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2 An act relating to the Devil's Garden Water
3 Control District, Hendry County; amending
4 chapter 2000-481, Laws of Florida; amending
5 boundaries of the district; providing for the
6 equal assessment of benefits for all lands in
7 the district; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 2 of section 3 of chapter 2000-481,
12 Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
13 Section 2. The territorial boundaries of the District
14 include lands in Hendry County, Florida, described as follows:
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16 Beginning at the intersection of the North
17 boundary line of Section 5, Township 45 South,
18 Range 34 East, according to State Survey, and
19 the West boundary line of the Right-of-Way of
20 L-1 Levee of the Central and Southern Florida
21 Flood Control District; thence Westerly along
22 the boundary line between Townships 44 South
23 and 45 South to the Southeast corner of Section
24 31, Township 44 South, Range 31 East, thence
25 North along the East boundary line of Sections
26 31, 30 and 19 in said Township 44 South, Range
27 31 East to the Northeast corner of said Section
28 19, Township 44 South, Range 31 East; thence
29 Westerly along the North boundary of said
30 Section 19 to the Northwest corner of Section
31 19, thence westerly along the North boundary of
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1 Section 24, Township 44 South, Range 30 East,
2 to the Northwest corner of said Section 24,
3 thence continuing westerly along the North
4 boundary of Section 23, Township 44 South,
5 Range 30 East to a local Road known as 'Twin
6 Mills', thence Southerly along a line described
7 in Official Record Book 581, pages 430 thru 439
8 and Official Record Book 581, pages 443 thru
9 451 to County Road 832, thence Easterly along
10 County Road 832 as described in Official Record
11 Book 581, pages 443 thru 451 to a local Road
12 known as 'Wild Cow Road', thence Southerly
13 along Wild Cow Road, as described in Official
14 Record Book 581, pages 443 thru 451 to the
15 South boundary of Section 25, Township 45
16 South, Range 30 East, thence Easterly along the
17 South boundary of said Section 25 and along the
18 South boundary of Section 30, Township 45
19 South, Range 31 East to the South 1/4 corner of
20 said Section 30, thence Southerly along the
21 North-South 1/4 Section line of Section 31 to
22 an intersection with the North boundary line of
23 the South 194.00 acres of the East-Half of said
24 Section 31, thence Easterly along said North
25 line to the Easterly line of said Section 31,
26 thence Southerly along said Easterly line to
27 the Southeast corner of said Section 31, thence
28 Easterly along the Township line between
29 Township 45 South and Township 46 South; to the
30 Northwest corner of Section 2, Township 46
31 South, Range 32 East; thence Southerly along
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1 the West boundary of said Section 2 to the
2 Southwest corner thereof; thence Easterly along
3 the South boundary of said Section 2 and 1 to
4 the Southeast corner of Section 1; thence
5 Northerly along the Easterly boundary of said
6 Section 1 to the Northeast corner thereof;
7 thence Easterly along the South boundary of
8 Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the
9 Southeast corner of said Township 45 South,
10 Range 33 East; thence Northerly along the East
11 boundary of said Township 45 South, Range 33
12 East to the Northeast corner of Section 12,
13 Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence
14 Easterly along the South boundaries of Section
15 5 and 6, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to
16 an intersection of the West boundary of the
17 Right-of-Way of Levee L-I of the Central and
18 Southern Florida Flood Control District; thence
19 Northerly along said Right-of-Way boundary of
20 L-I along the approximate East boundary of
21 Section 5, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to
22 the Point-of-Beginning of this description.
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26 TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST:
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28 The West-half, and the West-quarter of the
29 Northeast-quarter, and the West-quarter of the
30 East-half of the West-half of the
31 Northeast-quarter of Section 6, Less Road
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1 Right-of-Way. All of Section 7, Less Road
2 Right-of-Way, and all Section 8, and the
3 North-half of Section 17, and the North-half of
4 Section 18, Less Road Right-of-Way.
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8 TOWNSHIP 45 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST:
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10 The South-half of Section 31, Less Road Right-of-way. The
11 South-half of Section 32, Less the East 300 feet.
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13 Containing Approximately 85,365 acres.
