Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716
By Senator Mayfield
17-00952-20 2020716__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to county boundaries; amending ss.
3 7.31 and 7.59, F.S.; revising county boundaries;
4 providing an effective date.
5
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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8 Section 1. Section 7.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
9 read:
10 7.31 Indian River County.—The boundary lines of Indian
11 River County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner
12 of township thirty-one south, of range thirty-five east; thence
13 east on the line dividing the townships thirty and thirty-one
14 south, to the point where said line intersects the thread of the
15 south fork of the St. Sebastian River; thence northerly down the
16 thread of said stream to the main stream of the St. Sebastian
17 River; thence down the thread of the St. Sebastian River to its
18 confluence with the Indian River; thence east to the
19 intersection with the southwesterly extension of the centerline
20 of the approach channel to the Sebastian Inlet from the Indian
21 River; thence northeasterly along said centerline and continue
22 northeasterly and easterly along the centerline of the Sebastian
23 Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean; thence southward along the Atlantic
24 coast, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the
25 jurisdiction of the State of Florida to the intersection of said
26 Atlantic coast and a line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured
27 at right angles to, the township line dividing between townships
28 thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence west, parallel with,
29 and 45.22 feet south of said township line, to the west right
30 of-way line of State Road A1A; thence northwesterly along said
31 right-of-way line to the intersection of said right-of-way line
32 and the north line of Lot 25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as
33 recorded in Plat Book 4, page 23, of the public records of St.
34 Lucie County, Florida. Said north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet
35 north of, and parallel with, as measured at right angles to, the
36 township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four
37 south; thence west along the north line of said Lot 25 to the
38 easterly mean high water line of Round Island Creek; thence
39 meandering southeasterly along said mean high water line to its
40 intersection with the township line dividing townships thirty
41 three and thirty-four south; thence west on said township line
42 to range line dividing ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east;
43 thence north between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east to
44 the northeast corner of section one, township thirty-three
45 south, range thirty-five east; thence west on township line
46 dividing townships thirty-two and thirty-three south, range
47 thirty-five east to the range line dividing ranges thirty-four
48 and thirty-five east; thence north on said range line to the
49 northwest corner of township thirty-one south, range thirty-five
50 east, being the place of beginning.
51 Section 2. Section 7.59, Florida Statutes, is amended to
52 read:
53 7.59 St. Lucie County.—The boundary lines of St. Lucie
54 County are as follows: Beginning on the eastern boundary of the
55 State of Florida at a point where the north section line of
56 section thirteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one
57 east, produced easterly, would intersect the same; thence
58 westerly on the north line of said section and other sections to
59 the northwest corner of section eighteen, township thirty-seven
60 south, range forty-one east; thence south along the range line
61 between ranges forty east and forty-one east which is concurrent
62 with the St. Lucie County and Martin County boundary lines to
63 the intersection with the north line of the south 508.15 feet of
64 the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty
65 seven south, range forty east; thence west along the south
66 508.15-foot line of the northeast quarter of section twenty
67 four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and
68 concurrent with the municipal boundary line of the City of Port
69 St. Lucie to the intersection of the east 924.15-foot line of
70 section twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty
71 east; thence south along the east 924.15-foot line of section
72 twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and
73 continuing along the municipal boundary line of the City of Port
74 St. Lucie, to the intersection of the south line of the
75 northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven
76 south, range forty east; thence west along the south line of the
77 northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven
78 south, range forty east to the intersection with the west edge
79 of Howard Creek; thence southerly and along with the west edge
80 of Howard Creek being concurrent with the municipal boundary
81 line of the City of Port St. Lucie to the intersection of the
82 north shore of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the
83 west edge of Howard Creek as concurrent with the City of Port
84 St. Lucie municipal boundary; thence departing said north shore
85 of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the municipal
86 boundary line of the City of Port St. Lucie, a bearing direction
87 (State Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 45
88 degrees, 16 minutes west, 2,355 feet more or less, to a point
89 within the body of water of the north fork of the St. Lucie
90 River; thence departing said point a bearing direction (State
91 Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 41 degrees,
92 4 minutes east, 6,155 feet more or less to a point located in
93 the body of the north fork of the St. Lucie River which
94 intersects with the west line of section thirty, township
95 thirty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence south 6,459
96 feet along the west line of sections thirty and thirty-one,
97 township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east, to the
98 intersection with the township line between townships thirty
99 seven and thirty-eight south; also being the southwest corner of
100 section thirty-one, township thirty-seven, range forty-one east;
101 thence west on the said township line to the range line dividing
102 ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence north on said
103 range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Okeechobee
104 County, to the northwest corner of township thirty-four south,
105 range thirty-seven east; thence east on the township line
106 dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four south to a point
107 of intersection with the easterly mean high water line of Round
108 Island Creek; thence meandering northwesterly along said mean
109 high water line to its intersection with the north line of Lot
110 25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as recorded in Plat Book 4, page
111 23, of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida. Said
112 north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet north of, and parallel with,
113 as measured at right angles to, the township line dividing
114 townships thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence east along
115 the north line of said Lot 25 to the west right-of-way line of
116 State Road A1A; thence southeasterly along said right-of-way
117 line to the intersection of said west right-of-way line and a
118 line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured at right angles to,
119 the township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty
120 four south; thence east along said line lying 45.22 feet south
121 of, and parallel with the line dividing townships thirty-three
122 and thirty-four south, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence continuing
123 easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence
124 southerly along said east boundary, including the waters of the
125 Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida,
126 to the place of beginning.
127 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.