HB 1045

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control
3	District, Palm Beach County; amending chapter 99-425, Laws
4	of Florida, as amended; providing for the dedication of
5	the width of roads to the public; providing requirements
6	for such dedication; providing for prima facie evidence of
7	public road easements; exempting certain property of an
8	electric utility; assigning traffic control jurisdiction
9	on all public roads within the district to the Town of
10	Loxahatchee Groves; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  Section 8 is added to section 2 of chapter 99-
15	425, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 2004-410, Laws of
16	Florida, to read:
17	Section 8.  Dedication of width of certain roads within the
18	district.-
19	a.  Improvement of four public roads identified in
20	paragraphs (1) through (4) was approved at referendum pursuant
21	to paragraph c. of section 4 of chapter 2004-410, Laws of
22	Florida, after January 1, 2009, and before December 31, 2010.
23	The width of these roads, to the extent that they have been
24	actually constructed and maintained or repaired continuously and
25	uninterruptedly by the district for 7 years, shall be dedicated
26	through easement rights to the public pursuant to this act. The
27	four public roads subject to this section are as follows:
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29	(1)  "A" Road to include the following description: "A"
30	Road from Okeechobee Boulevard to North Road and North
31	Road approximately one-quarter mile east from "A" Road
32	intersection.
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34	(2)  "C" Road (South) to include the following
35	description: "C" Road from Collecting Canal Road to
36	Okeechobee Boulevard and Collecting Canal Road
37	approximately one-quarter mile each way, east and west
38	from "C" Road intersection.
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40	(3)  "C" Road (North) to include the following
41	description: "C" Road from Okeechobee Boulevard to North
42	Road and North Road approximately one-quarter mile each
43	way, east and west from "C" Road intersection.
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45	(4)  "D" Road to include the following description: "D"
46	Road from Okeechobee Boulevard to North Road and North
47	Road approximately one-quarter mile each way, east and
48	west from "D" Road intersection.
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50	b.  The filing of a map in the office of the clerk of the
51	circuit court of the county in which the road is located showing
52	the lands and reciting on it that the road has been dedicated in
53	accordance with subsection a. or by any other means of
54	acquisition, duly certified by the chair and secretary of the
55	district, shall be prima facie evidence of the public's easement
56	rights.
57	c.  This section does not apply to any facility of an
58	electric utility which is located on property otherwise subject
59	to this section.
60	d.  The Town of Loxahatchee Groves shall have traffic
61	control jurisdiction over all public roads located within the
62	district.
63	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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