HB 1533

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the South Broward Drainage District,
3	Broward County; amending chapter 98-524, Laws of Florida,
4	as amended; providing for changing designation of
5	supervisors to commissioners; deleting reference to
6	landowner meetings; providing for notice and call of
7	emergency meetings of the board; amending the amount for
8	which advertisement for bids is required for the
9	procurement by the district of contractual services and
10	the purchase of goods, supplies, and materials to comply
11	with general law; clarifying the terms of office for
12	commissioners; revising the events that will result in a
13	revision of the boundaries of the commission zones;
14	redesignating the office of president of the board to
15	chairperson of the board; creating the office of vice
16	chairperson of the board; providing for a designation of
17	who shall preside at meetings of the board; providing for
18	election of officers of the board; clarifying the
19	commission zones that will be up for election for 2008,
20	2010, and subsequent years; revising inconsistent
21	provisions; providing severability; providing an effective
22	date.
23
24	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
25
26	Section 1.  Subsections (3) and (8) of section 9, section
27	12, subsection (15) of section 13, sections 18, 20, 23, and 39,
28	subsection (1) of section 40, section 42, subsection (1) of
29	section 47, subsections (1), (3), and (5) of section 50,
30	subsection (1) of section 53, and section 67 of section 2 of
31	chapter 98-524, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
32	Section 9.  Definitions.--
33	(3)  "Board" means the board of commissioners supervisors
34	of the South Broward Drainage District, or, if such district
35	shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to
36	the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by
37	this act to the board of commissioners supervisors shall be
38	given by law.
39	(8)  "Project" means any development, improvement,
40	property, utility, facility, works, road, enterprise, service,
41	or convenience, now existing or hereafter undertaken or
42	established, that under the provisions of this act or under
43	chapter 298, Florida Statutes, the district is authorized to
44	construct, acquire, undertake, and furnish for its own use or
45	for the use of any other person, firm, or corporation, owning,
46	leasing, or otherwise using the same, for any purpose or
47	activity, and shall include, without limitation, such repairs,
48	replacements, additions, extensions, and betterments to any
49	project as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board of
50	commissioners supervisors to place or to maintain such project
51	in proper condition for the same, efficient, and economic
52	operation thereof.
53	Section 12.  Compensation of board.--Each commissioner
54	supervisor shall be entitled to receive for his or her services
55	an amount approved by resolution of the board not to exceed
56	$400.00 per month. In addition, each commissioner supervisor
57	shall receive reasonable travel expenses for attending the place
58	of meeting from his or her residence. Unless the board by
59	resolution otherwise provides, such travel expenses shall not be
60	in excess of the amounts provided by law for state and county
61	officials.
62	Section 13.  Powers.--The district shall have, and the
63	board may exercise, any or all of the following powers:
64	(15)  To employ engineers, attorneys, agents, employees,
65	and representatives as the board of  supervisors may from time
66	to time determine necessary and to fix their compensation and
67	duties.
68	Section 18.  Fiscal year.--The board of supervisors, by
69	resolution, shall establish the fiscal year for the district.
70	Section 20.  Notice and call of board meetings of
71	landowners; quorum; adjournments; representation at meetings;
72	taking action without meeting.--
73	(1)  The board shall publish notice of all meetings of the
74	board at least 7 days landowners once a week for 2 consecutive
75	weeks prior to such meeting in a newspaper of general
76	circulation in Broward County. Meetings of the board landowners
77	shall be held in a public place, or any other place made
78	available for the purpose of such meeting, in Broward County,
79	and the place, date, and hour of holding such meeting and the
80	purpose thereof shall be stated in the notice. Those landowners
81	present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any
82	meeting of the landowners.
83	(2)  The board may call special meetings of the landowners
84	at any time to receive reports of the board or for such other
85	purpose as the board may determine. In the event of an emergency
86	as determined by the district director, the chairperson, or the
87	vice chairperson of the board which requires immediate board
88	action, such notice as is reasonable under the circumstances
89	shall be provided. A special meeting of the landowners may also
90	be called at any time upon notice as provided in this section at
91	the written request of the owners of not less than 25 percent in
92	acreage of the land within the district for the purpose of
93	taking any lawful action by the landowners of the district. Such
94	special meeting shall be called by any court of competent
95	jurisdiction in the event that the board fails to do so upon
96	request as provided in this section. Except as otherwise
97	provided in Section 10 with respect to the election of
98	supervisors, action taken at a meeting of the landowners shall
99	be by affirmative vote of the owners of a majority of the
100	acreage represented at such meeting.
