Florida HB 4025: Palmetto Bay Sub-Basin 11 Construction

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An act relating to Martin and Palm Beach Counties; 2
providing for the transfer of specified real property, 3
together with the improvements thereon, from the Board 4
of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to 5
the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta; 6
providing requirements for the use, ownership, and 7
sale or disposition of the real property; providing 8
for the conveyance of the real property by a specific 9
date; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. The Board of Trustees of the Internal 14
Improvement Trust Fund shall convey to the Village Council of 15
the Village of Tequesta, in fee simple, and for all uses as 16
permitted by law, the following described 41.1 acres more or 17
less of real property, together with the improvements thereon, 18
located in Martin County and more particularly described as 19
follows: 20
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Beginning at a point on Range Line 43 East marking the 22
West boundary line of Section 19, Township 40 South, 23
Range 43 East, Martin County, where said line 24
intersects an imaginary line 50 feet North of and 25

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parallel to the centerline of the County Road marking 26
the boundary line of Martin and Palm Beach Counties, 27
this as a point of beginning; thence, East along a 28
line paralleling the County Road centerline as 29
aforesaid, a distance of 848.25 feet; thence, North 30
along a line parallel to the aforesaid Range Line, a 31
distance of 1320 feet; thence, West along a line 32
parallel to the aforedescribed West-to-East Line, a 33
distance of 848.25 feet to the aforesaid Range line. 34
All of the aforedescribed parcel being located in 35
Section 19; thence, continuing West, a distance of 826 36
feet more or less to the Easterly right-of-way line of 37
Old Dixie Highway, lying East of and running parallel 38
to the Florida East Coast Railway; thence, 39
Southeasterly along the Easterly right-of-way line of 40
Old Dixie Highway to a point where said right-of-way 41
line intersects a Westerly extension of the first 42
described imaginary line parallel to the County Road; 43
thence, East along said extended line a distance of 44
191.75 feet more or less, to the point of beginning. 45
All of the last described parcel being located in 46
Section 24, Township 40 South, Range 42 East, Martin 47
County. 48
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Section 2. The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta 50

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shall manage and protect the real property described in section 51
1, together with the improvements thereon, and use the real 52
property, together with the improvements thereon, continuously 53
as a public park and greenspace for resource-based outdoor 54
public recreation activities, resource-based education 55
activities, conservation activities, and the protection of 56
natural and historical resources located thereon. 57
Section 3. The Village of Tequesta shall retain ownership 58
of the real property described in section 1, together with the 59
improvements thereon, including all improvements funded in whole 60
or in part by the Village of Tequesta, in perpetuity. Any sale 61
or disposition of the real property described in section 1, 62
together with the improvements thereon, by the Village Council 63
of the Village of Tequesta shall result in ownership of the real 64
property, together with all improvements thereon, including all 65
improvements funded in whole or in part by the Village of 66
Tequesta, reverting to the Board of Trustees of the Internal 67
Improvement Trust Fund on behalf of the state. 68
Section 4. The Board of Trustees of the Internal 69
Improvement Trust Fund shall convey the real property described 70
in section 1, together with the improvements thereon, to the 71
Village Council of the Village of Tequesta within 60 days after 72
the effective date of this act. 73
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law 74
or on June 1, 2026, whichever occurs earlier. 75