HB 1555

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Hastings Drainage District, Putnam
3	and St. Johns Counties; codifying, amending, reenacting,
4	and repealing chapters 7969 (1919), 8880 (1921), 10671
5	(1925), 13654 (1929), 15616 (1931), 17978 (1937), 27310
6	(1951), 28382 (1953), 81-481, 88-511, and 89-514, Laws of
7	Florida, relating to the district; providing for the
8	continuation without interruption of the district and its
9	boundaries as previously created and established;
10	providing for membership of the Hastings Drainage District
11	Board; providing for the powers, functions, and duties of
12	the district; providing an effective date.
13
14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16	Section 1.  Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
17	this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
18	relating to the Hastings Drainage District, Putnam and St. Johns
19	Counties. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
20	law to provide a single, comprehensive special act charter for
21	the district, including all current legislative authority
22	granted to the district by its several legislative enactments
23	and any additional authority granted by this act. It is further
24	the intent of this act to preserve all district authority.
25	Section 2.  Chapters 7969 (1919), 8880 (1921), 10671
26	(1925), 13654 (1929), 15616 (1931), 17978 (1937), 27310 (1951),
27	28382 (1953), 81-481, 88-511, and 89-514, Laws of Florida, are
28	codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as herein provided.
29	Section 3.  The charter for the Hastings Drainage District
30	is reenacted and re-created to read:
31	Section 1.  The district is created for the purpose of
32	draining, reclaiming, and maintaining the lands hereinafter
33	described, and protecting the same from the effects of waters
34	for agricultural and sanitary purposes, and for the public
35	convenience, utility, welfare, and benefit.
36	Section 2.  The district retains all rights with respect to
37	rights-of-way in the following area and retains the right for
38	the normal flow of water through the area described below for
39	the protection of the district. Sixteen Mile Creek Water Control
40	District shall maintain all said rights-of-way in the following
41	area as a part of its water management plan at no charge to the
42	district or its landowners. The area is described as follows:
43
44	THAT PORTION OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTIONS 3, 8, 9 AND
45	10, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, LYING AND BEING
46	IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
47
48	BEGIN AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3;
49	THENCE RUN NORTHERLY 00 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 11 SECONDS
50	WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 3 FOR A
51	DISTANCE OF 4,007.76 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
52	FLAGLER ESTATES UNIT TWO; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY 89
53	DEGREES 41 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF
54	2,694.80 FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 00 DEGREES 12
55	MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 12.54 FEET;
56	THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 88 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 38 SECONDS
57	EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 363 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY
58	05 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE
59	OF 458.04 FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 85 DEGREES 12
60	MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 824.99 FEET
61	ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
62	RANGE 28 EAST.  THE FOLLOWING THIRTEEN (13) COURSES
63	BEING ALONG THE WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE
64	PROPERTY KNOWN AS SIXTEEN MILE CREEK MAIN CANAL
65	DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 224 AT PAGES 26 AND
66	30 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA;
67	(1) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 18 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 00
68	SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 422.88 FEET, TO A POINT
69	OF CURVATURE; (2) THENCE RUN WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY
70	ALONG A CIRCULAR CURVE LEADING TO THE LEFT, HAVING A
71	CENTRAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 00 SECONDS AND
72	A RADIUS OF 450 FEET, FOR AN ARC OF 298.19 FEET TO A
73	POINT OF TANGENCY; (3) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 19 DEGREES
74	00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 544.82
75	FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; (4) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY
76	ALONG A CIRCULAR CURVE LEADING TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A
77	CENTRAL ANGLE OF 17 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 00 SECONDS AND
78	A RADIUS OF 300 FEET, FOR AN ARC OF 93.99 FEET TO A
79	POINT OF TANGENCY; (5) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 01 DEGREES
80	03 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 1,259.10
81	FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; (6) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY
82	AND EASTERLY ALONG A CURVE LEADING TO THE LEFT, HAVING
83	A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 53 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 00 SECONDS
84	AND A RADIUS OF 325 FEET FOR AN ARC OF 303 FEET TO A
85	POINT OF TANGENCY; (7) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 54 DEGREES
86	28 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 234 FEET
87	TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; (8) THENCE RUN EASTERLY AND
88	SOUTHERLY ALONG A CURVE, LEADING TO THE RIGHT, HAVING
89	A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 43 DEGREES 38 MINUES 00 SECONDS AND
90	A RADIUS OF 200 FEET, FOR AN ARC OF 173.25 FEET TO A
91	POINT OF TANGENCY; (9) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 04 DEGREES
92	50 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 1,579.28
93	FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; (10) THENCE RUN
94	SOUTHERLY ALONG A CURVE LEADING TO THE LEFT, HAVING A
95	CENTRAL ANGLE OF 22 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 00 SECONDS AND
96	A RADIUS OF 300 FEET, FOR AN ARC OF 117.81 FEET TO A
97	POINT OF TANGENCY; (11) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 27
98	DEGREES 20 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF
99	631.11 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; (12) THENCE RUN
100	SOUTHERLY ALONG A CURVE LEADING TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A
101	CENTRAL ANGLE OF 34 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 00 SECONDS,
102	AND A RADIUS OF 150 FEET, FOR AN ARC OF 89.67 FEET TO
103	A POINT OF TANGENCY; (13) THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 06
104	DEGREES 55 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF
105	271.69 FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 89 DEGREES 49
106	MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 5,377.04
107	FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 03
108	SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 2,653.19 FEET; THENCE
109	RUN SOUTHERLY 89 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST
110	FOR A DISTANCE OF 2,649.73 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY
111	89 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE
112	OF 1,298.32 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY 00 DEGREES 32
113	MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 1,314.41
114	FEET; THENCE RUN SOUTHERLY 89 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 55
115	SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 1,307.33 FEET TO THE
116	NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 9; THENCE RUN
117	NORTHERLY 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST, FOR A
118	DISTANCE OF 2,644.99 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY 89
119	DEGREES 04 SECONDS 01 MINUTES EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF
120	2,649.65 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION
121	9; THENCE RUN NORTHERLY 00 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 11
122	SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 4,007.76 FEET TO THE
123	POINT OF BEGINNING.  CONTAINING 718 ACRES MORE OR
124	LESS.
125
126	Section 3.  The boundaries of the district are as
127	follows:
128
129	BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEEP CREEK AND THE
130	SOUTH LINE OF THE FEC RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY IN SECTION
131	9, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST; THENCE RUN
132	SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EAST SHORE OF DEEP CREEK TO THE
133	POINT WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
134	NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION
135	10, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, OR THE EXTENSION
136	THEREOF; THENCE RUN WESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF
137	THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
138	SECTION 10 AND CONTINUING WEST TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
139	OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
140	SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, BEING THE
141	COUNTY LINE BETWEEN ST. JOHNS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES;
142	THENCE RUN WESTERLY 50 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE
143	RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CANAL NO. 17 OF THE HASTINGS DRAINAGE
144	DISTRICT; THENCE NORTHERLY FOLLOWING THE WEST RIGHT-
145	OF-WAY LINE OF CANAL NO. 17 TO A POINT IN SECTION 24,
146	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST WHERE SAID CANAL NO.
147	17 TURNS NORTHWESTERLY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG
148	SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID CANAL TO THE WATERS OF
149	THE ST. JOHNS RIVER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE
150	WATERS OF SAID RIVER A DISTANCE OF 250 FEET, MORE OR
151	LESS, TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CANAL NO. 17;
152	THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY AND ALONG THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY
153	LINE OF CANAL NO. 17 TO THE BRICK ROAD KNOWN AS THE
154	PALATKA-HASTINGS ROAD; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY TO THE
155	INTERSECTION OF THE FEDERAL POINT ROAD; THENCE
156	EASTERLY ALONG THE PALATKA-HASTINGS ROAD TO THE EAST
157	LINE OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST,
158	AND CONTINUING EASTERLY AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF
159	CHURCH AVENUE IN HASTINGS, FLORIDA, TO THE EAST LINE
160	OF ORANGE AVENUE IN HASTINGS, FLORIDA; THENCE
161	NORTHERLY ALONG ORANGE AVENUE TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-
162	WAY LINE OF CANAL NO. 20 OF THE HASTINGS DRAINAGE
163	DISTRICT; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
164	TO THE CENTER LINE OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
165	RANGE 28 EAST; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT-
166	OF-WAY TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH THE EAST SHORE OF
167	DEEP CREEK, BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
168
169	ZONE 1:
170
171	IN SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL
172	BLOCKS 19 AND 20, HASTINGS LAND & IMPROVEMENT
173	CORPORATION SUBDIVISION; SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
174	SOUTHEAST QUARTER (EXCEPT R/W FOR CANAL), AND IN
175	SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:
176	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; ALL HASTINGS
177	VILLA SUBDIVISION; AND IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9
178	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: LOTS 1, 2 AND 3, WHITE'S
179	SUBDIVISION NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD; LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4,
