HOUSE AMENDMENT
    585-130AX-08                                   Bill No. HB 837
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Ritter offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert in lieu thereof:  
17         Section 1.  Creation of the District, and Boundaries
18  Ratified and Approved. The decree of the circuit court in and
19  for the 15th judicial circuit, Broward County, Florida,
20  entered in chancery No. 62-4596-F, on the 23rd day of January,
21  1963, creating and incorporating the Sunshine Water Control
22  District as a public corporation of this state, and all
23  subsequent proceedings taken in said circuit court concerning
24  said district are ratified, confirmed and approved.
25         Section 2.  Provisions of Chapter 298, Florida
26  Statutes, Made Applicable. The Sunshine Water Control
27  District, a public corporation of this state, created under
28  Chapter 298, Florida Statutes, shall be governed by provisions
29  of the general drainage laws of Florida applicable to drainage
30  districts or sub-drainage districts which are embodied in
31  Chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and all of the laws amendatory
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 thereof, now existing or hereinafter enacted, so far as not 2 inconsistent with this act or any subsequent special acts 3 relating to Sunshine Water Control District, except those 4 portions of Sections 198.14, 298.11, and 298.12, Florida 5 Statutes, pertaining to how the members of the board of 6 supervisors are elected and to board of supervisors meetings, 7 which shall be as provided for herein. In lieu thereof, the 8 following provisions shall apply to the district: 9 (1) The board of supervisors shall consist of four 10 elected members and one member who shall be a City 11 Commissioner for the City of Coral Springs. The four 12 candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast at a 13 special election conducted by the Supervisor of Elections 14 shall be elected to the board. Elected members of the board of 15 supervisors shall be residents of the district. The City 16 Commissioner shall be selected by a majority vote of the City 17 Commission or a designee may be substituted for the City 18 Commissioner also to be selected by a majority vote of the 19 City Commission. 20 (2) Commencing upon the expiration of the terms of the 21 existing board members, all subsequent board members shall 22 meet the requirements provided for herein and shall be elected 23 as provided for herein. Existing board members' terms shall be 24 extended to November of the year in which their term expires. 25 In November 2001, the two new board members shall be selected 26 or elected as provided for herein. Board members to be elected 27 shall be elected at an election conducted by the Supervisor of 28 Elections on the first Tuesday in November of the year when 29 the board member's term expires. The costs of such elections 30 shall be paid for by the district. 31 (3) The board shall establish a regular meeting date 2 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 each month and shall meet no less than one time each month. 2 However, the board may decide by majority vote to take 1 month 3 off from meetings each year for a vacation. Meetings of the 4 board shall be held in a public place, and shall be held in 5 accordance with the requirements of chapter 286, Florida 6 Statutes. A majority of the members of the board of 7 supervisors shall constitute a quorum. Special meetings of the 8 board may be called at any time to receive reports of the 9 board or for such other purposes as the board may determine 10 upon 24 hours' notice to board members and to the public by 11 posting at the district office at a public location set aside 12 for notice purposes. 13 Section 3. Powers of the District. The Sunshine Water 14 Control District shall have in addition to the powers provided 15 for in said Chapter 298, Florida Statutes, the power and 16 authority to construct, improve, pave and maintain roadways 17 and roads necessary and convenient to provide access to and 18 efficient development of areas made suitable and available for 19 the cultivation, settlement, urban subdivision, homesites and 20 other beneficial use and development as a result of the 21 drainage and reclamation operations of the district, including 22 any dedicated to public use within the boundaries of the 23 district. 24 Section 4. Installment Taxes, Levied and Apportioned, 25 and the Collection Thereof. Taxes shall be levied and 26 apportioned as provided for in the general drainage laws of 27 Florida, (Chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and amendments 28 thereto), except that the provisions of Section 298.37, 29 Section 298.38, Section 298.39, Section 298.40 and Section 30 298.41, Florida Statutes, and amendments thereto, shall not be 31 applicable to said district. In lieu thereof, the following 3 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 provisions shall apply to said district. 2 The board of supervisors shall determine, order and 3 levy the amount of the annual installments of the total taxes 4 levied under Section 298.36, Florida Statutes, which shall 5 become due and be collected during each year at the same time 6 that county taxes are due and collected, which said annual 7 installment and levy shall be evidenced to and certified by 8 the said board, not later than July 1st of each year, to the 9 tax assessor of Broward County, Florida. Said tax shall be 10 extended by the county tax assessor on the county tax roll and 11 shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner and 12 time as county taxes, and the proceeds thereof paid to said 13 district. Said tax shall be a lien until paid on the property 14 against which assessed, and enforceable in like manner as 15 county taxes. 16 Section 5. Maintenance Tax. The provision of Section 17 299.54, Florida Statutes, and amendments thereto, shall not be 18 applicable to said district. In lieu thereof, the following 19 provisions shall apply to said district. 20 To maintain and preserve the improvements made pursuant 21 to this chapter and to repair and restore the same, when 22 needed, and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses 23 of the district, the board of supervisors may, upon the 24 completion of said improvements, in whole or in part as may be 25 certified to the said board by the chief engineer, levy 26 annually a tax upon each tract or parcel of land within the 27 district, to be known as a "maintenance tax." Said maintenance 28 tax shall be apportioned upon the basis of the net assessments 29 of benefits assessed as accruing for original construction, 30 and shall be evidenced to and certified by said board not 31 later than July 1st of each year, to the tax assessor of 4 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 Broward County, Florida, and shall be extended by the county 2 tax assessor on the county tax roll and shall be collected by 3 the tax collector in the same manner and time as county taxes 4 and the proceeds therefrom paid to said district. Said tax 5 shall be a lien until paid on the property against which 6 assessed and enforceable in like manner as county taxes. 7 Section 6. Levy of Taxes on Fractional Acres. In 8 levying and assessing all taxes, each tract or parcel of land 9 less than one acre in area shall be assessed as a full acre, 10 and each tract or parcel of land more than one acre in area 11 which contains a fraction of an acre shall be assessed at the 12 nearest whole number of acres, a fraction of one-half or more 13 to be assessed as a full acre. 14 Section 7. Enforcement of Taxes. The provisions of 15 Section 298.45 and Section 298.46, Florida Statutes, and 16 amendments thereto, shall not be applicable to said district. 17 In lieu thereof, the following shall apply to said district. 18 The collection and enforcement of all taxes levied by 19 said district shall be at the same time and in like manner as 20 county taxes, and the provisions of the Florida Statutes 21 relating to the sale of lands for unpaid and delinquent taxes, 22 the issuance, sale and delivery of tax certificates for such 23 unpaid and delinquent county taxes, the redemption thereof, 24 the issuance to individuals of tax deeds based thereon, and 25 all other procedure in connection therewith, shall be 26 applicable to said district and the delinquent and unpaid 27 taxes of said district to the same extent as if said statutory 28 provisions were expressly set forth in this act. All taxes 29 shall be subject to the same discounts as county taxes. 30 Section 8. When Unpaid Taxes Delinquent: Penalty. All 31 taxes provided for in this act shall be and become delinquent 5 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 and bear penalties on the amount of said taxes in the same 2 manner as county taxes. 3 Section 9. Water a Common Enemy. It is hereby 4 determined, declared and enacted that lands in the district in 5 their natural condition are wet and subject to overflow and 6 that the drainage, reclamation and protection of said lands 7 available for agricultural, settlement, urban and subdivision 8 purposes by drainage, reclamation and improvement, and the 9 creation of said district with the powers vested in it by this 10 act, are in the interest of and conducive to public welfare, 11 health and convenience. It is further declared that in said 12 district, surface waters, including rainfall are a common 13 enemy, and the said district and any individual or agency 14 holding a permit to do so from said district, shall have the 15 right to dike, dam and construct levees to protect the said 16 district or any part thereof, or the property of said 17 individual or agency against the same, and thereby divert the 18 course and flow of such surface water and/or pump the water 19 from within such dikes and levees. 20 Section 10. Unit Districts. The board of supervisors 21 of Sunshine Water Control District is authorized in its 22 discretion to drain and reclaim or more completely and 23 intensively to drain and reclaim the lands in said district by 24 designated areas or parts of said district to be called 25 "units." The units into which said district may be so divided 26 shall be given appropriate numbers or names by said board of 27 supervisors, so that said units may be readily identified and 28 distinguished. The board of supervisors shall have the power 29 to fix and determine the location, area and boundaries of said 30 lands to be included in each and all such units, the order of 31 development thereof, and the method of carrying on the work in 6 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 each unit. The unit system of drainage provided by this 2 section may be conducted and all of the proceedings by this 3 section and this act authorized in respect to such unit or 4 units may be carried on and conducted at the same time as or 5 after the work of draining and reclaiming of the entire 6 district has been or is being or shall be instituted or 7 carried on under the provisions of this act or under Chapter 8 298, Florida Statutes, or