101	(3)  At any meeting of the landowners, guardians may
102	represent their wards; executors and administrators may
103	represent the estate of deceased persons; trustees may represent
104	lands held by them in trust; and private corporations may be
105	represented by their duly authorized proxy. All landowners,
106	including guardians, executors, administrators, trustees, and
107	corporations, may be represented and vote by proxy.
108	(4)  Any action required or that may be taken at a meeting
109	of the landowners may be taken without a meeting or notice of
110	meeting being given upon the written consent of all of the
111	landowners.
112	Section 23.  Assessing land for reclamation; apportionment
113	of tax; drainage tax record.--The board shall, without any
114	unnecessary delay, levy a tax of such portion of benefits of the
115	district's plan of reclamation on all lands in the district to
116	which benefits have been assessed, as may be found necessary by
117	the board of supervisors to pay the costs of the completion of
118	the proposed works and improvements, as shown in said plan of
119	reclamation and in carrying out the objects of said district;
120	and, in addition thereto, 10 percent of said total amount for
121	emergencies. The said tax shall be apportioned to, and levied
122	on, each tract of land in said district in proportion to the
123	benefits assessed, and not in excess thereof; and in case bonds
124	are issued, as provided in this act, a tax shall be levied in a
125	sum not less than an amount 90 percent of which shall be equal
126	to the principal of said bonds. The amount of bonds to be issued
127	for paying the cost of the works as set forth in the plan of
128	reclamation shall be ascertained and determined by the board;
129	however, the total amount of all bonds to be issued by the
130	district shall in no case exceed 90 percent of the benefits
131	assessed upon the lands of the district. The amount of the
132	interest, as estimated by said board, which will accrue on such
133	bonds, shall be included and added to the said tax, but the
134	interest to accrue on account of the issuing of said bonds shall
135	not be construed as a part of the costs of construction in
136	determining whether or not the expenses and costs of making said
137	improvements are equal to, or in excess of, the benefits
138	assessed. The secretary of the board of supervisors, or the
139	director, as soon as said total tax is levied, shall, at the
140	expense of the district, prepare a list of all taxies levied, in
141	the form of a well bound book, which book shall be endorsed and
142	named "DRAINAGE TAX RECORD OF SOUTH BROWARD DRAINAGE DISTRICT,
143	BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA", which endorsement shall be printed or
144	written at the top of each page in said book, and shall be
145	signed and certified by the chairperson president and secretary
146	of the board, attested by affixing the seal of the district, and
147	the same shall thereafter become a permanent record in the
148	office of said secretary or director. In the alternative, so
149	long as the Broward County property appraiser or revenue
150	collector assesses and collects the taxes and assessments
151	authorized by this section, the records of the Broward County
152	property appraiser shall satisfy the requirements of the
153	drainage tax record of the district.
154	Section 39.  Pledge by the state to the bondholders of the
155	district and to the Federal Government.--The state pledges to
156	the holders of any bonds issued under this act that it will not
157	limit or alter the rights of the district to own, acquire,
158	construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, operate, or furnish
159	the projects or to levy and collect the taxes, assessments,
160	rentals, rates, fees, tolls, fares, and other charges provided
161	for herein and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with
162	the holders of such bonds or other obligations, that it will not
163	in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders, and
164	that it will not modify in any way the exemption from taxation
165	provided in the act, until all such bonds together with interest
166	thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
167	action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully
168	met and discharged. The state pledges to and agrees with the
169	Federal Government that in the event the Federal Government or
170	any agency or authority thereof shall construct or contribute
171	any funds, materials, or property for the construction,
172	acquisition, extension, improvement, enlargement, maintenance,
173	operation, or furnishing of any of the projects of the district,
174	or any part thereof, the state will not alter or limit the
175	rights and powers of the district in any manner which would be
176	inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of
177	such project, or any part thereof, or the improvement thereof,
178	or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any
179	agreements between the district and the Federal Government, and
180	the district shall continue to have and may exercise all powers
181	herein granted so long as the board of supervisors may deem the
182	same necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes
183	of this act and the purposes of the Federal Government in the
184	construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, enlargement,
185	maintenance, operation, or furnishing of any of the projects of
186	the district, or any part thereof.
