HB 721

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Pine Tree Water Control District,
3Palm Beach County; providing that the Pine Tree Water
4Control District shall become a dependent district of the
5Village of Wellington; providing that the Village of
6Wellington Council members shall act as the board of
7supervisors of said district; providing for a referendum;
8providing an effective date.
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10     WHEREAS, the property making up the Pine Tree Water Control
11District was annexed into the Village of Wellington, and
12     WHEREAS, the Pine Tree Water Control District and the
13Village of Wellington have entered into an operating agreement
14where the district is staffed by Village of Wellington
15employees, and
16     WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the Village of Wellington
17and the Pine Tree Water Control District have mutually agreed
18that the management of the offices of the district would be more
19efficiently administered if the village council also acted as
20the district board of supervisors, NOW, THEREFORE,
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22Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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24     Section 1.  Pine Tree Water Control District continuation
25and transfer.--The Pine Tree Water Control District, an
26independent special district created by a special act of the
27Legislature, shall become a dependent district of the Village of
28Wellington on the effective date of this act. All special acts
29of the Pine Tree Water Control District shall become ordinances
30of the Village of Wellington on the effective date of this act.
31     (1)  The assets, liabilities, and written contracts of the
32Pine Tree Water Control District, including all rights,
33obligations, duties, and relationships now existing by law or
34agreement shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and
35effect and shall be those of the district as a dependent
36district of the Village of Wellington. All rights, claims,
37actions, orders, and all contracts of the special district and
38all legal or administrative proceedings involving the district
39shall continue in full force and effect under the jurisdiction
40of the district as a dependent district of the Village of
41Wellington.
42     (2)  The terms of office of the members of the Board of
43Supervisors of the Pine Tree Water Control District shall
44terminate, and the members of the Village Council of the Village
45of Wellington shall assume the duties and responsibilities of
46the Board of Supervisors of the Pine Tree Water Control
47District.
48     (3)  To the extent not inconsistent with village
49ordinances, all resolutions and policies of the Pine Tree Water
50Control District shall remain in effect until amended, revised,
51or repealed by the village council.
52     (4)  Additional provisions which are necessary to effect
53this transition and to provide for the operation of the Pine
54Tree Water Control District as a dependent district of the
55village shall be adopted by ordinance.
56     Section 2.  Referendum.--On or before December 1, 2006, the
57Pine Tree Water Control District shall call and the Supervisor
58of Elections of Palm Beach County shall conduct a referendum, in
59accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections
60currently in force, on the question of whether the Pine Tree
61Water Control District shall become a dependent district of the
62Village of Wellington.
63     Section 3.  This act shall take effect only if a majority
64of those qualified electors of the Pine Tree Water Control
65District voting in a referendum held pursuant to this act
66approve the referendum question in section 2, except that this
67section and section 2 shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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