180	WHITE'S SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD; NORTHEAST
181	QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
182	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; AND IN SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 9
183	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
184	NORTHEAST QUARTER DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 23, PAGE 83;
185	PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER
186	DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 42, PAGE 407; NORTH ONE-HALF OF
187	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER (EXCEPT WEST
188	100 FEET); EAST 40 FEET OF WEST 100 FEET OF NORTHEAST
189	QUARTER; NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
190	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER LYING SOUTH OF
191	BRICK ROAD; LOTS 1 TO 8, INCLUSIVE OF M. E. CHURCH
192	SUBDIVISION OF LOT 2, WHITE'S SUBDIVISION; LOTS 3 TO
193	9, INCLUSIVE OF WHITE'S SUBDIVISION; WEST ONE-HALF OF
194	SOUTHWEST QUARTER; NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST
195	QUARTER; WEST ONE-HALF OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; NORTH
196	ONE-HALF OF NORTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
197	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; LOTS 6, 8, 17, 18 AND 29 ROSE
198	PRAIRIE SUBDIVISION; AND IN SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 9
199	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST; NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
200	QUARTER; GOVERNMENT LOTS 8 AND 9, AND IN SECTION 28,
201	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: ALL OF SECTION,
202	EXCEPT GOVERNMENT LOT 10; AND IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP
203	9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: LOTS 29 TO 32, INCLUSIVE OF
204	ROSE PRAIRIE SUBDIVISION; LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 7A, 7B, 8,
205	9 AND 10 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; NORTH ONE-HALF OF
206	NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; SOUTH ONE-HALF
207	OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; SOUTHWEST
208	QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER, AND IN SECTION 30,
209	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  EAST ONE-HALF OF
210	NORTHEAST QUARTER; AND IN SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 9
211	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: EAST THREE-QUARTERS OF SECTION;
212	EAST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST
213	QUARTER; EAST ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
214	NORTHWEST QUARTER; NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
215	QUARTER; AND IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 8
216	EAST: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 AND 9 ESTES & IRWIN
217	SUBDIVISION; NORTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 10, ESTES & IRWIN
218	SUBDIVISION (EXCEPT 5 ACRES IN SOUTHEAST CORNER);
219	SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 10; LOTS 13, 14, 15 AND 16,
220	ESTES & IRWIN SUBDIVISION; AND IN SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP
221	9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL THAT PART OF SECTION
222	LYING SOUTH AND WEST OF DIAGONAL BRICK ROAD, AND IN
223	SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 1;
224	NORTH 10 ACRES LOTS 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15
225	AND 16, ALL IN THE ESTES & IRWIN SUBDIVISION, AND IN
226	SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOTS 31,
227	32, 33, NORTH 10 ACRES OF LOT 34; LOTS 35, 36, 37 AND
228	38 OF LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; WEST ONE-HALF OF
229	NORTHWEST QUARTER; NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
230	QUARTER, AND IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28
231	EAST:  EAST 40 ACRES OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1; AND IN
232	SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST; SOUTHWEST
233	QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER, AND IN SECTION 33,
234	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 5 ESTES & IRWIN
235	SUBDIVISION; LOT 6 ESTES & IRWIN SUBDIVISION;
236	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST
237	QUARTER, BEING PART OF LOT 12 ESTES & IRWIN
238	SUBDIVISION.
239
240	ZONE 2:
241
242	IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTH
243	ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER AND
244	SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 5, WHITE'S SUBDIVISION; IN
245	SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTH
246	ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER
247	(EXCEPT WEST 100 FEET); SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTH ONE-
248	HALF OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; IN
249	SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT
250	PART OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER LYING
251	WEST OF CANAL NO. 1 AND SOUTH OF LAND OF GEORGE B.
252	BADGER; IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
253	EAST: LOT 5 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; NORTH ONE-HALF OF
254	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; NORTHWEST
255	QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP
256	9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL LOT 3; TRACT DESCRIBED
257	AS:  BEGIN AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 6; THENCE NORTH
258	45 DEGREES WEST ALONG WEST LINE OF SECTION 34, 19.71
259	CHAINS TO A DITCH; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES EAST ALONG
260	MIDDLE OF DITCH, 16.70 CHAINS TO WEST LINE OF CLARK
261	GRANT; THENCE SOUTH 5 DEGREES WEST ALONG WEST LINE OF
262	CLARK GRANT TO SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 6; THENCE NORTH
263	87 DEGREES WEST ALONG SOUTH LINE OF LOT 6 TO THE POINT
264	OF BEGINNING; IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE
265	28 EAST:  EAST 18.49 ACRES OF LOT 3.
