Senate Bill sb2914
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Florida Senate - 2003 (NP) SB 2914
By Senator Geller
31-2097-03 See HB 1565
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Broward County; extending
3 the corporate limits of the City of Hollywood
4 or the Town of Pembroke Park; providing for
5 annexation of specified unincorporated lands;
6 providing for an election; providing for
7 effective date of annexation; providing for
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 of Broward County in accordance with
24 the provisions of law relating to elections currently in force
25 in Broward County on November 4, 2003. Only registered voters
26 residing in the unincorporated area within South Central
27 Broward County as described in this act may vote in said
28 election. A mail ballot shall not be used in said
29 election. The item that shall appear on the ballot of the
30 election of November 4, 2003, shall be as follows:
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Florida Senate - 2003 (NP) SB 2914
31-2097-03 See HB 1565
1 Shall South Central Broward be annexed into
2 either the City of Hollywood or the Town of
3 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 into the Town
9 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 September 15, 2004.
19 Section 4. The municipality receiving the majority of
20 votes in the election as described in section 2 shall have all
21 powers and responsibilities as provided in section 171.062,
22 Florida Statutes, except as provided in this act, as of the
23 effective dates of annexations as provided in section 3.
24 Section 5. Upon annexation into a municipality, the
25 following shall govern the areas described in South Central
26 Broward as provided in this act: for any use, building, or
27 structure that is legally in existence at the time a portion
28 of South Central Broward becomes a part of a municipality,
29 such use shall not be made a prohibited use by the
30 municipality, on the property of said use, for as long as the
31 use shall continue and is not voluntarily abandoned.
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Florida Senate - 2003 (NP) SB 2914
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1 Section 6. Subsequent to the effective date of this
2 act, no change in land use designation or zoning shall be
3 effective within the limits of the lands subject to annexation
4 herein, until said portion of South Central Broward has been
5 annexed into a municipality pursuant to this act.
6 Section 7. All public roads and the public
7 rights-of-way associated therewith, lying within the limits of
8 the lands subject to annexation herein, as described in
9 section 1, are transferred from Broward County jurisdiction to
10 the jurisdiction of the annexing municipality. All rights,
11 title, interests, and responsibilities for any transferred
12 roads, including, but not limited to, the ownership,
13 operations, maintenance, planning, design, and construction of
14 said roads and to the rights-of-way associated therewith shall
15 transfer from Broward County jurisdiction and ownership to the
16 jurisdiction and ownership of the annexing municipality upon
17 the effective date of the annexation.
18 Section 8. Subsequent to the effective date of this
19 annexation, any resident in the area to be annexed by this act
20 into the annexing municipality shall be deemed to have met any
21 residency requirements for candidacy.
22 Section 9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
23 affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,
24 whether the same be between Broward County and a third party
25 or between nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in
26 effect prior to the effective date of annexation.
27 Section 10. This act shall take precedence over any
28 other enacted law.
29 Section 11. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
30 law.
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