HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1405 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bowen offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 454 and 455, insert:
16	Section 10. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of
17	section 373.069, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
18	373.069 Creation of water management districts.--
19	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other special or
20	general act to the contrary, the boundaries of the respective
21	districts named in subsection (1) shall include the areas within
22	the following boundaries:
23	(c) St. Johns River Water Management District.--Begin at
24	the intersection of the south boundary of Indian River County
25	with the Atlantic Ocean; thence west along the Indian River-St.
26	Lucie County line to the intersection of the west boundary of
27	St. Lucie County; thence south along the Okeechobee-St. Lucie
28	County line to the southeast corner of Section 1, Township 34
29	South, Range 36 East; thence west along the section line to the
30	northwest corner of Section 10, Township 34 South, Range 36
31	East; thence south along the section line to the southeast
32	corner of Section 9, Township 34 South, Range 36 East; thence
33	west along the section line to the northwest corner of Section
34	18, Township 34 South, Range 36 East; thence south along the
35	range line between Ranges 35 and 36 East to the southeast corner
36	of Section 12, Township 34 South, Range 35 East; thence west
37	along the section line to the northwest corner of Section 13,
38	Township 34 South, Range 35 East; thence south along the section
39	line to the southeast corner of Section 35, Township 34 South,
40	Range 35 East; thence west along the township line between
41	Townships 34 and 35 south to the southwest corner of Section 35,
42	Township 34 South, Range 34 East; thence north along the section
43	line to the Okeechobee-Osceola County line; thence west along
44	the Okeechobee-Osceola County line to the southwest corner of
45	Section 34, Township 32 South, Range 33 East; thence north along
46	the section line to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township
47	31 South, Range 33 East; thence east along the township line
48	between Townships 30 and 31 South to the southeast corner of
49	Section 36, Township 30 South, Range 33 East; thence north along
50	the range line between Ranges 33 and 34 East to the northeast
51	corner of Section 1, Township 30 South, Range 33 East; thence
52	west along the township line between Townships 29 and 30 south
53	to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 29 South, Range
54	33 East; thence north along the range line between Ranges 32 and
55	33 East to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 28 South,
56	Range 33 East; thence east along the township line between
57	Townships 27 and 28 south to the southeast corner of Section 36,
58	Township 27 South, Range 32 East; thence north along the range
59	line between Ranges 32 and 33 East to the northeast corner of
60	Section 1, Township 26 South, Range 32 East; thence west along
61	the township line between Townships 25 and 26 South to the
62	southwest corner of Section 33, Township 25 South, Range 32
63	East; thence north along the section line to the Orange-Osceola
64	County line; thence westerly along the Orange-Osceola County
65	line to the Southwest corner of Section 31, Township 24 South,
66	Range 32 East; thence north along the range line to the
67	intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of State Road
68	528, also known as the Bee Line Expressway; thence westerly
69	along the northerly right-of-way line of State Road 528 to the
70	intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of State Road
71	528A; thence westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of
72	State Road 528A to the westerly right-of-way line of U.S.
73	Highway 441; thence northerly along the right-of-way line to the
74	section line between sections 22 and 27 of Township 22 South,
75	Range 29 East; thence west along the section lines to the
76	Northeast corner of Section 25, Township 22 South, Range 28
77	East; thence south along the range line between Ranges 28 and 29
78	East to the Southeast corner of Section 36, Township 22 South,
79	Range 28 East; thence west along the township line between
80	Townships 22 and 23 South to the Northeast corner of Section 2,
81	Township 23 South, Range 27 East; thence south to the Southeast
82	corner of Section 11, Township 23 South, Range 27 East; thence
83	west along the section lines to the Southwest corner of Section
84	7, Township 23 South, Range 27 East, also being the Lake-Orange
85	County line; thence south along the range line between Ranges 26
86	and 27 East to the southwest corner of Section 18, Township 26
87	South, Range 27 East; thence east along the section line to the
88	northeast corner of Section 19, township 26 South, Range 27
89	East; thence south along the section line to the southwest
90	corner of Section 32, Township 26 South, Range 27 East; thence
91	east along the township line between Townships 26 and 27 South
92	to the northeast corner of Section 5, Township 27 South, Range
93	27 East; thence south along the section lines to the southerly
94	right-of-way line of State Road 600; thence westerly along the
95	southerly right-of-way line of said State Road No. 600 to the
96	west boundary of Section 27, Township 27 South, Range 26 East;
97	thence north along the section lines to the northeast corner of
98	Section 16, Township 25 South, Range 26 East; thence west along
99	the section line to the southwest corner of Section 9, Township
100	25 South, Range 26 East; thence north along the section linesto
101	the Lake-Polk County line; thence west along the county line to
