HB 1425

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the East County Water Control District,
3	Lee and Hendry Counties; amending chapter 2000-423, Laws
4	of Florida, as amended; changing the name of the district
5	to the Improvement District of Lehigh Acres; amending the
6	boundaries of the district; providing for a board of
7	commissioners in lieu of a board of supervisors; providing
8	that the board may provide water and sewer services and
9	levy non-ad valorem assessments or user fees; revising
10	meeting attendance requirements for commissioners;
11	providing penalties for unexcused absences from meetings;
12	providing for a referendum; providing an effective date.
13
14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16	Section 1.  The charter of the East County Water Control
17	District, as codified in section 3 of chapter 2000-423, Laws of
18	Florida, as amended by chapters 2003-315, 2005-308, and 2006-
19	319, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
20	Section 1.  Creation; Status; Charter amendments; District
21	boundaries.--
22	(1)  The decree of the circuit court in and for the twelfth
23	(12th) judicial circuit, Lee County, entered in chancery no.
24	12,429 on May 5, 1958, created the East County Water Control
25	District, and the subsequent decree of the circuit court in and
26	for the twelfth (12th) judicial circuit, Lee County, extended
27	the boundaries of said District to include additional lands in
28	Lee County and Hendry County, said decree being entered in
29	chancery no. 12,429 on May 26, 1961, together with all
30	subsequent proceedings taken in said circuit court concerning
31	said District which were ratified, confirmed, and approved by
32	special act of the Legislature in 1963. The East County Water
33	Control District, hereinafter renamed the "Improvement District
34	of Lehigh Acres," is therefore declared to exist as an
35	independent special district.
36	(2)  The boundaries of the District are hereby declared to
37	be as follows:
38	LANDS IN LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
39	TOWNSHIP 43 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST
40	SECTION 25:
41	The following portions of Section 25;
42	The East 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast
43	1/4, together with
44	The Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of the
45	Northeast 1/4
46	TOWNSHIP 43 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST
47	SECTION 19:
48	Commencing at the Southeast corner of Government Lot 5
49	of said Section 19, said point also being the
50	Southeast Corner of the Southwest 1/4 South 1/4
51	Section Corner of said Section 19; thence North 89°
52	32' 09" West along the South line of said Section 19,
53	a distance of 941.17 941.16 feet to the POINT OF
54	BEGINNING, thence continuing along the south line of
55	said Section 19 a distance of 623.70 feet; thence
56	North 00°33' 48" West along the west line of lands
57	described in Book 4433, Page 952-953 of the Official
58	Records of Lee County, Florida a distance of 579.14
59	feet to a point on the southerly right-of-way of the
60	Caloosahatchee River Canal; thence North 72° 41' 35"
61	East along said right-of-way a distance of 264.64
62	feet; thence North 50°57' 38" East along said right-of
63	way a distance of 399.11 feet; thence North 84°04' 34"
64	East along said right-of-way a distance of 57.98 feet
65	to the northeast corner of lands described in Book
66	3558, Page 3183-3185 of the Official Records of Lee
67	County, Florida; thence South 00° 33' 49" East along
68	the east line of said lands a distance of 920.30 feet
69	to the POINT OF BEGINNING and there terminate of this
70	description; thence North 00° 33' 49" West, a distance
71	of 961.01 feet to the Southerly United States
72	Government Easement line of the Caloosahatchee River;
73	thence continuing North 00° 33' 48" West, a distance
74	of 90 feet, more or less, to the Southerly waters edge
75	of the said Caloosahatchee River; thence Southwesterly
76	along the meanders of said Southerly waters edge of
77	the Caloosahatchee River, a distance of 780 feet, more
78	or less; thence South 00° 33' 48" East, a distance of
79	50 feet, more or less, to the said Southerly United
80	States Government Easement line of the Caloosahatchee
81	River; thence continuing South 00° 33' 48" East, a
82	distance of 578.75 feet to the said South line of
83	Section 19; thence South 89° 32' 09" East along the
84	said South line of Section 19 to the POINT OF
85	BEGINNING, LESS the Easterly 35.80 feet of the above
86	described parcel.
87	SECTION 30:
88	The following portions of Section 30;
89	That portion of the West 1/2 of said Section 30 lying
90	North of State Road 80, LESS the West 118.40 feet
91	thereof.
92	That portion of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4
93	of Section 30 lying North of State Road 80.
94	That portion of Section 30 lying South of the
95	Southerly Right-of-Way line of State Road 80, LESS the
96	West 200.00 feet of said Section 30 lying South of
97	Hickey's Creek,
98	AND LESS lots 18 thru 28, Lots 31 and 32, Lots 37 and
99	38, Lots 41 thru 44 all as shown on Pine Creek Acres,
100	Unit No. 1 as recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 13 of the
101	Public Records of Lee County, Florida.
102	AND LESS Lot 1, Lots 23 and 24, Lots 27 and 28, the 50
103	foot Right-of-Way for Dixie Lane and that portion of
104	the 50 foot Right-of-Way for Pine Boulevard lying
105	Easterly of a line connecting the Northeast corner of
106	Lot 92 with the Southeast corner of Lot 35 all as
107	shown on Pine Creek Acres, Unit No. 2 as recorded in
108	Plat Book 10, Page 74 of the said Public Records,
109	AND LESS the following described parcel;
110	BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Pine Creek Acres,
111	Unit No. 1 as recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 13 of the
112	said Public Records; thence South 00° 56' 00" East
113	along the East line of said Pine Creek Acres, Unit No.
114	1 and the Southerly projection thereof, a distance of
115	223.86 feet; thence North 89° 35' 20" East, a distance
116	of 166.20 feet; thence North 00° 24' 40" West, a
117	distance of 203.00 feet to the said Southerly Right-
118	of-Way line of State Road 80; thence North 82° 54' 00"
119	West along the said Southerly Right-of-Way line of
120	State Road 80 to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
121	AND LESS the following described parcel;
122	Commencing at the said Northeast corner of Pine Creek
123	Acres, Unit No. 1; thence South 82° 54' 00" East along
124	the said Southerly Right-of-Way line of State Road 80,
125	a distance of 307.31 thence South 00° 56' 00" East
126	along the said East line of Pine Creek Acres, Unit No.
127	1 and the Southerly projection thereof, a distance of
128	223.86 feet; thence North 89° 35' 20" East, a distance
129	of 166.20 feet; thence North 00° 24' 40" West, a
130	distance of 203.00 feet to the said Southerly Right-
131	of-Way line of State Road 80, thence South 82° 54' 00"
132	East along the said Southerly Right-of-Way line of
133	State Road 80, a distance of 137.61 feet to the POINT
134	OF BEGINNING of this description; thence South 00° 24'
135	40" East, a distance of 237.58 feet; thence North 89°
136	35' 20" East, a distance of 209.19 feet; thence South
137	00° 24' 40" East, a distance of 918.16 feet; thence
138	North 89° 35' 20" East, a distance of 420.00 feet;
139	thence North 00° 24" 40" West, a distance of 1069.39
140	feet to the said Southerly Right-of-Way line of State
141	Road 80; thence Northwesterly along the said Southerly
142	Right-of-Way line of State Road 80 to the POINT OF
143	BEGINNING,
144	AND LESS the following described parcel;
145	BEGINNING at the intersection of the East line of the
146	Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 30
147	and the said Southerly Right-of-Way line of State Road
148	80; thence South 00° 24' 40" East along the East line
149	of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section
150	30 to a point which is South 00° 24' 40" East, a
151	distance of 129.00 feet from the Northwest corner of
152	the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section
153	30; thence South 89° 41' 55" East along a line
154	parallel with the North line of the said Southeast 1/4
155	of the Northeast 1/4, a distance of 337.00 feet;
156	thence North 00° 24' 40" West to the said Southerly
157	Right-of-Way line of State Road 80; thence North 81°
158	08' 00" West along the said Southerly Right-of-Way
159	line of State Road 80 to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
160	SECTION 31:
161	The following portions of Section 31;
162	The West 1/2, together with
163	The West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4, together with
164	The Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, together with
165	The Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
166	The Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the
167	Northeast 1/4, together with
168	The Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the
169	Northeast 1/4
170	SECTION 36:
171	The East 1/2 of Section 36, LESS the Northwest 1/4 of
172	the Northeast 1/4 thereof.
