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By the Committee on Governmental Operations; and Senator Ring
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to local government boundaries;
3 amending ss. 7.06 and 7.50, F.S.; extending and
4 enlarging the boundaries of Broward County to
5 include certain lands in Palm Beach County;
6 decreasing the boundaries of Palm Beach County;
7 extending and enlarging the corporate
8 boundaries of the City of Parkland in Broward
9 County to annex specified unincorporated lands;
10 providing for continuation of certain land use
11 regulations; providing for transfer of roads
12 and rights-of-way; providing for county and
13 municipal powers; providing for continuation of
14 contracts; superseding chapters 96-542 and
15 99-447, Laws of Florida, relating to annexation
16 of unincorporated areas into municipalities;
17 providing for payment or apportionment of
18 public debt; providing for severability;
19 providing a contingent effective date.
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21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23 Section 1. Section 7.06, Florida Statutes, is amended
24 to read:
25 7.06 Broward County.--The boundary lines of Broward
26 County are as follows: Beginning on the east boundary of the
27 State of Florida at a point where the south boundary of
28 township forty-seven south of range forty-three east, produced
29 easterly, would intersect the same; thence westerly on said
30 township boundary to its intersection with the axis or center
31 line of Hillsborough State Drainage Canal, as at present
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1 located and constructed; thence westerly along the center line
2 of said canal to its intersection with the range section line
3 dividing ranges forty and sections twenty-six and thirty-five
4 of township forty-seven south, of range forty-one east; thence
5 westerly on the said section line dividing sections
6 twenty-six, thirty-five and other sections to the northwest
7 corner of said section thirty-one of township forty-seven
8 south of range forty-one, east; thence south on the range line
9 dividing ranges forty and forty-one east, of township
10 forty-seven south, to the northeast corner of section
11 twenty-five of township forty-seven, south, of range forty
12 east, a distance of one hundred and six feet, more or less;
13 thence due west on the north boundaries of the sections
14 numbered from twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, of townships
15 forty-seven south, of ranges thirty-seven to forty east,
16 inclusive, as the same have been surveyed, or may hereafter be
17 surveyed, by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the
18 Internal Improvement Trust Fund, to the northwest corner of
19 section thirty of township forty-seven south, of range
20 thirty-seven east; thence continuing due west to the range
21 line between ranges thirty-four and thirty-five east; thence
22 southerly on the range line dividing ranges thirty-four and
23 thirty-five east, to the southwest corner of township
24 fifty-one south, of range thirty-five east; thence east
25 following the south line of township fifty-one south, across
26 ranges thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight,
27 thirty-nine and forty, to the southwest corner of township
28 fifty-one south of range forty-one east; thence north on the
29 range line dividing ranges forty and forty-one to the
30 northwest corner of section thirty-one of township fifty-one
31 south, of range forty-one east; thence east on the north
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1 boundary of section thirty-one and other sections to the
2 waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence easterly to the eastern
3 boundary of the State of Florida; thence northerly along said
4 eastern boundary to the point of beginning. In addition, the
5 boundary lines of Broward County include the following: Begin
6 at the northwest corner of section thirty-five, township
7 fifty-one south, range forty-two east, Dade County, Florida;
8 thence, southerly following the west line of section
9 thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east to
10 the intersection with a line which is two hundred and thirty
11 feet south of and parallel to the north line of section
12 thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east;
13 thence, easterly following the line which is two hundred and
14 thirty feet south of and parallel to the north line of section
15 thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east,
16 to the intersection with the west boundary line of the Town of
17 Golden Beach; thence, northerly following the west boundary
18 line of the Town of Golden Beach to the intersection with the
19 north line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south,
20 range forty-two east; thence, westerly following the north
21 line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range
22 forty-two east to the point of beginning.