102	the southwest corner of Section 32, Township 24 South, Range 26
103	East; thence into Lake County, north along the section lines to
104	the northeast corner of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 26
105	East; thence west along the section lines to the northeast
106	corner of Section 28, Township 24 South, Range 25 East; thence
107	north along the section lines to the northeast corner of Section
108	16, Township 24 South, Range 25 East; thence west along the
109	section line to the northwest corner of Section 16, Township 24
110	South, Range 25 East; thence north along the section line to the
111	northeast corner of Section 8, Township 24 South, Range 25 East;
112	thence west along the section lines to the range line between
113	Ranges 24 and 25; thence north along the range line to the
114	northeast corner of Section 1, Township 23 South, Range 24 East,
115	also being on the township line between Townships 22 and 23
116	South; thence west along the township line to the northwest
117	corner of Section 6, Township 23 South, Range 24 East, also
118	being on the Sumter-Lake County line; thence north along the
119	Sumter-Lake County line, also being the range line between
120	Ranges 23 and 24 East, to the northeast corner of Section 1,
121	Township 18 South, Range 23 East, and the Marion County line;
122	thence west along the Sumter-Marion County line, also being the
123	township line between Townships 17 and 18 South, to the westerly
124	right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 75; thence northerly
125	along the westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 75 to
126	the Alachua-Marion County line, said line also being the
127	township line between Townships 11 and 12 South; thence west
128	along the Alachua-Marion County line to the northwest corner of
129	Section 3, Township 12 South, Range 19 East, and the Levy County
130	line; thence westerly along the Levy-Alachua County line, also
131	being the township line between Townships 11 and 12 South, to
132	the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 11 South, Range 18
133	East; thence north along the range line between Ranges 18 and 19
134	East to the northwest corner of Section 19, Township 9 South,
135	Range 19 East; thence east along the section line to the
136	southeast corner of Section 13, Township 9 South, Range 19 East;
137	thence north along the range line between Ranges 19 and 20 East
138	to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 9 South, Range 20
139	East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships
140	8 and 9 South to the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 8
141	South, Range 20 East; thence north along the range line between
142	Ranges 20 and 21 East to the northwest corner of Section 18,
143	Township 8 South, Range 21 East; thence east along the section
144	line to the northeast corner of Section 15, Township 8 South,
145	Range 21 East; thence south along the section line to the
146	southwest corner of Section 23, Township 8 South, Range 21 East;
147	thence east along the section line to the northeast corner of
148	Section 26, Township 8 South, Range 21 East; thence south along
149	the section line to the southwest corner of the north 1/2 of
150	Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 21 East; thence east to the
151	northeast corner of the south 1/2 of Section 25, Township 8
152	South, Range 21 East; thence south along the range line between
153	Ranges 21 and 22 East to the southwest corner of Section 30,
154	Township 8 South, Range 22 East; thence east along the section
155	line to the northeast corner of Section 32, Township 8 South,
156	Range 22 East; thence south along the section line to the
157	southwest corner of Section 16, Township 9 South, Range 22 East;
158	thence eastward along the section line to the southeast corner
159	of the west 1/8 of Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 23 East;
160	thence northward to the northeast corner of the west 1/8 of
161	Section 18, Township 9 South, Range 23 East; thence west to the
162	southwest corner of Section 7, Township 9 South, Range 23 East;
163	thence northward along the Bradford-Clay County line to the
164	northeast corner of Section 36, Township 8 South, Range 22 East;
165	thence west along the section line to the southwest corner of
166	the east 1/2 of Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 22 East;
167	thence north to the northeast corner of the west 1/2 of Section
168	24, Township 8 South, Range 22 East; thence west along the
169	section line to the southwest corner of Section 13, Township 8
170	South, Range 22 East; thence north along the section line to the
171	northwest corner of Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 22 East;
172	thence east along the section line to the Bradford-Clay County
173	line; thence north along the Bradford-Clay County line to the
174	intersection of the south boundary of Baker County; thence west
175	along the Baker-Bradford County line to the intersection of the
176	east boundary of Union County; thence west along the Baker-Union
177	County line to the southwest corner of Section 18, Township 4
178	South, Range 20 East; thence north along the range line between
179	Ranges 19 and 20 East to the northeast corner of Section 1,
180	Township 3 South, Range 19 East; thence west along the township
181	line between Townships 2 and 3 South to the Baker-Columbia
182	County line; thence north along the Baker-Columbia County line
183	to the north boundary line of the State of Florida; thence
184	easterly along the Florida-Georgia line to the Atlantic Ocean;
185	thence southerly along the Atlantic Ocean, including the waters
186	of said ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida to
187	the point of beginning.
