Florida Chapter 298 — Drainage and Water Control
58 sections hosted, reproduced from the official public-domain source.
- Fla. Stat. § 298.001— Districts designated as “water control” districts
- Fla. Stat. § 298.01— Formation of water control district
- Fla. Stat. § 298.005— Definitions
- Fla. Stat. § 298.11— Landowners’ meetings; election of board of supervisors; duties of Department of Environmental Protection
- Fla. Stat. § 298.12— Annual election of supervisors; term of office; vacancy
- Fla. Stat. § 298.13— Supervisor’s oath of office
- Fla. Stat. § 298.14— Organization of board; annual reports to landowners; compensation of members of board
- Fla. Stat. § 298.15— Record of proceedings
- Fla. Stat. § 298.16— Appointment of district engineer; engineer’s duties
- Fla. Stat. § 298.17— Appointment and duties of treasurer of district; appointment of deputies; bond of treasurer; audit of books; disbursements by warrant; form of warrant
- Fla. Stat. § 298.18— Supervisors to employ attorney for district; duty of attorney
- Fla. Stat. § 298.19— Appointment and duties of superintendent of plant and operations and overseers
- Fla. Stat. § 298.20— Supervisors to fix compensation for work and employees
- Fla. Stat. § 298.21— Supervisors may remove officers and employees
- Fla. Stat. § 298.22— Powers of supervisors
- Fla. Stat. § 298.23— Supervisors authorized to take land for rights-of-way, etc.; payment
- Fla. Stat. § 298.24— Bridge construction
- Fla. Stat. § 298.25— Type of bridges over drains in large counties
- Fla. Stat. § 298.26— District engineer to make annual reports to supervisors; approval of reports; water control plan
- Fla. Stat. § 298.28— Watercourses to be connected with drainage of district; connecting drains after completion of plan of drainage
- Fla. Stat. § 298.36— Lands belonging to state assessed; drainage tax record
- Fla. Stat. § 298.41— Taxes and costs a lien on land against which taxes levied; subdistricts
- Fla. Stat. § 298.47— Supervisors may issue bonds
- Fla. Stat. § 298.48— Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds
- Fla. Stat. § 298.49— Interest upon matured bonds
- Fla. Stat. § 298.50— Levy of tax to pay bonds, sinking fund
- Fla. Stat. § 298.51— Defaults, receivership for district
- Fla. Stat. § 298.52— Refunding and extending bonds
- Fla. Stat. § 298.54— Maintenance tax
- Fla. Stat. § 298.56— Bonds issued secured by lien on lands benefited; assessment and collection of taxes may be enforced
- Fla. Stat. § 298.57— Landowner in district may construct drains across land of intervening landowner; proceedings
- Fla. Stat. § 298.59— Supervisors authorized to obtain consent of United States
- Fla. Stat. § 298.60— Unpaid warrants issued by district to draw interest
- Fla. Stat. § 298.61— Sureties on bonds; penalties payable to district; bonds cover defaults of specified persons
- Fla. Stat. § 298.62— Lands may be acquired for rights-of-way and other purposes
- Fla. Stat. § 298.63— Bonds to secure loans from Secretary of Interior
- Fla. Stat. § 298.66— Obstruction of public drainage canals, etc., prohibited; damages; penalties
- Fla. Stat. § 298.70— Department of Environmental Protection authorized to borrow money
- Fla. Stat. § 298.71— Department may issue notes; suit by holder; judgment
- Fla. Stat. § 298.72— Department may use proceeds of drainage tax to pay loans
- Fla. Stat. § 298.73— Matured written obligations receivable in payment of taxes
- Fla. Stat. § 298.74— Drainage of lakes
- Fla. Stat. § 298.76— Special or local legislation; effect
- Fla. Stat. § 298.77— Readjustment of assessments; procedure, notice, hearings
- Fla. Stat. § 298.78— Lien; release
- Fla. Stat. § 298.225— Water control plan; plan development and amendment
- Fla. Stat. § 298.301— District water control plan adoption; district boundary modification; plan amendment; notice forms; objections; hearings; assessments
- Fla. Stat. § 298.305— Assessing land for development; apportionment of assessment
- Fla. Stat. § 298.329— When works insufficient, supervisors have power to make a new or amended plan; additional levy; issuance of bonds; procedure
- Fla. Stat. § 298.333— Assessments and costs; a lien on land against which levied
- Fla. Stat. § 298.341— When unpaid assessments delinquent; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 298.345— Enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments
- Fla. Stat. § 298.349— Uniform initial acreage assessment for payment of expenses
- Fla. Stat. § 298.353— Unit development; powers of board of supervisors to designate units of district; financing assessments for each unit
- Fla. Stat. § 298.365— Collection of annual installment tax; lien
- Fla. Stat. § 298.366— Delinquent taxes; penalties
- Fla. Stat. § 298.401— Property appraisers and tax collectors; compensation; characterization of services
- Fla. Stat. § 298.465— District taxes; delinquent; discounts