HB 1683

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Scripps Research Improvement
3	District; creating the Scripps Research Improvement
4	District; providing definitions; providing for a board of
5	supervisors; providing for the appointment of the initial
6	board of supervisors of the district; providing for the
7	election of the board of supervisors by a specified date;
8	providing for membership, terms of office, qualifications,
9	organization, and compensation of the board; providing for
10	meetings of the landowners and supervisors; providing
11	procedures and requirements with respect thereto;
12	providing for the appointment of a treasurer, selection of
13	depositories, and employment of a fiscal agent; providing
14	powers and duties of the board of supervisors; providing
15	powers and duties of the district; providing for the
16	ownership, acquisition, mortgage, lease, and disposal of
17	property and facilities; providing that the district has
18	the power of eminent domain; providing powers of the
19	district with respect to water management, irrigation, and
20	erosion control; providing powers of the district with
21	respect to regulation of the use of sewers and the supply
22	of water within the district; providing powers of the
23	district with respect to waste collection and disposal;
24	providing powers of the district with respect to mosquito
25	and pest control; providing powers of the district with
26	respect to recreation and parking facilities; providing
27	powers of the district with respect to fire protection;
28	providing powers of the district with respect to promotion
29	of the district; providing powers of the district with
30	respect to transportation within the district; providing
31	powers of the district with respect to the designation,
32	creation, and enhancement of conservation areas; providing
33	power of the district to issue bonds for specified
34	purposes and projects; providing powers of the district
35	with respect to specified projects, including research and
36	development projects; providing powers of the district
37	with respect to the acquisition, construction, and
38	maintenance of roads within the district; providing powers
39	of the district with respect to the construction,
40	maintenance, and operation of facilities, projects, and
41	systems within units of the district; providing procedures
42	and requirements with respect to the designation of
43	district units and objections or challenges thereto;
44	providing for the adoption of unit development plans;
45	providing procedures and requirements with respect to
46	assessments, levies, taxes, bonds, and other obligations
47	relative to unit development, the modification of unit
48	development plans, and the changing of unit boundaries;
49	providing for the exercise of district powers within
50	municipalities situated wholly or partly within the
51	district; specifying powers of the district with respect
52	to projects, the furnishing of facilities and services,
53	and the collection of fees, rentals, and other charges
54	within the district; providing a limitation on powers of
55	the district outside the territorial limits of the
56	district; providing for mandatory use of certain district
57	facilities and services; providing for maintenance of
58	projects across rights-of-way; providing power of the
59	district to prescribe, fix, establish and collect rates,
60	fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and other charges for
61	specified purposes and to assess penalties for
62	delinquencies; providing procedures and requirements with
63	respect to the fixing of such rates, fees, rentals, tolls,
64	fares, and other charges; specifying uses thereof;
65	providing power of the board to enter into specified
66	contracts; providing for recovery of delinquent charges,
67	including attorney's fees and costs; providing for the
68	discontinuance of service in the event of nonpayment of
69	fees, rentals, or charges, procedures with respect to
70	recovery, and enforcement of payment; providing authority
71	of the district to enter into agreements for the
72	furnishing of specified facilities and services; providing
73	exclusive authority of the district with respect to
74	comprehensive planning, zoning, subdivision, and land
75	development, building, environmental, and fire and life
76	safety regulations; prohibiting the annexation into the
77	district of unincorporated lands located outside the
78	district; prohibiting involuntary annexation of specified
79	lands by a municipality; permitting certain voluntary
80	annexation of district lands; providing power of the board
81	to levy ad valorem taxes for specified purposes; providing
82	a limitation on the levy of such taxes; providing for
83	determination of district ad valorem taxes; providing for
84	tax liens and service charge liens for nonpayment of taxes
85	or fees and charges under service agreements; providing
86	for foreclosure of liens by the district; providing
87	procedures and requirements with respect thereto;
88	providing rights of the district with respect to payment
89	of delinquent taxes or assessments and redemption or
90	purchase of sales tax certificates; providing authority of
91	the district to issue general obligation bonds subject to
92	approval by referendum; providing procedures and
93	requirements with respect thereto; providing authority of
94	the district to issue revenue bonds; specifying sources
95	from which such bonds may be secured or payable;
96	authorizing the combination of projects; providing
97	procedures and requirements with respect thereto;
98	authorizing the issuance of additional bonds for the
99	completion of specified projects; providing authority of
100	the district to issue refunding bonds; providing
101	procedures and requirements with respect thereto;
102	authorizing the district to pledge ad valorem taxes,
103	assessments, and other revenues and properties as
104	additional security on bonds; providing that pledged
105	revenues, taxes and assessments are subject to lien;
106	providing for authority of the district to provide for the
107	construction or reconstruction of assessable improvements,
108	and for the levying of special assessments therefore;
109	providing requirements and procedures with respect
110	thereto; providing notice and hearing requirements;
111	providing for the issuance of assessment bonds and
112	requirements and procedures with respect to such bonds;
113	providing for payment and collection of assessments;
114	providing for lien and foreclosure with respect to
115	nonpayment of assessments; providing for maintenance of
116	assessment funds in a special fund and providing
117	restrictions on the use of such funds; specifying the
118	powers of Palm Beach County and school districts and other
119	political subdivisions wholly or partly within the
120	district with respect to such special assessments;
121	authorizing the board to modify or revoke any plan or
122	specification for any assessable improvement and to
123	reassess benefits or make additional assessments;
124	providing for the issuance of certificates of
125	indebtedness; providing requirements and procedures with
126	respect thereto; providing authority of the district to
127	issue assessment bonds; providing requirements and
128	procedures with respect thereto; providing authority of
129	the district to issue bond anticipation notes; providing
130	requirements and procedures with respect thereto;
131	authorizing the district to obtain specified short-term
132	loans; providing for the securing of an issue of bonds by
133	a trust agreement between the district and a corporate
134	trustee; providing requirements and procedures with
135	respect thereto; providing requirements and procedures
136	with respect the sale, authorization, and form of bonds;
137	providing for maximum allowable interest on district
138	bonds; providing for the issuance of interim certificates,
139	receipts, or temporary bonds and for the replacement of
140	specified bonds; providing for negotiability of bonds;
141	providing for defeasance; providing that bonds issued
142	under the act are legal investments and securities;
143	authorizing specified covenants with respect to bonds
144	issued under the act; providing for validity of bonds and
145	proceedings with respect to determination of validity;
146	providing that the act constitutes full and complete
147	authority for the issuance of bonds and the exercise of
148	the powers of the district; providing pledge to the
149	bondholders of the district and to the Federal Government;
150	authorizing the board and the governing bodies of any
151	municipalities located within the district to enter into
152	contracts and agreements with respect to common powers,
153	duties, and functions; authorizing the state, counties,
154	and municipalities to enter into cooperation agreements
155	with the district for specified purposes; authorizing the
156	board to undertake and finance district projects jointly
157	with the Scripps Research Institute, Palm Beach County, or
158	any municipality, or to combine projects of the district
159	with the projects of a municipality or municipalities;
160	providing authority of the district to make and enter into
161	all necessary contracts and agreements and to accept and
162	receive grants or loans of money, material, or property;
163	providing tax exemption for all assets and properties of
164	the district, bonds issued by the district, and all fees,
165	charges and other revenues derived by the district from
166	the projects under the act; providing construction with
167	respect thereto; providing conditions precedent to
168	bringing suit against the district; authorizing specified
169	action to be taken absent notice and hearing upon the
170	written consent of landowners; providing remedies for
171	noncompliance with the act; providing injunctive relief;
172	specifying violations; providing penalties; authorizing
173	investment of district funds by the board in specified
174	obligations, bonds, notes, and other investments;
175	specifying the fiscal year of the district; providing
176	severability; providing construction of the act; requiring
177	a referendum; providing an effective date.
178
179	WHEREAS, the economic progress and well-being of the people
180	of Florida depend in large measure upon attracting and creating
181	new high technology investments and jobs to Florida, and
182	WHEREAS, recent advances in technology and changes in the
183	national and world economies make it imperative that appropriate
184	measures be taken to promote new investments in job creation,
185	the conservation of natural resources, and sustainable
186	communities, and
187	WHEREAS, the promotion of new investments to create new
188	jobs, the creation of sustainable communities, and conservation
189	of natural resources are valid public purposes and the
190	legitimate concern of special taxing districts created for that
191	purpose, and
192	WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Legislature to
193	establish the powers, functions, and authorities of the Scripps
194	Research Improvement District, so as to enable that district to
195	undertake the improvements herein provided for, to promote and
196	create favorable conditions for the development and practical
197	application of new and advanced biotechnology concepts, and to
198	create a sustainable community, and
199	WHEREAS, the objectives and purposes of the Scripps
200	Research Improvement District shall be to provide for the
201	management of surface water, irrigation of land, environmental
202	mitigation, water and sewer systems, waste collection and
203	disposal facilities, mosquito and other pest controls, public
204	recreation, parking and pedestrian facilities, advertising,
205	public transportation, and other public utilities; to create and
206	maintain conservation areas and wildlife sanctuaries; to provide
207	streets, roads, bridges, street lighting, bike paths, pedestrian
208	ways, hiking trails, parks, landscaping, and signage; to adopt a
209	comprehensive plan and land development regulations; and to
210	exercise all of the other powers and authorities provided for in
211	this act, and
212	WHEREAS, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
213	several powers and authorities provided for in this act are each
214	valid and independent objectives and purposes of the Scripps
215	Research Improvement District and essential to the
216	accomplishment of the purposes of this act, and
217	WHEREAS, the Legislature further finds and declares that
218	the purposes of this act cannot be realized except through a
219	special taxing district having the powers hereinafter provided
220	and that the operation of the district and its facilities and
221	services and the exercise by the board of supervisors of the
222	district of the powers and authorities provided for herein are
223	necessary for the convenience, comfort, and welfare of the
224	district and all its inhabitants and landowners, will benefit
225	all properties, persons and enterprises within the district, and
226	constitute a valid public purpose, NOW, THEREFORE,
227
228	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
229
230	Section 1.  Creation of the district.--There is hereby
231	created the Scripps Research Improvement District.
232	Section 2.  Definitions.--Unless the context shall indicate
233	otherwise, the following words as used in this act shall have
234	the following meanings:
235	(1)  "Assessable improvements" includes, without
236	limitation, any and all water management works and facilities,
237	preservation, conservation, and mitigation projects, sewer
238	systems, storm sewers and drains, water systems, streets, roads,
239	parks, landscaping, street lighting, signage, bike paths,
240	pedestrian ways, hiking trails, or other projects of the
241	district, or that portion or portions thereof, local in nature
242	and of special benefit to the premises or lands served thereby,
243	and any and all modifications, improvements, and enlargements
244	thereof.
245	(2)  "Bond" includes "certificate," and provisions
246	applicable to bonds shall be equally applicable to certificates.
247	"Bond" includes general obligation bonds, assessment bonds,
248	refunding bonds, excise tax bonds, revenue bonds, and such other
249	obligations in the nature of bonds as are provided for in this
250	act, as the case may be.
251	(3)  "Board of supervisors" means the Board of Supervisors
252	of the Scripps Research Improvement District or, if such
253	district shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission
254	succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the
255	powers given by this act to the board of supervisors shall be
256	given by law.
257	(4)  "Cost," when used with reference to any project,
258	includes, but is not limited to, the expenses of determining the
259	feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction, or
260	reconstruction; the cost of surveys, estimates, plans, and
261	specifications; the cost of acquisition, construction, or
262	reconstruction; the cost of improvements; engineering,
263	consultants, fiscal and legal expenses, and charges; the cost of
264	all labor, materials, machinery, and equipment; the cost of all
265	lands, properties, rights, easements, and franchises acquired;
266	federal, state, and local taxes and assessments; financing
267	charges; the creation of initial reserve and debt service funds;
268	working capital; interest charges incurred or estimated to be
269	incurred on money borrowed prior to and during construction and
270	acquisition and for such period of time after completion of
271	construction or acquisition as the board of supervisors may
272	determine; the cost of issuance of bonds pursuant to this act,
273	including advertisements and printing; the cost of any election
274	held pursuant to this act and all other expenses of issuance of
275	bonds; discount, if any, on the sale or exchange of bonds;
276	administrative expenses; such other expenses as may be necessary
277	or incidental to the acquisition, construction, or
278	reconstruction of any project or to the financing thereof, or
279	the development of any lands within the district; and
280	reimbursement of any public or private body, person, firm, or
281	corporation for any moneys advanced in connection with any of
282	the foregoing items of cost. Any obligation or expense incurred
283	prior to the issuance of bonds in connection with the
284	acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of any project or
285	improvements thereon, or in connection with any other
286	development of land that the board of supervisors of the
287	district shall determine to be necessary or desirable in
288	carrying out the purposes of this act, may be treated as a part
289	of such cost.
290	(5)  "District" means the Scripps Research Improvement
291	District.
292	(6)  "Landowner" means the owner of the freehold estate, as
293	appears by the deed record, including private corporations
294	having such an ownership interest, and shall not include
295	reversioners, remaindermen, trustees, (other than persons owning
296	the freehold estate as of deed record) or mortgagees, who shall
297	not be counted and need not be notified by publication or served
298	by process, but shall be represented by the present owners of
299	the freehold estate in any proceeding under this act.
300	(7)  "Parking facilities" means lots, garages, parking
301	terminals, and other structures either single or multilevel and
302	at, above, or below the surface for the offstreet parking of
303	motor vehicles, open to public use with or without a fee,
304	including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
305	facilities for automobiles, trucks, buses, trains, bicycles,
306	trolleys, shuttles, waiting rooms, associated retail and service
307	facilities, lockers, and, if deemed necessary or desirable by
308	the board of supervisors, space to be leased for such uses as
309	the board of supervisors may deem advisable, and all facilities
310	appurtenant thereto, including onstreet parking meters, and all
311	property rights, easements, and interests relating thereto which
312	the board of supervisors deems necessary or desirable for the
313	construction or operation thereof.
314	(8)  "Plat" means a map or drawing depicting the division
315	of lands into lots, blocks, parcels, tracts, sites, or other
316	divisions, however the same may be designated.
317	(9)  "Project" means any development, improvement,
318	property, utility, facility, system, or water and surface water
319	management facilities, and works, including, without limitation,
320	water and sewer systems, waste collection and disposal systems,
321	roads, sidewalks, parks, lighting, signage, bike paths,
322	pedestrian ways, hiking trails, landscaping, parking facilities,
323	public transportation facilities and devices, and telephone,
324	cable, satellite, cellular, and other communication facilities
325	and services, now existing or hereafter undertaken or
326	established, that under the provisions of this act, the district
327	is authorized to construct, acquire, undertake, or furnish for
328	its own use or for the use of any other person, firm, or
329	corporation owning, leasing, or otherwise using the same, for
330	any profit or nonprofit purpose or activity, and shall include,
331	without limitation, such repairs, replacements, additions,
332	extensions, and betterments of and to any project as may be
333	deemed necessary or desirable by the board of supervisors to
334	place or to maintain such project in proper condition for the
335	safe, efficient, and economic operation thereof.
336	(10)  "Sewer system" means any plant, system, facility, or
337	property and additions, extensions, and improvements thereto at
338	any future time constructed or acquired as part thereof, useful
339	or necessary or having the present capacity for future use in
340	connection with the collection, treatment, purification, or
341	disposal of sewage, including, without limitation, industrial
342	wastes resulting from any processes of industry, manufacture,
343	trade, or business or from the development of any natural
344	resources; and, without limiting the generality of the
345	foregoing, shall include treatment plants, disposal facilities,
346	pumping stations, lift stations, valves, force mains,
347	intercepting sewers, laterals, pressure lines, mains, and all
348	necessary appurtenances and equipment; all sewer mains,
349	laterals, and other devices for the reception, treatment,
350	disposal, and collection of sewage from premises connected
351	therewith; all real and personal property and any interest
352	therein; and rights, easements, and franchises of any nature
353	whatsoever relating to any such system and necessary or
354	convenient for the operation thereof.
355	(11)  "Subdivision" means the division of a parcel of land,
356	whether improved or unimproved, into two or more lots or parcels
357	of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of
358	transfer of ownership or building development where the
359	subdivider advocates, proposes, suggests, or exhibits a proposed
360	plan, map, or plat of development of the land or where the
361	subdivider proposes to create a street, right-of-way, or
362	easement that joins or connects to an existing public street for
363	ingress and egress, or to change an existing public street.
364	(12)  "Waste collection and disposal system" means all the
365	facilities of the district for the collection and disposal of
366	garbage and other waste matter except sewage, but including
367	liquid waste material from septic tank and grease trap systems,
368	together with digested sludge from sewage treatment plants, and
369	shall include all such facilities, including incinerators,
370	composting plants, or other means of disposal constructed or
371	acquired pursuant to the provisions of this act, or hereafter
372	constructed or acquired by the district from any other source
373	whatsoever.
374	(13)  "Water and surface water management facilities" means
375	any canals, ditches, or other drainage facilities, reservoirs,
376	dams, levees, sluiceways, dredging holding basins, floodways,
377	pumping stations, or any other works, structures, or facilities
378	for the conservation, control, development, utilization, and
379	disposal of water, and any purposes appurtenant, necessary, or
380	incidental thereto, and includes all real and personal property
381	and any interest therein, and rights, easements, and franchises
382	of any nature relating to any such water and surface water
383	management facilities or necessary or convenient for the
384	acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, or
385	maintenance thereof.
386	(14)  "Water system" means any plant, system, facility or
387	property and additions, extensions, and improvements thereto at
388	any future time constructed or acquired as part thereof, useful
389	or necessary or having the present capacity for future use in
390	connection with the development of sources, treatment, or
391	purification and distribution of water for domestic, irrigation,
392	commercial, or industrial use and, without limiting the
393	generality of the foregoing, includes dams, reservoirs, storage
394	tanks, mains, lines, valves, pumping stations, laterals, and
395	pipes for the purpose of carrying water to the premises
396	connected with such system, all real and personal property and
397	any interests therein, and rights, easements, and franchises of
398	any nature whatsoever relating to any such system and necessary
399	or convenient for the operation thereof.
400	(15)  References in this act to the "territorial limits" or
401	"corporate limits" of the district mean such limits or
402	boundaries as the same may from time to time be expanded,
403	contracted, or otherwise revised by law or in any proceedings
404	taken under this act, and any actions that may be taken by or on
405	behalf of the district under this act within the limits or
406	boundaries of the district may be taken within such limits or
407	boundaries as expanded, contracted, or otherwise revised.
408	Section 3.  Board of supervisors; elections; organization;
409	terms of office; quorum; annual meetings; report and minutes.--
410	(1)  The Board of Supervisors of the Scripps Research
411	Improvement District shall be the governing body of the district
412	and shall, subject to the provisions of this act, exercise the
413	powers granted to the district under this act. The board of
414	supervisors shall consist of seven members and, except as
415	otherwise provided herein, each member shall hold office for a
416	term of 4 years and until his or her successor shall be chosen
417	and shall qualify. A majority of the members of the board of
418	supervisors shall be residents of Palm Beach County.
419	(2)  In the first 5 years after the effective date of this
420	act, the board of supervisors shall be appointed, three members
421	by the Governor, one by the Senate President, one by the Speaker
422	of the House of Representatives, one by the City Commission of
423	Palm Beach Gardens, and one by the County Commission of Palm
424	Beach County. Thereafter, the landowners within the district
425	shall elect the supervisors as set forth herein.
426	(3)  The first annual meeting of the landowners of the
427	district under this act shall be held in May, 2010 for the
428	purpose of electing three supervisors for terms of 4 years each
429	commencing on June 6, 2010, and until their successors are
430	chosen and shall qualify. If for any reason such first annual
431	meeting cannot be held in May, 2010 then such meeting shall be
432	held as soon as practicable thereafter. Thereafter, an annual
433	meeting of the landowners shall be held during the month of May
434	of each year.
435	(4)  Following the fourth annual meeting of the landowners,
436	elections of supervisors shall be held every 2 years for the
437	purpose of electing three or four supervisors, as the case may
438	be, as successors to the supervisors whose terms expire in June
439	of such year. Each supervisor so elected shall hold office for a
440	term of 4 years, commencing as of the first Tuesday in June of
441	the year of his or her election and until his or her successor
442	is chosen and shall qualify. Such elections shall be held at the
443	annual meeting of the landowners of the district held in such
444	year.
445	(5)  At all elections of supervisors, each landowner shall
446	be entitled to one vote in person or by written proxy for every
447	acre of land and for every major fraction of an acre owned by
448	him or her in the district. The ownership of land or lands
449	aggregating in excess of one-half acre and less than one acre
450	shall entitle the landowner to one vote with respect thereto.
451	Except as otherwise provided hereinabove, there shall be no more
452	than one vote for every acre of land within the district,
453	regardless of the number of fractional or other ownership
454	interests held therein. Ownership of one-half acre or a lesser
455	fraction of an acre shall not entitle the owner thereof to a
456	vote. The person receiving the highest number of votes for the
457	office of supervisor shall be declared elected. If at any
458	meeting of the landowners more than one office of supervisor is
459	to be filled, a separate vote shall be taken on each such
460	office. The votes shall be decided by lot.
461	(6)  All supervisors shall hold office for the terms for
462	which they are elected or appointed and until their successors
463	shall be chosen and qualify. In case of a vacancy after June 6,
464	2010, in the office of any supervisor, the remaining supervisor
465	or supervisors even though less than a quorum may fill such
466	vacancy until the sooner occurrence of:
467	(a)  The next annual meeting of the landowners, when a
468	successor to such appointee shall be elected by the landowners
469	for the unexpired term; or
470	(b)  The election by the landowners of a successor to such
471	appointee for the unexpired term, at a special meeting of the
472	landowners called for such purpose at any time upon written
473	request of the landowners as provided in subsection (5).
474
475	In the event any vacancy remains unfilled for more than 30 days
476	after such vacancy occurs, it may be filled by vote of the
477	landowners at a meeting of landowners called for such purpose,
478	and the person so elected shall replace any person who may have
479	been elected by the remaining supervisor or supervisors after
480	the landowners have made a written request for such an election
481	as provided in subsection (5).
482	(7)  As soon as practicable after each election, the board
483	of supervisors of the district shall organize by choosing one of
484	their number president of the board of supervisors and by
485	electing a secretary, who need not be a member of the board. The
486	board of supervisors shall adopt a seal which shall be the seal
487	of the district.
488	(8)  A majority of the members of the board of supervisors
489	shall constitute a quorum.
490	(9)  At each annual meeting of the landowners of the
491	district the board of supervisors shall report all work
492	undertaken or completed during the preceding year and the status
493	of the finances of the district.
494	(10)  The board of supervisors shall keep a permanent
495	record book entitled "Record of Governing Board of Scripps
496	Research Improvement District," in which shall be recorded
497	minutes of all meetings, resolutions, proceedings, certificates,
498	bonds given by all employees, and any and all corporate acts,
499	which book shall at reasonable times be opened to public
500	inspection. Such record book shall be kept at an office or other
501	regular place of business maintained by the board of supervisors
502	in Palm Beach County.
503	(11)  Whenever any election shall be authorized or required
504	by this act to be held by the landowners at any particular or
505	stated time or day, and if for any reason such election is not
506	held at such time or on such day, then in such event the power
507	or duty to hold such election shall not cease or lapse, but such
508	election shall be held thereafter when practicable, in
509	accordance with the procedures provided by this act.
510	Section 4.  Notice and call of meetings of landowners;
511	quorum; adjournments; representation at meetings; recall; taking
512	action without meeting.--
513	(1)  The board of supervisors shall provide for the giving
514	of notice of all meetings of landowners by publication once a
515	week for 2 consecutive weeks prior to such meeting in a
516	newspaper or newspapers published or of general circulation in
517	Palm Beach County. Meetings of landowners shall be held in a
518	public place, or any other place made available for the purpose
519	of such meeting, in Palm Beach County and the place, date, and
520	hour of holding such meeting and the purpose thereof shall be
521	stated in the notice. Landowners representing a majority of the
522	number of acres in the district, present in person or by proxy,
523	shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the landowners.
524	(2)  The board of supervisors shall have the power to call
525	special meetings of the landowners at any time to receive
526	reports of the board of supervisors or for such other purpose as
527	the board of supervisors may determine. After June 6, 2010, a
528	special meeting of the landowners may also be called at any time
529	upon notice as provided hereinabove at the written request of
530	the owners of not less than 25 percent in acreage of the land
531	within the district for the purpose of:
532	(a)  Filling any vacancy on the board of supervisors
533	remaining unfilled for more than 30 days after such vacancy
534	occurs;
535	(b)  Recalling any supervisor theretofore elected or
536	designated and filling such vacancy for the unexpired term; or
537	(c)  Taking any other action by the landowners of the
538	district.
539
540	Such special meeting shall be called by any court of competent
541	jurisdiction in the event that the board of supervisors fails to
542	do so upon request as provided in the preceding sentence. Except
543	as otherwise provided in section 3 (4) with respect to the
544	election of supervisors, action taken at a meeting of the
545	landowners shall be by the affirmative vote of the owners of at
546	least a majority in acreage of the land within the district
547	represented at such meeting.
548	(3)  If no quorum is present or represented at a meeting of
549	the landowners at the time and place the same is called to be
550	held, the landowners present and represented, although less than
551	a quorum, may adjourn to another time or day, and at such or any
552	subsequent adjourned meeting may, if a quorum is then present or
553	represented, take any action that the landowners could have
554	taken at the meeting or meetings so adjourned for lack of a
555	quorum.
556	(4)  At any meeting of the landowners, guardians may
557	represent their wards, executors and administrators may
558	represent the estate of deceased persons, trustees may represent
559	lands held by them in trust, and private corporations may be
560	represented by their duly authorized proxy. All landowners,
561	including guardians, executors, administrators, trustees, and
562	corporations, may be represented and vote by proxy.
563	(5)  Any action required or that may be taken at a meeting
564	of the landowners may be taken, without a meeting or notice of
565	meeting being given, upon the written consent of all of the
566	landowners.
567	Section 5.  Compensation of board.--Each supervisor shall
568	be entitled to receive for his or her services a per diem, not
569	to exceed that provided by law for state and county officials,
570	of $25 for each day actually engaged in work pertaining to the
571	district, but not in excess in any one month of $100. In
572	addition, each supervisor shall receive reasonable traveling
573	expenses for attending the place of meeting from his or her
574	residence. Unless the board of supervisors by resolution
575	otherwise provides, such traveling expenses shall not be in
576	excess of the amounts provided by law for state and county
577	officials.
578	Section 6.  Treasurer; depositories; fiscal agent.--
579	(1)  The board of supervisors shall designate a person who
580	is a resident of the state, or a bank or trust company organized
581	under the laws of the state, as treasurer of the district, who
582	shall have charge of the funds of the district. Such funds shall
583	be disbursed only upon the order of or pursuant to the
584	resolution of the board of supervisors by warrant or check
585	signed by the treasurer, or by such other person as may be
586	authorized by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors
587	may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and
588	duties as the board may deem appropriate, and fix his or her
589	compensation. The board of supervisors may require the treasurer
590	to give a bond in such amount, on such terms, and with such
591	sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure
592	the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and
593	duties. The board of supervisors shall audit or have audited the
594	books of the treasurer at least once a year.
595	(2)  The board of supervisors is authorized to select as
596	depositories in which the funds of the board and of the district
597	shall be deposited any banking corporation organized under the
598	laws of the state or under the national banking act, doing
599	business in the state, upon such terms and conditions as to the
600	payment of interest by such depository upon the funds so
601	deposited as the board may deem just and reasonable.
602	(3)  The Comptroller may from time to time adopt, revise,
603	and rescind rules and regulations prescribing the qualifications
604	of depositories of funds of the district and establishing
605	requirements for security to be given by depositories with
606	respect to such funds. In the absence of any such rules and
607	regulations issued by the Comptroller, the board of supervisors
608	may prescribe the qualifications of depositories and the
609	requirements for security to be given by depositories.
610	(4)  The board of supervisors may employ a fiscal agent,
611	who shall be either a resident of the state or a corporation
612	organized under the laws of this or any other state and
613	authorized by such laws to act as such fiscal agent for
614	municipal corporations in the state and who shall assist in the
615	keeping of the tax books, the collection of taxes, and the
616	remitting of funds to pay maturing bonds and coupons, and
617	perform such other or additional services and duties as fiscal
618	agent and receive such compensation as the board of supervisors
619	may determine.
620	Section 7.  Powers and duties of the board of
621	supervisors.--
622	(1)  Except as otherwise provided in this act, all of the
623	powers and duties of the district shall be exercised by and
624	through the board of supervisors. Without limiting the
625	generality of the foregoing, the board shall have the power and
626	authority to:
627	(a)  Employ engineers, contractors, consultants, attorneys,
628	accountants, agents, employees, and representatives as the board
629	of supervisors may from time to time determine, on such terms
630	and conditions as the board of supervisors may approve, and fix
631	their compensation and duties.
632	(b)  Adopt bylaws, rules, resolutions, and orders
633	prescribing the powers, duties, and functions of the officers of
634	the district, the conduct of the business of the district, the
635	maintenance of records, and the form of certificates evidencing
636	tax liens and all other documents and records of the district.
637	The board may adopt administrative rules and regulations with
638	respect to any of the projects of the district, on such notice
639	and public hearing, if any, as the board may determine.
640	(c)  Maintain an office at such place or places as it may
641	designate.
642	(d)  Enter or direct the entry upon any lands, premises,
643	waters, or other property subject to the requirements of due
644	process as to privately owned property.
645	(e)  Execute all contracts and other documents, adopt all
646	proceedings, and perform all acts determined by the board of
647	supervisors to be necessary or desirable to carry out the
648	purposes of this act. The board may authorize one or more
649	members of the board to execute contracts and other documents on
650	behalf of the board or the district.
651	(f)  Establish and create such departments, boards, or
652	other agencies as from time to time the board of supervisors may
653	deem necessary or desirable in the performance of any acts or
654	other things necessary to the exercise of the powers provided in
655	this act, and to delegate to such departments, boards, or other
656	agencies such administrative duties and other powers as the
657	board of supervisors may deem necessary or desirable. The board
658	of supervisors may appoint a person to act as general manager of
659	the district, having such official title, functions, duties, and
660	power as the board may prescribe.
661	(g)  Examine, and authorize any officer or agent of the
662	district to examine, the county tax rolls with respect to the
663	assessed valuation of the real and personal property within the
664	district.
665	(2)  The board of supervisors shall comply with the public
666	records and public meeting requirements of chapters 119 and 286,
667	Florida Statutes, and for the purposes of those requirements
668	shall be considered a state agency.
669	Section 8.  Powers of the district.--The district shall
670	have the following powers:
671	(1)  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.--To sue and be sued by its name in
672	any court of law or in equity.
673	(2)  CORPORATE SEAL.--To adopt and use a corporate seal and
674	to alter the same at pleasure.
675	(3)  OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.--To acquire
676	property, real, personal, or mixed, within or without its
677	territorial limits, in fee simple or any lesser interest or
678	estate, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, on such terms and
679	conditions as the board of supervisors may deem necessary or
680	desirable, and by condemnation (subject to the limitations of
681	subsection (5)), all provided that the board of supervisors
682	determines that the use or ownership of such property is
683	necessary in the furtherance of a designated lawful purpose
684	authorized under the provisions of this act, and amendments
685	thereto; to acquire mineral rights and leases; to acquire title
686	to easements or rights-of-way with or without restrictions
687	within or without the limits of the district; to accept the
688	dedication of streets and other rights-of-way on such terms and
689	conditions as the board of supervisors may approve; to make
690	purchase money mortgages and deed trusts and other forms of
691	encumbrance on any property acquired by the district and to
692	purchase property subject to purchase money mortgages, or other
693	encumbrances; and to mortgage, hold, manage, control, convey,
694	lease, sell, grant, or otherwise dispose of the same, and of any
695	of the assets and properties of the district, with or without
696	consideration.
697	(4)  LEASE OF FACILITIES.--Whenever deemed necessary or
698	desirable by the board of supervisors, to lease as lessor or
699	lessee to or from any person, firm, corporation, association or
700	body, public or private, any projects of the type that the
701	district is authorized to undertake and facilities or property
702	of any nature for the use of the district and to carry out any
703	of the purposes of the district, subject to the limitations of
704	section 18 of this act.
705	(5)  EMINENT DOMAIN.--To exercise within or without the
706	territorial limits of the district the right and power of
707	eminent domain to carry out the purposes of this act and
708	amendments thereto. In addition to and not in limitation of the
709	foregoing, the district may also exercise the right and power of
710	eminent domain within the territorial limits of the district for
711	the purpose of condemning any real, personal, or mixed property,
712	public or private, including, without limitation, property owned
713	by any other political body or municipal corporation, which the
714	board of supervisors shall deem necessary for the use,
715	construction, or operation of any of the projects of the
716	district or otherwise to carry out any of the purposes of the
717	district. The power of condemnation shall be exercised in the
718	same manner as is now provided by the general laws of the state.
719	In any proceeding under this act for the taking of property by
720	eminent domain or condemnation, the board of supervisors is
721	authorized to file a declaration of taking allowing immediate
722	possession of the property before the final trial by making
723	deposit as to value as provided by the general statutes, and
724	shall have all the benefits provided by chapters 73 and 74,
725	Florida Statutes, or any other statutes of the state which give
726	the right to immediate taking and possession. No public or
727	private body, and no agency or authority of the state or any
728	political subdivision thereof shall exercise the power of
729	eminent domain or condemnation with respect to any of the
730	properties, easements, or rights owned by the district and lying
731	within the district except with the concurrence of the board of
732	supervisors of the district, which shall not be unreasonably
733	withheld.
734	(6)  WATER MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION.--To adopt a water
735	management plan and to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct,
736	equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve canals, ditches,
737	drains, dikes, levees, pumps, plants, pumping systems,
738	collection and distribution systems, and other works for water
739	management and irrigation purposes.
740	(7)  WATER MANAGEMENT; EROSION CONTROL; ELIGIBILITY FOR
741	STATE AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.--To own, acquire, construct,
742	reconstruct, equip, maintain, operate, extend, and improve water
743	management facilities; to regulate the supply and level of water
744	within the district; to divert waters from one area, lake, pond,
745	river, stream, basin, or drainage or water flood control
746	facility to any other area, lake, pond, river, stream, basin, or
747	drainage and water flood control facility; to regulate, control,
748	and restrict the development and use of natural or artificial
749	streams or bodies of water, lakes, or ponds; and to take all
750	measures determined by the board of supervisors to be necessary
751	or desirable to prevent or alleviate land erosion. The powers
752	granted to the district by this subsection shall be exclusive
753	within the area of the district of the exercise of the same or
754	like powers by any other public body, agency, authority, or
755	subdivision, and no other public body, agency, authority, or
756	subdivision shall within the area of the district exercise the
757	same or like powers as are granted to the district under this
758	subsection except upon the concurrence of the board of
759	supervisors. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
760	district eligible to receive moneys, disbursements, and
761	assistance from the state and federal governments to facilitate
762	the exercise of the powers under this subsection.
763	(8)  WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.--To own, acquire, construct,
764	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve water
765	systems and sewer systems or combined water and sewer systems;
766	to regulate the use of sewers and the supply of water within the
767	district and to prohibit or regulate the use and maintenance of
768	outhouses, privies, septic tanks, or other sanitary structures
769	or appliances within the district; to prescribe methods of
770	pretreatment of wastes not amenable to treatment with domestic
771	sewage before accepting such wastes for treatment and to refuse
772	to accept such wastes when not sufficiently pretreated as may be
773	prescribed, and to prescribe penalties for the refusal of any
774	person or corporation to so pretreat such wastes; to sell or
775	otherwise dispose of the effluent, sludge, or other byproducts
776	as a result of sewage treatment; and to construct and operate
777	connecting, intercepting, or outlet sewers and sewer mains and
778	pipes and water mains, conduits, or pipelines in, along, or
779	under any street, alleys, highways, or other public places or
780	ways within or without the district, when deemed necessary or
781	desirable by the board of supervisors in accomplishing the
782	purposes of this act.
783	(9)  WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.--To own, acquire,
784	construct, reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and
785	improve a waste collection and disposal system, and to sell or
786	otherwise dispose of any effluent, residue or other byproducts
787	of such system.
788	(10)  MOSQUITO AND PEST CONTROLS; ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND
789	FEDERAL AID.--To establish a program for the control, abatement,
790	and elimination of mosquitoes and other noxious insects,
791	rodents, reptiles, and other pests throughout the district and
792	to undertake such works and construct such facilities within or
793	without the district as may be determined by the board of
794	supervisors to be needed to effectuate such program; to abate
795	and suppress mosquitoes and other arthropods, whether disease-
796	bearing or pestiferous, within or without the district when in
797	the judgment of the board of supervisors necessary or desirable
798	for the health and welfare of the inhabitants of or visitors to
799	the district; and to take any and all temporary or permanent
800	eliminative measures that the board of supervisors may deem
801	advisable. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
802	district eligible to receive state and federal funds to
803	facilitate the exercise of the powers under this subsection.
804	(11)  RECREATION FACILITIES.--To own, acquire, construct,
805	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve:
806	parks; playgrounds; picnic grounds; camping facilities; bicycle,
807	walking, and hiking trails; golf courses; athletic fields;
808	marinas; piers; wharves; docks; harbors; boating and fishing
809	facilities; swimming pools; bathing beaches and other water
810	recreation facilities; stadiums; auditoriums; civic centers;
811	aquariums; libraries; museums; recreational centers; convention
812	halls and facilities; radio, cellular, and television sending,
813	transmission, and receiving stations; community antenna and
814	cable television systems; and cultural, recreational, and
815	educational buildings, facilities, and projects of all kinds and
816	descriptions.
817	(12)  PARKING FACILITIES.--To own, acquire, construct,
818	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
819	parking facilities; to install or cause to be installed parking
820	meters at or near the curbs of streets, roads, and other public
821	ways within the district; and to adopt such regulations and
822	impose such charges in connection with any parking facilities
823	and parking meters as the board of supervisors may deem
824	necessary or desirable.
825	(13)  FIRE PROTECTION.--To own, acquire, construct,
826	reconstruct, equip, maintain, operate, extend, and improve fire
827	control facilities for the district, including fire stations,
828	water mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and
829	equipment, and to undertake such works and construct such
830	facilities as may be determined necessary by the board of
831	supervisors to carry out a program of fire prevention and fire
832	control within the district.
833	(14)  ADVERTISING.--To undertake a program of advertising
834	to the public promoting the businesses, facilities, and
835	communities within the district and the projects of the
836	district, and to expend moneys and undertake such activities to
837	carry out such advertising and promotional program as the board
838	of supervisors from time to time may determine.
839	(15)  TRANSPORTATION.--To own, acquire, construct,
840	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
841	common, private, or contract carriers, buses, vehicles,
842	railroads, monorails, airplanes, helicopters, boats, and other
843	transportation facilities, whether now or hereafter invented or
844	developed, including, without limitation, novel and experimental
845	facilities such as moving platforms and sidewalks, as may be
846	determined from time to time by the board of supervisors to be
847	useful or appropriate to meet the transportation requirements of
848	the district and activities conducted within the district; and
849	to extend such transportation facilities to areas outside the
850	district in order to provide transportation to and from the
851	district.
852	(16)  CONSERVATION AREAS AND SANCTUARIES.--To designate,
853	set aside, maintain, create, and enhance wetlands and uplands
854	within the district as conservation areas for fish and wildlife;
855	and to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations with respect
856	thereto.
857	(17)  ISSUANCE OF BONDS.--To issue general obligation
858	bonds, revenue bonds, assessment bonds, or any other bonds or
859	obligations authorized by the provisions of this act or any
860	other law, or any combination of the foregoing, to pay all or
861	part of the cost of the acquisition, construction,
862	reconstruction, extension, repair, improvement, maintenance, or
863	operation of any project or combination of projects; to provide
864	for any facility, service, or other activity of the district;
865	and to provide for the retirement or refunding of any bonds or
866	obligations of the district, or for any combination of the
867	foregoing purposes.
868	(18)  OTHER POWERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.--In addition
869	to the powers specifically provided in this act, the district
870	shall have the power to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct,
871	equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve such other
872	projects as the board of supervisors may in its discretion find
873	necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this act,
874	and to exercise through its board of supervisors all powers
875	necessary, convenient, or proper to carry out the purposes of
876	this act. In connection with any of the projects that the
877	district is authorized to undertake pursuant to the powers and
878	authority vested in it by this act and, in order to promote the
879	development and utilization of new concepts, designs, and ideas
880	in the fields of biotechnology, recreation, and sustainable
881	communities, the district shall have the power and authority to
882	examine into, develop, and utilize new concepts, designs, and
883	ideas, and to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip,
884	operate, maintain, extend, and improve such experimental public
885	facilities and services, and otherwise to undertake, sponsor,
886	finance, and maintain such research activities, experimentation,
887	and development as the board may from time to time determine.
888	Section 9.  Authority of the district with respect to
889	roads, bridges, street lighting.--
890	(1)  The district shall have the powers, and shall be
891	entitled to the benefits and privileges under law, of special
892	road and bridge districts. The district shall have the right and
893	power to own, acquire, open, extend, close, vacate, abandon,
894	construct, reconstruct, pave, operate, improve, and maintain
895	highways, streets, toll roads and bridges, alleys, sidewalks,
896	bike paths, hiking trails, promenades, boardwalks, bridges,
897	tunnels, interchanges, underpasses, overpasses, causeways,
898	associated stormwater collection, conveyance, and treatment
899	systems, and public thoroughfares of all kinds and descriptions
900	(hereinafter collectively and severally referred to as "public
901	roads") and connections to and extensions of any and all
902	existing public roads within the district, deemed necessary or
903	convenient by the board of supervisors to provide access to and
904	efficient development of the territory within the district; to
905	regulate and control the use, encroachments in, upon, over, and
906	under, and the obstruction thereof; to erect, maintain, and from
907	time to time change the location of and operate toll plazas,
908	traffic control devices and signs, and street signs; and to
909	construct and maintain sidewalks and street lights along public
910	roads in the district and elsewhere as may from time to time be
911	deemed appropriate by the board of supervisors adequately to
912	service the lands in the district.
913	(2)  The right and authority of the district to construct,
914	control, and maintain public roads and connections to and
915	extensions thereof now or hereafter acquired, constructed, or
916	maintained with public funds. No public road within the district
917	or any connection to or extensions thereof shall constitute a
918	part of the state highway system or the county road system
919	unless so designated by the board of supervisors of the
920	district, and no agency or authority of the state or any
921	political subdivision thereof shall have the power or authority,
922	except with the concurrence of the board of supervisors, to
923	acquire, construct, or maintain public roads within the
924	territorial limits of the district.
925	Section 10.  Unit development; powers of board of
926	supervisors to designate units of district and adopt plans for
927	district facilities, projects and systems by unit; plans of work
928	and financing assessments for each unit; amendment of unit
929	plan.--
930	(1)  The board of supervisors of the district shall have
931	the power and is hereby authorized in its discretion to
932	construct, maintain, and operate district facilities, projects,
933	and systems by designated areas or parts of the district to be
934	called "units." The units into which the district may be so
935	divided shall be given appropriate numbers or names by the board
936	of supervisors, so that the units may be readily identified and
937	distinguished. The board of supervisors shall have the power to
938	fix and determine the location, area, and boundaries of lands to
939	be included in each and all such units, the order of development
940	thereof, and the method of carrying on the work in each unit.
941	(2)  If the board of supervisors determines that it is
942	advisable to construct, maintain, or operate district
943	facilities, projects, and systems by units, as authorized by
944	this section, the board shall, by resolution, declare its
945	purpose to conduct such work accordingly, and shall fix the
946	number, location, and boundaries of and description of lands
947	within such unit or units and give them appropriate numbers or
948	names. The entire district may also be designated as a unit for
949	the proper allocation of such part of its work plan as benefits
950	the entire district.
951	(3)  As soon as practicable after the adoption of such
952	resolution, the board of supervisors shall publish notice once a
953	week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers
954	published or of general circulation in Palm Beach County,
955	briefly describing the units into which the district has been
956	divided and the lands embraced in each unit, giving the name,
957	number, or other designation of such units, requiring all owners
958	of lands in the district to show cause in writing before the
959	board of supervisors at a time and place to be stated in such
960	notice why such division of the district into such units should
961	not be approved, and said system of development by units should
962	not be adopted and given effect by the board, and why the
963	proceedings and powers authorized by this section should not be
964	had, taken, and exercised. At the time and place stated in said
965	notice, the board of supervisors shall hear all objections or
966	causes of objection (all of which shall be in writing) of any
967	landowner in the district who may appear in person or by
968	attorney, to the matters mentioned and referred to in such
969	notice, and if no objections are made, or if objections are made
970	and overruled by the board, then the board shall enter in its
971	minutes its finding and order confirming the resolution, and may
972	thereafter proceed with the work by units pursuant to such
973	resolution and to the provisions of this act. The failure to
974	make objection as provided hereinabove shall constitute a waiver
975	of such objection, and if any objection shall be made and
976	overruled or otherwise not sustained, confirmation of the
977	resolution shall be the final adjudication of the issues
978	presented unless a judicial proceeding is initiated within 10
979	days after such ruling as provided hereinafter.