188	(d) Southwest Florida Water Management District.--Begin at
189	the intersection of the north boundary of Lee County with the
190	Gulf of Mexico; thence eastward along the Lee-Charlotte County
191	line to the Southeast corner of Section 33, Township 42 South,
192	Range 24 East; thence North into Charlotte County, along the
193	section lines to the Northeast corner of Section 4, Township 42
194	South, Range 24 East; thence East along the township line
195	between Townships 41 and 42 South to the Southeast corner of
196	Section 36, Township 41 South, Range 25 East; thence north along
197	the section line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township
198	41 South, Range 26 East; thence east along the section line to
199	the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 40 South, Range 26
200	East; thence North along the range line between Ranges 26 and 27
201	to the Northeast corner of Section 1, Township 40 South, Range
202	26 East, and the Charlotte-Desoto County line; thence east along
203	the Charlotte-Desoto County line to the southeast corner of
204	Section 36, Township 39 South, Range 27 East; thence north along
205	the DeSoto-Highlands County line to the intersection of the
206	South boundary of Hardee County; thence north along the Hardee-
207	Highlands County line to the southwest corner of Township 35
208	South, Range 28 East; thence east along the north boundary of
209	Township 36 South to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township
210	36 South, Range 28 East; thence south along the range line to
211	the southeast corner of Section 12, Township 37 South, Range 28
212	East; thence east along the section line to the northeast corner
213	of Section 15, Township 37 South, Range 29 East; thence south
214	along the section line to the southeast corner of Section 34,
215	Township 37 South, Range 29 East; thence east along the township
216	line to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 38 South,
217	Range 29 East; thence south along the range line to the
218	southeast corner of Section 1, Township 39 South, Range 29 East;
219	thence east along the section line to the northwest corner of
220	Section 11, Township 39 South, Range 30 East; thence north along
221	the section line to the southwest corner of Section 35, Township
222	38 South, Range 30 East; thence east along the township line to
223	the southeast corner of the west 1/4 of Section 35, Township 38
224	South, Range 30 East; thence north along the 1/4-section line of
225	Sections 35, 26, and 23, Township 38 South, Range 30 East to the
226	northeast corner of the west 1/4 section of Section 23, Township
227	38 South, Range 30 East; thence west along the section line to
228	the northwest corner of Section 23, Township 38 South, Range 30
229	East; thence north along the section line to the northwest
230	corner of Section 2, Township 37 South, Range 30 East; thence
231	west along the township line to the southwest corner of Section
232	34, Township 36 South, Range 30 East; thence north along the
233	section line to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 36
234	South, Range 30 East; thence west along the township line to the
235	southwest corner of Section 31, Township 35 South, Range 30
236	East; thence north along the range line between Ranges 29 and 30
237	East, through Townships 35, 34, and 33 South, to the northeast
238	corner of Township 33 South, Range 29 East, being on the
239	Highlands-Polk County line; thence west along the Highlands-Polk
240	County line to the southeast corner of Township 32 South, Range
241	28 East; thence north along the range line between Ranges 28 and
242	29 East, in Townships 32 and 31 South, to the northeast corner
243	of Section 12 in Township 31 South, Range 28 East; thence east
244	along the section line to the northeast corner of Section 7,
245	Township 31 South, Range 29 East; thence north along the section
246	line to the northwest corner of Section 17, Township 30 South,
247	Range 29 East; thence east along the section line to the
248	northeast corner of the west 1/2 of Section 17, Township 30
249	South, Range 29 East; thence north along the 1/2-section line to
250	the northeast corner of the west 1/2 of Section 5, Township 30
251	South, Range 29 East; thence west along the section line to the
252	southwest corner of Section 32, Township 29 South, Range 29
253	East; thence north along the section line to the northeast
254	corner of Section 19 in Township 29 South, Range 29 East; thence
255	west along the north boundaries of Section 19, Township 29
256	South, Range 29 East, and Sections 24, 23, 22, 21, and 20,
257	Township 29 South, Range 28 East, to the northwest corner of
258	said Section 20; thence north along the section line to the
259	intersection of said section line with the west shore line of
260	Lake Pierce in Township 29 South, Range 28 East; thence
261	following the west shore of Lake Pierce to its intersection
262	again with the west section line of Section 5, Township 29
263	South, Range 28 East; thence north along the section line to the
264	northwest corner of Section 5, Township 29 South, Range 28 East;
265	thence east along the township line to the southwest corner of
266	Section 33, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence north along
267	the section line to the northwest corner of the southwest 1/4 of
268	the southwest 1/4 of Section 28, Township 28 South, Range 28
269	East; thence east along the 1/4-section line to the intersection
270	of said 1/4-section line with Lake Pierce; thence follow the
271	shore line northeasterly to its intersection with the 1/2-section
272	line of Section 28, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence
273	north on the 1/2-section line to the northwest corner of the
274	southeast 1/4 of Section 28, Township 28 South, Range 28 East;
275	thence east to the northeast corner of the southeast 1/4 of
276	Section 28, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence south along
277	the section line to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township
