HB 801

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Broward County; providing for
3	annexation and deannexation of certain described lands
4	within the municipal limits of the Town of Southwest
5	Ranches and the Town of Davie; amending chapter 98-521,
6	Laws of Florida, as amended; revising the Town of
7	Southwest Ranches South Broward Utility Advisory Board
8	appointments; providing an effective date.
9
10	WHEREAS, the Town of Southwest Ranches ("Ranches") and the
11	Town of Davie ("Davie") entered into an interlocal agreement
12	on June 4, 2008, pursuant to the Florida Interlocal
13	Cooperation Act of 1969 relating to the permitting,
14	maintenance, and future conveyance of S.W. 54th Place, and
15	WHEREAS, S.W. 54th Place is a rural dead end roadway that
16	only accesses a small parcel of land located within the
17	Ranches, and
18	WHEREAS, the eastern portion of S.W. 54th Place is divided
19	between Davie and the Ranches and the western portion resides
20	totally within the Ranches, and
21	WHEREAS, Davie currently neither maintains nor services
22	its portion of S.W. 54th Place, and
23	WHEREAS, both municipalities desire to place this entire
24	right-of-way into the Ranches, and
25	WHEREAS, in 2008, chapter 98-521, Laws of Florida, was
26	amended to provide the Ranches with two members on the South
27	Broward Utility Advisory Board, and
28	WHEREAS, the appointments are required to be a water and
29	sewer user within the service area, and
30	WHEREAS, since most of the properties in the Ranches have
31	wells and septic, very few properties have both water and
32	sewer, and
33	WHEREAS, to increase the potential field of board
34	appointments the Ranches desires for its appointments to be
35	water or sewer users, NOW, THEREFORE,
36
37	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
38
39	Section 1.  The lands contained in the following legal
40	description are hereby deannexed from the Town of Davie, Broward
41	County:
42
43	ALL OF THAT STRIP OF LAND BEING 15 FEET IN WIDTH THE
44	SOUTH LIMITS WHICH LIE 15 FEET SOUTH OF THE FOLLOWING
45	DESCRIBED NORTH LIMITS OF SAID STRIP:
46	BEGINNING AT THE EAST QUARTER (1/4) CORNER OF SECTION
47	33 TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANGE 40 EAST, THENCE RUN SOUTH
48	89°43'45" WEST (ON A GRID BEARING) ALONG THE NORTH
49	LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (1/4) OF SAID
50	SECTION 33 (SAID LINE ALSO FORMING THE NORTH MUNICIPAL
51	BOUNDARY FOR THE TOWN OF DAVIE AND THE SOUTH MUNICIPAL
52	BOUNDARY FOR THE TOWN OF SOUTHWEST RANCHES) 1321.55
53	FEET TO THE TERMINUS OF SAID LINE. TOGETHER WITH THE
54	NORTH 10.00 FEET OF LOTS 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 43, 44,
55	45, 46, 47, 48, AND 49 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF
56	WATERFORD AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 116 AT PAGE 43 OF
57	THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SAID
58	LANDS SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF DAVIE,
59	BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
60	Section 2.  The present corporate limits of the Town of
61	Southwest Ranches, Broward County, are hereby extended and
62	enlarged so as to include, in addition to the territory
63	presently within its corporate limits, the following:
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65	ALL OF THAT STRIP OF LAND BEING 15 FEET IN WIDTH THE
66	SOUTH LIMITS WHICH LIE 15 FEET SOUTH OF THE FOLLOWING
67	DESCRIBED NORTH LIMITS OF SAID STRIP:
68	BEGINNING AT THE EAST QUARTER (1/4) CORNER OF SECTION
69	33 TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANGE 40 EAST, THENCE RUN SOUTH
70	89°43'45" WEST (ON A GRID BEARING) ALONG THE NORTH
71	LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (1/4) OF SAID
72	SECTION 33 (SAID LINE ALSO FORMING THE NORTH MUNICIPAL
73	BOUNDARY FOR THE TOWN OF DAVIE AND THE SOUTH MUNICIPAL
74	BOUNDARY FOR THE TOWN OF SOUTHWEST RANCHES) 1321.55
75	FEET TO THE TERMINUS OF SAID LINE. TOGETHER WITH THE
76	NORTH 10.00 FEET OF LOTS 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 43, 44,
77	45, 46, 47, 48, AND 49 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF
78	WATERFORD AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 116 AT PAGE 43 OF
79	THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SAID
80	LANDS SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF DAVIE,
81	BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
82
83	Section 3.  Section 1 of chapter 98-521, Laws of Florida,
84	as amended by chapter 2008-278, Laws of Florida, is amended to
85	read:
86	Section 1.  There is hereby created the South Broward
87	Utility Advisory Board, which shall be an advisory board of the
88	City of Sunrise. The board shall be composed of seven member, as
89	follows: two members shall be appointed by the City of Sunrise,
90	two members shall be appointed by the Town of Davie, one member
91	shall be appointed by the City of Pembroke Pines, and two
92	members shall be appointed by the Town of Southwest Ranches.
93	Each appointed member from the Town of Southwest Ranches shall
94	be a water or sewer user within the service area of the former
95	South Broward Utility. All other Each appointed members member
96	shall be a water and sewer users user within the service area of
97	the former South Broward Utility. Terms of each member shall be
98	for 2 years, except that all appointments and retention of board
99	members shall be at the sole discretion of the appointing
100	authorities.
101	(1)  The responsibility of the board shall be to review and
102	advise the City of Sunrise regarding any proposed change by the
103	city to the water and sewer rates charged within the area which
104	was formerly the South Broward Utility service area. In the
105	event of a proposed rate change within such area, the South
106	Broward Utility Advisory Board may require the City of Sunrise
107	to hire a rate consultant to advise the city regarding such
108	proposed rate change.
109	(2)  Within 30 days following notice of a rate change, the
110	advisory board shall present a report of its findings to the
111	Commission of the City of Sunrise. If presented within the 30-
112	day period, the report shall be considered by the commission
113	before rates may be altered or changed within the area formerly
114	served by the South Broward Utility.
115	(3)  The City of Sunrise shall appropriate not more than
116	$25,000 annually for a rate consultant for the South Broward
117	Utility Advisory Board, as provided in subsection (1).
118	(4)  The advisory board shall have no legal standing to
119	bring any legal action.
120	(5)  The City of Sunrise shall, by ordinance, provide for
121	such other procedures and regulations which are not in conflict
122	with this act as are necessary for the continued operation of
123	the board.
124	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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