| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Pal-Mar Water Control District, |
| 3 | Palm Beach and Martin Counties; providing for dissolution |
| 4 | of the district; repealing chapter 2005-307, Laws of |
| 5 | Florida; providing for allocation of assets and |
| 6 | liabilities of the district; providing for a referendum; |
| 7 | providing resolution in the event of statutory conflict; |
| 8 | providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Pursuant to sections 189.4042(2) and |
| 13 | 189.4045(2), Florida Statutes, the Pal-Mar Water Control |
| 14 | District is hereby dissolved, subject to the requirements stated |
| 15 | in this act. |
| 16 | Section 2. Chapter 2005-307, Laws of Florida, is repealed. |
| 17 | Section 3. Title to all real property owned by the Pal-Mar |
| 18 | Water Control District is transferred as of September 30, 2006, |
| 19 | to Palm Beach County or Martin County, according to |
| 20 | jurisdictional location. |
| 21 | Section 4. All other assets or personal property and |
| 22 | liabilities or indebtedness of the Pal-Mar Water Control |
| 23 | District are transferred as of September 30, 2006, to Palm Beach |
| 24 | County or Martin County, pursuant to an interlocal agreement to |
| 25 | be executed among Palm Beach County, Martin County, the South |
| 26 | Florida Water Management District, and any other appropriate |
| 27 | governmental agency. The interlocal agreement shall ensure that |
| 28 | any transferred funds are used to support ongoing maintenance or |
| 29 | land acquisition for water quality or water quantity within the |
| 30 | Pal-Mar Water Control District. |
| 31 | Section 5. Prior to September 30, 2006, a landowner |
| 32 | referendum shall be held by the board of supervisors of the Pal- |
| 33 | Mar Water Control District on the question of whether the |
| 34 | district should be dissolved. All landowners within the district |
| 35 | are entitled to vote in the referendum. The referendum shall be |
| 36 | held on a one-acre, one-vote basis at the expense of the |
| 37 | district. |
| 38 | Section 6. To the extent any conflict occurs between the |
| 39 | provisions of this act and chapter 2005-307, Laws of Florida, |
| 40 | this act shall govern. Nothing in this act shall be construed as |
| 41 | altering any of the provisions of chapter 189 or chapter 298, |
| 42 | Florida Statutes. |
| 43 | Section 7. This act shall take effect on September 30, |
| 44 | 2006, only upon its approval by a majority vote of those |
| 45 | landowners of the Pal-Mar Water Control District voting in a |
| 46 | referendum election to be called by the board of supervisors of |
| 47 | the district and to be held prior to September 30, 2006, in |
| 48 | accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections |
| 49 | currently in force, except that this section and section 5 shall |
| 50 | take effect upon becoming a law. |