| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Lake Worth Drainage District, Palm |
| 3 | Beach County; amending chapter 2009-258, Laws of Florida; |
| 4 | authorizing the district to develop and operate water |
| 5 | supply sources and facilities and to enter into interlocal |
| 6 | agreements with local governments and public and private |
| 7 | utilities for such purpose; providing for issuance of |
| 8 | notes and bonds; prohibiting the district from engaging in |
| 9 | retail water sales; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Section 3 of section 3 of chapter 2009-258, |
| 14 | Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 15 | Section 3. Powers of district.- |
| 16 | (1) The district shall have the power to sue and be sued |
| 17 | by its name in any court of law or in equity; to make contracts; |
| 18 | to adopt and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at |
| 19 | pleasure; to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation real and |
| 20 | personal property, either or both, within or without the |
| 21 | district, and to convey and dispose of such real and personal |
| 22 | property, either or both, as may be necessary or convenient to |
| 23 | carry out the purposes, or any of the purposes, of this act and |
| 24 | chapter 298, Florida Statutes; to construct, operate, renovate, |
| 25 | and maintain canals, ditches, drains, levees, and other works |
| 26 | for drainage and irrigation purposes; to acquire, purchase, |
| 27 | operate, and maintain pumps, plants, and pumping systems for |
| 28 | drainage and irrigation purposes; to construct, operate, and |
| 29 | maintain all types of irrigation works, machinery, and plants; |
| 30 | to construct, improve, and maintain roadways and roads necessary |
| 31 | and convenient for the exercise of the powers and duties, or any |
| 32 | of the powers or duties, of the district or the supervisors |
| 33 | thereof; to borrow money and issue negotiable or other bonds of |
| 34 | the district as hereinafter provided; to borrow money from time |
| 35 | to time and issue negotiable or other notes of the district |
| 36 | therefor, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum |
| 37 | rate allowed by general law for public bodies, agencies, and |
| 38 | political subdivisions as provided in section 215.84, Florida |
| 39 | Statutes, in anticipation of collection of taxes, levies, and |
| 40 | assessments or revenues of the district, and to pledge or |
| 41 | hypothecate such taxes, levies, assessments, and revenues to |
| 42 | secure such bonds, notes, or obligations, and to sell, discount, |
| 43 | negotiate, and dispose of the same; and to exercise all other |
| 44 | powers necessary, convenient, or proper in connection with any |
| 45 | of the powers or duties of the district stated in this act. The |
| 46 | powers and duties of the district shall be exercised by and |
| 47 | through a board of supervisors, which shall have the authority |
| 48 | to employ engineers, attorneys, agents, employees, and |
| 49 | representatives as the board may from time to time determine, |
| 50 | and to fix their compensation and duties. |
| 51 | (2) The district is further authorized and empowered to |
| 52 | develop, acquire, construct, operate, maintain, and finance |
| 53 | water supply sources and facilities, including, but not limited |
| 54 | to, sources defined pursuant to section 373.019(1), Florida |
| 55 | Statutes, subject to all applicable federal, state, and local |
| 56 | laws and regulations. The district may also enter into any |
| 57 | contract or interlocal agreement with a local government or a |
| 58 | public or private utility related to the aforementioned power. |
| 59 | (3) The district may borrow money and issue notes and |
| 60 | bonds for the development, acquisition, construction, operation, |
| 61 | finance, or maintenance of water supply sources or facilities. |
| 62 | However, any notes or bonds shall be secured pursuant to the |
| 63 | terms of any water supply or finance agreement with public or |
| 64 | private entities. Such notes or bonds shall not be payable from |
| 65 | any district revenue. All costs of the development, acquisition, |
| 66 | construction, operation, finance, or maintenance of water supply |
| 67 | sources or facilities shall be the obligation of the signatories |
| 68 | to any water supply or finance agreements other than the |
| 69 | district. |
| 70 | (4) The district may not engage in retail sales of public |
| 71 | water supplies or otherwise act as a water utility. |
| 72 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |