| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Pine Tree Water Control District, |
| 3 | Palm Beach County; providing that the Village of |
| 4 | Wellington Council members shall act as the board of |
| 5 | supervisors of said district; providing that the Pine Tree |
| 6 | Water Control District shall become a dependent district |
| 7 | of the Village of Wellington; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | WHEREAS, the property making up the Pine Tree Water Control |
| 10 | District was annexed into the Village of Wellington, and |
| 11 | WHEREAS, the Pine Tree Water Control District and the |
| 12 | Village of Wellington have entered into an operating agreement |
| 13 | where the district is staffed by Village of Wellington |
| 14 | employees, and |
| 15 | WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the Village of Wellington |
| 16 | and the Pine Tree Water Control District have mutually agreed |
| 17 | that the management of the offices of the district would be more |
| 18 | efficiently administered if the village council also acted as |
| 19 | the district board of supervisors, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Pine Tree Water Control District continuation |
| 24 | and transfer.--The Pine Tree Water Control District, an |
| 25 | independent special district created by a special act of the |
| 26 | Legislature, shall become a dependent district of the Village of |
| 27 | Wellington on the effective date of this act. All special acts |
| 28 | of the Pine Tree Water Control District shall become ordinances |
| 29 | of the Village of Wellington on the effective date of this act. |
| 30 | (1) The assets, liabilities, and written contracts of the |
| 31 | Pine Tree Water Control District, including all rights, |
| 32 | obligations, duties, and relationships now existing by law or |
| 33 | agreement shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and |
| 34 | effect and shall be those of the district as a dependent |
| 35 | district of the Village of Wellington. All rights, claims, |
| 36 | actions, orders, and all contracts of the special district and |
| 37 | all legal or administrative proceedings involving the district |
| 38 | shall continue in full force and effect under the jurisdiction |
| 39 | of the district as a dependent district of the Village of |
| 40 | Wellington. |
| 41 | (2) At 7 p.m. on the effective date of this act, the terms |
| 42 | of office of the members of the Board of Supervisors of the Pine |
| 43 | Tree Water Control District shall terminate, and the members of |
| 44 | the Village Council of the Village of Wellington shall assume |
| 45 | the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors of |
| 46 | the Pine Tree Water Control District. |
| 47 | (3) To the extent not inconsistent with village |
| 48 | ordinances, all resolutions and policies of the Pine Tree Water |
| 49 | Control District shall remain in effect until amended, revised, |
| 50 | or repealed by the village council. |
| 51 | (4) Additional provisions which are necessary to effect |
| 52 | this transition and to provide for the operation of the Pine |
| 53 | Tree Water Control District as a dependent district of the |
| 54 | village shall be adopted by ordinance. |
| 55 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |