Florida HB 4067: Hillsborough County Baker Act Bed Funding

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An act relating to the Plantation Acres Improvement 2
District, Broward County; providing that the Plantation 3
Acres Improvement District, an independent special 4
district, shall become a dependent district of the City 5
of Plantation; repealing chapters 67-924, 82-274, 86-6
355, 99-426, 2002-367, and 2009-251, Laws of Florida, 7
relating to the independent special district; providing 8
that the assets, liabilities, financial allocations, 9
and written contracts of the independent district 10
remain in full force and effect and shall be those of 11
the dependent district; providing that the city council 12
and the city mayor shall assume the offices of the 13
board of supervisors of the dependent district; 14
providing that resolutions and policies of the 15
independent district remain in effect until amended, 16
revised, or repealed by the city; requiring adoption 17
of provisions under certain circumstances; providing 18
for dissolution of the district as an independent 19
special district; providing transition; requiring a 20
referendum; providing construction; providing 21
effective dates. 22
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WHEREAS, on February 27, 2025, the board of supervisors of 24
the Plantation Acres Improvement District voted 4-1 to 25
voluntarily dissolve the district, and 26
WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the City of Plantation and 27
the district have mutually agreed that the district, an 28
independent special district, should be dissolved and become a 29
dependent district of the city to eliminate duplicate services 30
and provide more efficient use of public funds, and 31
WHEREAS, all of the properties that make up the district 32
are included in the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, and 33
WHEREAS, the governing body of the district has agreed that 34
services to the residents would be more efficiently administered 35
if the district is dissolved and becomes a dependent district of 36
the city, NOW, THEREFORE, 37
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 39
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Section 1. Plantation Acres Improvement District 41
transition.—The Plantation Acres Improvement District, an 42
independent special district created by a special act of the 43
Legislature, shall become a dependent district of the City of 44
Plantation on the effective date of this act. 45
(1) All special acts of the Plantation Acres Improvement 46
District, chapters 67-924, 82-274, 86-355, 99-426, 2002-367, and 47
2009-251, Laws of Florida, are repealed, and their provisions 48

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shall become ordinances of the City of Plantation on the 49
effective date of this act. The provisions of chapter 298, 50
Florida Statutes, so far as not inconsistent with this act, are 51
applicable to the district as a dependent district of the City 52
of Plantation. 53
(2) The assets, liabilities, financial allocations, and 54
written contracts of the Plantation Acres Improvement District, 55
including all rights, obligations, duties, and relationships now 56
existing by law, easement, permit, or agreement, shall be 57
unaffected and remain in full force and effect and shall be 58
those of the district as a dependent district of the City of 59
Plantation. All rights, claims, actions, and orders, and all 60
contracts of the district and all legal or administrative 61
proceedings involving the district shall continue in full force 62
and effect under the jurisdiction of the district as a dependent 63
district of the City of Plantation. 64
(3) The terms of office of the current members of the 65
board of supervisors of the district shall continue until the 66
members of the city council and the mayor of the City of 67
Plantation assume the offices of the board of supervisors of the 68
district. 69
(4) The jurisdictional boundaries of the district are as 70
follows: 71
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Beginning at the intersection of the said North right-73

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of-way of the North New River Canal and the East line 74
of said Section 12; thence due North along the said 75
East line of Section 12 and along the East line of 76
said Section 1 a distance of 3163.04 feet; thence 77
North 0°03′55′′ West along the said East line of 78
Section 1 and along the East line of said Section 36, 79
a distance of 5420.00 feet; thence North 0°04′12′′ East 80
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