266
267	ZONE 3:
268
269	IN SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: ALL
270	BLOCKS 15, 16, 17 AND 18 OF HASTINGS LAND &
271	IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION SUBDIVISION; ALL BLOCKS 1, 2,
272	3, 4, 8 AND 9 OF HASTINGS MANOR SUBDIVISION; LOTS 8 TO
273	18, INCL. BLOCK 5, HASTINGS MANOR SUBDIVISION; IN
274	SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST; WEST ONE-
275	HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER, NORTH OF DIAGONAL BRICK
276	ROAD; SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER, IN
277	SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT
278	PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2 LYING EAST OF CANAL NO. 1;
279	ALL GOVERNMENT LOT 4; IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
280	RANGE 28 EAST: SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER;
281	IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST; WEST
282	ONE-HALF OF NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN
283	SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: ALL
284	GOVERNMENT LOT 7; IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
285	RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL LOTS 12 AND 13 OF ESTES & IRWIN
286	SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28
287	EAST:  LOT 42 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; SOUTHWEST QUARTER
288	OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
289	RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER
290	OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER, BEING PART OF LOT 11 ESTES &
291	IRWIN SUBDIVISION; SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 11, ESTES AND
292	IRWIN SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
293	RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF LOT 12, ESTES &
294	IRWIN SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
295	RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 41, LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION.
296
297	ZONE 4:
298
299	IN SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:
300	NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; NORTH ONE-HALF
301	OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; NORTH ONE-
302	HALF OF SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
303	NORTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
304	RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT PART OF LOT 8 LYING SOUTH AND
305	WEST OF BRICK ROAD; IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
306	RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST
307	QUARTER; IN SECTION 33 TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
308	EAST:  NORTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 12 ESTES & IRWIN
309	SUBDIVISION.
310
311	ZONE 5:
312
313	IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  EAST
314	18.79 ACRES OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER;
315	NORTH 10 ACRES OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST
316	QUARTER; IN SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
317	EAST:  THAT PART OF LOT 10 LYING SOUTH OF BRICK ROAD;
318	IN SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: ALL
319	THAT PART OF LOT 2 LYING WEST OF A LINE RUNNING NORTH
320	AND SOUTH FROM NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 4 TO G I F
321	CLARK GRANT; IN SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
322	EAST:  20 ACRES OF FARM KNOWN AS THE "BOWEN FARM" (NOW
323	W. F. WOLFE) LYING EAST OF THE W. F. WOLFE ROAD AND
324	NORTH OF LAND OF WILL YELVERTON; THE SOUTH 30 ACRES OF
325	THAT PART OF SECTION 37 LYING EAST OF THE W. F. WOLFE
326	ROAD AND SOUTH OF LAND OF W. F. WOLFE; IN SECTION 38,
327	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: THE WEST 70 ACRES OF
328	THAT PART OF G. I. F. CLARK GRANT LYING WEST OF DEEP
329	CREEK AND SOUTH OF A LINE FIXED AS:  BEGIN AT A POINT
330	ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID GRANT, 44.35 CHAINS NORTH 5
331	DEGREES EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GRANT;
332	THENCE RUN NORTH 55 DEGREES EAST 21.22 CHAINS; THENCE
333	SOUTH 6 DEGREES 30 FEET EAST, 13.66 CHAINS; THENCE
334	SOUTH 85 DEGREES EAST TO RUN OF DEEP CREEK; IN SECTION
335	4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 4 ESTES &
336	IRWIN SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
337	RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL OF CLARK GRANT LYING WEST OF DEEP
338	CREEK.
339
340	ZONE 6:
341
342	IN SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTH
343	ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN
344	SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: LOTS 1 TO
345	20 BLOCK 10, HASTINGS LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
346	SUBDIVISION; LOTS 4 TO 9, BLOCK 11, HASTINGS LAND &
347	IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION SUBDIVISION; LOTS 12 TO 15,
348	BLOCK 13, HASTINGS LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
349	SUBDIVISION; LOTS 1 TO 10, BLOCK 14, HASTINGS LAND &
350	IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION SUBDIVISION; ALL BLOCK 21
351	HASTINGS LAND & IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION SUBDIVISION;
352	SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 18,
353	TOWNSHIP 9, SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOTS 7, 8, 9 AND
354	10, DANCY SUBDIVISION, IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9
355	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOTS 6 AND NORTH ONE-HALF OF
356	LOT 5, WHITE'S SUBDIVISION, SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD:
357	THAT PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER,
358	NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD; THAT PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER
359	OF NORTHEAST QUARTER, SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD (EXCEPT
360	WEST 10 ACRES); NORTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
361	NORTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
362	RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT PART OF NORTH ONE-HALF OF
363	NORTHWEST QUARTER LYING WEST OF NO. 1 CANAL AND SOUTH
364	OF COUNTY ROAD; IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE
365	28 EAST: SOUTH 32 ACRES OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
366	NORTHEAST QUARTER; SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST
367	QUARTER; EAST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
368	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
369	RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL GOVERNMENT LOT 2; IN SECTION 37,
370	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL THAT PART OF
371	SECTION LYING WEST OF W. F. WOLFE'S ROAD, AND SOUTH OF
372	LAND OF FRANK BARSTOW AND NORTH OF DIAGONAL BRICK
373	ROAD; IN SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:
374	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
375	QUARTER; IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28
376	EAST:  LOT 40 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 33,
377	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
378	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER BEING PART OF
379	LOT 11, ESTES & IRWIN SUBDIVISION.
380
381	ZONE 7:
382
383	IN SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL
384	SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER SOUTH OF FEC
385	RAILROAD AND STATE ROAD 207 AND WEST OF CRACKER BRANCH
386	(EXCEPT LOT 48 OF MERRIFIELD'S PLAT); IN SECTION 21,
387	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  WEST ONE-HALF OF
388	NORTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST
389	QUARTER; THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST
390	QUARTER AND SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER
391	DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 11, PAGE 90; THAT PART OF
392	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER LYING SOUTH OF
393	LAND OF JOHN L. SMITH AND NORTH OF LANDS OF MRS. EDNA
394	STRADFORD; GOVERNMENT LOTS 5, 6 AND 7; THE WEST 10
395	ACRES OF THAT PART OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
396	QUARTER LYING WEST OF DEEP CREEK; BOUNDED ON NORTH BY
397	LAND OF FRANCIS WEST; AND ON SOUTH BY LAND DESCRIBED
398	IN DEED BOOK 24, PAGE 217; IN SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 9
399	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST: ALL LOT 8 LYING NORTH AND WEST
400	OF BRICK ROAD; IN SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE
401	28 EAST:  THAT PART OF LOT 10 LYING NORTH OF BRICK
402	ROAD; IN SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST:
403	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; LOT 13 AND
404	ALL LOT 12 SOUTH OF BRICK ROAD; LOTS 14, 15, 16 AND
405	17, ALL IN EVANS SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP
406	9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST:  NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