both. If the board of supervisors 9 shall determine that it is advisable to conduct the work of 10 draining and reclaiming the lands in the district by units, 11 the board shall, by resolution, declare its purpose to conduct 12 such work accordingly, and shall fix the number, location and 13 boundaries of and description of lands within such unit or 14 units and give them appropriate numbers or names. The entire 15 district may also be designated as a unit for the proper 16 allocation of such part of the plan of reclamation and 17 drainage as benefits the entire district. As soon as 18 practicable after the adoption and recording of such 19 resolution said board of supervisors shall publish notice once 20 a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in 21 Broward County, Florida, briefly describing the units into 22 which said district has been divided and the lands embraced in 23 each unit, giving the name, number or other designation of 24 such units, requiring all owners of lands in said district to 25 show cause in writing before said board of supervisors at a 26 time and place to be stated in such notice why such division 27 of said district into such units should not be approved, and 28 said system of development by units should not be adopted and 29 given effect by said board, and why the proceedings and powers 30 authorized by this section of this act should not be had, 31 taken and exercised. At the time and place stated in said 7 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 notice, said board of supervisors shall hear all objections or 2 causes of objection (all of which shall be in writing) of any 3 landowner in said district to the matters mentioned and 4 referred to in such notice, and if no objections are made, or 5 if said objections, if made, shall be overruled by said board, 6 then said board shall enter in its minutes its findings and an 7 order confirming said resolutions, and may thereafter proceed 8 with the development, drainage and reclamation of said 9 district by units pursuant to such resolution and to the 10 provisions of this act. The board of supervisors may, as a 11 result of any objections or of matters brought forth at the 12 hearing, modify or amend such resolution in whole or in part, 13 confirm said resolution after overruling all objections, or 14 reject said resolution, and if confirmed or modified or 15 amended, may proceed thereafter in accordance with said 16 resolution as confirmed, modified or amended. The sustaining 17 of such objections and the rescinding of such resolutions 18 shall not exhaust the power of said board under this section; 19 but, at any time not less than one year after the date of the 20 hearing upon any such resolution, the board of supervisors may 21 adopt other resolutions under this section and thereupon 22 proceed on due notice in like manner as above. If said board 23 of supervisors shall overrule or refuse to sustain any such 24 objections in whole or in part made by any landowner in the 25 district, or if any such landowner shall deem himself 26 aggrieved by any action of the board of supervisors in respect 27 to any objection so filed, such landowner may, within twenty 28 (20) days after the ruling of said board, invoke the 29 jurisdiction of a court having jurisdiction over the merits of 30 the claim. When said resolutions creating said unit system 31 shall be confirmed by the board of supervisors (or by a court 8 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 of competent jurisdiction, if such proposed action shall be 2 challenged by a landowner by the judicial proceedings 3 hereinabove authorized), said board of supervisors may adopt a 4 plan or plans of reclamation for and in respect to any or all 5 such units, and to have the benefits and damages resulting 6 therefrom assessed and apportioned by commissioners appointed 7 by the circuit court, and the report of the said commissioners 8 considered and confirmed, all in like manner as is provided by 9 law in regard to plans of reclamation for and assessments for 10 benefits and damages of the entire district. With respect to 11 the plan of reclamation, notices, appointment of commissioners 12 to assess benefits and damages, report of commissioners and 13 notice and confirmation thereof, the levy of assessments and 14 taxes, including maintenance taxes, and the issuance of bonds 15 and all other proceedings as to each and all of such units, 16 said board shall follow and comply with the same procedure as 17 is provided by law with respect to the entire district; and 18 said board of supervisors shall have the same powers in 19 respect to each and all of such units as is vested in them 20 with respect to the entire district. All the provisions of 21 this act shall apply to the drainage, reclamation and 22 improvement of each, any and all of such units, and the 23 enumeration of or reference to specific powers or duties of 24 the supervisors or any other officers or other matters in this 25 act as hereinabove set forth shall not limit or restrict the 26 application of any and all of the proceedings and powers 27 herein to the drainage and reclamation of such units as fully 28 and completely as if such unit or units were specifically and 29 expressly named in every section and clause of this act where 30 the entire district is mentioned or referred to. All 31 assessments, levies, taxes, bonds and other obligations made, 9 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 levied, assessed or issued for or in respect to any such unit 2 or units shall be a lien and charge