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15 Beginning at the intersection of the North
16 boundary line of Section 5, Township 45 South,
17 Range 34 East, according to State Survey, and
18 the West boundary line of the Right-of-Way of
19 L-1 Levee of the Central and Southern Florida
20 Flood Control District; thence westerly along
21 the boundary line between Townships 44 South
22 and 45 South to the Southeast corner of Section
23 31, Township 44 South, Range 31 East, thence
24 North along the East boundary line of Sections
25 31, 30 and 19 in said Township 44 South, Range
26 31 East to the Northeast corner of said Section
27 19, Township 44 South, Range 31 East; thence
28 westerly along the North boundary of said
29 Section 19 to the Northwest corner of Section
30 19, thence westerly along the North boundary of
31 Section 24, T. 44 S., R.30 E., to the Northwest
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1 corner of said Section 24, thence continuing
2 westerly along the North boundary of Section
3 23, T 44 S, R 30 E to a local Road known as
4 "Twin Mills", thence southerly along a line
5 described in Official Record 581, pages 430
6 thru 439 and Official Record 581, pages 443
7 thru 451 to County Road 832, thence easterly
8 along SR 832 as described in Official Record
9 581, pages 443 thru 451 to a local Road known
10 as "Wild Cow Road", thence southerly along Wild
11 Cow Road, as described in Official Record 581,
12 pages 443 thru 451 to the South boundary of
13 Section 25, T 45 S, R 30 E, thence easterly
14 along the South boundary of said Section 25 and
15 along the South boundary of Section 30, T 44 S,
16 R 31 E to the South 1/4 corner of said
17 Section 30, thence southerly along the
18 North-South 1/4 Section line of Section 31 to
19 the South boundary of Section 31, T 45 S, R 31
20 E, thence easterly along the Township line
21 between T 45 S and T 46 S; to the Northwest
22 corner of Section 2, Township 46 South, Range
23 32 East; thence southerly along the West
24 boundary of said Section 2 to the Southwest
25 corner thereof; thence easterly along the South
26 boundary of said Section 2 & 1 to the Southeast
27 corner of Section 1; thence northerly along the
28 easterly boundary of said Section 1 to the
29 Northeast corner thereof; thence easterly along
30 the South boundary of Township 45 South, Range
31 33 East to the Southeast corner of said
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1 Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence
2 northerly along the East boundary of said
3 Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the
4 Northeast corner of Section 12, Township 45
5 South, Range 33 East; thence easterly along the
6 South boundaries of Section 5 and 6, Township
7 45 South, Range 34 East, to an intersection of
8 the West boundary of the Right-of-Way of Levee
9 L-I of the Central and Southern Florida Flood
10 Control District; thence northerly along said
11 Right-of-Way boundary of L-I along the
12 approximate East boundary of Section 5,
13 Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to the
14 Point-of-Beginning of this description.
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18 TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST:
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20 The West-half, and the West-quarter of the
21 Northeast-quarter, and the West-quarter of the
22 East-half of the West-half of the
23 Northeast-quarter of Section 6, Less Road
24 Right-of-Way. All of Section 7, Less Road
25 Right-of-Way, and all Section 8, and the
26 North-half of Section 17, and the North-half of
27 Section 18, Less Road Right-of-Way.
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29 Containing approximately 85,625 acres.
30 Section 2. Section 8 is added to section 3 of chapter
31 2000-481, Laws of Florida, to read:
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1 Section 8. Benefits assessed.--It is hereby found and
2 determined that all lands within the boundaries of the
3 District receive equal benefits from the water management
4 works, facilities, and improvements as constructed and
5 maintained under existing water control plans of the District
6 and, therefore, all said lands shall be assessed equally for
7 the maintenance and rehabilitation improvements of the
8 District's works, facilities, and improvements.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
10 law.
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