407	NORTHEAST QUARTER SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 207; SOUTHWEST
408	QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER, NORTH OF RIGHT-OF-WAY OF
409	CANAL NO. 17; THAT PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1 LYING
410	NORTH OF RIGHT OF WAY OF CANAL NO. 17 AND SOUTH OF
411	STATE ROAD 207; ALL OF SECTION LYING NORTH OF FEC
412	RAILROAD AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CANAL NO. 17; IN SECTION
413	13, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST:  SOUTHEAST
414	QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SOUTH OF FEC RAILROAD
415	AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OF STATE ROAD 207; IN SECTION 24,
416	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST:  ALL NORTHEAST
417	QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER, SOUTH OF FEC RAILROAD
418	AND STATE ROAD 207; SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST
419	QUARTER; NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER, NORTH
420	OF RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CANAL NO. 17.
421
422	ZONE 8:
423
424	IN SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:
425	SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 18,
426	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 48 OF
427	MERRIFIELD'S PLAT; IN SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
428	RANGE 28 EAST:  PART SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST
429	QUARTER DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 42, PAGE 443; PART OF
430	EAST ONE-HALF DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 41, PAGE 193;
431	THAT PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1 DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK
432	16, PAGE 184 (EXCEPT 25 ACRES ON EAST SIDE OF THIS
433	TRACT BEING IN DEEP CREEK SWAMP); IN SECTION 37,
434	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THE WEST 30 ACRES
435	DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 74, PAGE 321; LANDS DESCRIBED
436	IN DEED BOOK 119, PAGE 216 (EXCEPT THE EASTERLY 12
437	ACRES BEING IN DEEP CREEK SWAMP).
438
439	ZONE 9:
440
441	IN SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:
442	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; ALL OLDS
443	ESTATE SUBDIVISION OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST
444	QUARTER; LOTS 1, 2, 6, 7 AND 8 OF OLDS ESTATE
445	SUBDIVISION OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER;
446	WEST 30 ACRES OF NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
447	QUARTER; EAST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
448	SOUTHWEST QUARTER; EAST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER
449	OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; NORTH 4
450	ACRES OF WEST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
451	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 17,
452	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  EAST ONE-HALF OF
453	NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; ALL NORTHWEST
454	QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER, WEST OF CYPRESS BRANCH
455	AND SOUTH OF FEC RAILROAD; SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
456	NORTHEAST QUARTER (EXCEPT NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
457	SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER); NORTHEAST
458	QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
459	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 19 TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
460	RANGE 28 EAST:  WEST 20 ACRES OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
461	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; SOUTH 30 ACRES OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER
462	OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
463	RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTH 8 ACRES OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
464	NORTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
465	RANGE 23 EAST:  THE WEST 35 ACRES OF LAND DESCRIBED IN
466	DEED BOOK 14, PAGE 270.
467
468	ZONE 10:
469
470	IN SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTH
471	1 ACRE OF WEST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
472	NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER AND SOUTHWEST
473	QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER;
474	NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
475	QUARTER IN SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
476	EAST:  NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
477	NORTHEAST QUARTER; THAT PART OF BLOCK 22 HASTINGS LAND
478	& IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION SUBDIVISION LYING SOUTH OF
479	CANAL NO. 20; IN SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE
480	28 EAST: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 AND 12, DANCY
481	SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
482	EAST:  WEST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION
483	20, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  LOT 1 WHITE'S
484	SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
485	EAST: LOT 6 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 30,
486	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
487	SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH,
488	RANGE 28 EAST:  GOVERNMENT LOTS 9, 10, 11 AND 12; IN
489	SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  WEST 20
490	ACRES OF NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER, WEST
491	10 ACRES OF NORTH ONE-HALF OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
