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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to soil and water conservation 2
districts; creating s. 582.195, F.S.; requiring 3
mandatory public meetings for the supervisors of soil 4
and water conservation districts; creating s. 582.295, 5
F.S.; providing for the automatic dissolution of soil 6
and water conservation districts under certain 7
conditions; providing for the transfer of the assets 8
and liabilities of such districts to the Department of 9
Agriculture and Consumer Services; exempting automatic 10
dissolutions from specified provisions; dissolving the 11
Baker Soil and Water Conservation District and the 12
Martin Soil and Water Conservation District; 13
transferring the assets and liabilities of such 14
districts to the Department of Agriculture and 15
Consumer Services; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Section 582.195, Florida Statutes, is created 20
to read: 21
582.195 Mandatory meeting of supervisors.-All five 22
supervisors of the governing body of each district must meet at 23
least once per calendar year in a public meeting pursuant to s. 24
286.011. 25
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Section 2. Section 582.295, Florida Statutes, is created 26
to read: 27
582.295 Automatic dissolu tion of districts.- 28
(1) If the governing body of a district fails to meet as 29
required under s. 582.195, the district shall be automatically 30
dissolved as of January 1 of the year immediately following the 31
year in which the governing body failed to meet. A ll assets and 32
liabilities of the district shall be transferred to the 33
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 34
(2) Sections 189.076, 582.30, 582.31, and 582.32 do not 35
apply to dissolution of a district under this section. 36
Section 3. The Department of Economic Opportunity declared 37
the Baker Soil and Water Conservation District inactive on 38
August 3, 2020, and the Martin Soil and Water Conservation 39
District inactive on March 17, 2020, therefore, the districts 40
are hereby dissolved and all assets a nd liabilities of the 41
districts are transferred to the Department of Agriculture and 42
Consumer Services. 43
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 44