23 Section 2. Section 7.50, Florida Statutes, is amended
24 to read:
25 7.50 Palm Beach County.--The boundary lines of Palm
26 Beach County are as follows: Beginning on the east boundary of
27 Florida at a point where the south boundary of township
28 forty-seven south, of range forty-three east, produced
29 easterly would intersect the same; thence westerly on said
30 township line to its intersection with the axis or center line
31 of the Hillsborough State Drainage Canal as at present located
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1 and constructed; thence westerly along the center line of said
2 canal to its intersection with the range section line dividing
3 ranges forty and sections twenty-six and thirty-five of
4 township forty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence
5 westerly on the section line dividing said sections twenty-six
6 and thirty-five and other sections to the northwest corner of
7 section thirty-one, of township forty-seven south, range
8 forty-one east; thence south on the range line dividing ranges
9 forty and forty-one, township forty-seven south, to the
10 northeast corner of section twenty-five of township
11 forty-seven south, range forty east, a distance of one hundred
12 six feet more or less; thence due west on the north boundary
13 of the sections numbered from twenty-five to thirty,
14 inclusive, of townships forty-seven south, ranges thirty-seven
15 to forty east, inclusive, as the same have been surveyed or
16 may hereafter be surveyed by the authority of the Board of
17 Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, to the
18 northwest corner of section thirty, township forty-seven
19 south, range thirty-seven east; thence continuing due west to
20 the range line between ranges thirty-four and thirty-five
21 east, and the east boundary of Hendry County; thence north on
22 said range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Hendry
23 County, to the south shore of Lake Okeechobee; thence
24 continuing north on said range line to the northeast corner of
25 section thirty-six, township forty south, range thirty-four
26 east; thence easterly parallel to and one mile north from the
27 township line dividing townships forty and forty-one south to
28 where the south boundary of section twenty-six, township forty
29 south, range thirty-seven east intersects the normal water
30 level on the boundary of Lake Okeechobee; thence east on the
31 south boundary line of said section twenty-six and other
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1 sections across ranges thirty-seven, thirty-eight and
2 thirty-nine, forty, forty-one and forty-two east, to the east
3 line of section twenty-eight, township forty south, range
4 forty-two east; thence north on said east section line to the
5 north line of said section twenty-eight; thence east on the
6 section line between sections twenty-two and twenty-seven of
7 township forty south, range forty-two east, and other sections
8 to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence easterly to the
9 eastern boundary of Florida; thence southward along the coast,
10 including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the
11 jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the place of
12 beginning.
13 Section 3. The present corporate limits of the City of
14 Parkland, Broward County, are hereby extended and enlarged to
15 include, in addition to the territory presently within its
16 corporate limits, the area particularly described as follows:
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18 (1) That portion of the east one-half of section twenty-nine,
19 township forty-seven south, range forty-one east, Palm Beach
20 County, Florida, lying south and west of the Hillsborough
21 State Drainage Canal; less and except the east eighty-five
22 feet thereof; also less and except the west sixty-five feet
23 thereof; also less and except road right-of-way for State Road
24 No. 827.
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26 Also described as that portion of lots two through eight and
27 twenty-five through thirty-two, Florida Fruit Lands Company,
28 section twenty-nine, township forty-seven south, range
29 forty-one east, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in
30 plat book one, page one hundred and two, Public Records Palm
31 Beach County, Florida, lying south and west of the
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1 Hillsborough State Drainage Canal; less and except the east
2 eighty-five feet thereof; also less and except the west
3 sixty-five feet thereof; also less and except road
4 right-of-way for State Road No. 827.
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6 Said lands lying in Palm Beach County, Florida, containing
7 11,722,792.53 square feet (269.1183 acres) more or less.
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9 (2) All of that part of section twenty-eight, township
10 forty-seven south, range forty-one east, lying south of the
11 southerly right-of-way line of the Hillsborough State Drainage
12 Canal, said right-of-way being one hundred and thirty feet
13 southerly of the centerline of the Hillsborough State Drainage
14 Canal, less the following portion, beginning at the southwest
15 corner of said section twenty-eight, thence on an azimuth of
16 358° 44' 45", along the west line of said section
17 twenty-eight, a distance of 4309.08 feet to a point on the
18 southerly right-of-way line of the Hillsborough State Drainage
19 Canal; thence on an azimuth of 107° 59' 34", along said
20 right-of-way line, a distance of 31.78 feet; thence on an
21 azimuth of 178° 44' 45", along a line parallel with and 30.00
22 feet east of as measured at right angles to the said west line
23 of section twenty-eight, a distance of 3529.06 feet; thence on
24 an azimuth of 89° 36' 40", along a line parallel with and
25 769.87 feet north of as measured at right angles to the south
26 line of said section twenty-eight, a distance of 1387.00 feet;
27 thence on an azimuth of 178° 44' 45", along a line parallel
28 with and 1416.84 feet east of as measured at right angles to
29 the said west line of section twenty-eight, a distance of
30 769.96 feet to a point on the south line of said section
31 twenty-eight; thence on an azimuth of 269° 36'40" along the
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1 south line of said section twenty-eight, a distance of 1417.00
2 feet to the point of beginning.