980	(4)  The board of supervisors may, as a result of any
981	objections or of other matters brought forth at such hearing,
982	modify or amend said resolution in whole or in part, confirm
983	said resolution after overruling all objections, or reject said
984	resolution, and if such resolution is confirmed, modified, or
985	amended, may proceed thereafter in accordance with said
986	resolution as confirmed, modified or amended. The sustaining of
987	such objections and the rescinding of such resolutions shall not
988	exhaust the power of the board under this section, but the board
989	of supervisors may at any time adopt other resolutions under
990	this section and thereupon proceed on due notice in like manner
991	as above provided. If the board of supervisors shall overrule or
992	refuse to sustain any such objections in whole or in part made
993	by any landowner in the district, or if any such landowner shall
994	deem himself or herself aggrieved by any action of the board of
995	supervisors in respect to any objections so filed, such
996	landowner may, within 10 days after the ruling of the board,
997	invoke the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the Eleventh
998	Circuit, and such suits shall be conducted like others seeking
999	equitable relief suits, except that said suits shall have
1000	preference over all other pending actions except criminal
1001	actions and writs of habeas corpus.
1002	(5)  When said resolutions creating said unit system shall
1003	be confirmed by the board of supervisors (or by the Circuit
1004	Court for the Eleventh Circuit, if such proposed action shall be
1005	challenged by a landowner by the judicial proceedings authorized
1006	in subsection (4)), the board of supervisors may adopt a plan or
1007	plans for work for and in respect to any or all such units, and
1008	have the benefits and costs resulting therefrom assessed and
1009	apportioned in like manner as is provided for in section 32 for
1010	the assessments of benefits. The board of supervisors shall have
1011	the same powers in respect to each and all of such units as is
1012	vested in them with respect to the entire district. Unless the
1013	board of supervisors by resolution otherwise provides, all
1014	assessments, levies, taxes, bonds, and other obligations made,
1015	levied, assessed, or issued for or in respect to any such unit
1016	or units shall be a lien and charge solely and only upon the
1017	lands in such unit or units, respectively, for the benefit of
1018	which the same shall be levied, made, or issued, and not upon
1019	the remaining units or lands in the district.
1020	(6)  The board of supervisors may at any time amend its
1021	said resolutions by changing the location and description of
1022	lands in any such unit or units, provided that if the location
1023	of or description of lands located in any such unit or units is
1024	so changed, notice of such change shall be published as required
1025	in subsection (3) for notice of the formation or organization of
1026	such unit or units, and all proceedings shall be had and done in
1027	that regard as are provided in this section for the original
1028	creation of such unit or units.
1029	(7)  If, after the determination of benefits with respect
1030	to any unit or units or the issuance of bonds or other
1031	obligations which are payable from taxes or assessments for
1032	benefits levied upon lands within such unit or units, the board
1033	of supervisors finds the plan of work of any such unit or units
1034	insufficient or inadequate for efficient development, the plan
1035	of work may be amended or changed as provided in this act, and
1036	the unit or units may be amended or changed as provided in this
1037	section by changing the location and description of lands in any
1038	such unit or units or by detaching lands therefrom or by adding
1039	lands thereto, but only upon the approval or consent of not less
1040	than the holders of a majority in principal amount of such bonds
1041	or other obligations, or such other percentage as may be
1042	required by the terms of such bonds or other obligations (or
1043	without such consent or approval, if the proceedings authorizing
1044	such bonds provide that such action may be taken without the
1045	consent or approval of the holders thereof). In the event of
1046	such amendment or change, all assessments, levies, taxes, bonds,
1047	or other obligations made, levied, assessed, incurred, or issued
1048	for or in respect to any such unit or units shall be allocated
1049	and apportioned to the amended unit or units in proportion to
1050	the benefits assessed with respect to the amended plan of work.
1051	In the event of the change of the boundaries of any unit as
1052	provided herein and the allocation and apportionment to the
1053	amended unit or units of assessments, levies, taxes, bonds, and
1054	other obligations in proportion to the benefits assessed for the
1055	amended plan of work, the holders of bonds or other obligations
1056	heretofore issued for the original unit shall be entitled to all
1057	rights and remedies against any lands added to the amended unit
1058	or units as fully and to the same extent as if such added lands
1059	had formed and constituted a part of the original unit or units
1060	at the time of the original issuance of such bonds or other
1061	obligations, and regardless of whether the holders of such bonds
1062	or other obligations are the original holders thereof or the
1063	holders from time to time hereafter, and the rights and remedies
1064	of such holders against the lands in the amended unit or units,
1065	including any lands added thereto, under such allocation and
1066	apportionment, shall constitute vested and irrevocable rights
1067	and remedies to the holders from time to time of such bonds or
1068	other obligations as fully and to the same extent as if such
1069	bonds or other obligations had been originally issued to finance
1070	the work in such amended unit or units under such amended plan
1071	of work. Conversely, in the event of the change of the
1072	boundaries of any unit whereby lands are detached therefrom, as
1073	provided for herein, said lands so detached shall be relieved
1074	and released from any further liability for the assessment,
1075	levy, or payment of any taxes for the purpose of paying the
1076	principal or interest on any bonds originally issued for the
1077	original unit from which said lands were detached.
1078	Section 11.  Exercise by district of its powers within
1079	municipalities.--The district shall have the power to exercise
1080	any of its rights, powers, privileges, and authorities in any
1081	and all portions of the district lying within the boundaries of
1082	the City of Palm Beach Gardens and any other municipal
1083	corporation or other political subdivision heretofore or
1084	hereafter created or organized, whose boundaries lie wholly or
1085	partly within the geographic limits of the district, to the same
1086	extent and in the same manner as in areas of the district not
1087	incorporated as part of a municipality or other political
1088	subdivision. With respect to any municipal corporation or other
1089	political subdivision whose boundaries lie partly within and
1090	partly without the geographic limits of the district, the
1091	district shall have the power to exercise its rights, powers,
1092	privileges, and authorities only within the portion of such
1093	municipal corporation or other political subdivision lying
1094	within the boundaries of the district, except as otherwise
1095	provided in section 12. In the event of a conflict between the
1096	provisions of this act and the powers of the district herein
1097	provided for and the provisions of any charter or law now or
1098	hereafter enacted or adopted establishing or pertaining to any
1099	municipal corporation or other political subdivision whose
1100	boundaries lie wholly or partly within the district, the
1101	provisions of this act shall control in the portion of such
1102	municipal corporation or other political subdivision which lies
1103	within the geographic limits of the district, unless such other
1104	enactment specifically repeals or amends this act.
1105	Section 12.  Furnishing facilities and services within
1106	district territory; limitation on the exercise of powers outside
1107	the district.--
1108	(1)  The district shall have the power to construct,
1109	maintain, and operate its projects within the geographic limits
1110	of the district, including any portions of the district located
1111	inside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality or other
1112	political subdivision, and to offer, supply, and furnish the
1113	facilities and services provided for in this act to, and to
1114	collect fees, rentals and other charges from persons, firms,
1115	corporations, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions,
1116	and other public or private agencies or bodies within the
1117	geographic limits of the district, and for the use of the
1118	district itself.
1119	(2)  The district shall have the power to construct,
1120	maintain, and operate its projects outside of the geographic
1121	limits of the district, and to offer, supply, and furnish the
1122	facilities and services provided for in this act to, and to
1123	collect fees, rentals, and other charges from, persons, firms,
1124	corporations, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions,
1125	and other public or private agencies or bodies outside of the
1126	geographic limits of the district. Provided, however, that the
1127	district shall not construct any project or offer, furnish, or
1128	supply facilities and services outside of the territorial limits
1129	of the district except upon the consent, approval, and
1130	certification of any regulatory agency or governing body of the
1131	state or of any municipality or other political subdivision
1132	thereof whose consent, approval or certification may be required
1133	by law.
1134	Section 13.  Mandatory use of certain district facilities
1135	and services.--The district may require all lands, buildings,
1136	and premises, and all persons, firms, and corporations within
1137	the district or within any zone or area within such district
1138	created for such purpose, to use the district's facilities and
1139	services.
1140	Section 14.  Maintenance of projects across rights-of-
1141	way.--The district shall have the power to construct and operate
1142	its projects in, along, or under any streets, alleys, highways,
1143	or other public places or ways, and across any drain, ditch,
1144	canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, railroad right-of-
1145	way, track, grade, fill, or cut, provided, however, that just
1146	compensation shall be paid by the district for any private
1147	property taken or damaged by the exercise of such power.
1148	Section 15.  Fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and charges;
1149	procedure for adoption and modification; minimum revenue
1150	requirements.--
1151	(1)  The district shall have the power to prescribe, fix,
1152	establish, and collect rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or
1153	other charges (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "revenues"),
1154	and to revise the same from time to time, for the facilities and
1155	services furnished or to be furnished by the district,
1156	including, but not limited to, drainage facilities, water and
1157	sewer systems, waste collection and disposal systems, toll roads
1158	and bridges, transportation facilities, and other public
1159	utilities; to recover the costs of making connection with any
1160	district facility or system; and to provide for reasonable
1161	penalties against any user or property for any such rates, fees,
1162	rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges that are delinquent.
1163	(2)  No such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other
1164	charges for any of the facilities or services of the district,
1165	other than parking facilities and parking meters, shall be fixed
1166	until after a public hearing at which all the users of the
1167	proposed facility or services or owners, tenants, or occupants
1168	served or to be served thereby and all other interested persons
1169	shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed
1170	rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges. Notice of
1171	such public hearing setting forth the proposed schedule or
1172	schedules of rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and other
1173	charges shall have been published in a newspaper or newspapers
1174	published or of general circulation in Palm Beach County at
1175	least once not less than 10 days prior to such public hearing,
1176	which may be adjourned from time to time. After such hearing
1177	such schedule or schedules, either as initially proposed or as
1178	modified or amended, may be finally adopted. A copy of the
1179	schedule or schedules of such rates, fees, rentals, tolls,
1180	fares, or charges as finally adopted shall be kept on file in an
1181	office designated by the board of supervisors and shall be open
1182	at all reasonable times to public inspection. The rates, fees,
1183	rentals, tolls, fares, or charges so fixed for any class of
1184	users or property served shall be extended to cover any
1185	additional users or properties thereafter served which shall
1186	fall in the same class, without the necessity of any notice or
1187	hearing. Any change or revision of rates, fees, rentals, tolls,
1188	fares, or charges may be made in the same manner as the same
1189	were originally established, as hereinabove provided, except
1190	that if such changes or revisions are made substantially pro
1191	rata as to all classes of the type of service involved no notice
1192	or hearing shall be required.
1193	(3)  Such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and charges
1194	shall be just and equitable and uniform for users of the same
1195	class and, where appropriate, may be based or computed either
1196	upon the amount of service furnished or upon the number or
1197	average number of persons residing or working or otherwise
1198	occupying the premises served, upon any other factor affecting
1199	the use of the facilities furnished, or upon any combination of
1200	the foregoing factors, as may be determined by the board of
1201	supervisors on an equitable basis.
1202	(4)  The rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other
1203	charges prescribed shall be such as will produce revenues,
1204	together with any other assessments, taxes, revenues, or funds
1205	available or pledged for such purpose, at least sufficient to
1206	provide for the items hereinafter listed, but not necessarily in
1207	the order stated:
1208	(a)  To provide for all expenses of operation and
1209	maintenance of such facility or service, including reserves for
1210	such purpose, unless the board of supervisors shall determine
1211	that in order to carry out the purposes of this act to provide
1212	novel and experimental facilities and services the requirements
1213	of this paragraph are inappropriate with respect to any such
1214	facility or service.
1215	(b)  To pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the
1216	payment of which such revenues are, or shall have been, pledged
1217	or encumbered, including reserves for such purpose.
1218	(c)  To provide for any other funds which may be required
1219	under the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of
1220	bonds pursuant to this act.
1221	(5)  The board of supervisors shall have the power to enter
1222	into contracts for the use of the projects of the district and
1223	with respect to the services and facilities furnished or to be
1224	furnished by the district, including, but not limited to,
1225	service agreements with landowners and others within or without
1226	the district, for such consideration and on such other terms and
1227	conditions as the board of supervisors may approve. No hearing
1228	or notice thereof shall be required prior to the authorization
1229	or execution by the board of supervisors of any such contract or
1230	agreement, and the same shall not be subject to revision except
1231	in accordance with their terms. Such contracts or agreements,
1232	and revenues or service charges received or to be received by
1233	the district thereunder, may be pledged as security for any of
1234	the bonds of the district.
1235	Section 16.  Recovery of delinquent charges.--In the event
1236	that any of the rates, fees, rentals, charges, or delinquent
1237	penalties shall not be paid as and when due and shall be in
1238	default for 30 days or more, the unpaid balance thereof and all
1239	interest accrued thereon, together with attorney's fees and
1240	costs, may be recovered by the district in a civil action.
1241	Section 17.  Discontinuance of service.--In the event that
1242	the fees, rentals, or other charges for the services and
1243	facilities of any project are not paid when due, the board of
1244	supervisors shall have the power to discontinue and shut off the
1245	same until such fees, rentals, or other charges, including
1246	interest, penalties, and charges for the shutting off and
1247	discontinuance and the restoration of such services and
1248	facilities, are fully paid, and for such purposes may enter on
1249	any lands, waters, and premises of any person, firm,
1250	corporation, or other body, public or private, within or without
1251	the district limits. Such delinquent fees, rentals, or other
1252	charges, together with interest, penalties, and charges for the
1253	shutting off and discontinuance and the restoration of such
1254	services and facilities, and reasonable attorney's fees and
1255	other expenses, may be recovered by the district by suit in any
1256	court of competent jurisdiction. The district may also enforce
1257	payment of such delinquent fees, rentals, or other charges by
1258	any other lawful method of enforcement.
1259	Section 18.  Agreements with private parties concerning the
1260	furnishing of facilities and services.--The district shall have
1261	the power to enter into agreements with any person, firm, or
1262	corporation for the furnishing by such person, firm, or
1263	corporation of any facilities and services of the type provided
1264	for in this act to the district, and for or on behalf of the
1265	district to persons, firms, corporations, and other public or
1266	private bodies and agencies to whom the district is empowered
1267	under this act to furnish facilities and services, and the
1268	district may by agreement join with any public or privately
1269	owned utility plant or system in furnishing any of the
1270	facilities or services of the district.
1271	Section 19.  Planning, zoning, and building.--The district
1272	shall have the exclusive authority to exercise within the
1273	boundaries of the district the powers and duties which otherwise
1274	would be exercised by Palm Beach County or a municipal
1275	corporation regarding comprehensive planning, zoning, land
1276	development regulations, building regulations, environmental
1277	regulations, plats, subdivisions, and fire and life safety
1278	regulations under the laws of the state, including, but not
1279	limited to, chapters 163, 177, 191, 380, and 458, Florida
1280	Statutes. The supervisors shall serve as the local planning
1281	agency.
1282	Section 20.  Annexation.--The district shall not have the
1283	authority to annex into the district any unincorporated lands
1284	located outside of the district boundaries. No municipality
1285	shall annex involuntarily any lands within the district which
1286	are not located within that municipality upon the effective date
1287	of this act; provided, however, that any voluntary annexation of
1288	district lands shall only be into the City of Palm Beach
1289	Gardens.
1290	Section 21.  Ad valorem taxes.--The board of supervisors
1291	shall have the power to levy and assess an ad valorem tax on all
1292	the taxable real and tangible personal property in the district
1293	to pay the principal of and interest on any general obligation
1294	bonds of the district, to provide for any sinking or other funds
1295	established in connection with any such bonds, and to finance
1296	and defray the cost of any of the projects or activities of the
1297	district authorized by the provisions of this act or under law.
1298	The total amount of such ad valorem taxes levied in any one year
1299	shall not be in excess of 30 mills on the dollar per annum on
1300	the assessed value of the taxable property within the district.
1301	The ad valorem tax provided for herein shall be in addition to
1302	county and municipal ad valorem taxes provided for by law.
1303	Section 22.  Determining property values for ad valorem tax
1304	purposes.--Ad valorem taxes of the district shall be based on
1305	the assessed valuation for county taxes of the real and personal
1306	property subject to such district ad valorem taxes.
1307	Section 23.  Tax liens; service charge liens.--
1308	(1)  All taxes of the district provided for in this act,
1309	together with all penalties for default in payment of the same
1310	and all costs in collecting the same, including a reasonable
1311	attorney's fee fixed by the court and taxed as costs in the
1312	action brought to enforce payment, shall from January 1 for each
1313	year the property is liable to assessment and until paid
1314	constitute a lien of equal dignity with the liens for state and
1315	county taxes and other taxes of equal dignity with state and
1316	county taxes upon all the real and personal property against
1317	which such taxes shall be levied. A sale of any of the real
1318	property within the district for state and county or other taxes
1319	shall not operate to relieve or release the property so sold
1320	from the lien for subsequent district taxes, or installments of
1321	district taxes, which lien may be enforced against such property
1322	as though no such sale thereof had been made.
1323	(2)  Charges and fees due or to become due under any
1324	service agreements entered into by the district pursuant to the
1325	act shall constitute a lien of equal dignity with district
1326	taxes, as provided for in subsection (1), upon all the real and
1327	personal property to which such service agreements relate or by
1328	which the same are secured, and the provisions of subsection (1)
1329	shall be applicable to such charges and fees.
1330	Section 24.  Foreclosure of liens.--
1331	(1)  Any lien in favor of the district arising under this
1332	act may be foreclosed by the district by bringing foreclosure
1333	proceedings in the name of the district in the Circuit Court for
1334	the Eleventh Circuit in like manner as is provided in chapter
1335	173, Florida Statutes, and amendments thereto, and the
1336	provisions of said chapter shall be applicable to such
1337	proceedings with the same force and effect as if said provisions
1338	were expressly set forth in this act. Any act required or
1339	authorized to be done by or on behalf of a city or town in
1340	foreclosure proceedings under chapter 173, Florida Statutes, may
1341	be performed by such officer or agent of the district as the
1342	board of supervisors may designate. Such foreclosure proceedings
1343	may be brought at any time after the expiration of 1 year from
1344	the date any tax, or installment thereof, becomes delinquent.
1345	(2)  As an alternative to the foregoing, the district may
1346	at any time foreclose any lien for delinquent taxes or
1347	installments thereof by a chancery action brought in the name of
1348	the district in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Circuit. The
1349	pleadings, process, practice, and sales in such proceedings
1350	shall be the same as in actions for the foreclosure of mortgages
1351	upon real property. One or more parcels of land may be included
1352	in the same suit.
1353	(3)  In any foreclosure action filed by the district
1354	pursuant to this section, the district may join as a party
1355	defendant Palm Beach County for the purpose of determining the
1356	amount of their respective tax liens. When a county is so joined
1357	in such a foreclosure action, the judicial sale held in such
1358	action shall operate to satisfy all county tax liens to the date
1359	of such sale, and the net proceeds of such sale shall be applied
1360	first against delinquent state and county taxes and thereafter
1361	against delinquent district taxes on the property affected. The
1362	decree of the court in any such foreclosure action shall operate
1363	to quiet title to the property that is the subject of the
1364	action.
1365	Section 25.  Payment of taxes and redemption of tax liens
1366	by the district; sharing in proceeds of tax sale under chapter
1367	197, Florida Statutes.--
1368	(1)  The district has the right to:
1369	(a)  Pay any delinquent state, county, district, municipal,
1370	or other tax or assessment upon lands located wholly or
1371	partially within the boundaries of the district.
1372	(b)  Redeem or purchase any tax sales certificate issued or
1373	sold on account of any state, county, district, municipal, or
1374	other taxes or assessments upon lands located wholly or
1375	partially within the boundaries of the district.
1376	(2)  Delinquent taxes paid, or tax sales certificates
1377	redeemed or purchased, by the district, together with all
1378	penalties for the default in payment of the same and all costs
1379	in collecting the same and a reasonable attorney's fee, shall
1380	constitute a lien in favor of the district of equal dignity with
1381	the liens of state and county taxes and other taxes of equal
1382	dignity with state and county taxes, upon all the real property
1383	against which said taxes were levied. The lien of the district
1384	may be foreclosed in the manner provided in this act.
1385	(3)  In any sale of land pursuant to chapter 197, Florida
1386	Statutes, and amendments thereto, the district may certify to
1387	the clerk of the circuit court of the county holding such sale,
1388	the amount of taxes due to the district upon the lands sought to
1389	be sold, and the district shall share in the disbursement of the
1390	sales proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this act and
1391	under law.
1392	Section 26.  General obligation bonds.--
1393	(1)  The district shall have the power from time to time to
1394	issue general obligation bonds in an aggregate principal amount
1395	of bonds outstanding at any one time not in excess of 50 percent
1396	of the assessed value of the taxable property within the
1397	district as shown on the pertinent tax records at the time of
1398	the authorization of the general obligation bonds for which the
1399	full faith and credit of the district is pledged. Except for
1400	refunding bonds, no general obligation bonds shall be issued
1401	unless the issuance thereof shall have been approved at an
1402	election of freeholders held in accordance with the requirements
1403	for such election as prescribed by the State Constitution, such
1404	election to be called and held in the manner provided in the
1405	State Constitution and Florida Statutes for freeholder
1406	elections. Such elections shall be called to be held in the
1407	district by the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
1408	County upon the request of the board of supervisors of the
1409	district. The expenses of calling and holding such referendum
1410	elections shall be borne by the district, and the district shall
1411	reimburse the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County
1412	for any expenses incurred by said board in calling or holding
1413	such elections. In the alternative, at the option of the board
1414	of supervisors, the board of supervisors may make such other
1415	provision for the registration of such qualified electors who
1416	are freeholders and the calling and holding of such elections as
1417	the board may from time to time deem appropriate.
1418	(2)  The district may pledge its full faith and credit for
1419	the payment of the principal and interest on such general
1420	obligation bonds, and for any reserve or other funds provided
1421	therefor, and may unconditionally and irrevocably pledge itself
1422	to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the
1423	district, to the extent necessary for the payment thereof
1424	subject, however, to the limitations on the total amount of ad
1425	valorem taxes that may be levied in any one year as specified in
1426	of this act.
1427	(3)  If the board of supervisors shall determine to issue
1428	general obligation bonds for more than one different purpose,
1429	the approval of the issuance of the bonds for each and all such
1430	purposes may be submitted to the freeholders on one and the same
1431	ballot. The failure of the freeholders to approve the issuance
1432	of bonds for any one or more purposes shall not defeat the
1433	approval of bonds for any purpose which shall be approved by the
1434	freeholders.
1435	Section 27.  Revenue bonds.--
1436	(1)  The district shall have the power to issue revenue
1437	bonds from time to time without limitation as to amount. Such
1438	revenue bonds may be secured by or payable from the gross or net
1439	pledge of the revenues to be derived from any project or
1440	combination of projects, from the rates, fees, tolls, fares, or
1441	other charges to be collected from the users of any project or
1442	projects, from any revenue-producing undertaking or activity of
1443	the district, or from any other source or pledged security. Such
1444	bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the district, and
1445	the approval neither of the qualified electors nor of the
1446	qualified electors who are freeholders shall be required unless
1447	such bonds are additionally secured by the full faith and credit
1448	and taxing power of the district.
1449	(2)  Any two or more projects may be combined and
1450	consolidated into a single project, and may thereafter be
1451	operated and maintained as a single project. The revenue bonds
1452	authorized herein may be issued to finance any one or more such
1453	projects separately, or to finance two or more such projects,
1454	regardless whether or not such projects have been combined and
1455	consolidated into a single project. If the board of supervisors
1456	deems it advisable, the proceedings authorizing such revenue
1457	bonds may provide that the district may thereafter combine the
1458	projects then being financed or theretofore financed with other
1459	projects to be subsequently financed by the district, and that
1460	revenue bonds to be thereafter issued by the district shall be
1461	on parity with the revenue bonds then being issued, all on such
1462	terms, conditions, and limitations as shall be provided, and may
1463	further provide that the revenues to be derived from the
1464	subsequent projects shall at the time of the issuance of such
1465	parity revenue bonds be also pledged to the holders of any
1466	revenue bonds theretofore issued to finance the revenue
1467	undertakings which are later combined with such subsequent
1468	projects. The district may pledge for the security of the
1469	revenue bonds a fixed amount, without regard to any fixed
1470	proportion of the gross revenues of any project.
1471	Section 28.  Issuance of additional bonds.--If the proceeds
1472	of any bonds shall be less than the cost of completing the
1473	project in connection with which such bonds are issued, the
1474	board of supervisors may authorize the issuance of additional
1475	bonds, upon such terms and conditions as the board of
1476	supervisors may provide in the resolution authorizing the
1477	issuance thereof, but only in compliance with the resolution or
1478	other proceedings authorizing the issuance of the original
1479	bonds.
1480	Section 29.  Refunding bonds.--The district shall have the
1481	power to issue bonds to provide for the retirement or refunding
1482	of any bonds or obligations of the district that at the time of
1483	such issuance are or subsequently thereto become due and
1484	payable, or that at the time of issuance have been called or are
1485	or will be subject to call for redemption within 10 years
1486	thereafter, or the surrender of which can be procured from the
1487	holders thereof at prices satisfactory to the board of
1488	supervisors. Refunding bonds may be issued at any time when in
1489	the judgment of the board of supervisors such issuance will be
1490	advantageous to the district. No approval of the qualified
1491	electors who are freeholders residing in the district shall be
1492	required for the issuance of refunding bonds except in cases
1493	where such approval is required by the State Constitution. The
1494	board of supervisors may by resolution confer upon the holders
1495	of such refunding bonds all rights, powers and remedies to which
1496	the holders would be entitled if they continued to be the owners
1497	and had possession of the bonds for the refinancing of which
1498	said refunding bonds are issued, including, but not limited to,
1499	the preservation of the lien of such bonds on the revenues of
1500	any project or on pledged -funds, without extinguishment,
1501	impairment or diminution thereof. The provisions of this act
1502	pertaining to bonds of the district shall, unless the context
1503	otherwise requires, govern the issuance of refunding bonds, the
1504	form and other details thereof, the rights of the holders
1505	thereof, and the duties of the board of supervisors with respect
1506	to the same.
1507	Section 30.  Pledging ad valorem taxes, assessments, and
1508	other revenues and properties as additional security on
1509	bonds.--The district may pledge as additional security for the
1510	payment of any of the bonds of the district its full faith and
1511	credit and ad valorem taxing power, and provide that such bonds
1512	shall be payable as to both principal and interest, and as to
1513	any reserve or other funds provided therefor, from ad valorem
1514	taxes levied on the taxable real and tangible personal property
1515	in the district, to the full extent that any revenues as defined
1516	in this act, taxes, assessments, or other funds, or any
1517	combination thereof, pledged therefor are insufficient for the
1518	full payment of the same, but subject to the limitations on the
1519	total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be levied in any one
1520	year specified in this act, and provided further that no bonds
1521	shall be issued to the payment of which the full faith and
1522	credit and taxing power of the district is pledged unless
1523	approved at an election in the manner provided by law. The
1524	district by resolution of the board of supervisors may also
1525	pledge as additional security for any bonds the revenues from
1526	any project of the district, utility service taxes, assessments,
1527	and any other sources of revenues or funds, or any combination
1528	of the foregoing, and may pledge or mortgage any of the
1529	properties, rights, interests, or other assets of the district,
1530	and such pledge shall not require the submission to or approval
1531	by the qualified electors who are freeholders of the district
1532	unless required by the State Constitution. The board of
1533	supervisors may also provide with respect to any bonds of the
1534	district that such bonds shall be payable, in whole or in part,
1535	as to principal amount or interest, or both, out of rates, fees,
1536	tolls, fares, service charges, or other charges collected with
1537	respect to any of the projects of the district.
1538	Section 31.  Lien of pledges.--All pledges of revenues,
1539	taxes, and assessments made pursuant to the provisions of this
1540	act shall be valid and binding from the time when such pledges
1541	are made. All such revenues, taxes, and assessments so pledged
1542	and thereafter collected shall immediately be subject to the
1543	lien of such pledges without any physical delivery thereof or
1544	further action, and the lien of such pledges shall be valid and
1545	binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in
1546	tort, contract, or otherwise against the district, irrespective
1547	of whether such parties have notice thereof.
1548	Section 32.  Assessable improvements; levy and payment of
1549	special assessments; assessment bonds and certificates.--The
1550	district may provide for the construction or reconstruction of
1551	assessable improvements, and for the levying of special
1552	assessments upon benefited property for the payment thereof,
1553	under the provisions of this section.
1554	(1)  The initial proceeding under this section shall be the
1555	passage by the board of supervisors of a resolution ordering the
1556	construction or reconstruction of such assessable improvements,
1557	indicating the location by terminal points, routes, or
1558	otherwise, and either giving a description of the improvements
1559	by their material, nature, character, and size or giving two or
1560	more descriptions with the directions that the material, nature,
1561	character, and size shall be subsequently determined in
1562	conformity with one of such descriptions. Assessable
1563	improvements need not be continuous and may be in more than one
1564	locality or street. The resolution ordering any such improvement
1565	may give any short and convenient designation to each
1566	improvement ordered thereby, and the property against which
1567	assessments are to be made for the cost of such improvement may
1568	be designated as an assessment district, followed by a letter or
1569	number or name to distinguish it from other assessment
1570	districts, after which it shall be sufficient to refer to such
1571	improvement and property by such designation in all proceedings
1572	and assessments, except in the notices required by this section.
1573	(2)  As soon as possible after the passage of such
1574	resolution the engineer for the district shall prepare in
1575	duplicate plans and specifications for each improvement ordered
1576	thereby and an estimate of the cost thereof. Such cost shall
1577	include, in addition to the items of cost as defined in this
1578	act, the cost of relaying streets, sidewalks, and other public
1579	facilities or conveniences necessarily torn up or damaged and
1580	the following items of incidental expenses:
1581	(a)  Printing and publishing notices and proceedings.
1582	(b)  Costs of abstracts of title.
1583	(c)  Any other expense necessary or proper in conducting
1584	the proceedings and work provided for in this section, including
1585	the estimated amount of discount, if any, upon the sale of
1586	assessment bonds or any other obligations issued hereunder for
1587	which such special assessments are to be pledged. If the
1588	resolution shall provide alternative descriptions of material,
1589	nature, character, and size, such estimate shall include an
1590	estimate of the cost of the improvement of each such
1591	description.
1592
1593	The engineer shall also prepare in duplicate a tentative
1594	apportionment of the estimated total cost of the improvement as
1595	between the district and each lot or parcel of land subject to
1596	special assessment under the resolution, such apportionment to
1597	be made in accordance with the provisions of the resolution and
1598	in relation to apportionment of cost provided herein for the
1599	preliminary assessment roll. Such tentative apportionment of
1600	total estimated cost shall not be held to limit or restrict the
1601	duties of the engineer in the preparation of such preliminary
1602	assessment roll. One of the duplicates of such plans,
1603	specifications, and estimates and such tentative apportionment
1604	shall be filed with the board of supervisors and the other
1605	duplicate shall be retained by the engineer in his or her files,
1606	all thereof to remain open to public inspection.
1607	(3)  The board of supervisors upon the filing with it of
1608	such plans, specifications, estimates, and tentative
1609	apportionment of cost shall publish once in a newspaper or
1610	newspapers published or of general circulation in Palm Beach
1611	County a notice stating that at a meeting of the board of
1612	supervisors on a certain day and hour, not earlier than 15 days
1613	from such publication, the board of supervisors will hear
1614	objections of all interested persons to the confirmation of such
1615	resolution, which notice shall state in brief and general terms
1616	a description of the proposed assessable improvements with the
1617	location thereof, and shall also state that plans,
1618	specifications, estimates, and tentative apportionment of cost
1619	thereof are on file with the board of supervisors. The board of
1620	supervisors shall keep a record in which shall be inscribed, at
1621	the request of any person, firm or corporation having or
1622	claiming to have any interest in any lot or parcel of land or
1623	property, the name and post office address of such person, firm,
1624	or corporation, together with a brief description or designation
1625	of such lot or parcel, and it shall be the duty of the board of
1626	supervisors to mail a copy of such notice to such person, firm,
1627	or corporation at such address, at least 10 days before the time
1628	for the hearing as stated in such notice, but the failure of the
1629	board of supervisors to keep such record or so to inscribe any
1630	name or address or to mail any such notice shall not constitute
1631	a valid objection to holding the hearing as provided in this
1632	section or to any other action taken under the authority of this
1633	section.
1634	(4)  At the time named in such notice, or to which an
1635	adjournment may be taken by the board of supervisors, the board
1636	of supervisors shall receive any objections of interested
1637	persons and may then or thereafter repeal or confirm such
1638	resolution with such amendments, if any, as may be desired by
1639	the board of supervisors and which do not cause any additional
1640	property to be specially assessed.
1641	(5)  All objections to any such resolution on the ground
1642	that it contains items which cannot be properly assessed against
1643	property, or that it is, for any default or defect in the
1644	passage or character of the resolution or the plans or
1645	specifications or estimates, void or voidable in whole or in
1646	part, or that it exceeds the power of the board of supervisors,
1647	shall be made in writing in person or by attorney, and filed
1648	with the board of supervisors at or before the time or adjourned
1649	time of such hearing. Any objections against the making of any
1650	assessable improvements not so made shall be considered as
1651	waived, and if any objection shall be made and overruled or
1652	shall not be sustained, the confirmation of the resolution shall
1653	be the final adjudication of the issues presented unless proper
1654	steps shall be taken in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh
1655	Circuit to secure relief within 20 days.
1656	(6)  Whenever any resolution providing for the construction
1657	or reconstruction of assessable improvements and for the levying
1658	of special assessments upon benefited property for the payment
1659	thereof shall have been confirmed, as hereinabove provided, or
1660	at any time thereafter, the board of supervisors may issue
1661	assessment bonds payable out of such assessments when collected.
1662	Said bonds shall mature not later than 2 years after the last
1663	installment in which said special assessments may be paid, as
1664	provided in subsection (10), and shall bear interest at not
1665	exceeding 6 percent per annum. Such assessment bonds shall be
1666	executed, shall have such provisions for redemption prior to
1667	maturity, and shall be sold in the manner and be subject to all
1668	of the applicable provisions contained in this act for revenue
1669	bonds, except as the same are inconsistent with the provisions
1670	of this section. The amount of such assessment bonds for any
1671	assessable improvement, after the confirmation of the initial
1672	resolution, shall not exceed 70 percent of the estimated amount
1673	of the cost of such assessable improvements which are to be
1674	specially assessed against the land or property to be specially
1675	benefited thereby, as shown in the estimates of the engineer for
1676	the district referred to in subsection (2). The amount of such
1677	assessment bonds for any assessable improvement to be issued,
1678	after the confirmation of the preliminary assessment roll
1679	provided for in subsection (9), including any assessment bonds
1680	theretofore issued, shall not exceed the amount of special
1681	assessments actually confirmed and levied by the board of
1682	supervisors as provided in subsection (9).
1683	Such assessment bonds shall be payable from the proceeds of the
1684	special assessments levied for the assessable improvement for
1685	which such assessment bonds are issued; provided, however, that
1686	the district may pledge the full faith and credit of the
1687	district for the payment of the principal of and interest on
1688	such assessment bonds if the issuance of such assessment bonds
1689	shall be approved in the manner provided by law.
1690	(7)  After the passage of the resolution authorizing the
1691	construction or reconstruction of assessable improvements has
1692	been confirmed as provided in subsection (4), the district may
1693	proceed with the construction or reconstruction work. Promptly
1694	after the completion of the work, the engineer for the district,
1695	who is hereby designated as the official of the district to make
1696	preliminary assessment of benefits from assessable improvements,
1697	shall prepare a preliminary assessment roll and file the same
1698	with the board of supervisors, which roll shall contain the
1699	following
1700	(a)  A description of the lots and parcels of land or
1701	property within the district which will benefit from such
1702	assessable improvements and the amount of such benefits to each
1703	such lot or parcel of land or property, and the preliminary
1704	assessment. Such lots and parcels shall include the property of
1705	the county or counties and any school district or other
1706	political subdivision within the district. There shall also be
1707	given the name of the owner of record of each lot or parcel
1708	where practicable, and a statement of the method of assessment
1709	used by such engineer.
1710	(b)  The total cost of the improvement and the amount of
1711	incidental expense.
1712
1713	In making such preliminary assessments the engineer may use any
1714	method of determining the amount of special benefits accruing to
1715	each lot or parcel of land or property from such assessable
1716	improvements as shall be approved by the board of supervisors.
1717	Such special benefits may be based on an acreage assessment
1718	where benefits from such assessable improvements are equal or
1719	nearly equal for lands or property in a particular area, front
1720	footage, or any other factors which the board of supervisors
1721	deems fair and equitable as between the different lots or
1722	parcels of land or property benefited. It shall be the duty of
1723	the engineer in making such preliminary assessment roll to view
1724	all lots or parcels of land or property to be assessed, and to
1725	determine, for the preliminary assessment roll, the amount of
1726	benefit which each lot or parcel of land or property will
1727	receive from such assessable improvements, under the method or
1728	methods prescribed by the board of supervisors, or any
1729	combination thereof.
1730	(8)  The preliminary roll shall be advisory only and shall
1731	be subject to the action of the board of supervisors as
1732	hereinafter provided. Upon the filing with the board of
1733	supervisors of the preliminary assessment roll, the board of
1734	supervisors shall publish at least once in a newspaper or
1735	newspapers published or of general circulation within Palm Beach
1736	County, a notice stating that at a meeting of the board of
1737	supervisors to be held on a certain day and hour, not less than
1738	15 days from the date of such publication, which meeting may be
1739	a regular, adjourned or special meeting, all interested persons
1740	may appear and file written objections to the confirmation of
1741	such roll. Such notice shall state the class of the assessable
1742	improvements and the location thereof by terminal points, route
1743	or otherwise. The board of supervisors shall also mail a copy of
1744	such notice to the persons, firms or corporations referred to in
1745	subsection (3) at least 10 days before the time for the meeting
1746	as stated in such notice, but the failure of the board of
1747	supervisors to mail any such notice shall not constitute a valid
1748	objection to holding such meeting or to any other action taken
1749	under the authority of this section.
1750	(9)  At the time and place stated in such notice the board
1751	of supervisors shall meet and receive the objections in writing
1752	of all interested persons as stated in such notice. The board of
1753	supervisors may adjourn the hearing from time to time. After the
1754	completion thereof the board of supervisors shall either annul
1755	or sustain or modify in whole or in part the preliminary
1756	assessment as indicated on such roll, either by confirming the
1757	preliminary assessment against any or all lots or parcels
1758	described therein or by canceling, increasing or reducing the
1759	same, according to the special benefits which the board of
1760	supervisors decides each such lot or parcel has received or will
1761	receive on account of such improvement. If any property which
1762	may be chargeable under this section shall have been omitted
1763	from the preliminary roll, or if the preliminary assessment
1764	shall not have been made against it, the board may place on such
1765	roll an apportionment to such property. The board of supervisors
1766	shall not confirm any assessment in excess of the special.
1767	benefits to the property assessed, and the assessments so
1768	confirmed shall be in proportion to the special benefits. The
1769	assessment so made shall be final and conclusive as to each lot
1770	or parcel assessed unless proper steps be taken within 30 days
1771	in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Circuit to secure relief.
1772	If the assessment against any property shall be sustained or
1773	reduced or abated by the court, the board of supervisors shall
1774	note that fact on the assessment roll opposite the description
1775	of the property affected thereby. The amount of the special
1776	assessment against any lot or parcel which may be reduced or
1777	abated' by the court, unless the assessment upon the entire
1778	district be, reduced or abated, or the amount by which such
1779	assessment is so reduced or abated, may by resolution of the
1780	board of supervisors be made chargeable against the district at
1781	large; or, at the discretion of the board of supervisors, a new
1782	assessment roll may be prepared and confirmed in the manner
1783	hereinabove provided for the preparation and confirmation of the
1784	original assessment roll.
1785	(10)  Any assessment may be paid at the office of the board
1786	of supervisors within 60 days after the confirmation thereof,
1787	without interest. Thereafter all assessments shall be payable at
1788	such times, over such period of years not exceeding 20 years,
1789	and in such annual or other installments, with interest at such
1790	rate not exceeding eight percent per annum on the principal
1791	amount of such assessments from the expiration of said 60 days,
1792	as the board of supervisors shall determine by resolution. The
1793	board of supervisors may provide that any assessment may be paid
1794	at any time before due, together with interest accrued thereon
1795	to the date of prepayment, if such prior payment shall be
1796	permitted by the proceedings authorizing any assessment bonds or
1797	other obligations for the payment of which such special
1798	assessments have been pledged.
1799	(11)  All such special assessments shall be collected by
1800	the tax collector for Palm Beach County, or by such other
1801	officer or agent as the board may designate, at such time or
1802	times as the board of supervisors shall specify in the
1803	proceedings authorizing or confirming the special assessments,
1804	and if no other time is specified then at the same time as
1805	general county taxes are collected in Palm Beach County.
1806	(12)  All assessments shall constitute a lien upon the
1807	property so assessed from the date of confirmation of the
1808	resolution ordering the improvement, of the same nature and to
1809	the same extent as the lien for general county taxes falling due
1810	in the same year or years in which such assessments or
1811	installments thereof fall due, and any assessment or installment
1812	not paid when due shall be collectible with such interest and
1813	with a reasonable attorney's fee and costs, but without
1814	penalties, by the district by proceedings in the Circuit Court
1815	for the Eleventh Circuit to foreclose the lien of assessments as
1816	a lien for mortgages is or may be foreclosed under the laws of
1817	the State; provided that any such proceedings to foreclose shall
1818	embrace all installments of principal remaining unpaid with
1819	accrued interest thereon, which installments shall, by virtue of
1820	the institution of such proceedings, immediately become due and
1821	payable. Nevertheless, if prior to any sale of the property
1822	under decree of foreclosure in such proceedings, payment be made
1823	of the installment or installments which are shown to be due
1824	under the provisions of the resolution passed pursuant to
1825	subsection (9) and by subsection (10), and all costs including
1826	interest and attorney's fees, such payment shall have the effect
1827	of restoring the remaining installments to their original
1828	maturities, and the proceedings shall be dismissed. It shall be
1829	the duty of the district to enforce the prompt collection of
1830	assessments by the means herein provided, and such duty may be
1831	enforced at the suit of any holder of bonds issued under this
1832	act in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Circuit by mandamus or
1833	other appropriate proceedings or action. Not later than 30 days
1834	after any installments are due and payable, it shall be the duty
1835	of the board of supervisors to direct the attorney or attorneys
1836	whom the board of supervisors shall then designate to institute
1837	action within two months after such direction to enforce the
1838	collection of all special assessments for assessable
1839	improvements made under this section and remaining due and
1840	unpaid at the time of such direction. Such action shall be
1841	prosecuted in a manner and under the conditions in and under
1842	which mortgages are foreclosed under the laws of the State. It
1843	shall be lawful to join in one action the collection of
1844	assessments against. any or all property assessed by virtue of
1845	the same assessment roll unless the court shall deem such
1846	joinder prejudicial to the interests of any defendant. The court
1847	shall allow a reasonable attorney's fee for the attorney or
1848	attorneys of the district, and the same shall be collectible as
1849	a part of or in addition to the costs of the action. At the sale
1850	pursuant to decree in any such action, the district may be a
1851	purchaser to the same extent as an individual person or
1852	corporation, except that the part of the purchase price
1853	represented by the assessments sued upon and. the interest
1854	thereon need not be paid in cash. Property so acquired by the
1855	district may be sold or otherwise disposed of, the proceeds of
1856	such disposition to be placed in the fund provided by subsection
1857	(13), provided, however, that no sale or other disposition
1858	thereof shall be made unless the notice calling for bids
1859	therefor to be received at a stated time and place shall have
1860	been published at least once in a newspaper or newspapers
1861	published or of general circulation in Palm Beach County.
1862	(13)  All assessments and charges made under the provisions
1863	of this section for the payment of all or any part of the cost
1864	of any assessable improvements for which assessment bonds shall
1865	have been issued under the provisions of this law, or which have
1866	been pledged as additional security for any other bonds or
1867	obligations issued under this act, shall be maintained in a
1868	special fund or funds and be used only for the payment of
1869	principal of or interest on such assessment bonds or other bonds
1870	or obligations.
1871	(14)  Palm Beach County and each school district and other
1872	political subdivision wholly or partly within the district shall
1873	possess the same power and be subject to the same duties and
1874	liabilities in respect of the special assessments under this
1875	section affecting the real estate of such county, school
1876	district or other political subdivision which, private owners of
1877	real estate possess or are subject to hereunder, and such real
1878	estate of any such county, school district and political
1879	subdivision shall be subject to liens for said assessments in
1880	all cases where the same property would be subject to such liens
1881	had it at the time the lien attached been owned by a private
1882	owner.
1883	(15)  Subject to the terms of any bonds or other obligation
1884	payable from or secured by the assessments provided for herein,
1885	the board of supervisors may at any time and from time to time
1886	modify, in whole or in part, or revoke any plan or specification
1887	for any assessable improvement. In connection with the revision
1888	of any such plan or specification, benefits may be reassessed or
1889	additional assessments made in accordance with the provisions
1890	and procedures of this section. The board of supervisors may at
1891	any time approve and make effective technical changes and
1892	modifications of any plan for any improvement not affecting the
1893	determination of assessed benefits or the security of bond
1894	owners.