278	29 South, Range 28 East; thence east along the section line to
279	the northeast corner of Section 3, Township 29 South, Range 28
280	East; thence north along the section line to the northwest
281	corner of Section 23, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence
282	west along the section line to the southwest corner of Section
283	16, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence north along the
284	section line to the northwest corner of Section 16, Township 28
285	South, Range 28 East; thence west along the section line to the
286	southwest corner of Section 8, Township 28 South, Range 28 East;
287	thence north along the section line to the northwest corner of
288	Section 5, Township 28 South, Range 28 East; thence west along
289	the township line to the intersection of said township line with
290	Lake Marion; thence following the south shore line of Lake
291	Marion to its intersection again with said township line; thence
292	west along the township line to the southeast corner of Section
293	36, Township 37 South, Range 27 East; thence north along the
294	range line between Ranges 27 and 28 East to the intersection of
295	said range line with Lake Marion; thence following the west
296	shore of Lake Marion to its intersection again with the range
297	line between Ranges 27 and 28 East; thence north along said
298	range line, in Townships 27 and 26 South, to the northeast
299	corner of Township 26 South, Range 27 East, being on the Polk-
300	Osceola County line; thence west along the Polk-Osceola County
301	line to the northwest corner of Township 26 South, Range 27
302	East; thence south along the range line between Ranges 26 and 27
303	East to the southwest corner of Section 18 in Township 26 South,
304	Range 27 East; thence east along the section line to the
305	southeast corner of said Section 18; thence south along the
306	section lines to the southwest corner of Section 32 in Township
307	26 South, Range 27 East; thence east along the section line to
308	the southeast corner of said Section 32; thence south along the
309	section lines to the southerly right-of-way line of State Road
310	600 (U.S. Route 17 and 92) in Township 27 South, Range 27 East;
311	thence westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of said
312	State Road No. 600 to the West boundary of Section 27, Township
313	27 South, Range 26 East; thence north along the section line to
314	the northeast corner of Section 16, Township 25 South, Range 26
315	East; thence west along the section line to the southwest corner
316	of Section 9, Township 25 South, Range 26 East;thence north
317	along the section line to the Lake-Polk County line; thence west
318	along the county line to the southwest corner of Section 32,
319	Township 24 South, Range 26 East; thence into Lake County, north
320	along the section lines to the northeast corner of Section 30,
321	Township 24 South, Range 26 East; thence west along the section
322	lines to the northeast corner of Section 28, Township 24 South,
323	Range 25 East; thence north along the section lines to the
324	northeast corner of Section 16, Township 24 South, Range 25
325	East; thence west along the section line to the northwest corner
326	of Section 16, Township 24 South, Range 25 East; thence north
327	along the section line to the northeast corner of Section 8,
328	Township 24 South, Range 25 East; thence west along the section
329	lines to the range line between Ranges 24 and 25; thence north
330	along the range line to the northeast corner of Section 1,
331	Township 23 South, Range 24 East, also being on the township
332	line between Townships 22 and 23 South; thence west along the
333	township line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 23
334	South, Range 24 East also being on the Sumter-Lake County line;
335	thence north along the Sumter-Lake County line, also being the
336	range line between Ranges 23 and 24, to the northeast corner of
337	Section 1, Township 18 South, Range 23 East and the Marion
338	County line; thence west, along the Sumter-Marion County line,
339	also being the township line between Townships 17 and 18 South,
340	to the westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 75;
341	thence northerly along the westerly right-of-way line of
342	Interstate Highway 75 to the Alachua-Marion County line, said
343	line also being the township line between Townships 11 and 12
344	South; thence west along the Alachua-Marion County line to the
345	northwest corner of Section 3, Township 12 South, Range 19 East
346	and the Levy County line; thence westerly along the Levy-Alachua
347	County line, also being the township line between Townships 11
348	and 12 South, to the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 11
349	South, Range 17 East; thence north along the Levy-Alachua County
350	line, also being the range line between Ranges 17 and 18 East,
351	to the southerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 24; thence
352	southwesterly along said southerly right-of-way line to the
353	easterly right-of-way line of State Road No. 337; thence
354	southerly, along said easterly right-of-way line of State Road
355	No. 337, to the south line of Section 35, Township 14 South,
356	Range 17 East; thence west along the section line to the
357	northwest corner of Section 3, Township 15 South, Range 17 East;
358	thence south along the section lines to the southwest corner of
359	Section 27, Township 15 South, Range 17 East; thence west to the
360	Gulf of Mexico; thence south along the Gulf of Mexico, including
361	the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of
362	Florida, to the point of beginning.
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364	================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =================
365	Remove line 47, and insert:
366	references; amending s. 373.069, F.S.; revising boundaries
367	of the St. Johns River and Southwest Florida Water
368	Management Districts; providing an effective date.