solely and only upon the 3 lands in such unit or units, respectively, for the benefit of 4 which the same shall be levied, made or issued, and not upon 5 the remaining units or lands in said district. The board of 6 supervisors may at any time amend its said resolutions by 7 changing the location and description of lands in any such 8 unit or units; and provided, further, that if the location of 9 or description of lands located in any such unit or units is 10 so changed, notice of such change shall be published as 11 hereinabove required in this section for notice of the 12 formation or organization of such unit or units, and all 13 proceedings shall be had and done in that regard as are 14 provided in this section for the original creation of such 15 unit or units; provided, however, that no lands against which 16 benefits shall have been assessed may be detached from any 17 such unit after the confirmation of the commissioners' report 18 of benefits in such unit or units or the issuance of bonds or 19 other obligations which are payable from taxes or assessments 20 for benefits levied upon the lands within such unit or units. 21 Provided, however, that if, after the confirmation of 22 the commissioners' report of benefits in such unit or units, 23 or the issuance of bonds or other obligations which are 24 payable from taxes or assessments for benefits levied upon 25 lands within such unit or units, the board of supervisors 26 finds the plan of reclamation for any such unit or units 27 insufficient or inadequate for efficient development, the plan 28 of reclamation may be amended or changed as provided in this 29 section, by changing the location and description of lands in 30 any such unit or units, by detaching lands therefrom or by 31 adding land thereto, upon the approval of 51% of the 10 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 landowners, according to acreage, in any such unit, either 2 evidenced in writing or voting at a meeting of the landowners 3 duly called pursuant to notice required under Sections 298.11 4 and 298.12, Florida Statutes (for the election of 5 supervisors), at which 51% of the landowners shall vote in 6 favor thereof and of all the holders of bonds issued in 7 respect to any such unit, and provided that in such event all 8 assessments, levies, taxes, bonds and other obligations made, 9 levied, assessed, incurred or issued for or in respect to any 10 such unit or units may be allocated and apportioned to the 11 amended unit or units in proportion to the benefits assessed 12 by the commissioners' report for the amended plan of 13 reclamation and said report shall specifically provide for 14 such allocation and apportionment. The landowners and all of 15 the bondholders shall file their approval of or objections to 16 such amended plan of reclamation within the time provided in 17 Section 298.27, Florida Statutes, and shall file their 18 approval of or objections to the amendment of such unit as 19 provided in this section. 20 No lands shall be detached from any unit after the 21 issuance of bonds or other obligations for such unit except 22 upon the consent of all the holders of such bonds or other 23 obligations. In the event of the change of the boundaries of 24 any unit as provided herein and the allocation and 25 apportionment to the amended unit or units of assessments, 26 levies, taxes, bonds and other obligations in proportion to 27 the benefits assessed by the commissioners' report for the 28 amended plan of reclamation, the holder of bonds or other 29 obligations heretofore issued for the original unit who 30 consent to such allocations and apportionment shall be 31 entitled to all rights and remedies against any lands added to 11 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 the amended unit or units as fully and to the same extent as 2 if such added lands had formed and constituted a part of the 3 original unit or units at the time of the original issuance of 4 such bonds or other obligations, and regardless of whether the 5 holders of such bonds or other obligations are the original 6 holders thereof or the holders from time to time hereafter, 7 and the rights and remedies of such holders against the lands 8 in the amended unit or units, including any lands added 9 thereto, under such allocation and apportionment, shall 10 constitute vested and irrevocable rights and remedies to the 11 holders from time to time of such bonds or other obligations 12 as fully and to the same extent as if such bonds or other 13 obligations had been originally issued to finance the 14 improvements in such amended unit or units under such amended 15 plan of reclamation. Conversely, in the event of the change of 16 the boundaries of any unit wherein lands are detached 17 therefrom with the consent of all the holders of such bonds or 18 other obligations, then and in that event said lands so 19 detached shall be relieved and released from any further 20 liability for the assessment, levy or payment of any taxes for 21 the purpose of paying the principal or interest on any bonds 22 originally issued for the original unit from which said lands 23 were detached. 