1895	Section 33.  Issuance of certificates of indebtedness based
1896	on assessments for assessable improvements; assessment bonds.--
1897	(1)  The board of supervisors may, after any assessments
1898	for assessable improvements are made, determined and confirmed
1899	as provided in section 32, issue certificates of indebtedness
1900	for the amount so assessed against the abutting property or
1901	property otherwise benefited, as the case may be, and separate
1902	certificates shall be issued against each part or parcel of land
1903	or property assessed, which certificates shall state the general
1904	nature of the improvement for which the said assessment is made.
1905	Said certificates shall be payable in annual installments or
1906	otherwise in accordance with the installments of the special
1907	assessments for which they are issued. The board of supervisors
1908	may determine the interest to be borne by such certificates at a
1909	rate no greater than six percent per annum, and may sell such
1910	certificates at either private or public sale and determine the
1911	form, manner of execution and other details of such
1912	certificates. Such certificates shall recite that they are
1913	payable only from the special assessments levied and collected
1914	from the part or parcel of land or property against which they
1915	are issued. The proceeds of such certificates may be pledged for
1916	the payment of principal of and interest on any revenue bonds or
1917	general obligation bonds issued to finance in whole or in part
1918	such assessable improvement, or, if not so pledged, may be used
1919	to pay the cost or part of the cost of such assessable
1920	improvements.
1921	(2)  The district may also issue assessment bonds or other
1922	obligations payable from a special fund into which such
1923	certificates of indebtedness referred to in the preceding
1924	paragraph may be deposited; or, if. such certificates of
1925	indebtedness have not been issued, the district may assign to
1926	such special fund for the benefit of the holders of such
1927	assessment bonds or other obligations, or to a trustee for such
1928	bondholders, the assessment liens provided for in section 32,
1929	unless such certificates of indebtedness or assessment liens
1930	have been theretofore pledged for any bonds or other obligations
1931	authorized hereunder. In the event of the creation of such
1932	special fund and the issuance of such assessment bonds or other
1933	obligations, the proceeds of such certificates of indebtedness
1934	or assessment liens deposited therein shall be used only for the
1935	payment of the assessment bonds or other obligations issued as
1936	provided in this section. The district is hereby authorized to
1937	covenant with the holders of such assessment bonds or other
1938	obligations that it will diligently and faithfully enforce and
1939	collect all the special assessments and interest and penalties
1940	thereon for which such certificates of indebtedness or
1941	assessment liens have been deposited in or assigned to such
1942	fund, and to foreclose such assessment liens so assigned to such
1943	special fund or represented by the certificates of indebtedness
1944	deposited in said special fund, after such assessment liens have
1945	become delinquent, and deposit the proceeds derived from such
1946	foreclosure, including interest and penalties, in such special
1947	fund, and to make any other covenants deemed necessary or
1948	advisable in order to properly secure the holders of such
1949	assessment bonds or other obligations.
1950	(3)  The assessment bonds or other obligations issued
1951	pursuant to this section shall have such dates of issue and
1952	maturity as shall be deemed advisable by the board of
1953	supervisors, provided, however, that the maturities of such
1954	assessment bonds or other obligations shall not be more than 2
1955	years after the due date of the last installment which will be
1956	payable on any of the special assessments for which such
1957	assessment liens, or the certificates of indebtedness
1958	representing such assessment liens, are assigned to or deposited
1959	in such special fund.
1960	(4)  Such assessment bonds or other obligations issued
1961	under this section shall bear interest at not exceeding six
1962	percent per annum, shall be executed, shall have such provisions
1963	for redemption prior to maturity, shall be sold in the manner
1964	and be subject to all of the applicable provisions contained in
1965	this act for revenue bonds, except as the same may be
1966	inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
1967	(5)  All assessment bonds or other obligations issued under
1968	the provisions of this act, except certificates of indebtedness
1969	issued against separate lots or parcels of land or property as
1970	provided in this section, shall be and constitute and have all
1971	the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the
1972	law merchant and the laws of the State.
1973	Section 34.  Issuance of bond anticipation notes.--In
1974	addition to the other powers provided for in this act and not in
1975	limitation thereof, the district shall have the power, at any
1976	time and from time to time after the issuance of any bonds of
1977	the district shall have been authorized, to borrow money for the
1978	purposes for which such bonds are to be issued in anticipation
1979	of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and to
1980	issue bond anticipation notes in a principal amount not in
1981	excess of the authorized maximum amount of such bond issue. Such
1982	notes shall be in such denomination or denominations, bear
1983	interest at such rate or rates not in excess of six percent per
1984	annum, mature at such time or times not later than 5 years from
1985	the date of issuance, be renewable for an additional term or
1986	terms in the aggregate not in excess of 5 years from the date of
1987	first renewal, and be in such form and executed in such manner
1988	as the board of supervisors shall prescribe. Such notes may be
1989	sold at either public or private sale, or if such notes shall be
1990	renewal notes, may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on
1991	such terms as the board of supervisors shall determine. Such
1992	notes shall be paid from the proceeds of such bonds when issued.
1993	The board of supervisors may in its discretion, in lieu of
1994	retiring the notes by means of bonds, retire them by means of
1995	current revenues or from any taxes or assessments levied for the
1996	payment of such bonds, but in such event a like amount of the
1997	bonds authorized shall not be issued.
1998	Section 35.  Short-term borrowings.--The district at any
1999	time may obtain loans, in such amount and on such terms and
2000	conditions as the board of supervisors may approve, for the
2001	purpose of paying any of the expenses of the district or any
2002	costs incurred or that may be incurred in connection with any of
2003	the projects of the district, which loans shall have a term not
2004	exceeding 2 years from the date of issuance thereof, and may be
2005	renewable for a like term or terms, shall bear interest in any
2006	amount not in excess of six percent per annum, and may be
2007	payable from and secured by a pledge of such funds, revenues,
2008	taxes and assessments as the board of supervisors may determine.
2009	For the purpose of defraying such costs and expenses, the
2010	district may issue negotiable notes, warrants or other evidences
2011	of debt signed on behalf of the district by any one of the board
2012	of supervisors duly authorized by the board, such notes or other
2013	evidences of indebtedness to be payable at such times, to bear
2014	interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum and to be
2015	sold or discounted at such price or prices and on such terms as
2016	the board may deem advisable. The board shall have the right to
2017	provide for the payment thereof by pledging the whole or any
2018	part of the funds, revenues, taxes and assessments of the
2019	district. The approval of the qualified electors who are,
2020	freeholders residing in the district shall not be necessary
2021	except where required by the Constitution.
2022	Section 36.  Trust agreements.--In the discretion of the
2023	board of supervisors, any issue of bonds may be secured by a
2024	trust agreement by and between the district and a corporate
2025	trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank
2026	having the powers of a trust company within or without the
2027	State. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or
2028	such trust agreement may pledge the revenues to be received from
2029	any projects of the district and may contain such provisions for
2030	protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the
2031	bondholders as the board of supervisors may approve, including
2032	without limitation covenants setting forth the duties of the
2033	district in relation to the acquisition, construction,
2034	reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation and
2035	insurance of any projects, the fixing and revising of the rates,
2036	fees, tolls, fares and charges, and the custody, safeguarding
2037	and application of all moneys, and for the employment of
2038	counseling engineers in connection with such acquisition,
2039	construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair
2040	or operation. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company
2041	incorporated under the laws of the State which may act as a
2042	depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish
2043	such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be
2044	required by the district. Such resolution or trust agreement may
2045	set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the
2046	trustee, if any, and may restrict the individual right of action
2047	by bondholders. The board of supervisors may provide for the
2048	payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the
2049	revenues of any project to such officer, board or depository as
2050	it may designate for the custody thereof, and for the method of
2051	disbursement thereof with such safeguards and restrictions as it
2052	may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out the
2053	provisions of such resolution or trust agreement may be treated
2054	as part of the cost of operation of the project to which such
2055	trust agreement pertains.
2056	Section 37.  Sale of bonds.--Bonds may be sold in blocks or
2057	installments at different times, or an entire issue or series
2058	may be sold at one time. Bonds may be sold at public or private
2059	sale after such advertisement, if any, as the board of
2060	supervisors may deem advisable but not in any event at less than
2061	ninety-five (95) percent of the par value thereof, together with
2062	accrued interest thereon. Bonds may be sold or exchanged for
2063	refunding bonds. Special assessment and revenue bonds may be
2064	delivered as payment by the district of the purchase price or
2065	lease of any project or part thereof, or a combination of
2066	projects or parts thereof, or as the purchase price or exchanged
2067	for any property, real, personal or mixed, including franchises,
2068	or services rendered by any contractor, engineer or other
2069	person, all at one time or in blocks from time to time, in such
2070	manner and upon such terms as the board of supervisors in its
2071	discretion shall determine. The price or prices for any bonds
2072	sold, exchanged or delivered may be (a) the money paid for the
2073	bonds, (b) the principal amount, plus accrued interest to the
2074	date of redemption or exchange, of outstanding obligations
2075	exchanged for refunding bonds, (c) in the case of special
2076	assessment or revenue bonds, the amount of any indebtedness to
2077	contractors or other persons paid with such bonds, or the fair
2078	value of any properties exchanged for the bonds, as determined
2079	by the board of supervisors.
2080	Section 38.  Authorization and form of bonds.--Bonds may be
2081	authorized by resolution or resolutions of the board of
2082	supervisors which shall be adopted by a majority of all of the
2083	members thereof then in office. Such resolution or resolutions
2084	may be adopted at the same meeting at which they are introduced,
2085	and need not be published or posted. The board of supervisors
2086	may by resolution authorize the issuance of bonds, fix the
2087	aggregate amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose or purposes
2088	for which the moneys derived therefrom shall be expended, the
2089	rate or rates of interest, which shall not exceed six percent
2090	per annum, the denomination of the bonds, whether or not the
2091	bonds are to be issued in one or more series, the date or dates
2092	thereof, the date or dates of maturity, which shall not exceed
2093	40 years from their respective dates of issuance, the medium of
2094	payment, the place or places within or without the State where
2095	payment shall be made, registration privileges, redemption terms
2096	and privileges whether with or without premium, the manner of
2097	execution, the form of the bonds including any interest coupons
2098	to be attached thereto, the manner of execution of bonds and
2099	coupons, and any and all other terms, covenants and conditions
2100	thereof, and the establishment of reserve or other funds. Such
2101	authorizing resolution may further provide that such bonds may
2102	be executed manually or by engraved, lithographed or facsimile
2103	signature, provided that where signatures are engraved,
2104	lithographed or facsimile no bond shall be valid unless
2105	countersigned by a registrar or other officer designated by
2106	appropriate resolution of the board of supervisors. The seal of
2107	the district may be affixed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise
2108	reproduced in facsimile on such bonds. In case any officer whose
2109	signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any
2110	bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the
2111	delivery of such bonds, such signature or facsimile shall
2112	nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same
2113	as if he had remained in office until such delivery.
2114	Section 39.  Increase in maximum allowable interest on
2115	district bonds.--Anything in this act or the laws of the state
2116	to the contrary notwithstanding, if at any time and from time to
2117	time the general laws of the State of Florida permit the
2118	counties, municipalities or political subdivisions of the State,
2119	or any of them, to issue general obligation, revenue, assessment
2120	or other bonds bearing interest in an amount or at a rate in
2121	excess of six percent per annum, then the maximum allowable
2122	interest on any bonds of the district that may be issued during
2123	the effective period of such general law shall be the maximum
2124	amount or rate permitted under such general law.
2125	Section 40.  Interim certificates; replacement
2126	certificates.--Pending the preparation of definitive bonds, the
2127	board of supervisors may issue interim certificates or receipts
2128	or temporary bonds, in such form and with such provisions as the
2129	board of supervisors may determine, exchangeable for definitive
2130	bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available
2131	for delivery. The board of supervisors may also provide for the
2132	replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or be lost
2133	or destroyed.
2134	Section 41.  Negotiability of bonds.--Any bond issued under
2135	this act and any interim certificate, receipt or temporary bond
2136	shall, in the absence of an express recital on the face thereof
2137	that it is nonnegotiable, be fully negotiable and shall be and
2138	constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all
2139	purposes of the law merchant and the laws of the State of
2140	Florida.
2141	Section 42.  Defeasance.--The board of supervisors may make
2142	such provision with respect to the defeasance of the right,
2143	title and interest of the holders of any of the bonds and
2144	obligations of the district in any revenues, funds or other
2145	properties by which such bonds are secured as the board deems
2146	appropriate and, without limitation on the foregoing, may
2147	provide that when such bonds or obligations become due and
2148	payable or shall have been called for redemption, and the whole
2149	amount of the principal and the interest and premium, if any,
2150	due and payable upon the bonds or obligations then outstanding
2151	shall be paid, or sufficient moneys or direct obligations of the
2152	United States Government the principal of and the interest on
2153	which when due will provide sufficient moneys, shall be held or
2154	deposited in trust for such purpose, and provision shall also be
2155	made for paying all other sums payable in connection with such
2156	bonds or other obligations, then and in such event the right,
2157	title and interest of the holders of the bonds in any revenues,
2158	funds or other properties by which such bonds are secured shall
2159	thereupon cease, determine and become void, and the board of
2160	supervisors may apply any surplus in any sinking fund
2161	established in connection with such bonds or obligations and all
2162	balances remaining in all other funds or accounts other than
2163	money held for the redemption or payment of the bonds or other
2164	obligations to any lawful purpose of the district as the board
2165	of supervisors shall determine.
2166	Section 43.  Bonds as legal investment or
2167	security.--Notwithstanding any provisions of any other law to
2168	the contrary, all bonds issued under the provisions of this act
2169	shall constitute legal investments for savings banks, banks,
2170	trust companies, insurance companies, executors, administrators,
2171	trustees, guardians, and other fiduciaries, and for any board,
2172	body, agency, instrumentality, county, municipality or other
2173	political subdivision of the State, and shall be and constitute
2174	securities which may be deposited by banks or trust companies as
2175	security for deposits of state, county, municipal or other
2176	public funds, or by insurance companies as required or voluntary
2177	statutory deposits.
2178	Section 44.  Covenants.--Any resolution authorizing the
2179	issuance of bonds may contain such covenants as the board of
2180	supervisors may deem advisable and all such covenants shall
2181	constitute valid and legally binding and enforceable contracts
2182	between the district and the bondholders, regardless of the time
2183	of issuance thereof. Such covenants may include, without
2184	limitation, covenants concerning the disposition of the bond
2185	proceeds, the use and disposition of project revenues, the
2186	pledging of revenues, taxes and assessments, the obligations of
2187	the district with respect to the operation of the project and
2188	the maintenance of adequate project revenues, the issuance of
2189	additional bonds, the appointment, powers and duties of trustees
2190	and receivers, the acquisition of outstanding bonds and
2191	obligations, restrictions on the establishing of competing
2192	projects or facilities, restrictions on the sale or disposal of
2193	the assets and property of the district, the priority of
2194	assessment liens, the priority of claims by bondholders on the
2195	taxing power of the district, the maintenance of deposits to
2196	assure the payment of revenues by users of district facilities
2197	and services, the discontinuance of district services by reason
2198	of delinquent payments, acceleration upon default, the execution
2199	of necessary instruments, the procedure for amending or
2200	abrogating covenants with the bondholders, and such other
2201	covenants as may be deemed necessary or desirable for the
2202	security of the bondholders.
