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- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.001; Districts designated as "water control" districts.
A water management district or a drainage district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to the method authorized in this chapter or a water management district ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.005; Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Jurisdictional water management district" means the chapter 373 water management district or districts within which the lands ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.01; Formation of water control district.
It is the legislative intent that those water control districts established prior to July 1, 1980, pursuant to the process formerly contained in ss. 298....
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.11; Landowners' meetings; election of board of supervisors; duties of Department of Environmental Protection.
(1) Within 20 days after the effective date of a special act creating a district, notice of a landowners' meeting shall be given as provided ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.12; Annual election of supervisors; term of office; vacancy.
(1) Every year in the same month after the time for the election of the first board of supervisors, it shall call a meeting of ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.13; Supervisor's oath of office.
Each supervisor, before entering upon his or her official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.14; Organization of board; annual reports to landowners; compensation of members of board.
Immediately after their election or appointment, the board of supervisors shall meet at some convenient place; choose one of their number to serve as president ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.15; Record of proceedings.
The board of supervisors of any district organized under this chapter shall cause to be kept a well-bound book, entitled "record of board of ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.16; Appointment of district engineer; engineer's duties.
(1) Within 30 days after organizing, the board of supervisors shall appoint a district engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership, or corporation, and who ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.17; Appointment and duties of treasurer of district; appointment of deputies; bond of treasurer; audit of books; disbursements by warrant; form of warrant.
The board of supervisors in any district shall select and appoint some competent person, bank or trust company, organized under the laws of the state, ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.18; Supervisors to employ attorney for district; duty of attorney.
The board of supervisors within 30 days after organizing shall employ an attorney to act for the district and to advise said board. Such employment ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.19; Appointment and duties of superintendent of plant and operations and overseers.
For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dike, levee or other work constructed or erected under the provisions of this chapter and for the ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.20; Supervisors to fix compensation for work and employees.
The board of supervisors, except where otherwise provided, shall, by resolution, at time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done by ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.21; Supervisors may remove officers and employees.
The board of supervisors may at any time remove any officer, attorney, chief engineer or other employee appointed or employed by said ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.22; Powers of supervisors.
The board of supervisors of the district has full power and authority to construct, complete, operate, maintain, repair, and replace any and all works and ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.225; Water control plan; plan development and amendment.
(1) Effective October 1, 1998, any plan of reclamation, water management plan, or plan of improvement developed and implemented by a water control district created ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.23; Supervisors authorized to take land for rights-of-way, etc.; payment.
The board of supervisors of a district organized under this chapter shall not have the right to enter upon, or appropriate, any land for rights-...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.24; Bridge construction.
All bridges contemplated by this chapter and all enlargements of bridges already in existence shall be built and enlarged according to and in compliance with ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.25; Type of bridges over drains in large counties.
Whenever any district cuts or digs a drain, canal or ditch across any public highway, in counties having a population of not less than 130,...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.26; District engineer to make annual reports to supervisors; approval of reports; water control plan.
The district engineer shall make a report in writing to the board of supervisors once every 12 months or as directed by the board. The ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.28; Watercourses to be connected with drainage of district; connecting drains after completion of plan of drainage.
At the time of the construction, in any district incorporated under this chapter, of the water control plan, all canals, ditches or systems of drainage ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.301; District water control plan adoption; district boundary modification; plan amendment; notice forms; objections; hearings; assessments.
(1) District infrastructure and works must be implemented pursuant to a water control plan. In the execution of the powers and authorities granted in this ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.305; Assessing land for development; apportionment of assessment.
(1) After the engineer's report has been approved by the board of supervisors, the proposed water control plan or plan amendment has been finally ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.329; When works insufficient, supervisors have power to make a new or amended plan; additional levy; issuance of bonds; procedure.
(1) If the works set out in the district water control plan are found insufficient to develop, in whole or in part, any or all ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.333; Assessments and costs; a lien on land against which levied.
All non-ad valorem assessments provided for in this chapter, together with all penalties for default in payment of the same and all costs in ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.341; When unpaid assessments delinquent; penalty.
All non-ad valorem assessments provided for in this chapter become delinquent and bear penalties on the amount of the assessments in the same manner ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.345; Enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments.
The collection and enforcement of all non-ad valorem assessments levied by the district shall be at the same time and in like manner as ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.349; Uniform initial acreage assessment for payment of expenses.
There is levied upon each acre of land within a water control district created on or after July 1, 1997, a uniform initial assessment of $...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.353; Unit development; powers of board of supervisors to designate units of district; financing assessments for each unit.
The board of supervisors of the district may designate areas or parts of the district as separate administrative and financial "units." Units must be created ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.36; Lands belonging to state assessed; drainage tax record.