173	TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST
174	SECTION 1-3:
175	All of Sections 1, 2 and 3.
176	SECTION 4:
177	The East 1/2 of Section 4.
178	SECTION 10:
179	The following portions of Section 10;
180	The East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4, together with
181	The Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4.
182	SECTIONS 11-14:
183	All of Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14.
184	SECTION 15:
185	The East 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Section 15.
186	SECTION 16:
187	The following portions of Section 16;
188	All of Units 1 through 5 of "Lehigh Acres" as recorded
189	in Plat Book 27, Page 186 of the Public Records of Lee
190	County, Florida together with,
191	Lot 16, Block 36 of "Buckingham Park, Northwest
192	Section" as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 92 of the
193	said Public Records.
194	SECTION 19:
195	The following portions of Section 19;
196	The Southeast 1/4, together with
197	That portion of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 19
198	lying South of Buckingham Road.
199	SECTION 20:
200	The following portions of Section 20;
201	The South 1/2, together with
202	That portion of the North 1/2 of said Section 20 lying
203	South of Buckingham Road.
204	SECTION 21:
205	The following portions of "Buckingham Park, South
206	Section" as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 99 of the
207	said Public Records being in Section 21;
208	Lots 3 through 10 of Block 40,
209	Lots 1 and 3 of Block 38,
210	Lot 28 of Block 29,
211	The North 40 feet of Lot 29 of Block 29,
212	All of Tract "D",
213	All of Block "E"
214	together with,
215	the Re-subdivision of that portion of Block "E" of
216	said "Buckingham Park, South Section" as replatted on
217	"Plat of Unit 3 Lehigh Park, a Subdivision of Lehigh
218	Acres" as recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 66 of the
219	said Public Records, together with
220	That portion of said Section 21 lying Southwesterly of
221	the centerline of a 60 foot easement as described in
222	Miscellaneous Book 32, Page 335 of the said Public
223	Records.
224	SECTION 22:
225	That portion of Section 22 lying South and
226	Southwesterly of Homestead Road as shown on Plat of
227	"Buckingham Park Entrance Roads" as recorded in Plat
228	Book 9, Page 97 of the said Public Records.
229	SECTIONS 23-29:
230	All of Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29.
231	SECTION 30:
232	The following portions of Section 30;
233	The South 1/2, together with
234	The Northeast 1/4, together with
235	The South 100 feet of the North 1/2 together with
236	The remainder of the Northeast 1/4.
237	SECTION 31:
238	That portion of said Section 31 lying Northeasterly of
239	State Road 82.
240	SECTIONS 32-36:
241	All of Sections 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.
242	TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST
243	SECTION 1:
244	All of Section 1.
245	SECTION 2:
246	All of Section 2, LESS the Northwest 1/4 of the
247	Northwest 1/4 thereof.
248	SECTION 3:
249	All of Section 3, LESS the Northeast 1/4 thereof,
250	AND LESS the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 thereof.
251	SECTIONS 4-6:
252	All of Sections 4, 5 and 6.
253	SECTION 7:
254	The following portions of Section 7;
255	The South 1/2, together with
256	The Northwest 1/4, together with
257	The Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
258	The North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
259	The North 854 feet of the East 466 feet of the
260	Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4.
261	SECTION 8:
262	The following portions of Section 8;
263	The South 1/2, together with
264	The Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
265	The West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
266	The East 3/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest
267	1/4.
268	SECTION 9:
269	All of said Section 9, LESS the Southwest 1/4 of the
270	Northeast 1/4 thereof.
271	SECTIONS 10-36:
272	All of Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
273	19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
274	32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.
275	TOWNSHIP 45 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST
276	SECTIONS 1-3:
277	All of Section 1, 2 and 3.
278	SECTION 4:
279	All that portion of Section 4 lying North of State
280	Road 82.
281	SECTION 5:
282	All that portion of Section 5 lying North of State
283	Road 82.
284	SECTION 6:
285	All that portion of Section 6 lying North of State
286	Road 82.
287	SECTION 9:
288	All that portion of Section 9 lying North of State
289	Road 82.
290	SECTION 10:
291	All that portion of Section 10 lying North of State
292	Road 82.
293	SECTION 11:
294	All that portion of Section 11 lying North of State
295	Road 82.
296	SECTION 12:
297	All of Section 12.
298	SECTION 13:
299	All that portion of Section 13 lying North of State
300	Road 82.
301	SECTION 14:
302	All that portion of Section 14 lying North of State
303	Road 82.
304	TOWNSHIP 45 SOUTH, RANGE 27 EAST
305	SECTIONS 1-3 :
306	All of Sections 1, 2 and 3.
307	SECTION 4:
308	All of Section 4, LESS the Southeast 1/4 of the
309	Southeast 1/4 thereof,
310	AND LESS the South 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the
311	Southeast 1/4 of said Section 4.
312	AND LESS the South 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the
313	Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 4,
314	AND LESS the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the
315	Southeast 1/4 of said Section 4.
316	SECTION 5:
317	The following portions of Section 5;
318	The Northwest 1/4, together with
319	The East 3/4 of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4,
320	together with The South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4,
321	together with
322	The Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 LESS the South
323	175 feet of the East 125 feet thereof, together with
324	The following described parcel being in the Northeast
325	1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 5; Commencing
326	at the Northeast corner of said Section 5; thence
327	Westerly along the North line of said Section 5, said
328	North line of Section 5 being the South line of Units
329	7 and 18 of "Leeland Heights" as shown on plat
330	recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 53 of the said Public
331	Records, a distance of 116.51 feet to the Southwest
332	corner of Lot 10 of Block 87 of said "Leeland Heights"
333	and the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description; thence
334	continuing Westerly along the said North line of
335	Section 5, a distance of 1208.55 feet to the Northwest
336	corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of
337	said Section 5; thence South 01° 35' 34" East along
338	the West line of the said Northeast 1/4 of the
339	Northeast 1/4 of Section 5, a distance of 1149.72
340	feet; thence Easterly along a line parallel with the
341	said North line of Section 5, a distance of 1268.07
342	feet to a point of intersection with a line parallel
343	with and 60 feet Westerly of (as measured at right
344	angles) the East line of said Section 5; thence North
345	01° 44' 40" West along said parallel line, a distance
346	of 1089.78 feet to a point of intersection with a line
347	parallel with and 60 feet Southerly of (as measured at
348	right angles) the said North line of Section 5; thence
349	Westerly along said line parallel with and 60 feet
350	Southerly of the North line of Section 5, a distance
351	of 58.31 feet to a point of intersection with the
352	Southerly prolongation of the West line of said Lot 10
353	of Block 87 of "Leeland Heights"; thence Northerly
354	along said Southerly prolongation, a distance of 60.00
355	feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Bearings in last
356	described parcel relative to said Plat of Units 7 and
357	18 of "Leeland Heights".
