582.38 Organization of district; certification to clerks of circuit courts; limitation on tax rate. - Florida Statutes

582.38 Organization of district; certification to clerks of circuit courts; limitation on tax rate.

If the supervisors determine that the operation of the proposed watershed improvement district is administratively practicable and feasible, they shall declare the watershed improvement district to be duly organized and shall record such fact in their official minutes. Following such entry in their official minutes, the supervisors shall certify the fact of the creation of the district to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and shall furnish a copy of such certification to the clerk of the circuit court of each county in which any portion of the watershed improvement district is situated for recordation in the public land records of each such county. The watershed improvement district shall thereupon constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic. The rate at which taxes for any one fiscal year may be levied for the purposes of the watershed improvement district shall be subject to the limitations set forth in s. 582.44.

History. s. 6, ch. 69-235; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106.