Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716 By Senator Mayfield 17-00952-20 2020716__ Page 1 of 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1

An act relating to county boundaries; amending ss. 2 7.31 and 7.59, F.S.; revising county boundaries; 3 providing an effective date. 4 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 6 7

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Section 7.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to 8 read: 9 7.31 Indian River County.—The boundary lines of Indian 10 River County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner 11 of township thirty-one south, of range thirty-five east; thence 12 east on the line dividing the townships thirty and thirty-one 13 south, to the point where said line intersects the thread of the 14 south fork of the St. Sebastian River; thence northerly down the 15 thread of said stream to the main stream of the St. Sebastian 16 River; thence down the thread of the St.

Sebastian River to its 17 confluence with the Indian River; thence east to the 18 intersection with the southwesterly extension of the centerline 19 of the approach channel to the Sebastian Inlet from the Indian 20 River; thence northeasterly along said centerline and continue 21 northeasterly and easterly along the centerline of the Sebastian 22 Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean; thence southward along the Atlantic 23 coast, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the 24 jurisdiction of the State of Florida to the intersection of said 25 Atlantic coast and a line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured 26 at right angles to, the township line dividing between townships 27 thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence west, parallel with, 28 and 45.22 feet south of said township line, to the west right-29

Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716 17-00952-20 2020716__ Page 2 of 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. of-way line of State Road A1A; thence northwesterly along said 30 right-of-way line to the intersection of said right-of-way line 31 and the north line of Lot 25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as 32 recorded in Plat Book 4, page 23, of the public records of St. 33 Lucie County, Florida.

Said north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet 34 north of, and parallel with, as measured at right angles to, the 35 township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four 36 south; thence west along the north line of said Lot 25 to the 37 easterly mean high water line of Round Island Creek; thence 38 meandering southeasterly along said mean high water line to its 39 intersection with the township line dividing townships thirty-40 three and thirty-four south; thence west on said township line 41 to range line dividing ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east; 42 thence north between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east to 43 the northeast corner of

section one, township thirty-three 44 south, range thirty-five east; thence west on township line 45 dividing townships thirty-two and thirty-three south, range 46 thirty-five east to the range line dividing ranges thirty-four 47 and thirty-five east; thence north on said range line to the 48 northwest corner of township thirty-one south, range thirty-five 49 east, being the place of beginning. 50

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Section 7.59, Florida Statutes, is amended to 51 read: 52 7.59 St. Lucie County.—The boundary lines of St. Lucie 53 County are as follows: Beginning on the eastern boundary of the 54 State of Florida at a point where the north

section line of 55

section thirteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one 56 east, produced easterly, would intersect the same; thence 57 westerly on the north line of said

section and other sections to 58

Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716 17-00952-20 2020716__ Page 3 of 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. the northwest corner of

section eighteen, township thirty-seven 59 south, range forty-one east; thence south along the range line 60 between ranges forty east and forty-one east which is concurrent 61 with the St. Lucie County and Martin County boundary lines to 62 the intersection with the north line of the south 508.15 feet of 63 the northeast quarter of

section twenty-four, township thirty-64 seven south, range forty east; thence west along the south 65 508.15-foot line of the northeast quarter of

section twenty-66 four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and 67 concurrent with the municipal boundary line of the City of Port 68 St. Lucie to the intersection of the east 924.15-foot line of 69

section twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty 70 east; thence south along the east 924.15-foot line of

section 71 twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and 72 continuing along the municipal boundary line of the City of Port 73 St. Lucie, to the intersection of the south line of the 74 northeast quarter of

section twenty-four, township thirty-seven 75 south, range forty east; thence west along the south line of the 76 northeast quarter of

section twenty-four, township thirty-seven 77 south, range forty east to the intersection with the west edge 78 of Howard Creek; thence southerly and along with the west edge 79 of Howard Creek being concurrent with the municipal boundary 80 line of the City of Port St. Lucie to the intersection of the 81 north shore of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the 82 west edge of Howard Creek as concurrent with the City of Port 83 St. Lucie municipal boundary; thence departing said north shore 84 of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the municipal 85 boundary line of the City of Port St. Lucie, a bearing direction 86 (State Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 45 87

Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716 17-00952-20 2020716__ Page 4 of 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. degrees, 16 minutes west, 2,355 feet more or less, to a point 88 within the body of water of the north fork of the St. Lucie 89 River; thence departing said point a bearing direction (State 90 Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 41 degrees, 91 4 minutes east, 6,155 feet more or less to a point located in 92 the body of the north fork of the St. Lucie River which 93 intersects with the west line of

section thirty, township 94 thirty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence south 6,459 95 feet along the west line of sections thirty and thirty-one, 96 township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east, to the 97 intersection with the township line between townships thirty-98 seven and thirty-eight south; also being the southwest corner of 99

section thirty-one, township thirty-seven, range forty-one east; 100 thence west on the said township line to the range line dividing 101 ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence north on said 102 range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Okeechobee 103 County, to the northwest corner of township thirty-four south, 104 range thirty-seven east; thence east on the township line 105 dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four south to a point 106 of intersection with the easterly mean high water line of Round 107 Island Creek; thence meandering northwesterly along said mean 108 high water line to its intersection with the north line of Lot 109 25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as recorded in Plat Book 4, page 110 23, of the public records of St.

Lucie County, Florida. Said 111 north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet north of, and parallel with, 112 as measured at right angles to, the township line dividing 113 townships thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence east along 114 the north line of said Lot 25 to the west right-of-way line of 115 State Road A1A; thence southeasterly along said right-of-way 116

Florida Senate - 2020 SB 716 17-00952-20 2020716__ Page 5 of 5 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. line to the intersection of said west right-of-way line and a 117 line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured at right angles to, 118 the township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-119 four south; thence east along said line lying 45.22 feet south 120 of, and parallel with the line dividing townships thirty-three 121 and thirty-four south, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence continuing 122 easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence 123 southerly along said east boundary, including the waters of the 124 Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, 125 to the place of beginning. 126

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 127