187	Section 40.  Annual installment taxes.--
188	(1)  The board shall annually determine, order and levy the
189	annual installment of the total taxes which are levied under
190	section 23 or under section s. 298.36, Florida Statutes, which
191	shall be due and be collected during each year that county taxes
192	are due and collected and said annual installment and levy shall
193	be evidenced to and certified by the board of supervisors each
194	year to the Broward County Property Appraiser. Said tax shall be
195	entered by the county property appraiser on the county tax rolls
196	and shall be collected by the Broward County revenue collector
197	in the same manner and same time as county taxes and the
198	proceeds thereof paid to the district. The tax shall be a lien
199	until paid on the property against which assessed and
200	enforceable in like manner as county taxes.
201	Section 42.  Maintenance tax.--To maintain and preserve the
202	drainage improvements of the district, a maintenance tax shall
203	be evidenced to and certified by the board of supervisors each
204	year to the property appraiser and shall be entered by the
205	property appraiser on the county tax rolls and shall, be
206	collected by the revenue collector in the same manner and time
207	as county taxes and the proceeds therefrom paid to the district.
208	The tax shall be a lien until paid on the property against which
209	assessed and enforceable in like manner as county taxes. The
210	amount of said maintenance tax shall be determined by the board
211	based upon a report of the chief engineer or director and
212	assessed by the board upon such lands, which may be all of the
213	lands within the district, benefited by the maintenance thereof.
214	Section 47.  Foreclosure of liens.--
215	(1)  Any lien in favor of the district arising under
216	chapter 298, Florida Statutes, or under this act may be
217	foreclosed by the district by bringing foreclosure proceedings
218	in the name of the district in the circuit court in like manner
219	as is provided in chapter 173, Florida Statutes, and amendments
220	thereto, and the provisions of the chapter shall be applicable
221	to such proceedings with the same force and effect as if the
222	provisions were expressly set forth in this act. Any act
223	required or authorized to be done by or on behalf of a city or
224	town in foreclosure proceedings under chapter 173, Florida
225	Statutes, may be performed by such officer or agent of the
226	district as the board of supervisors may designate. Such
227	foreclosure proceedings may be brought at any time after the
228	expiration of 1 year from the date any tax, or installment
229	thereof, becomes delinquent.
230	Section 50.  Unit development; powers of board of
231	supervisors to designate units of district and adopt system of
232	progressive drainage by units; plans of reclamation and
233	financing assessments for each unit; amendment of unit plan.--
234	(1)  The board of supervisors of the district is authorized
235	in its discretion to drain and reclaim and place under water
236	control or more completely and intensively to drain and reclaim
237	and place under water control the lands in the district by
238	designated areas or parts of the district to be called "units".
239	The units into which the district may be so divided shall be
240	given appropriate numbers or names by the board, so that the
241	units may be readily identified and distinguished. The board
242	shall have the power to fix and determine the location, area,
243	and boundaries of lands to be included in each and all such
244	units, the order of development thereof, and the method of
245	carrying on the work in each unit. The unit system of drainage
246	provided by this section may be conducted and all of the
247	proceedings by this section and this act authorized in respect
248	to such unit or units may be carried on and conducted at the
249	same time as or after the work of draining and reclaiming of the
250	entire district has been or is being or shall be instituted or
251	carried on under the provisions of this act or under chapter
252	298, Florida Statutes, or both.
253	(3)  As soon as practicable after the adoption of such
254	resolution, the board shall publish notice once a week for 2
255	consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers published and of
256	general circulation in Broward County, briefly describing the
257	units into which the district has been divided and the lands
258	embraced in each unit, giving the name, number or other
259	designation of such units, requiring all owners of lands in the
260	district to show cause in writing before the board at a time and
261	place to be stated in such notice why such division of the
262	district into such units should not be approved, and the system
263	of development by units should not be adopted and given effect
264	by the board, and why the proceedings and powers authorized by
265	this section should not be had, taken and exercised. At the time
266	and place stated in the notice, the board of supervisors shall
267	hear all objections or causes of objection, all of which shall
268	be in writing, of any landowner in the district who may appear
269	in person or by attorney, to the matters mentioned and referred
270	to in such notice, and, if no objections are made, or if
271	objections are made and overruled by the board, then the board
272	shall enter in its minutes its finding and order confirming the
273	resolution, and may thereafter proceed with the development,
274	drainage, and reclamation of the district by units pursuant to
275	such resolution and to the provisions of this act. The failure
276	to make objections as provided in this subsection shall
277	constitute a waiver of such objection, and, if any objection
278	shall be made and overruled or otherwise not sustained,
279	confirmation of the resolution shall be the final adjudication
280	of the issues presented unless a judicial proceeding is
281	initiated within 10 days after such ruling.
282	(5)  When the resolutions creating the unit system shall be
283	confirmed by the board, or by the circuit court, if such
284	proposed action shall be challenged by a landowner by the
285	judicial proceedings authorized in this section, the board may
286	adopt a plan or plans of reclamation for and in respect to any
287	or all such units, and to have the benefits and damages
288	resulting therefrom assessed and apportioned in like manner as
289	is provided by chapter 298, Florida Statutes, in regard to plans
290	of reclamation for the assessments of benefits and damages of
291	the entire district, or in like manner as is provided for in
292	this act for the assessments of benefits. The board shall have
293	the same powers in respect to each and all of such units as is
294	vested in them with respect to the entire district. All the
295	provisions of this act shall apply to the drainage, reclamation,
296	and improvement of each, any, and all such units, and the
297	enumeration of or reference to specific powers or duties of the
298	commissioners supervisors or any other officers or other matters
299	in this act, as set forth in this act, shall not limit or
300	restrict the application of any and all of the proceedings and
301	powers herein to the drainage and reclamation of such units as
302	fully and completely as if such unit or units were specifically
303	and expressly named in every section and clause of this act
304	where the entire district is mentioned or referred to. Unless
305	the board by resolution otherwise provides, all assessments,
306	levies, taxes, bonds, and other obligations made, levied,
307	assessed, or issued for or in respect to any such unit or units
308	shall be a lien and charge solely and only upon the lands in
309	such unit or units, respectively, for the benefit of which the
310	same shall be levied, made, or issued, and not upon the
311	remaining units or lands in the district.
312	Section 53.  Procurement of contractual services and
313	purchase of goods, supplies, and materials.--
314	(1)  All contracts let by the board for professional
315	architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or land
316	surveying and mapping services for any project authorized by
317	this act shall be in compliance with section s. 287.055, Florida
318	Statutes, as amended. Except as stated herein and as provided by
319	section s. 287.055, Florida Statutes, as amended, no contract
320	shall be let by the board for the construction or maintenance of
321	any improvements authorized under this act, nor shall any goods,
322	supplies, or materials be purchased, when the amount thereof to
323	be paid by the district shall exceed the threshold amount
324	provided in section 287.017(1), Florida Statutes, for category
325	two $10,000,unless notice of bids shall be advertised once a
326	week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper in general
327	circulation in Broward County, and in each case the bid of the
328	lowest responsible bidder shall be accepted, unless all bids are
329	rejected because the bids are too high.  The board may require
330	the bidders to furnish bond with responsible surety to be
331	approved by the board.  Nothing in this section shall prevent
332	the board from undertaking and performing the construction,
333	operation, and maintenance of any project, facility, or
334	improvements authorized under this act by the employment of
335	labor, material, and machinery.
336	Section 67.  Bailey Drainage District's contracts and
337	agreements to be approved by South Broward Drainage
338	District.--Beginning on March 12, 1992, no contracts or
339	agreements entered into by the Bailey Drainage District which
340	contain obligations of Bailey Drainage District that are not
341	provided for in the Bailey Drainage District budget for fiscal
342	year 1991-1992 shall be valid unless approved by a majority of
343	the board Board of Supervisors of the South Broward Drainage
344	District.
345	Section 2.  Subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8),
346	(10), (11), (12), and (14) of section 10 of chapter 98-524, Laws
347	of Florida, as amended by chapter 2004-459, Laws of Florida, are
348	amended to read:
349	Section 10.  Board of commissioners supervisors; election;
350	organization; terms of office; benefits; quorum; report and
351	minutes.--
352	(1)  The board of commissioners supervisors of the district
353	shall be the governing body of the district and shall exercise
354	the powers granted to the district under this act and under
355	chapter 298, Florida Statutes. The board shall consist of six
356	members, until the first meeting of the board following
357	certification of the November 2006 election, and seven members
358	who shall be known as commissioners thereafter. Except as
359	otherwise provided herein, each member shall hold office for a
360	term of 4 years and until his or her successor shall be chosen
361	and shall qualify.
362	(2)  Beginning with the November 2004 election, A candidate
363	for the office of commissioner supervisor shall, at the time of
364	his or her qualification for office, be a qualified elector of
365	the South Broward Drainage District and shall qualify with the
366	county supervisor of elections in accordance with the Florida
367	Election Code and this act. To be a qualified candidate of the
368	South Broward Drainage District, he or she shall, at the time of
369	his or her qualification, have continuously resided within the
370	boundaries of the district and within the respective zone that
371	he or she may represent for the 60 days immediately preceding
372	his or her qualifying for office and until he or she is inducted
373	into office. Each commissioner supervisor shall reside within
374	the district and within the geographical zone he or she
375	represents during his or her entire term in office, but any
376	commissioner supervisor who has the boundaries of his or her
377	zone changed and because of said change no longer resides within
378	the zone he or she represents shall remain in office until the
379	normal expiration of his or her term.
380	(3)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
381	persons who are members of the former board of supervisors of
382	the district in office when this act takes effect shall
383	constitute the members of the board of commissioners until the
384	next election for their seats. Those members of the board whose
385	terms expire in November 2008 June 2004 shall remain members of
386	the board and their terms shall be extended from June 2004 until
387	their successors are inducted into office at the first regularly
388	scheduled meeting of the board following certification of the
389	November 2008 2004 general election. Those members of the board
390	whose terms expire in November 2010 June 2006 shall remain
391	members of the board and their terms shall be extended from June
392	2006 until their successors are inducted into office at the
393	first regularly scheduled meeting of the board following
394	certification of the November 2010 2006 general election.
395	(4)  After the effective date of this act, Except as stated
396	herein, all commissioners supervisors shall be elected by the
397	qualified electors of the district on a nonpartisan basis.
398	Except as stated herein, the seven commissioners supervisors
399	shall be elected from seven single-member zones which shall be
400	identified as Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6,
401	and Zone 7. The commissioners supervisors shall be elected from
402	the registered voters of each respective zone.
403	(6)  Commencing with the first regularly scheduled meeting
404	of the board following certification of the November 2006
405	general election, Except as stated in this act, the board shall
406	be composed of seven members as follows:
407	(a)  Three supervisors shall be elected In the general
408	election of November 2008 and in the November general election
409	of every 4th year thereafter, 2004. At the November 2004 general
410	election, one commissioner supervisor shall be elected from the
411	combined registered voters from Zone Zones 1 and 2, one
412	commissioner supervisor shall be elected from the combined
413	registered voters from Zone Zones 3 and 4, and one commissioner
414	supervisor shall be elected from the combined registered voters
415	from Zone Zones 5, 6, and 7. The commissioners supervisors
416	elected in November 2008 2004 shall serve until their terms
417	expire in November 2012 2008.
