HB 1365

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
3	Conservation District, Broward County; amending chapter
4	98-523, Laws of Florida; providing for the addition of
5	certain lands into the district; providing the board with
6	the power to own, acquire, construct, operate, and improve
7	water systems and sewer systems within and without the
8	district; amending the amount for which advertisement for
9	bids is required for the procurement by the district of
10	contractual services and purchase of goods, supplies, and
11	materials to comply with general law; providing additional
12	requirements for the procurement of goods and services and
13	contracts for improvements to district facilities;
14	providing for the election of supervisors; redesignating
15	the office of president of the board to chair of the
16	board; creating the office of vice chair of the board;
17	providing for a designation of who shall preside at
18	meetings of the board; providing for the election of
19	officers of the board; providing for the calling of
20	special meetings of the board; providing the maximum
21	allowable interest rate on loans, notes, bonds,
22	assessments, and other obligations of the district;
23	revising the district's bond criteria and provisions;
24	providing that the meeting place of the district shall be
25	in Broward County; deleting obsolete provisions; revising
26	inconsistent provisions; revising provisions relating to
27	controlling, regulating, and maintaining water systems and
28	sewer systems within and without the district; providing
29	severability; providing an effective date.
30
31	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
32
33	Section 1.  Section 1, subsections (2) and (3) of section
34	2, subsection (6) of section 3, sections 4, 7, and 8, subsection
35	(1) of section 9, subsections (1) and (3) of section 10, section
36	11, subsection (1) of section 14, and section 18 of section 2 of
37	chapter 98-523, Laws of Florida, are amended, and subsection (7)
38	is added to section 3 of section 2 of that chapter, to read:
39	Section 1.  For the purpose of draining, reclaiming, and
40	conserving the lands hereinafter described;, for controlling the
41	water in the district and the water tables with respect to the
42	lands therein;, for agricultural and sanitary purposes; for
43	owning, acquiring, constructing, operating, and improving water
44	systems and sewer systems within or without the district;, and
45	for the public health, convenience, welfare, utility, and
46	benefit,; an irrigation, soil conservation, and drainage, and
47	special improvement district is hereby established to be known
48	as "Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District,"
49	an independent special district, the territorial boundaries of
50	which shall be as follows:
51
52	(1)  Begin at a point which point is a point on the South
53	Line of Tract One, Tier Thirty-eight of John W. Newman's
54	Survey, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat
55	Book Two, Page Twenty-Six of the Public Records of Dade
56	County, Florida;, Fifty Feet East of the Southwest Corner
57	of Tract One, Tier Thirty-eight; Thence run Southerly to a
58	point on the North Line of Tract One of Tier Thirty-seven,
59	which point is Fifty Feet East of the Northwest Corner of
60	Tract One, Tier Thirty-seven; Thence run Westerly to the
61	Northwest Corner of said Tract One, Tier Thirty-seven;
62	Thence run Southerly along parallel to the West Line of
63	Tier Thirty-seven to the Southwest corner a point which is
64	Fifty Feet East of the West Line of Tier Thirty-seven and
65	Fifty Feet North of the South Line of Tract Four, Tier
66	Thirty-seven; Thence run Easterly along parallel to the
67	South Lines of Tracts Tract Four, of Tiers Tier Thirty-
68	seven, Tract Four, Tier Thirty-five, Tract Four, Tier
69	Thirty-three, and Tract Four, Tier Thirty-one, and
70	prolongations thereof, to a point on the West Line of Tier
71	Twenty-nine, Fifty Feet North of the Southwest Corner of
72	Tract Four, Tier Twenty-nine; Thence run Southerly along
73	the West Line of Tier Twenty-nine to the Southwest Corner
74	of Tract Eight, Tier Twenty-nine; Thence run Easterly
75	along the South Lines of Tracts Tract Eight, of Tiers Tier
