Senate Bill sb2604

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2604

    By Senator Geller





    29-1829-02                                         See HB 1013

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Broward County; extending

  3         the corporate limits of the City of Hollywood

  4         and the Town of Pembroke Park; providing for

  5         annexation of specified unincorporated lands;

  6         providing for an election; providing for

  7         effective dates of annexation; providing for a

  8         continuation of certain Broward County

  9         regulations; providing for the transfer of

10         public roads and rights-of-way; providing an

11         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.  South Central Broward as herein described

16  shall include all unincorporated lands bounded on the south by

17  the boundary of Broward County with Miami-Dade County, on the

18  east by the right-of-way forming a part of I-95, on the north

19  by the inclusion of all the rights-of-way of Pembroke Road,

20  and on the west by the inclusion of all of the right-of-way of

21  State Road 7.

22         Section 2.  An election shall be scheduled by the Board

23  of County Commissioners on November 5, 2002, in accordance

24  with the provisions of law relating to elections currently in

25  force in Broward County. Only registered voters residing in

26  the unincorporated area within South Central Broward County as

27  described in this act may vote in said election. A mail ballot

28  shall not be used in said election. The item that shall appear

29  on the ballot of the election of November 5, 2002, shall be as

30  follows:

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2604
    29-1829-02                                         See HB 1013




  1         Shall South Central Broward be annexed in

  2         phases into either the City of Hollywood or the

  3         Town of Pembroke Park?

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  5         Select one below:

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  7         All of the unincorporated areas of South

  8         Central Broward shall be annexed in phases into

  9         the Town of Pembroke Park.

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11         All of the unincorporated areas of South

12         Central Broward shall be annexed in phases into

13         the City of Hollywood.

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15         Section 3.  All of the unincorporated portions of South

16  Central Broward as defined herein shall be deemed a part of

17  the municipality receiving a majority of the votes in the

18  election described in section 2, effective as follows:

19         (1)  The portion of South Central Broward north of

20  Hallandale Beach Boulevard shall be annexed into the

21  municipality receiving the majority of the votes in the

22  election described in section 2, effective September 15, 2003.

23         (2)  The portion of South Central Broward which is east

24  of Southeast 56th Avenue and south of Hallandale Beach

25  Boulevard shall be annexed into the municipality receiving the

26  majority of the votes in the election described in section 2,

27  effective September 15, 2004.

28         (3)  The portion of South Central Broward which has not

29  been effectively annexed in either subsection (1) or

30  subsection (2) shall be annexed into the municipality

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2604
    29-1829-02                                         See HB 1013




  1  receiving the majority of the votes in the election described

  2  in section 2, effective September 15, 2005.

  3         Section 4.  The municipality receiving the majority of

  4  votes in the election described in section 2 shall have all

  5  powers and responsibilities as provided in section 171.062,

  6  Florida Statutes, except as provided in this act, as of the

  7  effective dates of annexations provided in section 3.

  8         Section 5.  Upon annexation into a municipality, the

  9  following shall govern the areas described in South Central

10  Broward as provided in this act: for any use, building, or

11  structure that is legally in existence at the time a portion

12  of South Central Broward becomes a part of a municipality,

13  such use shall not be made a prohibited use by the

14  municipality, on the property of said use, for as long as the

15  use shall continue and is not voluntarily abandoned.

16         Section 6.  Subsequent to the effective date of this

17  act, no change in land use designation or zoning shall be

18  effective within the limits of the lands subject to annexation

19  herein until said portion of South Central Broward has been

20  annexed into a municipality pursuant to this act.

21         Section 7.  All public roads and the public

22  rights-of-way associated therewith lying within the limits of

23  the lands subject to annexation pursuant to this act as

24  described in section 1 are transferred from Broward County

25  jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.

26         Section 8.  Nothing in this act shall be construed to

27  affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,

28  whether the same be between Broward County and a third party

29  or between nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in

30  effect prior to the effective date of annexation.

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  1         Section 9.  This act shall take precedence over any

  2  other enacted law.

  3         Section 10.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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