358	SECTION 6:
359	All of Section 6, LESS the following described parcel,
360	BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Government Lot 5
361	of said Section 6; thence Northerly along the West
362	line of said Government Lot 5, a distance of 466.70
363	feet; thence Easterly along a line parallel with the
364	South line of said Government Lot 5, a distance of
365	466.70 feet; thence Southerly along a line parallel
366	with the said West line of Government Lot 5, a
367	distance of 466.70 feet; thence Westerly along the
368	South line of said Government Lot 5, a distance of
369	466.70 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
370	SECTION 7:
371	All of Section 7.
372	SECTION 8:
373	All of Section 8, LESS the Southwest 1/4 of the
374	Southeast 1/4 thereof.
375	SECTION 9:
376	The following portions of Section 9;
377	The West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4, together with
378	The Southeast 1/4, together with
379	The West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, together with
380	The Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4.
381	SECTIONS 10-17:
382	All of Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.
383	SECTION 18:
384	All of Section 18, LESS the 200 foot Right-of-Way for
385	State Road 82 thereof,
386	AND LESS the Westerly 25 feet of that portion of said
387	Section 18 lying Northerly of said State Road 82, said
388	25 foot strip as conveyed to Lee County for roadway
389	purposes by deed recorded in Official Record Book 147,
390	Page 73 of the said Public Records of Lee County.
391	SECTION 19:
392	All of Section 19, LESS the 200 foot Right-of-Way for
393	State Road 82 thereof,
394	AND LESS the following described parcel, BEGINNING at
395	the Northeast corner of said Section 19; thence South
396	89°55'00" West with the North line of said Section 19,
397	a distance of 1327.50 feet to the Northwest corner of
398	the East 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19;
399	thence South 49°30'50" West a distance of 465.93 feet
400	to the Northern Right-of Way line of State Road 82;
401	thence Southeasterly with the said Northern Right-of-
402	Way line to the East line of Section 19; thence North
403	00834'00" West along the East line of Section 19 South
404	00° 34' 00" East along the East line of said Section
405	19 to the East 1/4 Section corner of said Section 19;
406	thence South 89° 53' 40" West along the East/West 1/4
407	Section line of said Section 19, a distance of 1479.38
408	feet; thence North 00° 39' 20" West along a line
409	parallel with and 156.00 feet Westerly of (as measured
410	at right angles) the West line of the East 1/2 of the
411	Northeast 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of
412	2019.77 feet to a point of intersection with the
413	Southwesterly Right-of-Way line of said State Road 82;
414	thence South 64° 06' 00" East along the said
415	Southwesterly right-of-Way line of State Road 82, a
416	distance of 174.40 feet to a point of intersection
417	with the said West line of the East 1/2 of the
418	Northeast 1/4 of Section 19; thence North 00° 39' 20"
419	West along the said West line of the East 1/2 of the
420	Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, a distance of 223.58 feet
421	to a point of intersection with the Northeasterly
422	Right-of-Way line of State Road 82; thence North 64°
423	06' 00" West along the said Northeasterly Right-of-Way
424	line of State Road 82, a distance of 400.00 feet;
425	thence North 49° 30' 50" East, a distance of 465.93
426	feet to the Northwest corner of the said East 1/2 of
427	the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19; thence North 89° 55'
428	00" East along the North line of said Section 19, a
429	distance of 1327.50 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
430	SECTION 20:
431	All of Section 20, LESS the 200 foot Right-of-Way for
432	State Road 82 thereof,
433	AND LESS the following described parcel, BEGINNING at
434	the Northwest corner of said Section 20; thence North
435	89° 15' 50" East along the North line of said Section
436	20, a distance of 227.46 feet; thence South 00° 34'
437	00" East along a line parallel with the West line of
438	said Section 20, a distance of 1516.82 feet to a point
439	of intersection with the Northerly Right-of-Way line
440	of State Road 82; thence North 49° 52' 20" West along
441	the said Northerly Right-of-Way line of State Road 82,
442	a distance of 300.00 feet to a point of intersection
443	with the West line of said Section 20; thence North
444	00° 34' 00" East along the said West line of Section
445	20 to the POINT OF BEGINNING
446	AND LESS the following described parcel, BEGINNING at
447	the intersection of the Southwesterly Right-of-Way
448	line of State Road 82 and the South line of said
449	Section 20; thence North 24° 51' 40" West along the
450	said Southwesterly Right-of-Way line of State Road 82,
451	a distance of 1000.00 feet; thence South 32° 24' 30"
452	West, a distance of 1081.39 feet to a point of
453	intersection with the said South line of Section 20;
454	thence North 89° 40' 40" East along the said South
455	line of Section 20, a distance of 1000.00 feet to the
456	POINT OF BEGINNING. Last described parcel being
457	recorded in Deed Book 306, Page 153 of the said Public
458	Records of Lee County.
459	SECTIONS 21-26:
460	All of Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26.
461	SECTION 27:
462	All of Section 27 lying NORTH of State Road 82.
463	SECTION 28:
464	All of Section 28 lying North of State Road 82.
465	SECTION 29:
466	All of Section 29 lying North of State Road 82.
467	SECTION 34:
468	All of Section 34 lying North of State Road 82.
469	SECTION 35:
470	All of Section 35 lying North of State Road 82.
471	SECTION 36:
472	All of Section 36 LESS the 200 foot Right-of-Way for
473	State Road 82 thereof.
474	LANDS IN HENDRY COUNTY, FLORIDA.
475	TOWNSHIP 43 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST
476	SECTION 30:
477	The following portions of Section 30;
478	The West 400.00 feet of the Southwest 1/4 less the
479	right-of-way for State Road 80, together with
480	The parcel commencing at the West 1/4 corner of
481	Section 30; thence along the West Section line North
482	01° 01' 11" West, a distance of 164.01 feet to the
483	North right-of-way line of State Road 80 and the POINT
484	OF BEGINNING; thence continuing North 01° 01' 11"
485	West, a distance of 1156.17 feet to the South Right-
486	of-Way line for the Caloosahatchee River (C-43 canal);
487	thence along said South Right-of-Way line North 78°
488	07' 28" East, a distance of 162.92 feet; thence South
489	01° 01' 11" East, a distance of 415.55 feet; thence
490	South 45° 02' 36" East, a distance of 345.35 feet;
491	thence South 01° 01' 11" East, a distance of 520.42
492	feet to the North Right-of-Way for State Road 80;
493	thence along said right-of-way South 88° 36' 43" West,
494	a distance of 400.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
495	SECTION 31:
496	The following portions of Section 31;
497	The Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, together with
498	The East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4, together with,
499	The South 185.00 feet of the North 1/2 of the
500	Northwest 1/4 less the West 1189.24 feet of the East
501	1439.25 feet of the South 25.00 feet thereof;
502	Together with the West 660.76 feet of the North 30.00
503	feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4,
504	Together with the West 400.00 feet of the Northwest
505	1/4 of the Northwest 1/4.
506	TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST
507	SECTION 6:
508	The West 1/2 of Section 6.
509	SECTION 7:
510	The West 1/2 of Section 7.
511	SECTION 18:
512	The West 1/2 of Section 18.
513	SECTION 19:
514	The West 1/2 of Section 19.
515	SECTION 30:
516	The West 1/2 of Section 30.
517	SECTION 31:
518	The West 1/2 of Section 31.
519	Section 2.  Installment assessments and the collection
520	thereof.--Annual installment assessments, which are levied under
521	section 298.36, Florida Statutes, shall become due and be
522	collected during each year at the same time that county taxes
523	are due and collected, pursuant to section 298.36, Florida
524	Statutes, chapter 197, Florida Statutes, and this act. Said
525	assessments shall be a lien until paid on the property against
526	which assessed, and enforceable in like manner as county taxes.
527	Section 3.  Maintenance assessments.--Maintenance
528	assessments as provided for under section 298.54, Florida
529	Statutes, shall be apportioned upon the basis of the net
530	assessments of benefits assessed as accruing from original
531	construction and any subsequent improvements, and shall be due
532	and collected pursuant to section 298.54, Florida Statutes,
533	chapter 197, Florida Statutes, and this act. Provided, nothing
534	herein shall prevent the Board of Commissioners Supervisors from
535	apportioning maintenance taxes for the maintenance of the
536	district facilities equally to all benefited acres if the Board
537	of Commissioners Supervisors determines that benefits are
538	substantially equal for benefited acreage throughout the
539	District. Said assessments shall be a lien until paid on the
540	property against which assessed and enforceable in like manner
541	as county taxes.
542	Section 4.  Water and sewer powers and duties; non-ad
543	valorem assessments; user charges and fees.--
544	(1)  The district shall have, and the board may exercise,
545	subject to the regulatory jurisdiction and permitting authority
546	of all applicable governmental bodies, agencies, and special
547	districts having authority with respect to any area included
548	therein, the power to provide water supply, sewer, and
549	wastewater management, reclamation, and reuse or any combination
550	thereof, and to construct and operate connecting, intercepting,
551	or outlet sewers and sewer mains and pipes and water mains,
552	conduits, or pipelines in, along, and under any public street,
553	alley, highway, or other public place or way, and to dispose of
554	any effluent, residue, or other byproducts of such system or
555	sewer system. The district shall also have the authority to
556	require and enforce the use of its facilities whenever and
557	wherever they are accessible.
558	(2)  Non-ad valorem assessments, user charges, or fees,
559	including impact fees, authorized by the Board of Commissioners
560	may be levied to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire,
561	construct, operate, and maintain systems, facilities, and basic
562	infrastructure for water supply, sewer, and wastewater
563	management, reclamation, and reuse and to construct and operate
564	connecting, intercepting, or outlet sewers and sewer mains and
565	pipes and water mains, conduits, or pipelines in, along, and
566	under any public street, alley, highway, or other public place
567	or way, and to dispose of any effluent, residue, or other
568	byproducts of such system or sewer system. Non-ad valorem
569	assessments may be levied and collected pursuant to chapter 197
570	or chapter 170, Florida Statutes. The receipt and collection of
571	these charges or fees shall be in the manner prescribed by board
572	resolution not inconsistent with general law.
573	(3)  Any exercise of the powers and authority granted in
574	subsections (1) and (2) which is necessary to provide any
575	proposed facilities, services, or charges within Lee County
576	shall be subject to prior approval by the adoption of a
577	resolution by a majority of the Lee County Commission in session
578	at a duly advertised public hearing. Any exercise of the powers
579	and authority as granted in subsections (1) and (2) which is
580	necessary to provide any proposed facilities, services, or
581	charges within Hendry County shall be subject to prior approval
582	by the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the Hendry
583	County Commission in session at a duly advertised public
584	hearing.
585	Section 5.4.  Board of Commissioners Supervisors;
586	elections; candidate qualifications; powers and duties.--The
587	provisions of chapter 298, Florida Statutes, to the contrary
588	notwithstanding, the following provisions, to the extent of any
589	conflict, shall control the Improvement District of Lehigh Acres
590	East County Water Control District:
591	(1)  The Board of Commissioners Supervisors of the
592	Improvement District of Lehigh Acres East County Water Control
593	District shall be composed of five members who shall be
594	registered voters and residents of the District. The Board of
595	Commissioners Supervisors shall be elected at large by the
596	electors residing in the District. Terms of all commissioners
597	supervisors shall be for 4 years.
598	(2)  All District Commissioner Supervisor elections shall
599	be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
600	of even-numbered years. All District Commissioners Supervisors
601	shall be elected at large by nonpartisan plurality vote with the
602	candidate who receives the highest number of votes for each seat
603	winning the election. Only registered voters residing within the
604	District shall be permitted to vote. The cost of any election
605	shall be borne by the District. Terms of all commissioners
606	supervisors shall begin with the first regularly scheduled board
607	meeting after certification of on the day after the election by
608	the Secretary of State as established by this act. The terms of
609	the Board of Commissioners Supervisors of the Improvement
610	District of Lehigh Acres East County Water Control District
611	serving on May 27, 1998, shall be extended for one year to the
612	first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the even-
613	numbered year following the year in which their term is
614	currently due to expire.
615	(3)  Qualifying for the position of District Commissioner
616	Supervisor shall be coordinated by the supervisors of elections
617	of the counties within which the District is located. Methods of
618	qualifying shall be uniform pursuant to section 99.092, Florida
619	Statutes. Candidates shall be required to open depositories and
620	appoint treasurers prior to accepting any contributions or
621	expending any funds.
622	(4)  Vacancies on the Board shall be filled pursuant to
623	chapter 100, section 298.12, Florida Statutes.
624	(5)  The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for their
625	expenses pursuant to section 112.061, Florida Statutes, and paid
626	a salary flat fee of $250 per calendar calender month during
627	term of office as established herein. The Board may remove any
628	member who has three consecutive, unexcused absences from
629	regularly scheduled meetings. In addition, commissioners shall
630	not be paid for any unexcused absences from regularly scheduled
631	meetings. The Board shall adopt policies by resolution defining
632	excused and unexcused absences, provided however, the flat fee
633	of $250 per calendar month shall only be payable in the event
634	the member of the Board attends at least one (1) full regularly
635	scheduled session of the Board during the subject calendar
636	month.
637	(6)  Each year, the Board of Commissioners Supervisors
638	shall hold an annual organizational meeting, at which a Chair,
639	Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected, whose
640	duties shall be established by Resolution of the Board.
641	(7)  The Board of Commissioners Supervisors shall have the
642	power to employ a person to be designated General Manager of the
643	District and to vest in him or her such authority and to
644	delegate to him or her the performance of such duties and to
645	provide such compensation as may be determined by the Board of
646	Commissioners Supervisors. The Board may require the General
647	Manager to furnish bond with good and sufficient surety in such
648	amount as the Board may by resolution determine.