(1) The benefits, and all lands in said district belonging to the state, shall be assessed to, and the taxes thereon shall be paid by, ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.365; Collection of annual installment tax; lien.
Annual installment taxes levied under s. 298.36 shall become due and be collected during each year at the same time that county taxes are ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.366; Delinquent taxes; penalties.
All taxes provided for in this chapter shall be and become delinquent and bear penalties on the amount of said taxes in the same manner ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.401; Property appraisers and tax collectors; compensation; characterization of services.
(1) In any district or subdistrict whose area shall extend into not more than two counties, the property appraisers of each county containing lands within ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.41; Taxes and costs a lien on land against which taxes levied; subdistricts.
(1) All drainage taxes provided for in this chapter, together with all penalties for default in payment of the same, all costs in collecting the ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.465; District taxes; delinquent; discounts.
The collection and enforcement of all taxes levied by said district shall be at the same time and in like manner as county taxes, and ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.47; Supervisors may issue bonds.
(1) The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it seems best, issue bonds not to exceed 90 percent of the total amount of ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.48; Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds.
The bonds shall not be sold for less than 95 cents on the dollar, with accrued interest, shall show on their face the purpose for ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.49; Interest upon matured bonds.
All bonds and coupons not paid at maturity shall bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum from maturity until paid, or until ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.50; Levy of tax to pay bonds, sinking fund.
(1) The board of supervisors in making the annual tax levy, as provided in this chapter, shall take into account the maturing bonds and interest ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.51; Defaults, receivership for district.
If any bond or interest coupon on any bond issued by said district is not paid within 60 days after its maturity, a court of ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.52; Refunding and extending bonds.
(1) Any district now or hereafter created or organized under any general or special law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the state may, whenever in ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.54; Maintenance tax.
To maintain and preserve the ditches, drains, or other improvements made pursuant to this chapter and to repair and restore the same, when needed, and ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.56; Bonds issued secured by lien on lands benefited; assessment and collection of taxes may be enforced.
All bonds issued by any board of supervisors under the provisions of this chapter shall be secured by a lien on all lands and other ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.57; Landowner in district may construct drains across land of intervening landowner; proceedings.
Any landowner within a district organized under this chapter may construct ditches to drain his or her lands into the public ditches; and if any ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.59; Supervisors authorized to obtain consent of United States.
In case the water control plan of any district organized and incorporated under this chapter and the improvement provided thereunder be of such nature as ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.60; Unpaid warrants issued by district to draw interest.
Any warrant issued under this chapter that is not paid when presented to the treasurer of the district because of lack of funds in the ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.61; Sureties on bonds; penalties payable to district; bonds cover defaults of specified persons.
The sureties required on any or all bonds required to be given by this chapter may be a surety or bonding company approved by the ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.62; Lands may be acquired for rights-of-way and other purposes.
Any and all districts and subdistricts created or organized under the laws of the state may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, donation or condemnation, any ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.63; Bonds to secure loans from Secretary of Interior.
(1) All districts in this state, whether existing under authority of general law or special enactment, may issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness with ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.66; Obstruction of drainage canals, etc., prohibited; damages; penalties.
No person may willfully, or otherwise, obstruct any canal, drain, ditch or watercourse or damage or destroy any drainage works constructed in any district. (1) ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.70; Department of Environmental Protection authorized to borrow money.
The Department of Environmental Protection may borrow money and incur obligations, from time to time, on such terms and at such rates of interest as ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.71; Department may issue notes; suit by holder; judgment.
The Department of Environmental Protection may issue its promissory note or notes, or other written obligations, or evidence of indebtedness, for the repayment of such ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.72; Department may use proceeds of drainage tax to pay loans.
Any drainage tax provided by law to be assessed on the lands embraced in the district shall be available, and be used by the Department ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.73; Matured written obligations receivable in payment of taxes.
The promissory notes, or written obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness that may be issued by the Department of Environmental Protection under the provisions of ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.74; Drainage of lakes.
It is unlawful for any person to drain or draw water from any lake of greater area than 2 square miles so as to lower ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.76; Special or local legislation; effect.
(1) This chapter is amended to provide that, pursuant to the authority granted the Legislature in s. 11(a)(21), Art. III of the State ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.77; Readjustment of assessments; procedure, notice, hearings.
(1) Whenever the owners of 25 percent or more of the acreage of the land of any district situated wholly in a single county existing ...
- Florida Drainage Code Section 298.78; Lien; release.
Any landowner shall have right at any time within 90 days after the date of said decree, or at any time thereafter with consent of ...
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