Fla. Stat. 298.14
Organization of board; annual reports to landowners; compensation of members of board

Immediately after their election or appointment, the board of supervisors shall meet at some convenient place; choose one of their number to serve as president of the board; and elect as secretary some suitable person, who may or may not be a member of the board, and who may be required to execute bond for the faithful performance of the secretary’s duties, as the board of supervisors may require. Such board shall adopt a seal with a suitable device; and it shall keep a record of all of its proceedings in a substantially bound book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be open to inspection by any interested person or the person’s agent or attorney. The board of supervisors shall report to the landowners, at the annual meeting held under the provisions of s. 298.12, of what work has been done, either by engineers or otherwise. The members of the board shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061, but shall receive no compensation for their service unless the landowners at the annual meeting determine to pay a compensation, which in no event may exceed $50 per day for the time actually engaged in work for the district and in attending sessions of the board; however, if the secretary is a member of the board, he or she is entitled to compensation as provided in this chapter.

Source: Section 298.14 — Organization of board; annual reports to landowners; compensation of members of board, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0298.­14 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

298.001
Districts designated as “water control” districts 298.01
Formation of water control district 298.005
Definitions 298.11
Landowners’ meetings 298.12
Annual election of supervisors 298.13
Supervisor’s oath of office 298.14
Organization of board 298.15
Record of proceedings 298.16
Appointment of district engineer 298.17
Appointment and duties of treasurer of district 298.18
Supervisors to employ attorney for district 298.19
Appointment and duties of superintendent of plant and operations and overseers 298.20
Supervisors to fix compensation for work and employees 298.21
Supervisors may remove officers and employees 298.22
Powers of supervisors 298.23
Supervisors authorized to take land for rights-of-way, etc. 298.24
Bridge construction 298.25
Type of bridges over drains in large counties 298.26
District engineer to make annual reports to supervisors 298.28
Watercourses to be connected with drainage of district 298.36
Lands belonging to state assessed 298.41
Taxes and costs a lien on land against which taxes levied 298.47
Supervisors may issue bonds 298.48
Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds 298.49
Interest upon matured bonds 298.50
Levy of tax to pay bonds, sinking fund 298.51
Defaults, receivership for district 298.52
Refunding and extending bonds 298.54
Maintenance tax 298.56
Bonds issued secured by lien on lands benefited 298.57
Landowner in district may construct drains across land of intervening landowner 298.59
Supervisors authorized to obtain consent of United States 298.60
Unpaid warrants issued by district to draw interest 298.61
Sureties on bonds 298.62
Lands may be acquired for rights-of-way and other purposes 298.63
Bonds to secure loans from Secretary of Interior 298.66
Obstruction of public drainage canals, etc., prohibited 298.70
Department of Environmental Protection authorized to borrow money 298.71
Department may issue notes 298.72
Department may use proceeds of drainage tax to pay loans 298.73
Matured written obligations receivable in payment of taxes 298.74
Drainage of lakes 298.76
Special or local legislation 298.77
Readjustment of assessments 298.78
Lien 298.225
Water control plan 298.301
District water control plan adoption 298.305
Assessing land for development 298.329
When works insufficient, supervisors have power to make a new or amended plan 298.333
Assessments and costs 298.341
When unpaid assessments delinquent 298.345
Enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments 298.349
Uniform initial acreage assessment for payment of expenses 298.353
Unit development 298.365
Collection of annual installment tax 298.366
Delinquent taxes 298.401
Property appraisers and tax collectors 298.465
District taxes

Current through Fall 2025

§ 298.14. Org. of board; annual reports to landowners; compensation of members of board's source at flsenate​.gov