2203	Section 45.  Validity of bonds; validation proceedings.--
2204	(1)  Any bonds issued by the district shall be
2205	incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders
2206	for value and shall not be invalid because of any irregularity
2207	or defects in the proceedings for the issue and sale thereof.
2208	Prior to the issuance of any bonds, the district may, but is not
2209	required to, publish a notice at least once in a newspaper or
2210	newspapers published or of general circulation in Palm Beach
2211	County, stating the date of adoption of the resolution
2212	authorizing such obligations, the amount, maximum rate of
2213	interest and maturity of such obligations, and the purpose in
2214	general terms for which such obligations are to be issued, and
2215	further stating that any action or proceeding questioning the
2216	validity of such obligations or of the proceedings authorizing
2217	the issuance thereof, or of any covenants made therein, must be
2218	instituted within 20 days after the first publications of such
2219	notice, or the validity of such obligations, proceedings and
2220	covenants shall not be thereafter questioned in any court
2221	whatsoever. If no such action or proceeding is so instituted
2222	within such 20-day period then the validity of such obligations,
2223	proceedings and covenants shall be conclusive, and all persons
2224	or parties whatsoever shall be forever barred from questioning
2225	the validity of such obligations, proceedings or covenants in
2226	any court whatsoever.
2227	(2)  The power of the district to issue bonds under the
2228	provisions of this act may be determined and any of the bonds of
2229	the district may be validated and confirmed by circuit court
2230	decree, under the provisions of chapter 75, Florida Statutes,
2231	and laws amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
2232	Section 46.  Within act furnishes full authority for
2233	issuance of bonds.--This act constitutes full and complete
2234	authority for the issuance of bonds and the exercise of the
2235	powers of the district provided herein. No procedures or
2236	proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders,
2237	acts or things by the board of supervisors, or any board,
2238	officers, commission, department, agency or instrumentality of
2239	the district, other than those required by this act, shall be
2240	required to issue any bonds or to do any act or perform anything
2241	under this act, and the issuance or sale of bonds pursuant to
2242	the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements
2243	of any other law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds,
2244	except as otherwise provided in this act, and shall not require
2245	the consent or approval of the Board of Drainage Commissioners
2246	of the State of Florida or of any other board, officers,
2247	commission, department, agency or instrumentality of the state
2248	or any political subdivision thereof. Except as otherwise
2249	provided herein, no proceedings or procedures of any character
2250	whatever shall be necessary or required for the issuance of
2251	bonds other than the adoption of an appropriate resolution by
2252	the board of supervisors as provided in this act with respect to
2253	the issuance of the same. The powers conferred by this act on
2254	the district with respect to the issuance and sale of bonds
2255	shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by
2256	any other law.
2257	Section 47.  Pledge by the state to the bond holders of the
2258	district and to the Federal Government.--The state pledges to
2259	the holders of any bonds issued under this act that it will not
2260	limit or alter the rights of the district to own, acquire,
2261	construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, operate or furnish
2262	the projects or to levy and collect the taxes, assessments,
2263	rentals, rates, fees, tolls, fares and other charges provided
2264	for herein and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with
2265	the holders of such bonds or other obligations, that it will not
2266	in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders, and
2267	that it will not modify in any way the exemption from taxation
2268	provided in the act, until all such bonds together with interest
2269	thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
2270	action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully
2271	met and discharged. The state pledges to and agrees with the
2272	Federal Government that in the event the Federal Government or
2273	any agency or authority thereof shall construct or contribute
2274	any funds, materials or property for the construction,
2275	acquisition, extension, improvement, enlargement, maintenance,
2276	operation, or furnishing of any of the projects of the district,
2277	or any part thereof, the State will not alter or limit the
2278	rights and powers of the district in any manner which would be
2279	inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of
2280	such project, or any part thereof, or the improvement thereof,
2281	or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any
2282	agreements between the district and the Federal Government, and
2283	the district shall continue to have and may exercise all powers
2284	herein granted so long as the board of supervisors may deem the
2285	same necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes
2286	of this act and the purposes of the Federal Government in the
2287	construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, enlargement,
2288	maintenance, operation, or furnishing of any of the projects of
2289	the district, or any part thereof.
2290	Section 48.  Agreements with municipalities within the
2291	district for the joint discharge of common functions.--The board
2292	of supervisors of the district and the governing bodies of any
2293	one or more municipalities located wholly or partly within the
2294	district, whether now in existence or hereafter created, are
2295	authorized to enter into and carry into effect contracts and
2296	agreements relating to the common powers, duties and functions
2297	of the board of supervisors and other officers, agents and
2298	employees of the district, and the respective governing bodies
2299	of one or more such municipalities, and their respective
2300	officers, agents and employees, to the end that there may be
2301	effective cooperation between and coordination of the efforts of
2302	such municipalities and the district in discharging their common
2303	functions, powers and duties and in rendering services to the
2304	respective residents and property owners of such municipalities
2305	and the district. The board of supervisors of the district and
2306	the governing bodies of one or more such municipalities are
2307	further authorized to enter into and carry into effect contracts
2308	and agreements for the performance of any of their common
2309	functions, powers and duties by a central agency or common agent
2310	of the contracting parties.
2311	Section 49.  Cooperation agreements with the state,
2312	counties, and municipalities.--
2313	(1)  The state and the counties, municipalities, and other
2314	political subdivisions and public bodies and agencies thereof,
2315	or any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, are
2316	authorized to aid and cooperate with the district in carrying
2317	out any of the purposes and projects of the district, to enter
2318	into cooperation agreements with the district, to provide in any
2319	such cooperation agreement for the making of loans, gifts,
2320	grants, or contributions to the district and the granting and
2321	conveyance to the district of real or personal property of any
2322	kind or nature, or any interest therein, for the carrying out of
2323	the purposes and projects of the district, to covenant in any
2324	such cooperation agreement to pay all or any part of the costs
2325	of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension,
2326	improvement, operation and maintenance of any of the projects of
2327	the district, and to pay all or any part of the principal and
2328	interest on any bonds of the district and all or any part of the
2329	deposits required to be made into any reserve, renewal and
2330	replacement or other funds created and established by the
2331	indenture, resolution, deed of trust or other instrument
2332	securing such bonds.
2333	(2)  The state and the counties, municipalities and other
2334	political subdivisions and public bodies and agencies thereof,
2335	or any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, and
2336	the district created by this act, are further authorized to
2337	enter cooperative agreements to provide for the furnishing by
2338	the district to the state or any county, municipality or other
2339	political subdivision or public body or agency thereof of any of
2340	the facilities and services of the district, or by the state or
2341	any county, municipality or other political subdivision or
2342	public body or agency thereof to the district and to persons,
2343	firms or corporations within the district of facilities and
2344	services of the type that the district is authorized to furnish
2345	or undertake, or such other facilities and services as may be
2346	determined necessary or desirable by the board of supervisors
2347	for the carrying out of the purposes of this act, all on such
2348	terms and conditions as the board of supervisors may deem
2349	appropriate. Without limitation on the foregoing, such
2350	cooperation agreements may provide for the furnishing by any
2351	county, municipality or other political subdivision of fire and
2352	police protection for the district and persons and property
2353	within the district, and for the providing to the district of
2354	any services deemed necessary or desirable by the board of
2355	supervisors for the proper functioning of the district.
2356	(3)  Without limitation of the foregoing, the board of
2357	supervisors may undertake and finance any of the projects of the
2358	district, in whole or in part, jointly with the Scripps Research
2359	Institute, Palm Beach County or any municipality, now existing
2360	or hereafter created, or in any other manner combine the
2361	projects of the district with the projects of such municipality
2362	or municipalities, on such terms and conditions as the board of
2363	supervisors shall approve, and the provisions of this act,
2364	including without limitation the provisions for the financing of
2365	district projects through bond issues, shall be applicable to
2366	such projects.
2367	(4)  Any agreement of the type authorized by this section
2368	may be made and entered into pursuant to this act for such time
2369	or times, not exceeding 40 years, as shall be agreed by the
2370	parties thereto or for such longer time as any bonds of any of
2371	the contracting parties, including refunding bonds, remain
2372	outstanding and unpaid, and may contain such details, terms,
2373	provisions and conditions as shall be agreed upon by the parties
2374	thereto. Any such agreement may be made and entered into for the
2375	benefit of the holders of any bonds of the district as well as
2376	the parties thereto and in such event shall be enforceable in
2377	any court of competent jurisdiction by the holders of any such
2378	bonds or of the coupons appertaining thereto.
2379	Section 50.  Contracts, grants, and contributions.--The
2380	district shall have the power to make and enter all contracts
2381	and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the
2382	functions of the district and the execution of its powers, and
2383	to contract with, and to accept and receive grants or loans of
2384	money, material, or property from, any person; private or public
2385	corporation; the state or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
2386	any county, municipality, or other political subdivision; or any
2387	agency, instrumentality, or corporation of or created by the
2388	United States of America, or the United States of America, as
2389	the board of supervisors shall determine to be necessary or
2390	desirable to carry out the purposes of this act, and in
2391	connection with any such contract, grant, or loan to stipulate
2392	and agree to such covenants, terms, and conditions as the board
2393	of supervisors shall deem appropriate.
2394	Section 51.  Tax exemption.--As the exercise of the powers
2395	conferred by this act to effect the purposes of this act
2396	constitute the performance of essential public functions, and as
2397	the projects of the district will constitute public property
2398	used for public purposes, all assets and properties of the
2399	district, and all bonds issued hereunder and interest paid
2400	thereon, and all fees, charges, and other revenues derived by
2401	the district from the projects provided for by this act shall be
2402	exempt from all taxes by the state or by any political
2403	subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, provided,
2404	however, that nothing in this act shall be deemed to exempt from
2405	taxation any property, project, facility, business activity, or
2406	enterprise that cannot validly be undertaken as a public
2407	function by special taxing districts or other public bodies
2408	under the laws of the state and State Constitution, and provided
2409	further, that nothing in this act shall be deemed to exempt any
2410	property, project, facility, or business activity or enterprise
2411	of the district, or revenues derived therefrom, which would be
2412	subject to taxation under the general laws of the state if such
2413	property, project, or facility were owned or undertaken by a
2414	municipal corporation.
2415	Section 52.  Suits against the district.--No suit or action
2416	shall be brought or maintained against the district for damages
2417	arising out of tort or breach of contract, including, without
2418	limitation, any claim arising upon account of an act causing a
2419	wrongful death, unless written notice of such claim is within 90
2420	days after receiving the alleged injury given to the secretary
2421	of the board of supervisors, with detailed specifications as to
2422	the time, place, and manner of injury. No such suit or action
2423	shall be brought or maintained unless brought within 12 months
2424	from the time of the injury or damages.
2425	Section 53.  Action taken on consent of landowners.--Any
2426	action required under this act to be taken on notice to the
2427	landowners of the district and on public hearing for the purpose
2428	of receiving and passing on objections by landowners may be
2429	taken without such notice or hearing upon the written consent of
2430	all of the landowners affected by such action.
2431	Section 54.  Enforcement and penalties.--
2432	(1)  The board of supervisors or any aggrieved person may
2433	have recourse to such remedies in law and equity as may be
2434	necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this act,
2435	including injunctive relief to enjoin or restrain any person
2436	violating the provisions of this act, and any resolutions,
2437	regulations, rules, codes, and orders adopted under this act,
2438	and the court shall, upon proof of such violation, have the duty
2439	to issue forthwith such temporary and permanent injunctions as
2440	are necessary to prevent such further violation thereof. In case
2441	any building or structure is erected, constructed,
2442	reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or
2443	any building, structure, land, or water is used in violation of
2444	this act or of any code, order, resolution, or other regulation
2445	made under authority conferred by this act or under law, the
2446	board of supervisors and any person residing in the district may
2447	institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such
2448	unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
2449	repair, conversion, maintenance, or use to restrain, correct, or
2450	avoid such violation, to prevent the occupancy of such building,
2451	structure, land, or water, and to prevent any illegal act,
2452	conduct, business, or use in or about such premises, land, or
2453	water.
2454	(2)  Any person violating the provisions of this act or who
2455	shall fail to abide by and obey any of the resolutions,
2456	regulations, rules, codes and orders adopted under this act
2457	shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day that the violation
2458	shall continue shall constitute a separate violation.
2459	(3)  It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for the owner
2460	of any land subject to this act, or his or her agent, or other
2461	persons, to advocate, propose, suggest, use or exhibit a map,
2462	plat, survey or plan of subdivision or development of land
2463	except in conformity with this act and the rules and regulations
2464	of the board of supervisors.
2465	Section 55.  Investment of funds.--The board of supervisors
2466	may in its discretion invest funds of the district in:
2467	(1)  Direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the
2468	United States of America or for the payment of the principal and
2469	interest of which the faith and credit of the United States is
2470	pledged;
2471	(2)  Bonds or notes issued by any of the following federal
2472	agencies: Bank for Cooperatives; federal intermediate credit
2473	banks; federal home loan bank system; federal land banks; or the
2474	Federal National Mortgage Association including debentures or
2475	participating certificates issued by such association;
2476	(3)  Public housing bonds issued by public housing
2477	authorities and secured by a pledge of annual contributions
2478	under an annual contribution contract or contracts with the
2479	United States of America;
2480	(4)  Bonds or other interest bearing obligations of any
2481	county, district, city, or town located in the state for which
2482	the full faith and credit of such political subdivision is
2483	pledged; or
2484	(5)  Any investment authorized for insurers by sections
2485	625.0105 through 625.0115, Florida Statutes, inclusive, and
2486	amendments thereto.
2487	Section 56.  Fiscal year of the district.--The board of
2488	supervisors has the power to establish and from time to time
2489	redetermine the fiscal year of the district. Unless the board of
2490	supervisors otherwise provides, the district shall be on a
2491	calendar fiscal year.
2492	Section 57.  Severability of provisions.--If any section,
2493	clause, sentence, or provision of this act, or the application
2494	of such section, clause, sentence, or provision to any person or
2495	bodies or under any circumstances shall be held to be
2496	inoperative, invalid, or unconstitutional, the invalidity of
2497	such section, clause, sentence, or provision shall not be
2498	deemed, held or taken to affect the validity or
2499	constitutionality of any of the remaining parts of this act, or
2500	the application of any of the provisions of this act to persons,
2501	bodies, or in circumstances other than those as to which it or
2502	any part thereof shall have been held inoperative, invalid, or
2503	unconstitutional, and it is intended that this act shall be
2504	construed and applied as if any section, clause, sentence, or
2505	provision held inoperative, invalid, or unconstitutional had not
2506	been included in this act.
2507	Section 58.  Liberal construction.--The provisions of this
2508	act shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes and
2509	shall be deemed cumulative, supplemental, and alternative
2510	authority for the exercise of the powers provided herein.
2511	Section 59.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
2512	law, except that the provisions of section 21 which authorize
2513	the levy of ad valorem taxation shall take effect only upon
2514	express approval by a majority vote of those qualified electors
2515	of the Scripps Research Improvement District voting in a
2516	referendum election to be called by the district and held within
2517	60 days of this act becoming a law in accordance with the
2518	provisions of law relating to elections currently in force in
2519	the district.

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