THE BILL ITSELF
HB 4025
Martin and Palm Beach Counties
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An act relating to Martin and Palm Beach Counties;
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providing for the transfer of specified real property,
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together with the improvements thereon, from the Board
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of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to
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the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta;
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providing requirements for the use, ownership, and
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sale or disposition of the real property; providing
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for the conveyance of the real property by a specific
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date; providing an effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. The Board of Trustees of the Internal
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Improvement Trust Fund shall convey to the Village Council of
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the Village of Tequesta, in fee simple, and for all uses as
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permitted by law, the following described 41.1 acres more or
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less of real property, together with the improvements thereon,
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located in Martin County and more particularly described as
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follows:
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Beginning at a point on Range Line 43 East marking the
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West boundary line of Section 19, Township 40 South,
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Range 43 East, Martin County, where said line
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intersects an imaginary line 50 feet North of and
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parallel to the centerline of the County Road marking
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the boundary line of Martin and Palm Beach Counties,
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this as a point of beginning; thence, East along a
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line paralleling the County Road centerline as
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aforesaid, a distance of 848.25 feet; thence, North
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along a line parallel to the aforesaid Range Line, a
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distance of 1320 feet; thence, West along a line
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parallel to the aforedescribed West-to-East Line, a
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distance of 848.25 feet to the aforesaid Range line.
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All of the aforedescribed parcel being located in
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Section 19; thence, continuing West, a distance of 826
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feet more or less to the Easterly right-of-way line of
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Old Dixie Highway, lying East of and running parallel
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to the Florida East Coast Railway; thence,
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Southeasterly along the Easterly right-of-way line of
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Old Dixie Highway to a point where said right-of-way
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line intersects a Westerly extension of the first
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described imaginary line parallel to the County Road;
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thence, East along said extended line a distance of
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191.75 feet more or less, to the point of beginning.
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All of the last described parcel being located in
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Section 24, Township 40 South, Range 42 East, Martin
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County.
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Section 2. The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta
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shall manage and protect the real property described in section
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1, together with the improvements thereon, and use the real
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property, together with the improvements thereon, continuously
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as a public park and greenspace for resource-based outdoor
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public recreation activities, resource-based education
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activities, conservation activities, and the protection of
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natural and historical resources located thereon.
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Section 3. The Village of Tequesta shall retain ownership
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of the real property described in section 1, together with the
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improvements thereon, including all improvements funded in whole
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or in part by the Village of Tequesta, in perpetuity. Any sale
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or disposition of the real property described in section 1,
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together with the improvements thereon, by the Village Council
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of the Village of Tequesta shall result in ownership of the real
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property, together with all improvements thereon, including all
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improvements funded in whole or in part by the Village of
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Tequesta, reverting to the Board of Trustees of the Internal
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Improvement Trust Fund on behalf of the state.
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Section 4. The Board of Trustees of the Internal
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Improvement Trust Fund shall convey the real property described
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in section 1, together with the improvements thereon, to the
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Village Council of the Village of Tequesta within 60 days after
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the effective date of this act.
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Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law
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or on June 1, 2026, whichever occurs earlier.