76	Twenty-nine, Tract Eight, Tier Twenty-seven, Tract Eight,
77	Tier Twenty-five, and Tract Eight, Tier Twenty-three, and
78	prolongations thereof, to the Southwest Southeast Corner
79	of Tract Seven Eight, Tier Twenty-one Twenty-three; Thence
80	run Northerly along the West East Line of Tier Twenty-one
81	Twenty-three to the South line of the North 497.50 feet of
82	Tract Five, Tier Twenty-one; Thence run Easterly along
83	said South line to the East line of the West 245 feet of
84	Tract Five, Tier Twenty-one; Thence run Northerly along
85	the East line of the West 245 feet of said Tract Five to
86	the South line of Tract Four, Tier Twenty-one Southeast
87	Corner of Tract Four, Tier Twenty-three; Thence run
88	Easterly along the South Lines of Tracts Tract Four, of
89	Tiers Tier Twenty-one, Tract Four, Tier Nineteen, and
90	Tract Four, Tier Seventeen, and prolongations thereof, to
91	the Southeast Corner of Tract Four, Tier Seventeen; Thence
92	run Northerly along the East Line of Tier Seventeen to the
93	Southwest Corner of Tract Three, Tier Fifteen; Thence run
94	Easterly along the South Line of Tract Three, Tier Fifteen
95	to the Southeast Corner of Tract Three, Tier Fifteen;
96	Thence run Southerly along the East Line of Tier Fifteen
97	to the Southeast Corner of Tract Four, Tier Fifteen;
98	Thence run Easterly along the Easterly prolongation of the
99	South Line of Tract Four, Tier Fifteen and the South Line
100	of Tract Four, Tier Thirteen to the Southeast Corner of
101	Tract Four, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Southerly along the
102	East Line of Tier Thirteen to the Northeast Corner of
103	Tract Six, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Westerly along the
104	North Line of Tract Six, Tier Thirteen to the Northwest
105	Corner of Tract Six, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Southerly
106	along the West Line of Tier Thirteen to the Southwest
107	Corner of Tract Seven, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Southerly
108	to the Northwest Corner of Tract Eight, Section Twenty-
109	five, Township Fifty South, Range Forty-one East; Thence
110	run Southerly along the West Lines of Tract Eight, Section
111	Twenty-five, Township Fifty South, Range Forty-one East
112	and Tract Nine, Section Twenty-five, Township Fifty South,
113	Range Forty-one East to the Southwest Corner of said Tract
114	Nine; Thence run Easterly along the South Line of said
115	Tract Nine to the Southeast Corner of said Tract Nine;
116	Thence run Northerly along the East Line of said Tract
117	Nine to the Northeast Corner of said Tract Nine; Thence
118	run Easterly along the Easterly prolongation of the North
119	Line of said Tract Nine and the South Line of Tract Seven,
120	Section Twenty-five, Township Fifty South, Range Forty-one
121	East to the Southeast Corner of said Tract Seven; Thence
122	run Northerly along the East Line of Tract Seven and its
123	Northerly prolongation to the South Line of Tract Six,
124	Tier Nine; Thence run Easterly along the South Line of
125	Tract Six, Tier Nine to the Southeast Corner of Tract Six,
126	Tier Nine; Thence run Northerly along the East Line of
127	Tier Nine to the Southwest Corner of Tract Four, Tier
128	Seven; Thence run Easterly along the South Line of Tract
129	Four, Tier Seven to the Southeast Corner of Tract Four,
130	Tier Seven; Thence run Northerly along the East Line of
131	Tract Four and Tract Three, Tier Seven to an intersection
132	with the Easterly prolongation of the Northerly line of
133	Parcel "C" of "THE FOUNDATION PLAT," according to the Plat
134	thereof as recorded in Plat Book 158, Page 36, Broward
135	County Public Records; Thence run Westerly along said
136	prolongation to the Northerly line of said Parcel "C";
137	Thence continue Westerly along the Northerly line of said
138	Parcel "C" to an intersection with the North line of Tract
139	Four, Tier Thirteen; thence Westerly along the north line
140	of the Northeast Corner of Tract Four, Tier Seven; Thence
141	run Westerly along the North Lines of Tract Four, Tier
142	Seven, Tract Four, Tier Nine, Tract Four, Tier Eleven and
143	Tract Four, Tier Thirteen to the Northwest Corner of Tract
144	Four, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Northerly along the West
