functions, and duties of the District
22 regarding ad valorem taxation, bond issuance, other
23 revenue-raising capabilities, budget preparation and approval,
24 liens and foreclosure of liens, use of tax deeds and tax
25 certificates as appropriate for non-ad valorem assessments,
26 and contractual agreements shall be as set forth in chapters
27 170, 189, and 298, Florida Statutes, or any other applicable
28 general or special law, as they may be amended from time to
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1 (3) The District was created by special act of the
2 Florida Legislature by chapter 70-854, Laws of Florida, in
3 accordance with chapter 298, Florida Statutes.
4 (4) The District's charter may be amended only by
5 special act of the Legislature.
6 (5) In accordance with chapter 189, Florida Statutes,
7 this act, and section 298.11, Florida Statutes, the District
8 is governed by a three-member board, elected on a one-acre,
9 one-vote basis by the landowners in the District. The
10 membership and organization of the board shall be as set forth
11 in this act and chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as they may be
12 amended from time to time.
13 (6) The compensation of board members shall be
14 governed by this act and chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as
15 they may be amended from time to time.
16 (7) The administrative duties of the Board of
17 Supervisors shall be as set forth in this act and chapter 298,
18 Florida Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time.
19 (8) Requirements for financial disclosure, meeting
20 notices, reporting, public records maintenance, and per diem
21 expenses for officers and employees shall be as set forth in
22 chapters 112, 189, 286, and 298, Florida Statutes, as they may
23 be amended from time to time.
24 (9) The procedures and requirements governing the
25 issuance of bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness
26 by the District shall be as set forth in chapter 298, Florida
27 Statutes, and applicable general laws, as they may be amended
28 from time to time.
29 (10) The procedures for conducting District elections
30 and for qualification of electors shall be pursuant to this
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1 act and chapters 189 and 298, Florida Statutes, as they may be
2 amended from time to time.
3 (11) The District may be financed by any method
4 established in this act, chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and
5 applicable general laws.
6 (12) The methods for collecting non-ad valorem
7 assessments, fees, or service charges shall be as set forth in
8 chapters 197 and 298, Florida Statutes, as they may be amended
9 from time to time, and other applicable general laws.
10 (13) The District's planning requirements shall be as
11 set forth in this act.
12 (14) The District's geographic boundary limitations
13 shall be as set forth in this act.
14 Section 3. Chapters 70-854 and 88-504, Laws of
15 Florida, are repealed.
16 Section 4. If any provision of this act or its
17 application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
18 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
19 this act which can be given effect without the invalid
20 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
21 this act are declared severable.
22 Section 5. In the event of a conflict between the
23 provisions of this act and the provisions of any other act,
24 the provisions of this act shall control to the extent of such
25 conflict.
26 Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
27 law.
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