418	(b)  In the general election of November 2010 2006, and in
419	the November general election of every fourth year thereafter,
420	one commissioner supervisor shall be elected from the zone in
421	which the supervisor elected in 2004 from Zones 1 and Zone 2 is
422	not a resident, one commissioner supervisor shall be elected
423	from the zone in which the supervisor elected in 2004 from Zones
424	3 and Zone 4 is not a resident, and, one commissioner supervisor
425	shall be elected from each of the two zones in which the
426	supervisor elected in 2004 from Zones Zone 5, and one
427	commissioner shall be elected from Zone 7. The commissioners
428	elected in November 2010 shall serve until their terms expire in
429	November 2014, 6, and 7 is not a resident.
430	(c)  In the general election of November 2008, the zones in
431	which the supervisors elected in 2004 reside and whose terms of
432	office expire in November 2008 shall be designated as the zones
433	whose representatives shall be elected in 2008 and in the
434	November general election of every fourth year thereafter.
435	(c)(d)  If only one candidate qualifies for an office, that
436	candidate shall be deemed elected. If two or more candidates
437	qualify for an office, the names of those candidates shall be
438	placed on the ballot for the designated November general
439	election.
440	(d)(e)  The candidate receiving the highest number of votes
441	cast for the office of commissioner supervisor for each
442	respective zone at each respective election shall be declared
443	elected to such office. If the vote results in a tie, the
444	outcome shall be determined by lot.
445	(e)(f)  Commissioners Supervisors elected or reelected
446	shall be inducted into office at the first regularly scheduled
447	meeting of the board following certification of the election.
448	(7)  Except as provided in this section, election of
449	commissioners supervisors shall be as provided in the Florida
450	Election Code and revisions thereto.
451	(8)  The boundaries of Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 shall
452	be reviewed and revised by the board upon the occurrence of any
453	of the following events:
454	(a)  Property is added to the district's geographical area
455	changes by 10 percent or more;
456	(b)  The district's population changes by 10 percent or
457	more since the previous determination of the single-member zone
458	boundaries;
459	(c)  Property is deleted from the district's geographical
460	area Any annexation, deannexation, or merger causes the
461	population of the district to increase or decrease by 5 percent
462	or more; or
463	(d)  The passage of at least 10 years since the previous
464	review of the single-member zone boundaries. If the population
465	of the single-member zones meets the requirements of subsection
466	(9), the boundaries of the single-member zones may remain as
467	is;.
468	(e)  The population of any one or more zones increases or
469	decreases by more than 10 percent since the previous boundary
470	revision; or
471	(f)  Five of the seven commissioners approve a resolution
472	to revise the boundaries.
473	(10)  Each commissioner supervisor, before entering upon
474	his or her official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath
475	of office as prescribed in section s. 298.13, Florida Statutes.
476	(11)  All commissioners supervisors shall hold office for
477	the terms for which they are elected or appointed and until
478	their successors shall be chosen and qualify. In case of a
479	vacancy in the office of any commissioner supervisor, the
480	remaining commissioner supervisor or commissioners supervisors,
481	even though less than a quorum, may fill such vacancy for the
482	unexpired term of the commissioner supervisor who vacated his or
483	her office.
484	(12)  At the first meeting of the board following the
485	effective date of this act, certification of the general
486	election of November 2004 and at the first regularly scheduled
487	meeting of the board following certification of the general
488	election in the month of November of every even-numbered other
489	year thereafter, the board shall organize by electing from
490	choosing one of their members a chairperson, a vice chairperson,
491	president, a secretary, and a treasurer of the board. The
492	chairperson shall preside at all meetings. In the chairperson's
493	absence, the vice chairperson shall preside over the meeting and
494	have the same powers as the chairperson. In the absence of both
495	the chairperson and vice chairperson, the board members who are
496	present shall select a member of the board by majority vote of
497	those members present who shall preside over the meeting as
498	acting chairperson and have the same powers as the chairperson.
499	(14)  Except as stated in sections 12 and 14, the
500	commissioners supervisors of the district shall not receive any
501	benefits, including, but not limited to, state or district
502	retirement, health insurance, medical insurance, dental
503	insurance, or life insurance.
504	Section 3.  A certified copy of this act shall be recorded
505	in the Broward County Public Records by the South Broward
506	Drainage District.
507	Section 4.  If any provision of this act or the application
508	thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
509	invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of
510	this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision
511	or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
512	declared severable.
513	Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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