492	NORTHWEST QUARTER; WEST 10 ACRES OF SOUTH ONE-HALF OF
493	SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 33,
494	TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  5 ACRES IN SOUTHEAST
495	CORNER OF LOT 10, ESTES & IRWIN SUBDIVISION; IN
496	SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT
497	PART OF LOT 2, LYING NORTH OF BRICK ROAD; IN SECTION
498	38, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT PART OF
499	G.I.F. CLARK GRANT LYING SOUTH OF BRICK ROAD, WEST OF
500	DEEP CREEK AND NORTH OF LAND OF W. F. WOLFE; IN
501	SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL
502	NORTH ONE-HALF OF SECTION LYING WEST OF DEEP CREEK
503	(EXCEPT THAT PART OF LOT 2 WHICH IS WEST OF A LINE
504	EXTENDING NORTH FROM THE WEST LINE OF LOT 4); ALL
505	SOUTHWEST QUARTER; IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
506	RANGE 28 EAST:  SOUTH 37 ACRES OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
507	NORTHWEST QUARTER; WEST 20 ACRES OF LOT 3, ESTES &
508	IRWIN SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
509	RANGE 28 EAST: SOUTH 34 ACRES OF LOT 34, LEONARD'S
510	SUBDIVISION; LOTS 39 LEONARD'S SUBDIVISION; IN SECTION
511	6, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTH 6.75 ACRES
512	OF THAT PART OF LOT 2 LYING EAST OF PUBLIC ROAD; IN
513	SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST:  THAT
514	PART OF SECTION DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 143, PAGE 158;
515	IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  EAST
516	ONE-HALF OF NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER.
517
518	ZONE 11:
519
520	IN SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  THAT
521	PART OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SOUTH
522	OF COWPEN BRANCH ROAD; IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 9
523	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  WEST 10 ACRES OF NORTHWEST
524	QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; WEST ONE-HALF OF
525	SOUTHWEST QUARTER; SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST
526	QUARTER; IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 28
527	EAST:  WEST ONE-HALF; WEST ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST
528	QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER; IN SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP
529	9 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  GOVERNMENT LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4,
530	5, 6, 7 AND 8; IN SECTION 39, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE
531	28 EAST:  ALL SECTION; IN SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 10
532	SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  ALL SOUTHEAST QUARTER LYING
533	WEST OF DEEP CREEK; IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
534	RANGE 28 EAST:  WEST 26.5 ACRES OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1;
535	GOVERNMENT LOT 2 (EXCEPT NORTH 6.75 ACRES OF THAT PART
536	OF LOT 2 LYING EAST OF PUBLIC ROAD); IN SECTION 6,
537	TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  GOVERNMENT LOTS 3,
538	4, 5, 6 AND 7; IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE
539	28 EAST:  NORTH QUARTER OF SECTION; IN SECTION 8,
540	TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTH QUARTER OF
541	SECTION; IN SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28
542	EAST:  NORTH QUARTER OF SECTION; IN SECTION 10,
543	TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST:  NORTHWEST QUARTER
544	OF NORTHEAST QUARTER; NORTH ONE-HALF OF NORTHWEST
545	QUARTER; IN SECTION 38, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28
546	EAST:  ALL SECTION.
547
548	ZONE 12:
549
550	ALL THE REST AND REMAINDER OF SAID LANDS IN SAID
551	DISTRICT NOT DESCRIBED IN ZONES 1 TO 11 HEREIN.
552
553	Section 4.  The governing board of the district shall be
554	the Board of Supervisors of Hastings Drainage District and shall
555	be composed of three persons, all of whom shall be citizens of
556	the United States, residents of either St. Johns County or
557	Putnam County, and owners of land or stockholders in
558	corporations owning land lying within the boundaries of the
559	district. The present board of supervisors ("board") and the
560	terms of office for its members are as follows: Frank C. Johns,
561	Jr., whose term of office expires November 30, 2006; W. W.
562	Tilton, Jr., whose term of office expires November 30, 2007; and
563	Daniel S. Johns, whose term of office expires November 30, 2005.
564	On the third Tuesday in October of each year, the district shall
565	call a meeting of the landowners in the district to elect one
566	supervisor as successor to the supervisor whose term of office
567	will expire the following December, the term of such supervisor
568	so elected to begin on the first day of December next following
569	his or her election, and that supervisor shall hold office for 3
570	years. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the
571	provisions of section 298.11, Florida Statutes.
572	Section 5.  Immediately after the election or appointment
573	of its members, the board shall meet and elect from among its
574	members a president. The board shall also elect as secretary
575	some suitable person, who may or may not be a member of the
576	board.
577	Section 6.  The board shall cause to be kept a well-bound
578	book, entitled "Record of Board of Supervisors of the Hastings
579	Drainage District," in which shall be recorded minutes of all
580	meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds given by all
581	employees, and all corporate acts, which record shall at all
582	reasonable times be open to the inspection of anyone interested.
583	Section 7.  The board shall have all the powers of a body
584	corporate, including the powers to sue and be sued by its name
585	in any court of law or equity; to make contracts; to adopt and
586	use a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to hold,
587	buy, and convey such personal and real property that may be
588	necessary for the purposes of the district; and to appoint
589	agents and employees as the business of the district may
590	require.
591	Section 8.  The board shall report to the landowners, at
592	the annual meeting held under the provisions of section 298.12,
593	Florida Statutes, any work that has been done, either by
594	engineers or otherwise.
595	Section 9.  Board members shall be reimbursed for their
596	travel expenses pursuant to section 112.061, Florida Statutes,
597	but shall receive no compensation for their service unless the
598	landowners at the annual meeting determine to pay a
599	compensation, which in no event may exceed $50 per day for the
600	time actually engaged in work for the district and in attending
601	sessions of the board.
602	Section 10.  The board shall appoint a district engineer
603	and pay him or her such reasonable salary as may be determined
604	necessary and proper, or may contract for engineering work. The
605	engineer shall make a report in writing to the board once every
606	12 months or as directed by the board. The report shall describe
607	the progress made and activities undertaken in furtherance of
608	the water control plan, and may include suggestions and
609	recommendations to the board as the engineer deems appropriate.
610	Section 11.  The board shall select and appoint some
611	competent person, bank, or trust company, organized under the
612	laws of the state, as treasurer of the district, who shall
613	receive and receipt for all the drainage taxes collected by the
614	county collector or collectors, and the treasurer shall receive
615	and receipt for the proceeds of all tax sales made under the
616	provisions of this chapter. The board shall audit or have
617	audited the books of the district's treasurer at least once
618	every year and make a report thereof to the landowners at the
619	annual meeting and publish a statement within 30 days
620	thereafter, showing the amount of money received, the amount
621	paid out during such year, and the amount in the treasury at the
622	beginning and end of the year. A certified copy of the annual
623	audit shall be filed with the state auditor.
624	Section 12.  The board shall employ an attorney to act for
625	the district and to advise the board. Such employment shall be
626	evidenced by an agreement in writing which, as far as possible,
627	shall specify the exact amount to be paid to the attorney for
628	all services and expenses.
629	Section 13.  The board has full power and authority to
630	construct, complete, operate, maintain, repair, and replace any
631	and all works and improvements necessary to execute the
632	district's water control plan, including all of the powers
633	conferred on the district by sections 298.22 and 298.23, Florida
634	Statutes.
635	Section 14.  For the purposes of this act, and particularly
636	for the purpose of levying and imposing taxes and assessments
637	hereinafter levied and imposed, or authorized to be levied and
638	imposed, the territory lying and being within the Hastings
639	Drainage District is hereby divided and constituted into zones
640	as referenced in section 3.
641	Section 15.  (1)  The taxes and assessments in this act
642	levied and authorized to be levied shall be used exclusively for
643	the several purposes, uses, and objects specified in this act.
644	An annual tax not to exceed $20 per acre per year is authorized
645	to be levied by the board. Said tax may vary from zone to zone
646	but shall be uniform within a zone.
647	(2)  Any parcel of land less than 1 acre in area shall bear
648	only its proportionate part of the tax authorized by this act to
649	be levied.
650	(3)  For the purpose of enabling the board to carry out the
651	purposes of this act, the Legislature hereby finds such tax is a
652	reasonable tax on all such lands, and that said lands are and
653	will be benefited in excess of the amount of the tax hereby
654	levied.
655	Section 16.  The board shall annually prepare a list of all
656	the lands included in the district, showing the zone and tax,
657	and shall transmit such list to the Tax Assessor of Putnam
658	County and to the Tax Assessor of St. Johns County, who shall
659	enter annually upon the county tax rolls the aforesaid levy,
660	including the tax for the district in his or her warrant as
661	prescribed by law, and such drainage tax shall be collected by
662	the Tax Collector of Putnam County and the Tax Collector of St.
663	Johns County at the same time and as other county taxes on real
664	estate are collected, and such tax collectors shall deposit the
665	same to the credit of the board created by this act, furnishing
666	said board with a statement of the amount thereof. Said money
667	shall be used only for the purposes provided herein, after
668	paying the cost of assessing said lands, which is hereby
669	estimated at 2 percent, and the tax collectors' fees, as fixed
670	by law.
671	Section 17.  (1)  On the nonpayment of drainage taxes on
672	any parcel of land lying within said district, the drainage tax
673	shall be treated in the same manner as any other unpaid county
674	taxes and shall be included in the tax certificates issued
675	thereon; and on redemption or purchase of a certificate which
676	includes an item of the district taxes, the tax collector or
677	clerk shall pay over to the board the amount of such drainage
678	taxes and interest included in said certificate.
679	(2)  Where title to any lands lying in the district is
680	vested in Putnam County or St. Johns County and sold, the clerk
681	of the circuit court in the county wherein any such parcel is
682	situate shall disburse to the district the percentage of the net
683	sum received from the sale of the land in the same proportion as
684	the amount of drainage tax bore to the total tax on said parcel
685	outstanding at the time of sale. The lands when sold by the
686	county for nonpayment of taxes shall continue to be subject to
687	the tax provided by this act.
688	Section 18.  The taxes levied or authorized to be levied by
689	this act shall constitute a lien on the lands as of the 1st day
690	of January of each year in which such tax is assessed, which
691	lien shall be superior in dignity to all other liens upon said
692	lands and equal in dignity to the lien for county taxes upon
693	said lands.
694	Section 19.  In all respects, not herein otherwise
695	specified or provided, the district shall have all power and
696	authority conferred by and subject to the provisions of chapter
697	298, Florida Statutes (2004), and to general laws appertaining
698	now in force, not inconsistent herewith; and all general
699	drainage laws not inconsistent with this act shall be applicable
700	to said district, as by this act created and established.
701	Section 4.  Chapters 7969 (1919), 8880 (1921), 10671
702	(1925), 13654 (1929), 15616 (1931), 17978 (1937), 27310 (1951),
703	28382 (1953), 81-481, 88-511, and 89-514, Laws of Florida, are
704	repealed.
705	Section 5.  If any clause or section of this act shall be
706	declared invalid, it shall not affect the remainder of this act.
707	Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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