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4 Said lands situate, lying and being in Palm Beach County,
5 Florida.
6 Section 4. All land use and zoning designations
7 applicable to the lands subject to this act shall continue in
8 effect until changed by the entity or entities with
9 jurisdiction over those lands subsequent to the effective date
10 of this act. All development orders, permits, and licenses in
11 existence on the effective date of this act shall remain in
12 effect and be permitted to continue in accordance with their
13 terms, notwithstanding that the lands formerly in Palm Beach
14 County are now a part of Broward County.
15 Section 5. All public roads and the public
16 rights-of-way associated therewith, lying within the lands
17 transferred from Palm Beach County to Broward County by this
18 act, are transferred from Palm Beach County's jurisdiction to
19 the jurisdiction of Broward County, except that those public
20 roads and rights-of-way within the lands annexed by the City
21 of Parkland will be transferred to the jurisdiction of that
22 municipality.
23 Section 6. On the effective date of this act, Broward
24 County shall be responsible for and embodied with all powers
25 granted pursuant to the State Constitution, Florida Statutes,
26 and Broward County Charter over the territory transferred to
27 Broward County under s. 7.06, Florida Statutes, as amended by
28 this act.
29 Section 7. On the effective date of this act, the City
30 of Parkland shall be responsible for and embodied with all
31 municipal powers granted in chapter 166, Florida Statutes, and
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1 as otherwise provided by law, over territory annexed, as
2 described in section 3.
3 Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
4 affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,
5 which contracts are in effect prior to the effective date of
6 this act.
7 Section 9. For the purpose of this act, the procedures
8 set forth in chapters 96-542 and 99-447, Laws of Florida, are
9 hereby superseded.
10 Section 10. Palm Beach County and Broward County shall
11 be responsible for the public debt relating to the transferred
12 property as required by s. 1, Art. VIII of the State
13 Constitution. These counties shall execute an interlocal
14 agreement no later than September 30, 2007, agreeing to the
15 payment or apportionment of any such debt.
16 Section 11. The provisions of this act shall be
17 severable, and if any provision is held invalid by a court of
18 competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not
19 affect the validity of the remaining provisions except to the
20 extent that an entire section or part of a section may be
21 inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section
22 or part of a section to which such holding directly applies.
23 Section 12. This act shall take effect upon the latter
24 of the date a final order is issued by the Department of
25 Community Affairs, finding the Comprehensive Plan Map
26 Amendment transmitted by Palm Beach County titled University
27 Drive & Riverside Drive TIM & 2020 Map Amendment (DCA No.
28 07-01) to be in compliance with s. 163.3184, Florida Statutes,
29 or the date a final order is issued by the Administration
30 Commission finding the amendment to be in compliance with s.
31 163.3184, Florida Statutes, or the date on which the roadway
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1 rights-of-way designated in this act are abandoned by Palm
2 Beach County and all appeal periods relating to such
3 abandonment have expired or, if an appeal is filed, a final
4 order confirming the abandonment is issued by a court of
5 competent jurisdiction. The publication by the Department of
6 Community Affairs of a notice of intent to find Palm Beach
7 County Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment No. 07-01 in
8 compliance with s. 163.3184, Florida Statutes, shall be deemed
9 to be a final order if no timely petition is filed challenging
10 the amendment.
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12 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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15 Provides that the City of Parkland will annex some of the
lands being transferred from Palm Beach County to Broward
16 County.
17 Supersedes laws relating to the annexation of unincorporated
land in Broward County.
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Provides an effective date on the earlier of:
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1. the date of the final order by DCA finding the specified
20 plan amendment to be in compliance with s. 163.3184, F.S.
21 2. issuance of a final order by the Administration
Commission finding the plan amendment in compliance with
22 s. 163.3184, F.S.
23 3. abandonment by Palm Beach County of the road
rights-of-way identified in the bill and expiration of
24 any appeal of tha abandonment.
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