145	Line of Tier Thirteen to the Northwest Corner of Tract
146	One, Tier Thirteen; Thence run Westerly along the Westerly
147	prolongation of the North Line of said Tract One, Tier
148	Thirteen and the North Lines of Tract One, Tier Fifteen
149	and Tract One, Tier Seventeen to the Northwest Corner of
150	Tract One, Tier Seventeen; Thence run Southerly along the
151	West Line of Tier Seventeen to the Northwest Corner of
152	Tract Three, Tier Seventeen; Thence run Westerly along the
153	Westerly prolongation of the North Line of Tract Three,
154	Tier Seventeen and along the North Line of Tract Three,
155	Tier Nineteen to the Northeast Corner of Tract Three, Tier
156	Twenty-one; Thence run Northerly along the East Line of
157	Tier Twenty-one to the Northeast Corner of Tract One, Tier
158	Twenty-one; Thence run Northerly to the Southeast Corner
159	of Tract One, Tier Twenty-two; Thence run in a Westerly
160	direction along the prolongation of the South Lines Line
161	of Tracts Tract One, of Tiers Tier Twenty-two, Twenty-
162	four, Twenty-six, Twenty-eight, Thirty, Thirty-two,
163	Thirty-four, Thirty-six, and Thirty-eight, and
164	prolongations thereof, to the point of beginning; All in
165	John W. Newman's Survey thereof according to the Plat
166	thereof recorded in Plat Book Two, at Page Twenty-six of
167	the Public Records of Dade County, Florida; said lands
168	situate, lying and being in Broward County, Florida.
169
170	(2)  Also included within the territorial boundaries is
171	the West 50 Feet of Tracts 1, 2, 3, and 4, Tier 37; and
172	the South 50 Feet of Tract 4, Tier 31, of Tract 4, Tier
173	33, of Tract 4, Tier 35, and of Tract 4, Tier 37, of
174	Newman's Survey thereof, according to the Plat thereof
175	recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 26, Dade County Records,
176	said lands situate, lying and being in Broward County,
177	Florida.
178	Section 2.
179	(2)  The persons who are members of the board of
180	supervisors of the district in office when this act takes effect
181	shall be Hamilton C. Forman, H. Collins Forman, Jr. and Charles
182	R. Forman and said landowners are hereby appointed as the Board
183	of Supervisors of the Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
184	Conservation District and shall hold office until their
185	successors are elected and shall have qualified.
186	(3)  In the month of September 2008, or as soon thereafter
187	as practicable, there shall be held a meeting of the landowners
188	of the district for the purpose of holding an election to fill
189	the seats of the three supervisors; and in the month of
190	September, or as soon thereafter as practicable, of every other
191	year thereafter, there shall be held such a meeting and election
192	to fill the same three seats. Notice of all a landowners'
193	meetings meeting shall be given by publishing the time and place
194	of such meeting in a newspaper of general circulation of Broward
195	County at least 15 days prior to the meeting, the meeting to be
196	held in a public place in Broward County. The landowners, when
197	assembled, shall organize by the election of a chair and
198	secretary of the meeting, who shall conduct the election. At
199	such election, each and every acre of land in the district,
200	except as hereinafter provided, shall represent one share, and
201	each owner shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy
202	in writing, for each acre of land owned by him or her in the
203	District. A fraction of an acre shall be voted as the same
204	fraction of a vote. The three persons at each election who
205	receive the highest number of votes for the office of supervisor
206	shall be declared elected. At the first meeting of the board
207	following the effective date of this act, and as soon as
208	practicable following each election of supervisors thereafter,
209	the board shall organize by electing from their members a chair
210	and a vice chair of the board. At this meeting, the board shall
211	also appoint a secretary and treasurer of the board, who may be
212	the same person and who does not need to be a member of the
213	board. The chair shall preside at all meetings. In the chair's
214	absence, the vice chair shall preside over the meeting and have
215	the same powers as the chair.
216	Section 3.
217	(6)  The board district is hereby authorized, empowered,
218	and directed to construct a water connection by channeling
219	through or under State Road 84 and Interstate Highway I-595 to
220	the North New River Canal for the purposes as provided herein.
221	Said water connection shall be constructed in accordance with
222	the regulations, requirements, and specifications of the
223	Department of Transportation.
224	(7)  The board shall have the power to own, acquire,
225	construct, reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and
226	improve water systems and sewer systems or combined water and
227	sewer systems; to regulate the use of sewers and the supply of
228	water within and without the district and to prohibit or
229	regulate the use and maintenance of outhouses, privies, septic
230	tanks, or other sanitary structures or appliances within or
231	without the district; to prescribe methods of pretreatment of
232	wastes not amenable to treatment with domestic sewage before
233	accepting such wastes for treatment, to refuse to accept such
234	wastes when not sufficiently pretreated as may be prescribed,
235	and to prescribe penalties for the refusal of any person or
236	corporation to so pretreat such wastes; to sell or otherwise
237	dispose of the effluent, sludge, or other byproducts as a result
238	of sewage treatment; and to construct and operate connecting,
239	intercepting, or outlet sewers, sewer mains, pipes and water
240	mains, conduits, or pipelines in, along, or under any public
241	streets, alleys, highways, or other public places or ways within
242	or without the district, when deemed necessary or desirable by
243	the board. The plans for any water or sewer system shall be
244	subject to the approval of the Department of Health.
245	Section 4.  (1)  The board may, in its discretion, let any
246	part or all of the work to be performed within the district by
247	contract, but no contract shall be let for the construction or
248	maintenance of any improvements authorized by this act, nor
249	shall any goods, supplies, or materials be purchased, for an
250	amount in excess of the threshold amount provided in s. 287.017,
251	Florida Statutes, for category four $25,000 shall be let until
252	notice thereof shall have been published in a newspaper of
253	general circulation published in Broward County not less than
254	once a week for 2 consecutive weeks before the date set for the
255	letting of such contract. The work or purchase of goods,
256	supplies, or materials so advertised shall be awarded to the
257	lowest responsible bidder, as may be determined by the board;
258	however, the board shall have the right to reject any and all
259	bids and to re-advertise, as provided herein. The board shall
260	have the right to require a bond with a surety to be approved by
261	the board in such amount as the board may determine, conditioned
262	that the contractor or vendor will well and truly carry out the
263	contract in accordance with the terms thereof. Nothing in this
264	section shall prevent the board of supervisors from undertaking
265	and performing the work authorized under this act without a
266	contract and by labor operating under the directions of the
267	board, its engineer or employees.
268	(2)  The provisions of the Consultants' Competitive
269	Negotiation Act as provided in s. 287.055, Florida Statutes,
270	shall apply to contracts for engineering, architecture,
271	landscape architecture, or registered surveying and mapping
272	services let by the board.
273	(3)  Notwithstanding the bidding procedure prescribed in
274	this subsection, if the board determines, by resolution, that
275	the use of competitive bidding is not practicable, contractual
276	services and purchases of goods, supplies, or materials may be
277	procured by competitive sealed proposals. The request for
278	proposals shall include a statement of the services sought or
279	the goods, supplies, or materials requested and all contractual
280	terms and conditions applicable to the procurement of the
281	contractual services or the goods, supplies, or materials
282	requested. The contract shall be awarded to the responsive
283	offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous
284	to the district, taking into consideration price and other
285	evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals.
