HB 4067 full text · Session Watch

2 An act relating to the Plantation Acres Improvement

3 District, Broward County; providing that the Plantation

4 Acres Improvement District, an independent special

5 district, shall become a dependent district of the City

6 of Plantation; repealing chapters 67-924, 82-274, 86-

7 355, 99-426, 2002-367, and 2009-251, Laws of Florida,

8 relating to the independent special district; providing

9 that the assets, liabilities, financial allocations,

10 and written contracts of the independent district

11 remain in full force and effect and shall be those of

12 the dependent district; providing that the city council

13 and the city mayor shall assume the offices of the

14 board of supervisors of the dependent district;

15 providing that resolutions and policies of the

16 independent district remain in effect until amended,

17 revised, or repealed by the city; requiring adoption

18 of provisions under certain circumstances; providing

19 for dissolution of the district as an independent

20 special district; providing transition; requiring a

21 referendum; providing construction; providing

22 effective dates.

24 WHEREAS, on February 27, 2025, the board of supervisors of

25 the Plantation Acres Improvement District voted 4-1 to

26 voluntarily dissolve the district, and

27 WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the City of Plantation and

28 the district have mutually agreed that the district, an

29 independent special district, should be dissolved and become a

30 dependent district of the city to eliminate duplicate services

31 and provide more efficient use of public funds, and

32 WHEREAS, all of the properties that make up the district

33 are included in the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, and

34 WHEREAS, the governing body of the district has agreed that

35 services to the residents would be more efficiently administered

36 if the district is dissolved and becomes a dependent district of

37 the city, NOW, THEREFORE,

39 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

41 Section 1. Plantation Acres Improvement District

42 transition.—The Plantation Acres Improvement District, an

43 independent special district created by a special act of the

44 Legislature, shall become a dependent district of the City of

45 Plantation on the effective date of this act.

46 (1) All special acts of the Plantation Acres Improvement

47 District, chapters 67-924, 82-274, 86-355, 99-426, 2002-367, and

48 2009-251, Laws of Florida, are repealed, and their provisions

49 shall become ordinances of the City of Plantation on the

50 effective date of this act. The provisions of chapter 298,

51 Florida Statutes, so far as not inconsistent with this act, are

52 applicable to the district as a dependent district of the City

53 of Plantation.

54 (2) The assets, liabilities, financial allocations, and

55 written contracts of the Plantation Acres Improvement District,

56 including all rights, obligations, duties, and relationships now

57 existing by law, easement, permit, or agreement, shall be

58 unaffected and remain in full force and effect and shall be

59 those of the district as a dependent district of the City of

60 Plantation. All rights, claims, actions, and orders, and all

61 contracts of the district and all legal or administrative

62 proceedings involving the district shall continue in full force

63 and effect under the jurisdiction of the district as a dependent

64 district of the City of Plantation.

65 (3) The terms of office of the current members of the

66 board of supervisors of the district shall continue until the

67 members of the city council and the mayor of the City of

68 Plantation assume the offices of the board of supervisors of the

69 district.

70 (4) The jurisdictional boundaries of the district are as

71 follows:

73 Beginning at the intersection of the said North right-

74 of-way of the North New River Canal and the East line

75 of said Section 12; thence due North along the said

76 East line of Section 12 and along the East line of

77 said Section 1 a distance of 3163.04 feet; thence

78 North 0°03′55″ West along the said East line of

79 Section 1 and along the East line of said Section 36,

80 a distance of 5420.00 feet; thence North 0°04′12″ East

81 along the said East line of Section 36, a distance of

82 3762.80 feet to the Northeast corner of said Section

83 36 and the Southeast corner of said Section 25; thence

84 North 0°03′22″ East along the East line of said

85 Section 25 a distance of 1519.54 feet; thence North

86 0°04′014″ West along the said East line of Section 25

87 a distance of 3780.64 feet to the Northeast corner of

88 said Section 25; thence North 88°46′30″ West along the

89 North line of said Section 25 a distance of 5333.38

90 feet to the Northwest corner thereof; thence South

91 0°31′53″ East along the West line of said Section 25 a

92 distance of 5438.54 feet to the Southwest corner of

93 said Section 25 and the Northwest corner of said

94 Section 36; thence South 0°01′08″ East along the West

95 line of said Section 36, a distance of 5314.33 feet to

96 the Southwest corner of said Section 36 and the

97 Northwest corner of said Section 1; thence South

98 0°03′19″ East along the West line of said Section 1, a

99 distance of 5267.60 feet to the Southwest corner of

100 said Section 1 and the Northwest corner of said

101 Section 12; thence South 0°00′03″ West along the West

102 line of said Section 12, a distance of 353.64 feet to

103 a point on the said North right-of way line of the

104 North New River Canal; thence South 75°17′10″ East

105 along the said North right-of-way line, a distance of

106 5458.67 feet to the Point of Beginning.

