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Fla. Stat. § 298.01 (2025)
Formation of water control district.
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298.01 Formation of water control district.—It is the legislative intent that those water control districts established prior to July 1, 1980, pursuant to the process formerly contained in this section and former ss. 298.02 and 298.03, may continue to operate as outlined in this chapter. However, on and after that date, no water control district may be created except pursuant to s. 125.01 or a special act of the Legislature. Upon formation of a water control district by a special act of the Legislature, the circuit court of the county in which a majority of the land within the district is located shall thereafter maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with the boundaries and limits of the water control district without regard to county lines, for all purposes of this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 1098; CGL 1451; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 72-291; s. 1, ch. 79-5; s. 17, ch. 79-65; s. 1, ch. 80-281; s. 20, ch. 2015-2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1955–1982 · leading case: Florida Jai Alai, Inc. v. Lake Howell Water & R. Dist., 274 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 1973).
Florida Jai Alai, Inc. v. Lake Howell Water & R. Dist., 274 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 1973). “The statute is similar to Fla. Stat. § 298.01 , F.S.A., which regulates the formation of a district, except in the manner of notice required.”
Rabin v. Lake Worth Drainage Dist., 82 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 1955). “It was averred that as a condition precedent to the formation of the district, the landowners in the district were obligated to pay the expenses of maintaining the improvements, Section 298.01, Florida Statutes 1953, and F.”
Roach v. Loxahatchee Groves Water Control Dist., 417 So. 2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). “That provision provided that drainage districts could be formed “for the purpose of preserving and protecting water resources, for sanitary and agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or of public utility or benefit,…”
Union Camp Corp. v. Petition of Seminole Forest Water Mgmt. Dist., 302 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974). “We next consider the contention of appellees that the reference in Section 298.01 to “majority of owners” or “Owners of a majority of the acreage” means that *422 one person or corporation cannot form a drainage district.”
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Roach v. Loxahatchee Groves Water Control Dist., 417 So. 2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). “That provision provided that drainage districts could be formed “for the purpose of preserving and protecting water resources, for sanitary and agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or of public utility or benefit,…”
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