649	(8)  The District shall have and the Board may exercise and
650	hold all powers, functions, and duties set forth in this act and
651	chapters 189, 197, and 298, Florida Statutes, as they may be
652	amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, non-ad
653	valorem assessments, bond issuance, other revenue-raising
654	capabilities, budget preparation and approval, liens and
655	foreclosure of liens, use of tax deeds and tax certificates as
656	appropriate for non-ad valorem assessments, and contractual
657	agreements.
658	(9)  The methods for assessing and collecting non-ad
659	valorem assessments, fees, or service charges shall be as set
660	forth in chapter 189, chapter 197, or chapter 298, Florida
661	Statutes, as amended from time to time.
662	(10)  The District's planning requirements shall be as set
663	forth in this act and chapters 189 and 298, Florida Statutes, as
664	amended from time to time.
665	(11)  Requirements for financial disclosure, meeting
666	notices, reporting, public records maintenance, and per diem
667	expenses for officers and employees shall be as set forth in
668	chapters 112, 119, 189, 286, and 298, Florida Statutes, as
669	amended from time to time.
670	(12)  The District shall have the authority to sell, lease,
671	or otherwise encumber surplus real property owned by the
672	District for the benefit of the District, except for
673	environmentally sensitive property as designated by the Florida
674	Department of Environmental Protection.
675	Section 6.5.  Bonds issuable for 40 years.--Notwithstanding
676	the provisions of section 298.47, Florida Statutes, the Board of
677	Commissioners Supervisors may issue bonds maturing at annual
678	intervals within 40 years.
679	Section 7.6.  Assessment records.--Notwithstanding the
680	provisions of section 298.36(2), Florida Statutes, the secretary
681	of the Board of Commissioners Supervisors, as soon as said total
682	assessment is levied, shall, at the expense of the District,
683	prepare a list of all assessments levied, said list to be stored
684	in electronic format.
685	Section 8.7.  Public improvements and community
686	facilities.--In addition to the powers provided in chapter 298,
687	Florida Statutes, the District shall have, and the Board may
688	exercise, subject to the regulatory jurisdiction and permitting
689	authority of all applicable governmental bodies, agencies, and
690	special districts having authority with respect to any area
691	included therein, any or all of the following special powers
692	relating to public improvements and community facilities
693	authorized by this act:
694	(1)  Conservation, mitigation, and wildlife habitat.--The
695	power to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, construct or
696	reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate, and maintain
697	systems, facilities, and basic infrastructure for conservation
698	areas, mitigation areas, and wildlife habitat, including the
699	maintenance of any plant or animal species, and any related
700	interest in real or personal property;
701	(2)  Recreational, cultural, and educational.--After the
702	Board has obtained the consent of the local general purpose
703	government within the jurisdiction of which the specified power
704	is to be exercised, the power to plan, establish, acquire,
705	construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate and
706	maintain additional systems and facilities for parks and
707	facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural, and
708	educational uses; and
709	(3)  Navigational and boating facilities.--The power to
710	construct and maintain navigational and boating facilities in
711	its canals, including, but not limited to, locks and dams, to
712	widen and deepen its canals, to make them usable for navigation
713	and boating, and to regulate in all respects the use of its
714	canals for navigation and boating, including, but not limited
715	to, the size of boats, their speed and hours of use. Prior to
716	the District having the powers described in subsection (2), the
717	additional power granted to the District must receive approval
718	by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the district
719	voting in a referendum election to be called by the District at
720	the next general election, with the exception of the following
721	three parks:
722	(a)  Lake Camille Park
723	(b)  Williams Park
724	(c)  Eco Park.
725	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law,
726	except that new section 4 of the charter, as created in section
727	1 of this act, shall take effect only upon the approval by a
728	majority vote of those qualified electors of the district, as
729	set forth in section 1 of the charter as amended and renamed in
730	section 1 of this act, voting in a referendum to be held by the
731	district in conjunction with the next primary, general, special,
732	or other election to be held in the district.

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