HB 1403

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the North Lauderdale Water Control
3	District, Broward County; amending, reenacting, repealing,
4	and codifying chapters 97-370, 94-428, 85-385, 82-273, and
5	63-661, Laws of Florida, relating to the North Lauderdale
6	Water Control District; revising district boundaries;
7	revising the powers of the district, to provide that the
8	district may borrow money at a rate not exceeding that
9	which is provided by law; providing that the members of the
10	board of supervisors shall be the "city commission," rather
11	than the "city council," of the City of North Lauderdale
12	and that a board chair and vice chair shall be elected at
13	each annual meeting and as necessary to fill vacancies;
14	providing meeting notice requirements and requiring that
15	meetings be held at a public place; providing that the City
16	Clerk of the City of North Lauderdale shall serve as the
17	district secretary; providing for reimbursement of
18	supervisors for travel expenses pursuant to section
19	112.061, Florida Statutes; providing that the interest rate
20	on bonds issued by the board not exceed the maximum rate
21	allowed by law; providing that the interest rates on tax
22	anticipation notes issued by the board shall not exceed the
23	maximum rate allowed by law; deleting provision relating to
24	payment of taxes not authorized in advance; providing for
25	the use of non-ad valorem assessments; updating references
26	to chapter 298, Florida Statutes; providing for
27	severability; and providing an effective date.
28
29	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
30
31	Section 1.  Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
32	this act constitutes a codification of all special acts relating
33	to the dependent special district known as the North Lauderdale
34	Water Control District. It is the intent of the Legislature in
35	enacting this law to provide a single, comprehensive special act
36	charter for the district, including all current legislative
37	authority granted to the district by its several legislative
38	enactments and any additional authority granted by this act.
39	Section 2.  Chapters 63-661, 82-273, 85-385, 94-428, and 97-
40	370, Laws of Florida, are codified, reenacted, amended, and
41	repealed as herein provided.
42	Section 3.  The North Lauderdale Water Control District is
43	re-created and reenacted to read:
44	Section 1.  District created and boundaries thereof.--That
45	for the purpose of reclaiming, draining, and conserving the lands
46	hereinafter described, and protecting said lands from the effects
47	of water by means of the construction and maintenance of canals,
48	ditches, levies, dikes, pumping plants, and other drainage works
49	and improvements, and for the purpose of making the lands within
50	said district available and habitable for settlement and
51	agriculture and for the public convenience, welfare, utility, and
52	benefit, and for the other purposes stated in this act, a drainage
53	district is hereby established in Broward County, to be known as
54	the "North Lauderdale Water Control District," a drainage
55	district, the territorial boundaries of which are to-wit:
56
57	The City of North Lauderdale, being a portion of
58	Sections 1,2,3,10,11 and 12, of Township 49 South,
59	Range 41 East, of Section 34, of Township 48 South
60	Range 41 East, and a portion of Section 6 and 7 of
61	Township 49 South, Range 41 East.  All in Broward
62	County, Florida, being more particularly described as
63	follows:
64	BEGIN at the Southwest corner of Section 35;
65	Township 48 South, Range 41 East;
66	THENCE N 89( 50?31? E along the South line of
67	Section 35, Township 48 South, same being the North
68	line of Section 2, Township 49 South, Range 41 East,
69	distance of 4233.31 feet to the Northeast corner of
70	said Section 1, Township 49 South, Range 41 East;
71	THENCE S 01( 40?11? E along the East line of said
72	Section 1 a distance of 2268.50 feet to the South line
73	of a 80? canal right-of-way as shown on KIMBERLY
74	FOREST, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in
75	Plat Book 68, Page 31 of the Public Records of Broward
76	County, Florida;
77	THENCE N 89( 39?55? E along said South right-of-
78	way line a distance of 2586.31 feet to the East right-
79	of-way line of Southwest 64th Terrace, a 60.00 foot
80	right-of-way as shown on KIMBERLY VILLAGE- Section 3,
81	according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat
82	Book of, Page 13 of the Public Records of Broward
83	County, Florida;
84	THENCE S 01( 40?52? E along said East right-of-way
85	line a distance of 657.68 feet to the Northwest corner
86	of Lot 14, Block 17, of KIMBERLY VILLAGE- Section Two
87	according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book
88	66, Page 6 of the Public Records of Broward County,
89	Florida;
90	THENCE N 89( 37?08? East along the North line of
91	said KIMBERLY VILLAGE-Section Two and along the North
92	line of KIMBERLY VILLAGE-Section 1 according to the
93	Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 65, Page 16 of
94	the Public Records of Broward County, Florida and the
95	Easterly prolongation thereof of 2562.16 feet to a
96	point on the right-of-way line of State Road Number 7,
97	a 100.00 foot (1/2) right-of-way as shown on KELLY
98	PLAT, according to the plat thereof as recorded in
99	Plat Book 136, Page 39 of the Public Records of
100	Broward County, Florida;
101	THENCE N 90(00?00? E a distance of 7.61feet;
102	THENCE S 06(30?04? W a distance of 12.46 feet;
103	THENCE S 01(43?32? E along said West right-of-way
104	line a distance of 351.72 feet;
105	THENCE N 88(16?28? E a distance of 180.28 feet to
106	a point on the West right-of-way line of State Road
107	Number 7, a 80 foot more or less (1/2) right-of-way as
108	shown on SERINO PARK, Section 3, according to the Plat
109	thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 81, Page 46 of the
110	Public Records of Broward County, Florida;
111	THENCE S 01(36?29? E along said right-of-way line
112	a distance of 1524.08 feet to the South right-of-way
113	line of S.W. 11th Street a 50.00 right-of-way as shown
114	on HERITAGE PINES, according to the plat thereof, as
115	recorded in Plat Book 99, Page 10 of the Public
116	Records of Broward County, Florida;
117	THENCE N 89(22?00? E along said South right-of-way
118	line a distance of 335.91 feet;
119	THENCE S 01(42?30? E a distance of 712.89 feet to
120	a point on the South line of OAKLAND HILLS 7th Section,
121	according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book
122	81, Page 30 of the Public Records of Broward County,
123	Florida, said point also being the North right-of-way
124	line of an unnamed 20 right-of-way being a part of THE
125	PALM BEACH FARMS COUNTY PLAT NO. 3 according to the
126	plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Pages 45-54
127	of the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida.
128	THENCE N 89(21?59? E along the South line of said
129	OAKLAND HILLS 7th Section and the North line of said
130	unnamed right-of-way a distance of 1107.78 feet to the
131	West line of said OAKLAND HILLS 7th Section;
132	THENCE N 01(11?43? E along said West line a distance of
133	713.33 feet to the previously described South right-
134	of-way line of S.W. 11th Street;
135	THENCE N 89(21?59? E along said South right-of-way
136	line a distance of 1219.85 feet to a point on the West
137	right-of-way line of a 25.00 un-named right-of-way as
138	shown on said PALM BEACH FARMS COUNTY, Plat No. 3
139	THENCE S 00(56?19? E along said right-of-way line and
140	along the East line of Parcel B OUR LADY QUEEN OF
141	HEAVEN CEMETERY PLAT according to the Plat thereof, as
142	recorded in Plat Book 152, Page 21 of the Public
143	Records of Broward County, Florida a distance of
144	1539.82 feet to a point on the Westerly right-of-way
145	line of the SUNSHINE STATE PARKWAY as shown on said
146	OUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN CEMETERY PLAT;
147	THENCE S 04(20?47? E a distance of 495.04 feet to
148	a point on the East right-of-way line of said SUNSHINE
149	STREET said point being the Northeast corner of
150	MARINERS COVE, according to the Plat thereof, as
151	recorded in Plat Book 147, Page 44 of the Public
152	records of Broward County, Florida;
153	THENCE S 00(56?05? E along the East line of said
154	MARINERS COVE. a distance of 2276.59 feet to the
155	Southeast corner of said MARINERS COVE;
156	THENCE N 88(58?55? W along the South, line of said
157	MARINERS COVE a distance of 1349.57 feet to the
158	Northerly right-of-way line of Northwest 62nd Street,
159	as shown on said MARINERS COVE;
160	THENCE S 89(45?09? W a distance of 307.79 feet to
161	a point on the Southerly right-of-way line of
162	THENCE S 89(30?45? W a distance of 79.68 feet to a
163	point on the Easterly right-of-way line of said
164	SUNSHINE STATE PARKWAY, as shown on said MARINERS
165	COVE;
166	THENCE S 89(18?13? W a distance of 382.37 feet to
167	a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of the said
168	point also being the Northeast corner of The Cummings
169	Plat No. 1 according to the Plat thereof, as recorded
170	in Plat Book 126, Page 35 of the Public Records of
171	Broward County, Florida;
172	THENCE S 36(59?06? W along the Easterly line of
173	said THE CUMMINGS PLAT NO. 1, and along said Westerly
174	right-of-way line a distance of 956.81 feet to a point
175	on the Easterly right-of-way line of State Road 7 as
176	shown on said THE CUMMINGS PLAT NO. 1, and projected
177	Southerly;
178	THENCE S 89(33?52? W a distance of 117.29 feet to
179	a point on the West right-of-way line of State Road 7,
180	as shown on Bailey Road Plaza according to the Plat
181	thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 86, Page 1 of the
182	Public Records of Broward County, Florida and
183	projected Northerly;
184	THENCE N 01(41?42? W along said Westerly right-of-
185	way line a distance of 2152.83 feet to a point on the
186	Southerly right-of-way line of McNab Road being on the
187	arc of a non-tangent curve concave to the Southwest, a
188	radial line of said curve through said point having a
189	bearing of N 57(05?20? E,
190	THENCE Northwesterly and Westerly along the arc
191	of said curve to the left, having a central angle of
192	47(07?44? and a radius of 975.00 feet for an arc
193	distance of 801.99 feet to a point on a non-tangent
194	line, said line being 35.00 feet South of and parallel
195	to the North Line of Section 12, Township 49, South,,
196	Range 41 East;
197	THENCE S 89(23?29? W along said parallel line and
198	continuing along the South right-of-way line of McNab
199	Road (Southwest 15th Street) PER BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB
200	ESTATES, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in
201	Plat Book 44, Page 31 of the Public Records of Broward
202	County, Florida a distance of 1805.38 feet;
203	THENCE S 89(42?10? W, continue along said right-
204	of-way line, a distance of 2405.94 feet;
205	THENCE S 01(31?23? E a distance of 2588.98 feet to
206	a point on the South line of the North one-half (N1/2)
207	of Section 12, Township 49 South, Range 41 East, said
208	line also being the centerline of Bailey Road a 50.00
209	foot (1/2) right-of-way, as shown on SPRINGBANK PARK,
210	according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat
211	Book 63, Page 47 of the Public Records of Broward
212	County, Florida.
213	THENCE S 89(31?43? W along said centerline a
214	distance of 188.48 feet to the East one-quarter (E1/4)
215	corner of Section 11, Township 49 South, Range 41
216	East;
217	THENCE S 01(23?15? E a distance of 50.11 feet to a
218	point on the Southerly right-of-way line of Bailey
219	Road;
220	THENCE S 89(31?14? W along said Southerly right-
221	of-way line a distance of 3954.25 feet to a point on
222	the centerline of Northwest 61st Avenue, 60.00 un-named
223	right-of-way as shown on BANYAN LAKES according to the
224	Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 102, Page 18 of
225	the Public records of Broward County, Florida;
226	THENCE N 01(12?41? W along said centerline a
227	distance of 49.96 feet to the previously described
228	centerline of Bailey Road.
229	THENCE S 89(30?59? W along said centerline a
230	distance of 1318.70 feet to the West line of said
231	Section 11;
232	THENCE S 01(27?35? E along said Section line, a
233	distance of 1323.04 feet to the Northeast corner of
234	The MAINLANDS OF TAMARAC LAKES EIGHTH SECTION
235	according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat
236	Book 67, Page 35 of the Public Records of Broward
237	County, Florida;
238	THENCE S 89(31?30? W along the North line of said
239	MAINLANDS OF TAMARAC SECTION EIGHT, a distance of
240	1320.00 feet to the Southeast corner of The MAINLANDS
241	OF TAMARAC LAKES TENTH SECTION, according to the Plat
242	thereof. As recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 36 of the
243	Public Records of Broward County, Florida;
244	THENCE N 01(27?23? W along the East line of said
245	MAINLANDS OF TAMARAC LAKES TENTH SECTION, a distance
246	of 1320.00 feet to the Northeast corner of said plat;
247	THENCE S 89(31?30? W along the North line of said
248	MAINLANDS OF TAMARAC LAKES TENTH SECTION, a distance
249	of 1320.00 feet to the Southeast corner of The
250	Mainlands of Tamarac Lakes Unit Fifteen according to
251	the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 71, Page 3
252	of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida;
253	THENCE N 01(27?23? W along the East line of said
254	MAINLANDS OF TAMARAC LAKES UNIT FIFTEEN a distance of
255	2642.99 feet to the North line of Section 10 said LINE
256	BEING 15.00 feet South of and parallel with the North
257	right-of-way line of McNab Road as shown on said Plat;
258	THENCE N 89(31?07? E along said North line a
259	distance of 1320.00 feet to the East line of McNab
260	Commercial Subdivision No. 1 plat (71-13);
261	THENCE N 01(40?37? W along said east line a
262	distance of 7231.05 feet to the South line of Section
263	34;
264	THENCE S 89(52?23? E along said South line a
265	distance of 158.14 feet;
266	THENCE N 01(15?23? W a distance of 535.22 feet to
267	the Southerly right-of-way line of the South Florida
268	Water Management District Canal C-14 (Pompano Canal)
269	per North Lauderdale Village Section Five plat (109-
270	25);
271	THENCE N 88(59?53? E along said Southerly right-
272	of-way line a distance of 2257.64 feet to the East
273	line of Section 34;
274	THENCE S 01( 08?20? E a distance of 574.37 feet to
275	the POINT OF BEGINNING;
276	PLUS:
277	Portions of Sections 13 and 13, Township 49,
278	South, Range 41 East, Broward County, Florida;
279	Together with portions of Sections 7 and 18, Township
280	49 South, Range 42 East Broward County, Florida;
281	Together with portions of Tracts 4, 8, 9, and 16,
282	"FORT LAUDERDALE TRUCK FARMS" according to the Public
283	Records of Broward County, Florida; Together with a
284	portion of Tract 10, Block 96, "PALM BEACH FARMS CO.
285	PLAT NO. 3", Plat Book 2, Page 54, Palm Beach County
286	Records; Together with all of the following plats
287	recorded in the Public Records of Broward County,
288	Florida, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES", Plat Book
289	44, Page 31, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 1st
290	ADDITION", Plat Book 46, Page 4, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY
291	CLUB ESTATES, 2ND ADDITION", Plat Book 47, Page 22,
292	?BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 3RD  ADDITION?, Plat
293	Book 47, Page 41, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 4TH
294	ADDITION", Plat Book 48, Page 5, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY
295	CLUB ESTATES, 5TH ADDITION", Plat Book 48, Page 25,
296	"BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 6TH ADDITION", Plat
297	Book 51, Page 49, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 7TH
298	ADDITION", Plat Book 51, PAGE 50, "POMPANO PARK
299	SECTION 1", Plat Book 52, Page 7, "POMPANO PARK
300	SECTION 2", Plat Book 54, Page 12, "POMPANO PARK
301	SECTION 3", Plat Book 55, Page 20, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY
302	CLUB ESTATES, 9TH  ADDITION", Plat Book 56, Page 3,
303	"BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 11TH ADDITION", Plat
304	Book 56, Page 28, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES,
305	12TH ADDITION", Plat Book 57, Page 18, "BROADVIEW
306	COUNTRY  CLUB ESTATES,  14TH  ADDITION", Plat Book 58
307	Page 18, "BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, 15TH
308	ADDITION", Plat Book 62, Page  35, "PERRY'S  ADDITION
309	TO BROADVIEW COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES", Plat Book 62, Page
310	43, "SPRINGBANK  PARK", Plat Book 63, Page 47,
311	"SPRINGBANK PARK, SECTION 2", Plat Book 69, Page 23,
312	"SOUTHERN FEDERAL AT TAMARAC?, Plat Book 82, Page 36,
313	"SLOATE & ZITO CENTER", Plat Book 83, Page 13,
314	?BUNTROCK PLAT", Plat Book 84, Page 30, "BAILEY ROAD
315	PLAZA", Plat Book 86, Page 1, "STAPLES COMMERCIAL
316	PLAT", Plat Book 93, Page 2, "CONTINENTAL PLAZA", Plat
317	Book 96, Page 14,  "ZACKOWITZ PLAT", Plat Book 100,
318	Page 38, ?DARGEL-MINNET PLAT?, Plat Book 104, Page 16,
319	"GUARDIAN PLAT", Plat Book 111, Page 50, "TAMARAC MINI
320	STORAGE PLAT No. 1" PLAT BOOK 112, Page 2, "WELLENS
321	COMMERCIAL", Plat Book 115, Page 44, "PLAZA SEVEN
322	SUBDIVISION", Plat Book 117, PAGE 24, "THE POINT",
323	Plat Book 119, Page 28, "K.M.R. PLAT", Plat Book 127,
324	Page 4, "ANDY PLAT", Plat Book 127, Page 16, "CENTRUM-
325	ROBAINA PLAT", Plat Book 127, Page 27, "HIDDEN LAKE
326	ESTATES", Plat Book 144, Page 46, and the "WILEY
327	PLAT", Plat Book 168, Page 29, said portions being
328	more particularly described as follows:
329	Beginning at the intersection of a line lying
330	170.00 feet East of the West line of said Section 12,
331	and the North line of said Section 12; said line also
332	being the municipal limits of North Lauderdale per
333	Chapter 83-475, House Bill No. 926, Laws of Florida;
334	THENCE along said North line and said Municipal Limits
335	line, South 88?55'02" East, 5,098.96 feet to an
336	intersection with a point on a line lying 15 feet West
337	of and parallel with the East Line of the Northeast
338	Quarter (N.E. 1/4) of said Section 12;
339	THENCE along said parallel line, and said
340	Municipal Limits line South 00?00'00" East, 2,644.43
341	feet;
342	THENCE South 00?00'03" East 98.89 feet to a point
343	on the Westerly right of way of Florida's Turnpike;
344	THENCE North 37?42'49" East along said Westerly
345	right of way and said Municipal Limits line to the
346	Northerly prolongation of the West line of Tract 7,
347	Block 96 of said PALM BEACH FARMS CO. Plat No. 3;
348	THENCE South 00?01?14? East along the said
349	Northerly prolongation and along the East right of way
350	line of State Road 7 said line also being the
351	Municipal Limits of Fort Lauderdale as per Chapter 69-
352	1057 House Bill 2628 of the Laws of Florida and City
353	of Ft. Lauderdale Ordinance No. C-00-71 to the North
354	right-of-way line of Prospect Road, as shown on the
355	State of Florida Department of Transportation right-
356	of-way map Section 86100-2501 Sheet 7 (Latest Date
357	4/17/95);
358	THENCE easterly along said North right-of-way
359	line, to a POINT OF INTERSECTION with a line lying
360	249.00 feet East of and parallel with the East right-
361	of-way line of said State Road 7;
362	THENCE Southerly along said line to an
363	intersection with the south line of the aforesaid
364	Tract 10;
365	THENCE along said South line, 987.82 feet to an
366	intersection with the Northerly Extension of the
367	Westerly line of "LINPRO LONESTAR PARK", according to
368	the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 124, Page
369	12, of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida;
370	THENCE South 00?07'30" East, along said Westerly
371	line and the Westerly line of "PROSPECT INDUSTRIAL AND
372	COMMERCIAL PARK" according to the plat thereof as
373	recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 17, of the Public
374	Records of Broward County, Florida, said line also
375	being the Municipal Limits of Fort Lauderdale per
376	Ordinance C-72-22, 2,059.89 feet to the South line of
377	said PROSPECT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PARK Plat;
378	THENCE easterly along the said South line and
379	said Municipal Limits line, South 88?20'25" East,
380	1,323.66 feet to an intersection with the West Line of
381	the East Half (E. 1/2) of said Section 18;
382	THENCE Southerly along said West line, and said
383	Municipal Limits line, South 00?11'46" East, 1,120.59
384	feet to an intersection with the North right-of-way
385	line of Commercial Boulevard (N.W. 50th Street);
386	THENCE along said North right of way line, said
387	line also being the Municipal Limits of Tamarac per
388	Ordinance 0-81-17, said line also being the south
389	lines of said ?GUARDIAN PLAT?, said ?KMR PLAT? and
390	said ?THE POINT PLAT?, to a line 861.25 feet West of
391	the East Boundary of the Southwest Quarter (S.W. 1/4)
392	of said Section 18;
393	THENCE along said Municipal Limits line the
394	following Two (2) Courses;  (1)  THENCE North
395	00?29?16? West along said line said line also being
396	the East line "TAMARAC BUSINESS CENTER? according to
397	the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 61, Page 27
398	of the Public Records of Broward county, Florida
399	446.72 feet (2)  THENCE along the North line of said
400	Plat, North 88?29'17" West, 462.40 feet to an
401	intersection with the Southerly Extension of the
402	Westerly line of said "TAMARAC MINI STORAGE PLAT NO.
403	1";
404	THENCE along the Municipal Limits of Fort
405	Lauderdale per Ordinance C-73-4 the following Three
406	(3) Courses, and along said Southerly Extension of
407	said Westerly line and the Westerly line of said
408	?TAMARAC MINI STORAGE PLAT NO. 1?,  (1) North
409	00?07'30" West, 660.26 feet to the Northeast Corner of
410	"LEDER COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION", according to the Plat
411	thereof as recorded in Plat Book 79, Page 25 of the
412	Public Records of Broward County, Florida; (2)  THENCE
413	along the North line of said "LEDER COMMERCIAL
414	SUBDIVISION" Plat, North 88?33'38" West, 1,271.42 feet
415	to the East right of way line of State Road 7; (3)
416	THENCE along said East right of way line, South
417	00?00'30" East, 658.62 feet to the South line of the
418	Northwest Quarter (N.W. 1/4) of said Section 18;
419	THENCE along the Municipal Limits of Tamarac, per
420	Ordinance 0-81-17, the following Nine (9) Courses;
421	(1)  THENCE North 88?29'17" West 153 feet along said
422	South line and the Westerly prolongation thereof to
423	the West right of way line of State Road 7; (2)
424	THENCE Northerly along said West right of way line to
425	an intersection with the South line of the Southeast
426	Quarter of Section 12, Township 49 South, Range 41
427	East;  (3) THENCE along said South line, North
428	88?57'06" West 1,220 feet, more or less, to the
429	intersection with the West line of said Tract 16 and
430	the Southerly extension of the West line of said
431	"POMPANO PARK" Plat;  (4)  THENCE along said West
432	line, said line also being the East line of Tract 15
433	of said FT. LAUDERDALE TRUCK FARMS Plat, North
434	00?02'53" West, 1,320.05 feet to the Southeast Corner
435	of said "POMPANO PARK SECTION 1" PLAT;  (5)  THENCE
436	along the South line of the aforesaid "POMPANO PARK
437	SECTION 1" Plat and the South line of said Tract 10,
438	North 88?57'12" West, 1,153.35 feet to a POINT OF
439	INTERSECTION with the line lying 165.83 feet East of
440	the West line of said Tract 10;  (6)  THENCE Northerly
441	along said line 163.73 feet;  (7)  THENCE Westerly
442	along a line 163.73 feet North of the South line of
443	said Tract 10, 165.83 feet to a Point on the West line
444	of said Tract 10;  (8)  THENCE along the West line of
445	said Tract 10, North 01?03'51" East, 1,155.20 feet to
446	an intersection with the South line of the North (N
447	1/2) of said Section 12;  (9)  THENCE along said South
448	line, North 88?56'09" West 2,470.48 feet to a POINT OF
449	INTERSECTION with said line lying 170.00 feet East of
450	and parallel with the West line of said Section 12;
451	THENCE along said parallel line said line also
452	being the Municipal Limits of the City of North
453	Lauderdale per Chapter 83-475 House Bill 926 Laws of
454	Florida, North 00?00'05" East, 2,646.09 feet to the
455	POINT OF BEGINNING. Together with all of the "ANDY
456	PLAT" Plat Book 127, Page 16 of the Public Records of
457	Broward County, Florida, and a portion of Section 18,
458	Township 49 south, Range 42 East, more particularly
459	described as follows:
460	Begin at the Northwest Corner of said "ANDY
461	PLAT";
462	THENCE along the North line of said Plat and
463	Easterly prolongation thereof, said line also being
464	the Municipal Limits of Tamarac per Ordinance 0-81-17,
465	South 88?32'02" East, 130.09 feet;
466	THENCE South 00?08'24" East along the Municipal
467	Limits of Oakland Park per Chapter 79-458 House Bill
468	1498, Laws of Florida, 426.14 feet;
469	THENCE along the South line of said "ANDY PLAT"
470	and Easterly prolongation thereof, said line also
471	being the Municipal Limits of Lauderdale Lakes per
472	Chapter 84-463, House Bill 1082, Laws of Florida,
473	130.09 feet;
474	THENCE along the West line of said Plat, said
475	line also being the Municipal Limits of Lauderdale
476	Lakes per Ordinance 87-10, North 00?08'24" West,
477	426.14 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Together with:
478	all of the "CONTINENTAL PLAZA", Plat Book 96, Page 14
479	of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida, and
480	a portion of Section 18, Township 49 South, Range 42
481	East, more particularly described as follows:
482	BEGIN at the Northwest Corner of said CONTINENTAL
483	PLAZA;
484	THENCE along the North line of said Plat and
485	Easterly prolongation thereof, said line also being
486	the Municipal Limits of Tamarac per Ordinance 0-81-17,
487	South 88?32'02" East, 299.77 feet;
488	THENCE along the West line of CARVEL CORPORATION
489	PLAT, per Plat Book 123, Page 17, of the Public
490	Records of Broward County, Florida, said line also
491	being the Municipal Limits of Lauderdale Lakes per
492	Ordinance 87-10, South 00?11'09" East, 426.14 Feet;
493	THENCE along the south line of said CONTINENTAL
494	PLAZA Plat and the Easterly prolongation thereof said
495	line also being the Municipal Limits of Lauderdale
496	Lakes per Chapter 84-463, House Bill 1082, Laws of
497	Florida, North  88?32'02" West, 299.43 feet;
498	THENCE along the west line of said Plat, said
499	line also being the Municipal Limits of Tamarac per
500	Ordinance 0-81-7, North 00?11'09" West, 426.15 feet to
501	the POINT OF BEGINNING.
502	LESS THEREFROM: that portion of the City of Ft.
503	Lauderdale as per Ordinance C-73-4 lying in Section
504	18, Township 49, Range 42 East, Broward County,
505	Florida, being more particularly described as follows:
506	BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of the South
507	half (S 1/2) of the Southeast one (S.E. 1/4) of the
508	Northwest One Quarter (N.W. 1/4) of Section 18,
509	Township 49 South, Range 42 East;
510	THENCE North 00?07?30? West along the Extension
511	of the West line of the South half (S 1/2) of the
512	Southeast One Quarter (N.W. 1/4), a distance of 15.00
513	feet;
514	THENCE North 88?33?38? West, a distance of 10.00
515	feet;
516	THENCE South 00?07?30? East, 10.00 feet West of
517	and parallel to the said West line of the South half
518	(S 1/2) of the Southeast One Quarter  (S.E. 1/4) of
519	the Northwest One Quarter (N.W. 1/4), a distance of
520	33.33 feet;
521	THENCE South 88?33?38? East, a distance of 10.00
522	feet to a point on the West line of said South half (S
523	1/2) of the Southeast One Quarter (S.E. 1/4) of the
524	Northwest One Quarter (N.W. 1/4);
525	THENCE North 00?07?30? West, along the said West
526	line of the South half (S 1/2) of the Southeast One
527	Quarter (S.E. 1/4) of the Northwest One Quarter (N.W.
528	1/4), a distance of 18.33 feet to the POINT OF
529	BEGINNING.
530	Said lands situate and lying in Broward County,
531	Florida.
532
533	It is hereby determined, declared, and enacted that said lands in
534	their present condition are wet and subject to overflow and that
535	the drainage, reclamation, and protection of said lands from the
536	effects of water is in the interest of and conducive to the public
537	welfare, health, and convenience.
538	Section 2.  Provisions of chapter 298, Florida Statutes, made
539	applicable.--A public corporation and a political subdivision of
540	the state is hereby created under the name and style of "North
541	Lauderdale Water Control District."  The provisions of the general
542	drainage laws of Florida applicable to drainage districts which
543	are embodied in chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and all the laws
544	amendatory thereof, now existing or hereinafter enacted so far as
545	not inconsistent with this act, are hereby declared to be
546	applicable to said North Lauderdale Water Control District.  Said
547	North Lauderdale Water Control District shall have all the powers
548	and authorities mentioned in or conferred by said chapter 298,
549	Florida Statutes, and acts amendatory thereof, except as herein
550	otherwise provided.
551	Section 3.  Powers of the district.--Said district shall have
552	the power to sue and be sued by its name in any court of law or in
553	equity; to make contracts; to adopt and use a corporate seal and
554	to alter the same at pleasure; to acquire by purchase, gift, or
555	condemnation, real and personal property, either or both, within
556	or without the district, and to convey and dispose of such real
557	and personal property as may be necessary and convenient to carry
558	out the purposes, or any of the purposes, of this act and chapter
559	298, Florida Statutes; to construct, operate, and maintain canals,
560	ditches, drains, levees, dikes, and other works for drainage
561	purposes; to acquire, purchase, operate, and maintain pumps,
562	plants, and pumping systems for drainage purposes; to construct,
563	operate, and maintain irrigation works, machinery, and plants; to
564	construct, improve, pave, and maintain roadways and roads
565	necessary and convenient for the exercise of the powers or duties
566	or any of the powers or duties of said district or the supervisors
567	thereof; to pump water into and out of canals, ditches, drains,
568	and other works of the district, or onto or from the lands in said
569	district, and to regulate and control the flow of water into and
570	out of said district; in maintaining and operating canals, drains,
571	levees, dikes, dams, locks, reservoirs, pumping stations, and
572	water control structures, the board of supervisors and its agents
573	and employees shall have the authority to enter at all reasonable
574	times upon the lands adjacent to any such drainage works in order
575	to transport and use men and women, equipment, machinery, and
576	materials necessary to properly maintain, preserve, and operate
577	such drainage works and in furtherance of the purposes and intent
578	of this act and chapter 298, Florida Statutes, to construct,
579	improve, and pave roadways and roads necessary and convenient to
580	provide access to, and efficient development of, areas made
581	suitable and available for cultivation, settlement, and other
582	beneficial use and development as a result of the drainage and
583	reclamation operations of the district; to borrow money and issue
584	negotiable or other bonds of said district as hereinafter
585	provided; to borrow money from time to time, and issue negotiable
586	or other notes of said district therefor, bearing interest not
587	exceeding the rate prescribed by Florida general or special law,
588	in anticipation of the collection of taxes, levies, and
589	assessments or revenues of said district and to pledge or
590	hypothecate such taxes, levies, assessments, and revenues to
591	secure such bonds, notes, or obligations, and to sell, discount,
592	negotiate, and dispose of the same; and to exercise all other
593	powers necessary, convenient, or proper in connection with any of
594	the powers or duties of said district stated in this act or
595	chapter 298, Florida Statutes.  The powers and duties of said
596	district shall be exercised by and through the board of
597	supervisors thereof, which board shall have the authority to
598	employ engineers, attorneys, agents, employees, and
599	representatives as the board of supervisors may from time to time
600	determine and to fix their compensation and duties.
601	Section 4.  Board of supervisors; organization; powers,
602	duties, and terms of office.--There is hereby created a Board of
603	Supervisors of North Lauderdale Water Control District, which
604	shall be the governing body of said district.  The members of the
605	board of supervisors of said district shall be composed of five
606	members, who shall be the five sitting members of the City
607	Commission of the City of North Lauderdale.  The city commission
608	shall continue all of the duties, functions, and responsibilities
609	under this act of the supervisors of the district after this act
610	becomes law.
611	(1)  The term of office of each member of the board of
612	supervisors shall be coincidental with that member's term of
613	office as a member of the city commission.  The members shall
614	assume full duties as a member of the board of supervisors once he
615	or she takes the oath of office as a member of the city
616	commission.
617	(2)  Terms of office for the board of supervisors shall be
618	concurrent with the length of time the commission member is in
619	office.
620	(3)  An annual meeting of the board of supervisors shall be
621	held during the first week of June and otherwise in accordance
622	with this act.  At the annual meeting of the board of supervisors
623	and as necessary to fill a vacancy, the board shall elect, from
624	its members, a chair and a vice chair, who shall serve in said
625	positions until the next annual meeting or expiration of his or
626	her term, whichever occurs first.
627	Section 5.  Meetings of board of supervisors.--The board of
628	supervisors shall have the power to call special meetings at any
629	time to receive reports or consider and act upon any matter.
630	Notice of all meetings shall be given by the board of supervisors
631	by causing publication thereof to be made once at least 5 days
632	prior to such meeting in some newspaper published in Broward
633	County or by sending sufficient notice through the mail to each
634	landowner.  In cases of emergency as determined by a majority of
635	the board, this notice requirement may be waived.  The meetings
636	shall be held in some public place, and the place, day, and hour
637	of holding such meeting shall be stated in the notice.  The chair
638	of the board of supervisors shall preside at such meeting.  The
639	City Clerk of the City of North Lauderdale shall serve as
640	secretary of the board of supervisors and shall serve as the
641	secretary at the meeting. The Board of Supervisors of the North
642	Lauderdale Water Control District shall meet not less than 4 times
643	per year to conduct the business of the district as provided for
644	in this act.
645	Section 6.  Compensation of the board.--Each supervisor shall
646	serve without compensation, except that he or she shall be
647	reimbursed for their travel expenses pursuant to section 112.061,
648	Florida Statutes, as may be amended from time to time, for each
649	mile actually traveled in going to and from his or her place of
650	residence to the place of meeting.
651	Section 7.  Taxes and assessments, levied and apportioned,
652	and the collection thereof.--Taxes and non-ad valorem assessments
653	shall be levied and apportioned as provided for by the general
654	drainage and water control laws of Florida, chapter 298, Florida
655	Statutes, and amendments thereto, and the general or special laws
656	of the state; except that the following provisions shall apply to
657	said district: the board of supervisors shall determine, order,
658	and levy the amount of the annual taxes or non-ad valorem
659	assessments levied under chapter 298, Florida Statutes, which
660	shall become due and be collected during each year at the same
661	time that county taxes are due and collected, which said annual
662	tax, assessment, and levy shall be evidenced to and certified by
663	the said board, no later than July 1 of each year, to the Tax
664	Assessor of Broward County.  Said tax or assessment shall be
665	extended by the county tax assessor on the county tax roll and
666	shall be collected by the tax collector in the same manner and
667	time as county taxes, and the proceeds thereof paid to said
668	district.
669	Section 8.  Maintenance tax.--The provisions of section
670	298.54, Florida Statutes, and amendments thereto shall not be
671	applicable to said district.  In lieu thereof, the following
672	provisions shall apply to said district: to maintain and preserve
673	the improvements made pursuant to this chapter and to repair and
674	restore the same, when needed, and for the purpose of defraying
675	the current expenses of the district, the board of supervisors,
676	may, upon completion of said improvements in whole or in part as
677	may be certified to the said board by the chief engineer, levy
678	annually a tax upon each tract or parcel of land within the
679	district, to be known as ?maintenance tax.?  Said maintenance tax
680	shall be apportioned upon the basis of the net non-ad valorem
681	assessments of benefits assessed as accruing for original
682	construction, and shall be evidenced to and certified by said
683	board not later than July 1 of each year to the Tax Assessor of
684	Broward County, and shall be extended by the county tax assessor
685	on the county tax roll, and shall be collected by the county tax
686	collector in the same manner and time as county taxes and the
687	proceeds therefrom paid to the said district.  Said tax shall be a
688	lien until paid on the property upon which assessed, and
689	enforceable in like manner as county taxes.
690	Section 9.  Levy of taxes and assessments on fractional
691	acres.--In levying and assessing all taxes and assessments, each
692	tract or parcel of land more than 1 acre in area which contains a
693	fraction of an acre shall be assessed at the nearest whole number
694	of acres.  However, each tract or parcel of land less than 1 acre
695	in area shall be assessed as a full acre.
696	Section 10.  Enforcement of taxes and assessments.--The
697	collection and enforcement of all taxes and assessments levied by
698	said district shall be at the same time and in like manner as the
699	county.  The provisions of the Florida Statutes relating to the
700	sale of lands for unpaid and delinquent county taxes and
701	assessments, the issuance, sale, and delivery of tax certificates
702	for such unpaid and delinquent county taxes, the redemption
703	thereof, the issuance to individuals of tax deeds based thereon,
704	and all other procedures in connection therewith shall be
705	applicable to said district and the delinquent and unpaid taxes
706	and assessments of said district to the same extent as if said
707	statutory provisions were expressly set forth in this act.  All
708	taxes and assessments shall be subject to the same discounts as
709	county taxes.
710	Section 11.  When unpaid tax or assessment is delinquent;
711	penalty.--All taxes provided for in this act shall be and become
712	delinquent and bear penalties in the amount of said taxes in the
713	same manner as county taxes.  Assessments provided for in this act
714	and authorized in chapter 298, Florida Statutes, shall be and
715	become delinquent and bear penalties and interest at the highest
716	rate authorized by Florida general or special law, or as otherwise
717	provided in district legislation imposing the assessment.
718	Section 12.  Bonds may be issued; sale and disposition of
719	proceeds; interest; levy to pay bonds; bonds and duties of
720	treasurer, etc.?-
721	(1)  The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it
722	seems best, issue bonds not to exceed 90 percent of the total
723	amount of the taxes levied under the provisions of section
724	298.305, Florida Statutes, in denominations of not less than $100,
725	bearing interest from the date of issuance at a rate as provided
726	by general law, payable annually or semiannually, to mature at
727	annual intervals within 40 years commencing after a period of not
728	later than 10 years, to be determined by the board of supervisors;
729	both principal and interest payable at some convenient place
730	designated by the board of supervisors to be named in said bonds;
731	and said bonds shall be signed by the chair of the board of
732	supervisors, attested with the seal of said district, and by the
733	signature of the secretary of said board.  All of said bonds shall
734	be executed and delivered to the treasurer of said district, who
735	shall sell the same in such quantities and at such dates as the
736	board of supervisors may deem necessary to meet the payments for
737	the works and improvements in the district.  Said bonds shall not
738	be sold for less than 90 cents on the dollar, with accrued
739	interest, shall show on their face the purpose for which they are
740	issued, and shall be payable out of moneys derived from the
741	aforesaid taxes.  A sufficient amount of the drainage tax shall be
742	appropriated by the board of supervisors for the purpose of paying
743	the principal and interest of said bonds and the same shall, when
744	collected, be preserved in a separate fund for that purpose and no
745	other.  All bonds and coupons not paid at maturity shall bear
746	interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum from maturity until
747	paid, or until sufficient funds have been deposited at the place
748	of payment, and said interest shall be appropriated by the board
749	of supervisors out of the penalties and interest collected on
750	delinquent taxes or other available funds of the district.
751	Provided, however, that it may, in the discretion of said board,
752	be provided that at any time, after such date as shall be fixed by
753	the said board, said bonds may be redeemed before maturity at the
754	option of said board, or their successors in office, by being made
755	callable prior to maturity at such times and upon such prices and
756	terms and other conditions as said board shall determine.  If any
757	bond so issued subject to redemption before maturity shall not be
758	presented when called for redemption, it shall cease to bear
759	interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption.
760	(2)  The board of supervisors of said district shall have
761	authority to issue refunding bonds to take up any outstanding
762	bonds and any interest accrued thereon when, in the judgment of
763	said board, it shall be for the best interest of said district to
764	do so.  The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to issue
765	refunding bonds to take up and refund all bonds of said district
766	outstanding that are subject to call and prior redemption, and all
767	interest accrued to the date of such call or prior redemption, and
768	all bonds of said district that are not subject to call or
769	redemption, together with all accrued interest thereon, where the
770	surrender of said bonds can be procured from the holders thereof
771	at prices satisfactory to the board or can be exchanged for such
772	outstanding bonds with the consent of the holder thereof.  Such
773	refunding bonds may be issued at any time when, in the judgment of
774	said board, it will be to the interest of the district financially
775	or economically to secure a lower rate of interest on said bonds
776	or by extending the time of maturity of said bonds, or for any
777	other reason in the judgment of said board advantageous to said
778	district.  Such refunding bonds may mature at any time or times in
779	the discretion of said board, not later, however, than 40 years
780	from the date of issuance of said refunding bonds.  Said refunding
781	bonds shall bear such dates of issue and such other details as
782	said board shall determine and may, in the discretion of said
783	board, be made callable prior to maturity at such times and upon
784	such prices and terms and other conditions as said board shall
785	determine.  All the other applicable provisions of this act not
786	inconsistent therewith shall apply fully to said refunding bonds
787	and the holders thereof shall have all the rights, remedies, and
788	security of the outstanding bonds refunded, except as may be
789	otherwise provided in the resolution of the board authorizing the
790	issuance of such refunding bonds.  Any funds available in the
791	sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of
792	outstanding bonds may be retained in the fund to be used for the
793	payment of principal and interest of the refunding bonds, in the
794	discretion of the board of supervisors.  Any expenses incurred in
795	buying any or all bonds authorized under the provisions of this
796	section and the interest thereon and a reasonable compensation for
797	paying same shall be paid out of the funds in the hands of the
798	treasurer and collected for the purpose of meeting the expenses of
799	administration.  It shall be the duty of the said board of
800	supervisors in making the annual tax levy as heretofore provided
801	to take into account the maturing bonds and interest on all bonds
802	and expenses and to make provision in advance for the payment of
803	same.
804	(3)  In case the proceeds of the original tax levy made under
805	the provisions of section 298.36, Florida Statutes, are not
806	sufficient to pay the principal and interest of all bonds issued,
807	then the board of supervisors shall make such additional levy or
808	levies upon the benefits assessed as are necessary for this
809	purpose, and under no circumstances shall any tax levies be made
810	that will in any manner or to any extent impair the security of
811	said bonds or the funds available for the payment of the principal
812	and interest of same.  Said treasurer shall, at the time of the
813	receipt by him or her of said bonds, execute and deliver to the
814	chair of the board of said district a bond with good and
815	sufficient surety to be approved by said board, on the condition
816	that he or she shall account for and pay over as required by law
817	and as ordered by said board of supervisors, any and all moneys
818	received by him or her on the sale of such bonds, or any of them,
819	and that he or she will only sell and deliver such bonds to the
820	purchaser or purchasers thereof under and according to the terms
821	herein prescribed, and that he or she will return to the board of
822	supervisors and duly cancel any and all bonds not sold when
823	ordered by said board to do so.  Said bonds when so returned shall
824	remain in the custody of the chair of the board of supervisors,
825	who shall produce the same for inspection or for use as evidence
826	whenever and wherever legally requested so to do.  The said
827	treasurer shall promptly report all sales of bonds to the board of
828	supervisors.  The board shall, at a reasonable time thereafter,
829	prepare and issue warrants in substantially the form provided in
830	section 298.17, Florida Statutes, for the payment of maturing
831	bonds so sold and the interest payments coming due on all bonds
832	sold.  Each of said warrants shall specify what bonds and accruing
833	interest it is to pay, and the treasurer shall place sufficient
834	funds at the place of payment to pay the maturing bonds and
835	coupons when due, together with necessary compensation for paying
836	same.  The successor in office of any such treasurer shall not be
837	entitled to said bonds or the proceeds thereof until he or she
838	shall have complied with all of the foregoing provisions
839	applicable to his or her predecessor in office. The aforesaid bond
840	of said treasurer, if said board shall so direct, may be furnished
841	by a surety or bonding company, which may be approved by said
842	board of supervisors; provided, if it should be deemed more
843	expedient to said board of supervisors as to money derived from
844	the sale of bonds issued, said board may, by resolution, select
845	some suitable bank or banks of other depository as temporary
846	treasurer or treasurers to hold and disburse said moneys upon the
847	order of said board as the work progresses, until such fund is
848	exhausted or transferred to the treasurer by order of said board
849	of supervisors.  The funds derived from the sale of said bonds or
850	any of them shall be used for the purpose of paying the cost of
851	the drainage works and improvements, and such costs, fees,
852	expenses, and salaries as may be authorized by law, and used for
853	no other purpose.
854	Section 13.  Full authority for issue and sale of bonds
855	authorized.--
856	(1)  This act shall, without reference to any other act of
857	the Legislature, be full authority for the issuance and sale of
858	bonds authorized in this act, which bonds shall have all the
859	qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant and shall not
860	be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for
861	the issuance and sale thereof and shall be incontestable in the
862	hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof.  No proceedings
863	in respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary,
864	except such as are required by this act.  The provisions of this
865	act shall constitute an irrepealable contract between the said
866	board of supervisors and the said North Lauderdale Water Control
867	District and the holders of any bonds and the coupons thereof
868	issued pursuant to the provisions hereof.  Any holder of any of
869	said bonds or coupons may, either in law or by equity, suit,
870	action, or mandamus, enforce and compel the performance of the
871	duties required by this act of any of the officers or persons
872	mentioned in this act in relation to the said bonds or to the
873	correct enforcement and application of the taxes for the payment
874	thereof.
875	(2)  After the several bonds and coupons are paid and retired
876	as herein provided, they shall be returned to the treasurer, and
877	they shall be canceled and an appropriate record thereof made in a
878	book to be kept for that purpose, which record of paid and
879	canceled bonds shall be kept at the office of the treasurer and
880	shall be opened for inspection of any bondholder at any time.
881	Section 14.  Approval of board of drainage commissioners not
882	required to issue bonds.--The board of supervisors may issue bonds
883	under the provisions of this act without the approval of the Board
884	of Drainage Commissioners of the state.
885	Section 15.  Floating indebtedness.--
886	(1)  After the levy of taxes in any years, and before the
887	collection thereof, the board of supervisors shall have the power
888	to issue tax anticipation notes.  Said notes shall bear interest
889	at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate allowed by general or
890	special law, shall be payable at such times, and may be sold or
891	discounted at such price or on such terms as the said board may
892	deem advisable, and the board may pledge the whole or any part of
893	the tax levy for the payment thereof.
894	(2)  The board shall also have the right to issue temporary
895	obligations or interim certificates after the issuance of any
896	bonds authorized under this act but, prior to the sale thereof,
897	said temporary obligations and interim certificates shall be paid
898	within 2 years from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds.
899	(3)  Said temporary obligations and interim certificates
900	shall have all the rights and privileges of the permanent
901	bondholders.
902	(4)  The tax anticipation notes, temporary obligations, and
903	interim certificates shall be termed ?floating indebtedness? in
904	order to distinguish the same from the bonded debt as provided for
905	herein.
906	Section 16.  Eminent domain.--The said board of supervisors
907	is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the right of
908	eminent domain and may condemn for the use of said district any
909	and all lands, easements, rights-of-way, riparian rights, and
910	property rights of every description, in or out of said district,
911	required for the public purposes and powers of said board as
912	herein granted, and may enter upon, take, and use such lands as it
913	may deem necessary for such purposes.
914	Section 17.  Water a common enemy.--It is hereby declared
915	that in said district surface waters, which shall include rainfall
916	and the overflow of rivers and streams, are a common enemy, and
917	the said district and any individual or agency holding a permit to
918	do so from said district, shall have the right to dike, dam, and
919	construct levies to protect the said district or any part thereof,
920	or the property of said individual or agency against the same, and
921	thereby divert the course and flow of such surface waters and/or
922	pump the water from within such dikes and levees.
923	Section 18.  Unit development; powers of supervisors to
924	designate units of district and adopt system of progressive
925	drainage by units; plans of reclamation and financing assessments,
926	etc. for each unit.--
927	(1)  The Board of Supervisors of North Lauderdale Water
928	Control District shall have the power and is hereby authorized in
929	its discretion to drain and reclaim or more completely and
930	intensively to drain and reclaim the lands in said district by
931	designated areas or parts of said district to be called ?units.?
932	The units into which said district may be so divided shall be
933	given appropriate numbers or names by said board of supervisors,
934	so that said units may be readily identified and distinguished.
935	The board of supervisors shall have the power to fix and determine
936	the location, area, and boundaries of and lands to be included in
937	each and all such units, the order of development thereof, and the
938	method of carrying on the work in each unit.  The unit system of
939	drainage provided by this section may be conducted and all of the
940	proceedings by this section and this act authorized in respect to
941	such unit or units may be carried on and conducted at the same
942	time as or after the work of draining and reclaiming of the entire
943	district has been or is being or shall be instituted or carried on
944	under the provisions of this act.  If the board of supervisors
945	shall determine that it is advisable to conduct the work of
946	draining and reclaiming the lands in said district by units, as
947	authorized by this section, said board shall, by resolution duly
948	adopted and entered upon its minutes, declare its purpose to
949	conduct such work accordingly, and shall at the same time and
950	manner fix the number, location, and boundaries of and description
951	of lands within such unit or units and give them appropriate
952	numbers or names.  As soon as practicable after the adoption and
953	recording of such resolution, said board of supervisors shall
954	publish notice once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper
955	published in Broward County, or duly notify the landowners by
956	registered letter, briefly describing the units into which said
957	district has been divided and the lands embraced in each unit,
958	giving the name, number, or other designation of such units,
959	requiring all owners of lands in said district to show cause in
960	writing before said board of supervisors at a time and place to be
961	stated in such notice why such division of said district into such
962	units should not be approved, and said system of development by
963	units should not be adopted and given effect by said board, and
964	why the proceedings and powers authorized by this section of this
965	act should not be had, taken, and exercised.  At the time and
966	place stated in said notice, said board of supervisors shall hear
967	all objections or causes of objection, all of which shall be in
968	writing, of any landowner in said district to the matters
969	mentioned and referred to in such notice, and if no objections are
970	made, or if objections are made, shall be overruled by said board,
971	then said board shall enter in its minutes its findings and order
972	confirming said resolution and may thereafter proceed with the
973	development, drainage, and reclamation of said district by units
974	pursuant to such resolution and to the provisions of this act.
975	If, however, said board of supervisors shall find as a result of
976	such objections, or any of them or the hearing thereon, that the
977	division of said district into such units as aforesaid should not
978	be approved, or that said system of development by units should
979	not be adopted and given effect, or that the proceedings and
980	powers authorized by this section should not be had, taken, or
981	exercised, or that any other matter or thing embraced in said
982	resolution would not be in the best interest of the landowners of
983	said district or would be unjust or unfair to any landowner
984	therein or otherwise inconsistent with fair and equal protection
985	and enforcement of the rights of every landowner in said district,
986	then said board of supervisors shall not proceed further under
987	such resolution, but said board of supervisors may, as a result of
988	such hearing, modify or amend said resolution so as to meet such
989	objections so made, and thereupon said board may confirm said
990	resolution as so modified or amended and may thereafter proceed
991	accordingly.  The sustaining of such objections and the rescinding
992	of such resolutions shall not exhaust the power of said board
993	under this section but, at any time not less than 1 year after the
994	date of the hearing upon any such resolution, the board of
995	supervisors may adopt other resolutions under this section and
996	thereupon proceed on due notice in like manner as above.  If said
997	board of supervisors shall overrule or refuse to sustain any such
998	objections in whole or in part made by a landowner in the
999	district, or if any such landowner shall deem himself or herself
1000	aggrieved by any action of the board of supervisors in respect to
1001	any objections so filed, such landowner may, within 10 days after
1002	the ruling of said board, file his or her bill of complaint in the
1003	Circuit Court in and for Broward County, against said district,
1004	praying an injunction or other appropriate relief against the
1005	action or any part of such action proposed by such resolution or
1006	resolutions of said board and, such suits shall be conducted like
1007	other suits, except that said suits shall have preference over all
1008	other pending actions except criminal actions and writs of habeas
1009	corpus.  Upon the hearing of said cause said circuit court shall
1010	have the power to hear the objections and receive the evidence
1011	thereon of all parties to such cause and approve or disapprove
1012	said resolutions and action of said board in whole or in part, and
1013	to render such decree in such cause as right and justice require.
1014	When said resolutions creating said unit system shall be
1015	confirmed by the board of supervisors or by the Circuit Court in
1016	and for Broward County if such proposed action shall be challenged
1017	by a landowner by the judicial proceedings hereinabove authorized,
1018	said board of supervisors may adopt a plan or plans of reclamation
1019	for and in respect to any or all such units and have the benefits
1020	and the damages resulting therefrom assessed and apportioned by
1021	commissioners appointed by the circuit court, and have the report
1022	of the said commissioners considered and confirmed, all in like
1023	manner as is provided by law in regard to plans of reclamation for
1024	and assessments for benefits and damages of, the entire district.
1025	With respect to plan of reclamation, notices, appointment of
1026	commissioners to assess benefits and damages, report of
1027	commissioners, and notice and confirmation thereof, the levy of
1028	assessments and taxes, including maintenance taxes, and the
1029	issuance of bonds and all other proceedings as to each and all of
1030	such units, said board shall follow and comply with the same
1031	procedure as is provided by law with respect to the entire
1032	district, and said board of supervisors shall have the same powers
1033	in respect to each and all of such units as is vested in them with
1034	respect to the entire district.  All the provisions of this act
1035	shall apply to the drainage, reclamation, and improvement of each,
1036	any, and all of such units, and the enumeration of or reference to
1037	specific powers or duties of the supervisors of any other officers
1038	or other matters in this act as hereinabove set forth, shall not
1039	limit or restrict the application of any and all of the
1040	proceedings and powers herein to the drainage and reclamation of
1041	such units as fully and completely as if such unit or units were
1042	specifically and expressly named in every section and clause of
1043	this act where the entire district is mentioned or referred to.
1044	All assessments, levies, taxes, bonds, and other obligations made,
1045	levied, assessed, or issued for or in respect to any such unit or
1046	units shall be a lien and charge solely and only upon the lands in
1047	such units, respectively, for the benefit of which the same shall
1048	be levied, made, or issued, and not upon the remaining units or
1049	lands in said district.  The board of supervisors may at any time
1050	amend its said resolutions by changing the location and
1051	description of lands in any such unit or units; and provided,
1052	further, that if the location of or description of lands located
1053	in any such unit or units is so changed, notice of such change
1054	shall be published as hereinabove required in this section for
1055	notice of the formation or organization of such unit or units, and
1056	all proceedings shall be had and done in that regard as are
1057	provided in this section for the original creation of such unit or
1058	units, provided, however, that no lands against which benefits
1059	shall have been assessed may be detached from any such unit after
1060	the confirmation of the commissioners? report of benefits in such
1061	unit or units or the issuance of bonds or other obligations which
1062	are payable from taxes or assessments for benefits levied upon the
1063	lands within such unit or units.
1064	(2)  Provided, however, that if, after the confirmation of
1065	the commissioners? report of benefits in such unit or units, or
1066	the issuance of bonds or other obligations which are payable from
1067	taxes or assessments for benefits levied upon lands within such
1068	unit or units, the board of supervisors finds the plan of
1069	reclamation for any such unit or units insufficient or inadequate
1070	for efficient development, the plan of reclamation may be amended
1071	or changed as provided in chapter 298, Florida Statutes, and the
1072	unit or units may be amended or changed as provided in this
1073	section, by changing the location and description of lands in any
1074	such unit or units, by detaching lands therefrom or by adding land
1075	thereto, upon the approval of at least 51 percent of the
1076	landowners according to acreage, in any such unit and 75 percent
1077	of the holders of bonds issued in respect to any such unit, and
1078	provided that in such event all assessments, levies, taxes, bonds,
1079	and other obligations made, levied, assessed, incurred, or issued
1080	for or in respect to any such unit or units may be allocated and
1081	apportioned to the amended unit or units in proportion to the
1082	benefits assessed by the commissioners? report for the amended
1083	plan of reclamation and said report shall specifically provide for
1084	such allocation and apportionment.  The landowners and all
1085	bondholders shall file their approval of or objections to such
1086	amended plan of reclamation in accordance with section 298.301,
1087	Florida Statutes, and shall file their approval of or objections
1088	to the amendment of such unit as provided in this section.
1089	(3)  No lands shall be detached from any unit after the
1090	issuance of bonds or other obligations for such unit except upon
1091	the consent of 75 percent of all the holders of such bonds or
1092	other obligations.  In the event of the change of the boundaries
1093	of any unit as provided herein and the allocation and
1094	apportionment to the amended unit or units of assessments, levies,
1095	taxes, bonds, and other obligations in proportion to the benefits
1096	assessed by the commissioners? report for the amended plan of
1097	reclamation, the holder of bonds or other obligations heretofore
1098	issued for the original unit who consents to such allocations and
1099	apportionment shall be entitled to all rights and remedies against
1100	any lands added to the amended unit or units as fully and to the
1101	same extent as if such added lands had formed and constituted a
1102	part of the original unit or units at the time of the original
1103	issuance of such bonds or other obligations, regardless of whether
1104	the holder of such bonds or other obligations is the original
1105	holder thereof or the holder from time to time hereafter, and the
1106	rights and remedies of such holder against the lands in the
1107	amended unit or units, including any lands added thereto, under
1108	such allocation and apportionment, shall constitute vested and
1109	irrevocable rights and remedies to the holder from time to time of
1110	such bonds or other obligations as fully and to the same extent as
1111	if such bonds or other obligations had been originally issued to
1112	finance the improvements in such amended unit or units under such
1113	amended plan of reclamation.
1114	Section 19.  Severability.--In case any one or more of the
1115	sections or provisions of this act or the application of such
1116	sections or provisions to any situation, circumstances, or person
1117	shall for any reason be held to be unconstitutional, such
1118	unconstitutionality shall not affect any other sections or
1119	provisions of this act or the application of such sections or
1120	provisions to any other situation, circumstances, or person, and
1121	it is intended that this law shall be construed and applied as if
1122	such section or provision had not been included herein for any
1123	unconstitutional application.
1124	Section 20.  Notice of intention.--It is found and determined
1125	that notice of intention to apply for this legislation was given
1126	in the time, form, and manner required by the Florida Constitution
1127	and by law. Said notice is found to be sufficient and is hereby
1128	validated and approved.
1129	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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