108 Said lands situate, lying and being in Broward County,

109 Florida, and which said boundary line embraces and

110 includes those certain tracts or parcels of land

111 described as follows:

113 Tracts 1 through 64, inclusive of the Subdivision of

114 Section 25, Township 49 South, Range 40 East,

115 according to the Florida Fruit Lands Company's

116 Subdivision Map No. 1, recorded in Plat Book 2, Page

117 17 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida,

118 together with all rights-of ways and dedications of

119 record.

121 Tracts 1 through 24, inclusive, in the Northeast

122 Quarter (NE 1/4); Tracts 1 through 24, inclusive, in

123 the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4); Tracts 1 through 24,

124 inclusive, in the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4); Tracts 1

125 through 24, inclusive in the Southwest Quarter (SW

126 1/4); all according to the subdivision of Section 36,

127 Township 49 South, Range 40 East, according to

128 Chambers Land Company's Subdivision recorded in Plat

129 Book 1, Page 5-A of the Public Records of Broward

130 County, Florida, together with all rights-of-way and

131 dedications of record.

133 Tracts 1 through 64, inclusive, of the Subdivision of

134 Section 1, Township 50 South, Range 40 East, according

135 to the Florida Fruit Lands Company's Subdivision Map

136 No. 1, recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 17 of the Public

137 Records of Dade County, Florida, together with all

138 rights-of ways and dedications of record.

140 That portion of Section 12, Township 50 South, Range

141 40 East, lying North of the North right-of-way line of

142 North New River Canal. Said land comprising of all of

143 Sections 25 and 36, Township 49 South, Range 40 East;

144 and all of Section 1, Township 50 South, Range 40

145 East; and all that portion of Section 12, Township 50

146 South, Range 40 East, lying North of the North right-

147 of-way line of the North New River Canal.

149 (5) To the extent not inconsistent with city ordinances,

150 all resolutions and policies of the district shall remain in

151 effect until amended, revised, or repealed by the city.

152 (6) Additional provisions that are necessary to effect

153 this transition and to provide for the operation of the district

154 as a dependent district of the city shall be adopted by

155 ordinance.

156 Section 2. The Plantation Acres Improvement District

157 dissolution.—

158 (1) The Plantation Acres Improvement District, an

159 independent special district, is dissolved upon the effective

160 date of this act.

161 (2) On and after October 1, 2026, the district shall take

162 only those further actions necessary to wind down its affairs;

163 shall not incur any further debt, obligations, or liabilities;

164 and shall take all steps necessary for the orderly transfer of

165 its assets and liabilities to the district as a dependent

166 district of the city.

167 Section 3. Referendum.—

168 (1) The referendum election called for by this act shall

169 be held on or before October 1, 2026, for qualified electors of

170 the Plantation Acres Improvement District, in accordance with

171 chapter 2002-367, Laws of Florida, on the question of whether

172 the Plantation Acres Improvement District, an independent

173 special district, shall be dissolved and become a dependent

174 district of the City of Plantation. The referendum election

175 shall be held as a stand-alone special election that shall not

176 take place during any other countywide or statewide election.

177 The cost of the election shall be borne by the Plantation Acres

178 Improvement District, an independent special district.

179 (2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be

180 in substantially the following form:

182 CONVERSION OF PLANTATION ACRES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FROM

183 INDEPENDENT DISTRICT TO DEPENDENT DISTRICT

185 (3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ballot

186 in substantially the following form:

188 Shall Chapter 2026-___, Laws of Florida, converting the

189 Plantation Acres Improvement District from an independent

190 district to a dependent district of the City of Plantation, and

191 providing that the city council and the mayor of the City of

192 Plantation shall serve as the board of the dependent district,

193 become effective?

195 ( ) YES.

196 ( ) NO.

198 (4) In the event that this question is answered in the

199 affirmative by a majority of the qualified voters voting in the

200 referendum, the Plantation Acres Improvement District, an

201 independent special district, shall become a dependent district

202 of the City of Plantation, and the Plantation Acres Improvement

203 District, an independent special district, shall be dissolved,

204 effective October 1, 2026.

205 Section 4. The provisions of this act shall be liberally

206 construed in order to effectively carry out the purposes of this

207 act in the interest of public health, welfare, and safety as

208 served by the Plantation Acres Improvement District.

209 Section 5. In the event of a conflict between any

210 provision of this act and the provisions of any other act, the

211 provisions of this act shall control to the extent of such

212 conflict.

213 Section 6. This act shall take effect only if a majority

214 of those qualified electors of the Plantation Acres Improvement

215 District, an independent special district, voting in accordance

216 with chapter 2002-367, Laws of Florida, in a referendum held

217 pursuant to this act approve the referendum question in section

218 3, except that this section and section 3 shall take effect upon

219 becoming a law.