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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 669

        By Representative Spratt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Devil's Garden Water

  3         Control District, Hendry County; amending

  4         chapter 2000-481, Laws of Florida; amending

  5         boundaries of the district; providing for the

  6         equal assessment of benefits for all lands in

  7         the district; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 2 of section 3 of chapter 2000-481,

12  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

13         Section 2.  The territorial boundaries of the District

14  include lands in Hendry County, Florida, described as follows:

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16         Beginning at the intersection of the North

17         boundary line of Section 5, Township 45 South,

18         Range 34 East, according to State Survey, and

19         the West boundary line of the Right-of-Way of

20         L-1 Levee of the Central and Southern Florida

21         Flood Control District; thence Westerly along

22         the boundary line between Townships 44 South

23         and 45 South to the Southeast corner of Section

24         31, Township 44 South, Range 31 East, thence

25         North along the East boundary line of Sections

26         31, 30 and 19 in said Township 44 South, Range

27         31 East to the Northeast corner of said Section

28         19, Township 44 South, Range 31 East; thence

29         Westerly along the North boundary of said

30         Section 19 to the Northwest corner of Section

31         19, thence westerly along the North boundary of

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  1         Section 24, Township 44 South, Range 30 East,

  2         to the Northwest corner of said Section 24,

  3         thence continuing westerly along the North

  4         boundary of Section 23, Township 44 South,

  5         Range 30 East to a local Road known as 'Twin

  6         Mills', thence Southerly along a line described

  7         in Official Record Book 581, pages 430 thru 439

  8         and Official Record Book 581, pages 443 thru

  9         451 to County Road 832, thence Easterly along

10         County Road 832 as described in Official Record

11         Book 581, pages 443 thru 451 to a local Road

12         known as 'Wild Cow Road', thence Southerly

13         along Wild Cow Road, as described in Official

14         Record Book 581, pages 443 thru 451 to the

15         South boundary of Section 25, Township 45

16         South, Range 30 East, thence Easterly along the

17         South boundary of said Section 25 and along the

18         South boundary of Section 30, Township 45

19         South, Range 31 East to the South 1/4 corner of

20         said Section 30, thence Southerly along the

21         North-South 1/4 Section line of Section 31 to

22         an intersection with the North boundary line of

23         the South 194.00 acres of the East-Half of said

24         Section 31, thence Easterly along said North

25         line to the Easterly line of said Section 31,

26         thence Southerly along said Easterly line to

27         the Southeast corner of said Section 31, thence

28         Easterly along the Township line between

29         Township 45 South and Township 46 South; to the

30         Northwest corner of Section 2, Township 46

31         South, Range 32 East; thence Southerly along

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  1         the West boundary of said Section 2 to the

  2         Southwest corner thereof; thence Easterly along

  3         the South boundary of said Section 2 and 1 to

  4         the Southeast corner of Section 1; thence

  5         Northerly along the Easterly boundary of said

  6         Section 1 to the Northeast corner thereof;

  7         thence Easterly along the South boundary of

  8         Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the

  9         Southeast corner of said Township 45 South,

10         Range 33 East; thence Northerly along the East

11         boundary of said Township 45 South, Range 33

12         East to the Northeast corner of Section 12,

13         Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence

14         Easterly along the South boundaries of Section

15         5 and 6, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to

16         an intersection of the West boundary of the

17         Right-of-Way of Levee L-I of the Central and

18         Southern Florida Flood Control District; thence

19         Northerly along said Right-of-Way boundary of

20         L-I along the approximate East boundary of

21         Section 5, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to

22         the Point-of-Beginning of this description.

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24         AND ALSO

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26         TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST:

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28         The West-half, and the West-quarter of the

29         Northeast-quarter, and the West-quarter of the

30         East-half of the West-half of the

31         Northeast-quarter of Section 6, Less Road

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  1         Right-of-Way. All of Section 7, Less Road

  2         Right-of-Way, and all Section 8, and the

  3         North-half of Section 17, and the North-half of

  4         Section 18, Less Road Right-of-Way.

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  6         Containing approximately 85,431 acres.