286	(4)  If the board determines, by resolution, that an
287	immediate danger to the public health or safety or other
288	substantial loss to the district requires emergency action, the
289	board may proceed with the procurement of contractual services
290	necessitated by the immediate danger without competition.
291	However, such emergency procurement shall be made with such
292	competition as is practicable under the circumstances.
293	(5)  If no competitive bids or proposals for contractual
294	services or for the purchase of goods, supplies, or materials
295	are received, the board may negotiate the best terms and
296	conditions available as determined by the board.
297	(6)  The district may apply to the Department of Management
298	Services, or an entity succeeding to the duties of such
299	department, to purchase commodities or contractual services from
300	purchasing agreements established and state term contracts
301	procured pursuant to s. 287.057, Florida Statutes, by such
302	department, as provided in s. 287.056, Florida Statutes.
303	Section 7.  The Board of Supervisors of Tindall Hammock
304	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District is authorized and
305	empowered to borrow money on temporary or permanent loans and to
306	issue promissory notes, bonds, or other obligations ("bonds")
307	and to incur obligations from time to time upon such terms and
308	at such rates of interest, not exceeding the maximum rate
309	authorized by general law, or, if no rate is authorized by
310	general law, at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per year as the
311	board may determine for the purpose of raising funds to
312	purchase, install, construct, and prosecute to final completion
313	the water systems, sewer systems, drainage works, and
314	improvements herein authorized, and for the purpose of paying
315	all expenses incident to such work and all expenses necessary or
316	needful in carrying out the purpose of the act, including,
317	without limiting the generality of the foregoing, cost of
318	rights-of-way. To enable the board to borrow and obtain money
319	necessary to carry out and perform the purposes aforesaid, the
320	board is authorized and empowered to issue in the corporate name
321	of the district negotiable coupon bonds, the aggregate amount of
322	all bonds issued hereunder to be an amount as may be determined
323	by the board not to exceed $450,000.
324	Section 8.  (1)  The bonds to be issued pursuant to the
325	provisions of this act shall be in denominations of $1,000 $100,
326	or any multiple thereof, shall bear interest at a rate not to
327	exceed that authorized by general law, shall be payable at such
328	times as determined by the board, semiannually, and shall mature
329	at intervals within 50 years from the date of their issuance,
330	the at first maturity to be not more than 10 years from the date
331	thereof, and both principal and interest of such bonds shall be
332	payable at a place or places determined by the board and
333	designated in the bonds. All bonds and coupons not paid at a
334	maturity shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that
335	authorized by general law from maturity until paid.
336	(2)  The bonds shall show on their face the purposes for
337	which they are issued and shall be payable solely out of the
338	acreage and/or millage taxes levied by or for the district,
339	pursuant to the provisions of this act. The bonds shall be
340	signed by the chair or, in his or her absence, the vice chair
341	president of the board of supervisors and, attested by the
342	secretary under the seal of the district. Interest payments
343	shall be evidenced by coupons bearing a facsimile of the
344	signature of the president of the board of supervisors, or
345	secretary of the district. Such bonds and coupons shall be
346	considered as having been validly executed if signed by the
347	proper officers in the office at the time of such signing. Said
348	bonds may contain such provisions for registration, including a
349	book entry only provision for registration, either as to
350	principal, or principal and interest, as the board may
351	prescribe, and in the discretion of the board it may be provided
352	that, at any time after such dates as shall be fixed by the
353	board, the bonds may be redeemed at the option of the board or
354	upon mandatory redemption, in a manner and at prices a price to
355	be specified in the resolution pursuant to in pursuance of which
356	said bonds are issued.
357	(3)  The board may retain trustees, paying agents, bond
358	registrars, or authentication agents in connection with the
359	issuance of its bonds, upon such terms as it deems appropriate.
