Fla. Stat. 298.28
Watercourses to be connected with drainage of district; connecting drains after completion of plan of drainage

At the time of the construction, in any district incorporated under this chapter, of the water control plan, all canals, ditches or systems of drainage already constructed in said district and all watercourses shall, if necessary to the drainage of any lands in said district, be connected with and made a part of the works and improvements of the plan of drainage of said district, but no canals, ditches, drains, or systems of drainage constructed in said district, after the completion of the aforesaid plan of drainage of said district, shall be connected therewith, unless the consent of the board of supervisors shall be first had and obtained; which consent shall be in writing and shall particularly describe the method, terms and conditions of such connection, and shall be approved by the chief engineer. Said connection, if made, shall be in strict accord with the method, terms, and conditions laid down in said consent. If the landowners wishing to make such connection are refused by the board of supervisors, or decline to accept the consent granted, the said landowners may file a petition for such connection in the circuit court having jurisdiction in said district, and the matter in dispute shall in a summary manner be decided by said court, which decision shall be final and binding on the district and landowners. No connection with the works or improvements of said plan of drainage of said district, or with any canal, ditch, drain or artificial drainage, wholly within said district, shall be made, caused or affected by any landowners, company or corporation, municipal or private, by means of, or with, any ditch, drain, cut, fill, roadbed, levee, embankment or artificial drainage, wholly without the limits of said district, unless such connection is consented to by the board of supervisors, or in the manner provided for in this chapter.

Source: Section 298.28 — Watercourses to be connected with drainage of district; connecting drains after completion of plan of drainage, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0298.­28 (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

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