HB 923

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Troup-Indiantown Water Control
3	District, Martin County; amending chapter 2002-366, Laws
4	of Florida; correcting the legal description of the
5	boundaries of the district; revising requirements for
6	membership on the board of supervisors; clarifying
7	applicability of general law; providing an effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1.  Section 1 of section 1 of chapter 2002-366,
12	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
13	Section 1.  Status and boundaries of Troup-Indiantown Water
14	Control District.--The Troup-Indiantown Water Control District
15	is hereby declared to be an independent water control district
16	and a public corporation of the State of Florida pursuant to
17	chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as it may be amended from time to
18	time, and the lands lying within the area described as follows
19	in Martin County, Florida, shall hereby constitute the Troup-
20	Indiantown Water Control District:
21
22	Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 28 33,
23	Township 39 South, Range 39 East, run thence East with
24	the South line of Section 27 34 a distance of 60 feet
25	to a point; run thence North on a line 60 feet East of
26	and parallel to the East lines of Sections 33, 28, 21
27	and 16 to a point in the North line of Section 15
28	which is 60 feet East of the Northwest corner of said
29	Section 15; run thence in a straight line to the
30	Northeast corner of Section 9; run thence North
31	Northward with the East line of Section 4 to the
32	Northeast corner thereof; thence run West Westward
33	with the North lines of Section 4, 5, and 6 to a point
34	in the North line of Section 6, which is 50 feet East
35	of the Northwest corner of said Section 6; run thence
36	South Southward with a line which is 50 feet East of
37	and parallel to the West lines of Sections 6 and 7 and
38	the North one-half of Section 18 to a point; run
39	thence Southeastward in a straight line to the
40	Northeast corner of Section 30; run thence
41	Southeastward to the Southwest corner of the East one-
42	half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 29; run
43	thence East Eastward with the South line of Sections
44	28 and Section 29 a distance of 1329.12 feet to the
45	Northwest corner of the East one-half of Section 32;
46	run thence South with the West line of the East one-
47	half of Section 32 a distance of 1675.73 feet to a
48	concrete monument which is on the Southwest bank of a
49	drainage canal; run thence South 23E 49' 29" East a
50	distance of 614.2 feet to a point on the Southwest
51	bank of said drainage canal; run thence South 20E 16'
52	59" East a distance of 873.6 feet to a point on the
53	Southwest bank of said drainage canal; run thence
54	South 37E 49' 39" East a distance of 1426.46 feet to a
55	point on the Southwest bank of said drainage canal;
56	run thence South 42E 05' 24" East a distance of 429.70
57	feet to a point on the Southwest bank of said drainage
58	canal; run thence South 22E 51' 04" East a distance of
59	830.8 feet to a point on the Southwest bank of said
60	drainage canal; run thence South 32E 45' 39" East a
61	distance of65.38 feet to an intersection point with
62	the South line of Section 32, which point is 569.23
63	feet West of the Southeast corner of said Section 32;
64	run thence East with the South lines of Sections 32
65	and 33 to the point of beginning.
66
67	and
68
69	Beginning at a point on the South line of the North
70	1/2 of Section 34, Township 39 South, Range 39 East,
71	which point is 60 feet East of the Southwest corner of
72	the North 1/2 of said Section 34, thence run East
73	along the South boundary line of the North 1/2 of
74	Sections 34 and 35 to the Southeast corner of the
75	Northwest 1/4 of Section 35; thence run North along
76	the East boundary line of the West 1/2 of Sections 35,
77	26, 23, 14, and 11, and 2, to the North line of
78	Section 2 11; thence run West along the North lines of
79	Sections 2 10 and 3 11 to the Northwest corner of
80	Section 3 10; and thence run South along the West line
81	of Section 3 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence
82	Southward South in a straight line to a point on the
83	South line of Section 10, which point is 60 feet East
84	of the Southwest corner of Section 10; thence run
85	South parallel to 60 feet East of the West lines of
86	Section 15, 22, 27 and 34 to the point of beginning.
87	All of said lands lying and being in Township 34
88	South, Range 39 East.
89
90	and
91
92	Beginning at a point on the South line of the North
93	1/2 of Section 34, Township 39 South, Range 39 East,
94	which point is 60 feet East of the Southwest corner of
95	the North 1/2 of said Section 34, thence run East
96	along the South boundary line of the North 1/2 of
97	Sections 34 and 35, to the Southeast corner of the
98	Northwest 1/4 of Section 35; thence run North along
99	the North-South quarter-section lines of Section 35,
100	26, 23, 14 and 11, to the North line of Section 11;
101	thence run West along the North lines of Section 11
102	and 10 to the Northwest corner of Section 10; thence
103	run South in a straight line to a point in the South
104	line of Section 10, which point is 60 feet East of the
105	Southwest corner of Section 10; thence run South
106	parallel to and 60 feet East of the West lines of
107	Sections 15, 22, 27 and 34, to the Point of Beginning.
108	All of said lands lying and being in Township 39 S,
109	Range 39E.
110	Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 2 of section 1 of
111	chapter 2002-366, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
112	Section 2.  Minimum charter requirements.--In accordance
113	with section 189.404(3), Florida Statutes, the following
114	subsections shall constitute the charter of the Troup-Indiantown
115	Water Control District:
116	(4)  In accordance with this act and chapters chapter 189
117	and 298, Florida Statutes, to the extent not inconsistent with
118	this act, and section 298.11, Florida Statutes, the district is
119	governed by a three-member board, elected on a one-acre, one-
120	vote basis by the landowners landowner in the district; however,
121	landowners owning less than one acre shall be entitled to one
122	vote. Landowners with more than one acre shall be entitled to
123	one additional vote for any fraction of an acre greater than 1/2
124	acre owned, when all of the landowner's acreage has been
125	aggregated for purposes of voting. Notwithstanding s. 298.11(1),
126	Florida Statutes, members of the board of supervisors do not
127	have to be owners of lands in the district and residents of the
128	county or counties in which the district is located but must be
129	residents of the State of Florida and citizens of the United
130	States. The membership and organization of the board shall be as
131	set forth in this act and chapter 298, Florida Statutes, as they
132	may be amended from time to time, provided this act controls
133	with respect to any inconsistency.
134	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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