Bill Text: FL H0741 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lake Worth Drainage District, Palm Beach County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1003 [H0741 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0741-Introduced.html

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HB 741

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.

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