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  8         Beginning at the intersection of the North

  9         boundary line of Section 5, Township 45 South,

10         Range 34 East, according to State Survey, and

11         the West boundary line of the Right-of-Way of

12         L-1 Levee of the Central and Southern Florida

13         Flood Control District; thence westerly along

14         the boundary line between Townships 44 South

15         and 45 South to the Southeast corner of Section

16         31, Township 44 South, Range 31 East, thence

17         North along the East boundary line of Sections

18         31, 30 and 19 in said Township 44 South, Range

19         31 East to the Northeast corner of said Section

20         19, Township 44 South, Range 31 East; thence

21         westerly along the North boundary of said

22         Section 19 to the Northwest corner of Section

23         19, thence westerly along the North boundary of

24         Section 24, T. 44 S., R.30 E., to the Northwest

25         corner of said Section 24, thence continuing

26         westerly along the North boundary of Section

27         23, T 44 S, R 30 E to a local Road known as

28         "Twin Mills", thence southerly along a line

29         described in Official Record 581, pages 430

30         thru 439 and Official Record 581, pages 443

31         thru 451 to County Road 832, thence easterly

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  1         along SR 832 as described in Official Record

  2         581, pages 443 thru 451 to a local Road known

  3         as "Wild Cow Road", thence southerly along Wild

  4         Cow Road, as described in Official Record 581,

  5         pages 443 thru 451 to the South boundary of

  6         Section 25, T 45 S, R 30 E, thence easterly

  7         along the South boundary of said Section 25 and

  8         along the South boundary of Section 30, T 44 S,

  9         R 31 E to the South  1/4  corner of said

10         Section 30, thence southerly along the

11         North-South  1/4  Section line of Section 31 to

12         the South boundary of Section 31, T 45 S, R 31

13         E, thence easterly along the Township line

14         between T 45 S and T 46 S; to the Northwest

15         corner of Section 2, Township 46 South, Range

16         32 East; thence southerly along the West

17         boundary of said Section 2 to the Southwest

18         corner thereof; thence easterly along the South

19         boundary of said Section 2 & 1 to the Southeast

20         corner of Section 1; thence northerly along the

21         easterly boundary of said Section 1 to the

22         Northeast corner thereof; thence easterly along

23         the South boundary of Township 45 South, Range

24         33 East to the Southeast corner of said

25         Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence

26         northerly along the East boundary of said

27         Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the

28         Northeast corner of Section 12, Township 45

29         South, Range 33 East; thence easterly along the

30         South boundaries of Section 5 and 6, Township

31         45 South, Range 34 East, to an intersection of

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  1         the West boundary of the Right-of-Way of Levee

  2         L-I of the Central and Southern Florida Flood

  3         Control District; thence northerly along said

  4         Right-of-Way boundary of L-I along the

  5         approximate East boundary of Section 5,

  6         Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to the

  7         Point-of-Beginning of this description.

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  9         AND ALSO

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11         TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST:

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13         The West-half, and the West-quarter of the

14         Northeast-quarter, and the West-quarter of the

15         East-half of the West-half of the

16         Northeast-quarter of Section 6, Less Road

17         Right-of-Way.  All of Section 7, Less Road

18         Right-of-Way, and all Section 8, and the

19         North-half of Section 17, and the North-half of

20         Section 18, Less Road Right-of-Way.

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22         Containing approximately 85,625 acres. 

23         Section 2.  Section 8 is added to section 3 of chapter

24  2000-481, Laws of Florida, to read:

25         Section 8.  Benefits assessed.--It is hereby found and

26  determined that all lands within the boundaries of the

27  District receive equal benefits from the water management

28  works, facilities, and improvements as constructed and

29  maintained under existing water control plans of the District

30  and, therefore, all said lands shall be assessed equally for

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  1  the maintenance and rehabilitation improvements of the

  2  District's works, facilities, and improvements.

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

  4  law.

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