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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 San Carlos Estates Water Control 2
District, Lee County; providing that the San Carlos 3
Estates Water Control District, an independent special 4
district, shall become a dependent district of the 5
City of Bonita Springs; reenacting, amending, and 6
repealing a certain circuit court decree; providing 7
for transition; providing that members of the city 8
council shall assume the offices of the board of 9
supervisors of said district; providing boundaries; 10
requiring a referendum; providing effective dates. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. San Carlos Estates Water Control District 15
continuation and transfer. —The San Carlos Estates Water Control 16
District, an independent special district created by circuit 17
court decree, shall become a dependent district of the City of 18
Bonita Springs on the effective date of this act. 19
(1) Decree 69-105 entered by the circuit court in and for 20
the Twelfth Circuit Court of the State of Florida creating and 21
incorporating the San Carlos Estates Water Control District is 22
reenacted, amended, and repealed as provided herein. The 23
provisions of chapter 298, Florida Statutes, so far as not 24
inconsistent with this act, are applicable to the district. 25
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(2) The assets, liabilities, financial allocations, and 26
written contracts of the San Carlos Estates Water Control 27
District, including all rights, obligations, duties, and 28
relationships now existing by law, easement, permit, or 29
agreement, shall be unaffected and remain in full force and 30
effect and shall be those of the district as a dependent 31
district of the City of Bonita Springs. All rights, claims, 32
actions, orders, and all contracts of the special di strict and 33
all legal or administrative proceedings involving the district 34
shall continue in full force and effect under the jurisdiction 35
of the district as a dependent district of the City of Bonita 36
Springs. 37
(3) The terms of office of the current members of the 38
Board of Supervisors of the San Carlos Estates Water Control 39
District shall continue until the members of the City Council of 40
the City of Bonita Springs assume the offices of the Board of 41
Supervisors of the San Carlos Estates Water Control District . 42
(4) The jurisdictional boundaries of the district are as 43
follows: 44
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: In Township 47 South, Range 25 East, Lee County, 46
Florida—Section 14—the North half (N 1/2); Section 15 —47
all that portion lying East of Atlantic Coast Line 48
Railroad right-of-way, excepting a tract of land 49
described as follows: Beginning at a point on the line 50
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common to Sections 15 and 22, which point is westerly 51
along said line for 4,026.5 feet from the Southeast 52
corner of said Section 15; run westerly to the right -53
of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence run 54
northerly along said railroad right -of-way line, 65 55
feet from the center line to a point 760 feet North of 56
said Section line common to Sections 15 and 22; thence 57
run easterly parallel with said Section line to a 58
point of intersection with a line through the point of 59
beginning parallel with the West line of said Section 60
15; thence run South along said line parallel with 61
said West line of said Section 15 for 760 feet to the 62
point of beginning: and also including a tract of lan d 63
being bounded on the North by the easterly extension 64
of the North line of Lot 14 of Block 15, Bonita 65
Terrace Subdivision and on the South by the easterly 66
extension of the South line of Lot 17 of Block 15 of 67
said Bonita Terrace Subdivision, as recorded in the 68
Public Records of Lee County, Florida, in Plat Book 8 69
at Page 23. 70
Section 16— Lots 14, 15, 16 and 17 of Block 15, Bonita 71
Terrace Subdivision, according to the map or plat 72
thereof on file and recorded in the office of the 73
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lee County, Florida in 74
Plat book 8 at page 23. 75
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Section 22—A tract or parcel of land lying North and 76
East of U.S. Highway No. 41, more particularly 77
described as follows: From the Southeast Corner of 78
said Section 22 run N. 83° 36' 30" W. along the South 79
line of said Section 22 for 192.31 feet to an 80
intersection with the northeasterly right -of-way line 81
of said U.S. No. 41; thence run N. 45° 27' 40" W. 82
along said right-of-way line (50 feet from the center 83
line) for 880 feet to a concrete monument; thence run 84
N. 44° 32' 20" E. perpendicular to said right -of-way 85
line for 1,130.31 feet to a concrete monument on the 86
East line of said Section 22; thence run N. 1° 01' 00" 87
W. along said Section line for 271.62 feet to a POINT 88
OF BEGINNING; thence run N. 25° 49' 50" W. for 5,746.1 89
feet to a point on the southeasterly boundary of lands 90
conveyed by and described in a deed recorded in Deed 91
Book 321 at page 493, Public Records of Lee County, 92
Florida, which point is S 44° 32' 20" W., and thence 93
northeasterly along this bounda ry line 22.12 feet to 94
the concrete monument on the North line of Section 22. 95
thence East to the Northeast corner of said Section; 96
thence South along the East line of said Section to 97
the point of beginning. 98
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(5) To the extent not inconsistent with city o rdinances, 100
all resolutions and policies of the San Carlos Estates Water 101
Control District shall remain in effect until amended, revised, 102
or repealed by the board of supervisors. 103
(6) Additional provisions which are necessary to effect 104
this transition and to provide for the operation of the San 105
Carlos Estates Water Control District as a dependent district of 106
the city shall be adopted by ordinance. 107
Section 2. Referendum.— 108
(1) The referendum election called for by this act shall 109
be held: 110
(a) On or before October 1, 2025, for landowners of the 111
San Carlos Estates Water Control District, who shall vote in the 112
same manner by which the district's governing body is elected. 113
(b) On August 18, 2026, concurrent with the 2026 primary 114
election, for qualified el ectors of the City of Bonita Springs. 115
(2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be 116
in substantially the following form: 117
CONVERSION OF SAN CARLOS ESTATES WATER CONTROL DISTRICT TO A 118
DEPENDENT DISTRICT 119
(3) The referendum question shall be pl aced on the ballot 120
in substantially the following form: 121
Shall Chapter 2025-___, Laws of Florida, making the San 122
Carlos Estates Water Control District a dependent district of 123
the City of Bonita Springs and providing that the City Council 124
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of the City of Bonita Springs shall serve as the board of the 125
district, become effective? 126
( ) YES. 127
( ) NO. 128
(4) In the event this question is answered affirmatively 129
by a majority of landowners of the San Carlos Estates Water 130
Control District and a majority of qualified e lectors of the 131
City of Bonita Springs, this act shall take effect. 132
Section 3. This act shall take effect only if a majority 133
of those landowners of the San Carlos Estates Water Control 134
District voting in the same manner by which the district's 135
governing body is elected in a referendum held on or before 136
October 1, 2025, and a majority of qualified electors of the 137
City of Bonita Springs voting in a referendum held on August 18, 138
2026, approve the referendum question in section 2, except that 139
this section and section 2 shall take effect upon becoming a 140
law. 141