24 Section 11. Future Changes in Plan of Reclamation and 25 Drainage of District or Individual Units. After the initial 26 adoption by the board of supervisors of said plan or plans of 27 reclamation and drainage of the entire district or units 28 thereof, said plan or plans may be modified from time to time 29 in the future, in whole or in part, in accordance with the 30 changing character from time to time of the use of the lands 31 in said district, in the manner hereinabove provided for; 12 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 provided, however, that said plan or plans of reclamation or 2 drainage shall not be changed or modified oftener than once 3 every five years in any manner as will increase the 4 assessments to be assessed against the land or the taxes 5 levied against the land or modify the security of the bonds 6 outstanding; provided, however, that this shall not affect 7 technical changes or modifications of said plan or plans of 8 reclamation or drainage approved by the district's engineers 9 as will not affect the assessed benefits, levy of taxes or 10 security of the bondholders, as changes or modifications of 11 this type may be made at any time; provided, further that said 12 limitation of five years shall not apply to any plan or plans 13 of reclamation or drainage of the district or any unit thereof 14 established under the provisions of this act, if the same is 15 adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors of the 16 district, within two years of the time when this act becomes a 17 law. 18 Section 12. Application to Existing District, 19 Boundaries, Plan of Reclamation and Drainage, etc. The powers 20 hereinabove vested in the board of supervisors of Sunshine 21 Water Control District shall apply to the presently existing 22 district, the presently existing boundaries thereof or as the 23 boundaries may be extended as authorized by law, and the 24 present plan of reclamation and drainage together with any 25 assessment of benefits which may be approved by the circuit 26 court of Broward County, Florida, and the boundaries of said 27 district and the plan of reclamation and drainage and the 28 assessment and levying of taxes for carrying out said plan of 29 reclamation and drainage and for the maintenance and operation 30 thereof, may be changed in whole or in part as units, or, with 31 reference to the entire district, in accordance with the 13 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 provisions of this act. 2 Section 13. Severability. In case any one or more of 3 the sections or provisions of this act or the application of 4 such sections or provisions to any situations, circumstances 5 or person shall for any reason be held to be unconstitutional, 6 such unconstitutionality shall not affect any other sections 7 or provisions of this act or the applications of such sections 8 or provisions to any other situation, circumstances or person, 9 and it is intended that this law shall be construed and 10 applied as if such section or provision had not been included 11 herein for any unconstitutional application. 12 Section 14. Effect of Conflict. In the event of a 13 conflict between the provisions of this act and the provisions 14 of any other act, the provisions of this act shall control to 15 the extent of such conflict. 16 Section 15. Notice of Intention. It is found and 17 determined that a notice of intention to apply for this 18 legislation was given in the time, form and manner required by 19 the constitution and by law. Said notice is found to be 20 sufficient and is hereby validated and approved. 21 Section 16. Chapter 63-609, Laws of Florida, is 22 repealed. 23 Section 17. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 24 law. 25 26 27 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 28 And the title is amended as follows: 29 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title 30 31 and insert in lieu thereof: 14 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Sunshine Water Control 3 District, in Broward County; ratifying and 4 approving the district boundaries; making 5 applicable to said district the provisions of 6 ch. 298, F.S.; providing for the creation of a 7 board of supervisors separate from the 8 provisions of ch. 298, F.S., to create a 9 five-member board; providing for elections by 10 electors residing within the district; 11 providing for the appointment of a Coral 12 Springs City Commissioner as a board member; 13 providing for the establishment of regular and 14 special board meetings; providing for a quorum; 15 providing for the levy, collection and 16 enforcement of all taxes levied by said 17 district at the same time and in like manner as 18 county taxes; providing for the same discount 19 and penalties as county taxes; granting 20 additional powers to the district; providing 21 for other taxing powers and methods of 22 taxation; declaring that waters in said 23 district are a common enemy; providing for 24 severability of the provisions of the act; 25 providing that the act shall take precedence 26 over any conflicting law to the extent of such 27 conflict; providing for the carrying into 28 effect of the provisions of this act; providing 29 for the formation of unit district within the 30 boundaries of the district or within the 31 boundaries of such areas as are hereafter 15 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695
HOUSE AMENDMENT 585-130AX-08 Bill No. HB 837 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 included in the district; providing for the 2 powers and duties of the unit district, and 3 other provisions for the purposes of carrying 4 into effect the objectives of the unit 5 district; enacting other provisions relating to 6 this subject; repealing chapter 63-609, Laws of 7 Florida, relating to the Sunshine Drainage 8 District; providing an effective date. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 16 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hbd0005 04:29 pm 00837-0096-493695