| 1 | The Local Government Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the Pine Tree Water Control District, |
| 7 | Palm Beach County; providing that the Pine Tree Water |
| 8 | Control District shall become a dependent district of the |
| 9 | Village of Wellington; providing that the Village of |
| 10 | Wellington Council members shall act as the board of |
| 11 | supervisors of said district; providing for a referendum; |
| 12 | providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | WHEREAS, the property making up the Pine Tree Water Control |
| 15 | District was annexed into the Village of Wellington, and |
| 16 | WHEREAS, the Pine Tree Water Control District and the |
| 17 | Village of Wellington have entered into an operating agreement |
| 18 | where the district is staffed by Village of Wellington |
| 19 | employees, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the Village of Wellington |
| 21 | and the Pine Tree Water Control District have mutually agreed |
| 22 | that the management of the offices of the district would be more |
| 23 | efficiently administered if the village council also acted as |
| 24 | the district board of supervisors, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 26 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 28 | Section 1. Pine Tree Water Control District continuation |
| 29 | and transfer.--The Pine Tree Water Control District, an |
| 30 | independent special district created by a special act of the |
| 31 | Legislature, shall become a dependent district of the Village of |
| 32 | Wellington on the effective date of this act. All special acts |
| 33 | of the Pine Tree Water Control District shall become ordinances |
| 34 | of the Village of Wellington on the effective date of this act. |
| 35 | (1) The assets, liabilities, and written contracts of the |
| 36 | Pine Tree Water Control District, including all rights, |
| 37 | obligations, duties, and relationships now existing by law or |
| 38 | agreement shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and |
| 39 | effect and shall be those of the district as a dependent |
| 40 | district of the Village of Wellington. All rights, claims, |
| 41 | actions, orders, and all contracts of the special district and |
| 42 | all legal or administrative proceedings involving the district |
| 43 | shall continue in full force and effect under the jurisdiction |
| 44 | of the district as a dependent district of the Village of |
| 45 | Wellington. |
| 46 | (2) The terms of office of the members of the Board of |
| 47 | Supervisors of the Pine Tree Water Control District shall |
| 48 | terminate, and the members of the Village Council of the Village |
| 49 | of Wellington shall assume the duties and responsibilities of |
| 50 | the Board of Supervisors of the Pine Tree Water Control |
| 51 | District. |
| 52 | (3) To the extent not inconsistent with village |
| 53 | ordinances, all resolutions and policies of the Pine Tree Water |
| 54 | Control District shall remain in effect until amended, revised, |
| 55 | or repealed by the village council. |
| 56 | (4) Additional provisions which are necessary to effect |
| 57 | this transition and to provide for the operation of the Pine |
| 58 | Tree Water Control District as a dependent district of the |
| 59 | village shall be adopted by ordinance. |
| 60 | Section 2. Referendum.--On or before December 1, 2006, the |
| 61 | Pine Tree Water Control District shall call and the Supervisor |
| 62 | of Elections of Palm Beach County shall conduct a referendum, in |
| 63 | accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections |
| 64 | currently in force, on the question of whether the Pine Tree |
| 65 | Water Control District shall become a dependent district of the |
| 66 | Village of Wellington. |
| 67 | Section 3. This act shall take effect only if a majority |
| 68 | of those qualified electors of the Pine Tree Water Control |
| 69 | District voting in a referendum held pursuant to this act |
| 70 | approve the referendum question in section 2, except that this |
| 71 | section and section 2 shall take effect upon becoming a law. |