360	The board of supervisors is authorized to provide in the
361	resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and in the said
362	bonds that one-half of the acreage and/or millage tax will be
363	devoted to, so far as necessary, the payment of the principal of
364	and interest on said bonds; that the holders of such bonds shall
365	have a first lien upon one-half of the acreage and/or millage
366	tax; and that no further charge shall be placed upon the
367	proceeds of such tax or obligation incurred payable therefrom
368	unless such charge or obligation be junior and subordinate to
369	the lien upon such proceeds for the payment of the principal and
370	interest on the bonds.
371	(4)  All bonds issued under the provisions of this act may
372	be validated in the manner now or hereafter provided for the
373	validation of bonds of independent drainage districts.
374	Section 9.  (1)  This act shall, without reference to any
375	other act of the Legislature, be full authority for the issuance
376	and sale of bonds of Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
377	Conservation District as authorized in this act, which bonds
378	shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law
379	merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or
380	defect in the proceedings for the sale and issue thereof and
381	shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or
382	holders thereof for value. No proceedings in respect to the
383	issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are
384	required by this act, except that the issuance or sale of bonds
385	pursuant to the provisions of this act shall comply with the
386	general law requirements applicable to the issuance or sale of
387	bonds by the district. The provisions of this act shall
388	constitute an irrepealable contract between the district and the
389	holders of any bonds and coupons attached thereto issued
390	pursuant to the provisions hereof. Any holder of any bonds or
391	coupons may either at law or in equity, by suit or mandamus,
392	enforce and compel the performance of the duties required by
393	this act of any of the officers or persons mentioned in this act
394	in relation to the bonds or to the collection, enforcement, and
395	application of the taxes for the payment thereof.
396	Section 10.  (1)  Upon the adoption by the board of
397	supervisors of a resolution providing for the issuance of bonds,
398	a certified copy of such resolution shall be forwarded to the
399	Board of County Commissioners of Broward County. At the first
400	meeting of the board of county commissioners after the receipt
401	of the certified copy of the resolution, the board of
402	supervisors county commissioners shall order that an election be
403	held in the portion of the district lying within the county at a
404	time and a place designated by the board of supervisors county
405	commissioners to determine whether or not the bonds authorized
406	by such resolution shall be issued, and in such election only
407	the landowners who are qualified electors owning land in the
408	district shall be entitled to vote. Prior to the time of the
409	holding of the election, the board of supervisors county
410	commissioners shall cause to be published, once a week for 4
411	consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation
412	published in the county, a notice of the holding of the election
413	which shall specify the time and place or places of the holding
414	thereof. The board of supervisors county commissioners shall
415	appoint a clerk or clerks and inspectors for such election, who
416	need not be qualified electors residing in Tindall Hammock
417	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District.
418	(3)  After the closing of the registration books, 5 days
419	prior to the date of holding of such election, the board of
420	supervisors County Commissioners of Broward County shall cause
421	to be prepared and certified by the registration officer of the
422	county, a list of the names of all qualified electors appearing
423	on the county registration books who are determined to be
424	landowners of Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation
425	District, and who are also determined to be qualified to vote in
426	the election. In each county, A certified copy of such lists of
427	qualified electors who are landowners of Tindall Hammock
428	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District who are entitled to
429	participate in the election, shall be furnished to the
430	inspectors and clerks of the election at every voting place
431	where election in the county is to be held, and such lists shall
432	be deemed taken and held to be prima facie evidence of the total
433	number of qualified electors who are landowners of the Tindall
434	Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District who are
435	qualified to vote in such election, and no person shall be
436	permitted to vote in any election whose name does not appear
437	upon such list. In making up the list of qualified voters, as
438	herein provided, such investigation shall be made as will
439	warrant the conclusion that all names appearing on the list are
440	qualified to vote in the bond election and that said list is a
441	complete list of all voters residing in Broward County who are
442	qualified to vote in such election. After the county
443	registration officer certifies the list of voters, who are
444	qualified electors and who are landowners of the Tindall Hammock
445	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District, the list shall be
446	filed and preserved among the records of the Board of
447	Supervisors of Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation
448	District.
449	Section 11.  (1)  At the bond election, ballot boxes may be
450	used, notwithstanding the fact that at the time of the holding
451	the election, voting machines may be in general use in Broward
452	County. The ballots to be used in such election shall have
453	printed thereon the description of the issuance of bonds to be
454	voted on as the board of supervisors of the district may
455	prescribe. Direction to the voter to express his or her choice
456	by making an "X" mark in the space opposite the words "For
457	Bonds" or "Against Bonds" shall be stated on the ballot. The
458	clerks and inspectors of the elections shall make returns to the
459	board of supervisors county commissioners which appointed them
460	immediately after the elections and the board of supervisors
461	county commissioners shall hold special meetings as soon
462	thereafter as practicable for the purpose of canvassing the
463	election returns and shall determine and certify to the result
464	thereof for the county. The certificates shall each show the
465	number of qualified electors in the county who are landowners of
466	Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District, and
467	shall show the total number of votes cast "For Bonds" and
468	"Against Bonds." The certificates shall be forwarded immediately
469	to the Board of Supervisors of the Tindall Hammock Irrigation
470	and Soil Conservation District, by the board of county
471	commissioners. The certificates of declaration of result of such
472	elections shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of
473	supervisors of the district.
474	(2)  If it shall appear from the certificates of the board
475	of supervisors county commissioners as a result of the elections
476	that a majority of the landowners who are qualified electors of
477	Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District
478	participated in the bond elections, and that a majority of the
479	votes cast in such elections are in favor of the issuance of
480	such bonds, then the same shall be deemed to have been
481	authorized in accordance with s. 12, Art. VII of the State
482	Constitution, as amended.
483	(3)  Whenever any election shall be called and held, under
484	the provisions of this act, and the votes cast thereat returned,
485	tallied, and canvassed by the board of supervisors county
486	commissioners, and the findings of the board certified to the
487	Board of Supervisors of Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
488	Conservation District, as herein provided, and recorded on the
489	minutes of the board of supervisors, a duly certified copy of
490	such certificates shall be admissible as evidence in all courts
491	of the state, and shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the
492	truth of the facts recited and shown thereby, including the
493	regularity of the call, conduct, and holding of such election at
494	the time and place specified.
495	Section 14.  (1)  Two members of the board of supervisors
496	shall constitute a quorum. The board of supervisors shall, by
497	resolution, fix the time and the place for holding regular
498	meetings, but special meetings may be called by the chair or
499	vice chair president or any two members of the board of
500	supervisors, at any time or place. The meeting place of the
501	board shall may be in Broward County either within or without
502	the district.
503	Section 18.  The purpose of forming the Tindall Hammock
504	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District is to create an
505	independent improvement irrigation district for the purpose of
506	controlling, regulating, and maintaining water systems and sewer
507	systems within and without the district and for the purpose of
508	controlling, regulating, and maintaining the water levels in all
509	the ditches and canals lying within the boundaries of the
510	district separate and apart from drainage purposes. To
511	accomplish this purpose it is necessary for the irrigation
512	district board of supervisors to have full, complete, and
513	exclusive control over all water levels within the Tindall
514	Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District. In order to
515	carry out the purpose and intent of this act, the Board of
516	Supervisors of the Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
517	Conservation District is authorized and empowered to have the
518	exclusive right and power, in their discretion, to regulate,
519	maintain, and control water systems and sewer systems within and
520	without the district and to regulate, maintain, and control the
521	water levels in all the canals and ditches lying within the
522	boundaries of the said Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil
523	Conservation District.
524	Section 2.  A certified copy of this act shall be recorded
525	in the Broward County Public Records by the Tindall Hammock
526	Irrigation and Soil Conservation District.
527	Section 3.  If any provision of this act or the application
528	thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
529	invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of
530	this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision
531	or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
532	declared severable.
533	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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