§ 262-686. District establishment and boundaries.

For the purposes of providing public infrastructure and services; the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes, non-ad valorem assessments, and fees; the operation of district facilities and services; and all other purposes stated in this Act consistent with F.S. Chs. 189 and 298, and other applicable general laws, an independent stewardship district is hereby created and established in Collier County, to be known as the Big Cypress Stewardship District, the territorial boundaries of which shall be as follows:

All those parts of Townships 47, 48 and 49 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows:

All of Section 14, Township 47, south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, less 100 acres of land more or less as described in Official Records Book 2496, Page 660, Public Records of Collier County, Florida; (540 acres +)

And

All of Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 And 27, Township 47 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida less right-of-way for C.R. 846, (Immokalee Road); (3165 acres +)

And

All of Section 28, Township 47 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, lying south of C.R. 846 (Immokalee Road) and lying north and east of Oil Well Grade Road; (132 acres +)

And

All of Sections 34 and 35, Township 47 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (1280 acres +)

And

The westerly 520 acres of Sections 1 and 12, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (1040 acres +)

And

All of Sections 2, 3, 10, and 11 of Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (2560 acres +)

And

All of Section 13, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida less the southeast ¼ of said Section 13 and less the south 50.00 feet of the southwest ¼ of said Section 13 for road right-of-way and less the easterly 60.00 acres of the northeasterly ¼ of said Section 13; (416.97 acres +)

And

All of Sections 14 and 15, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida less the southerly 50.00 feet for road right-of-way purposes as described in Official Records Book 154, Page 529; (1253.87 acres +)

And

All of Section 22, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, less the northerly 50.00 feet for right-of-way purposes as described in Official Records Book 154, Page 529 Public Records of Collier County, Florida; (633.94 acres +)

And

All of Sections 23 and 24, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida less road rights-of-way; (1256 acres +)

And

All of Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township 48 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (3840 acres +)

And

The west ½ of Section 1, Township 49 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (493.66 acres +)

And

All of Sections 2, 3, 10, 11 and 15, Township 49 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida; (3878.23 acres +)

And

All of Sections 22 and 27, Township 49 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, less the Ford Test Track PUD; (1163.42 acres +)

And

All of Section 34, Township 49 south, Range 28 east, Collier County, Florida, less the Ford Test Track PUD and less Official Records Book 2239, Page 144; (47.70 acres +)

Containing a total acreage of 21,700.79 acres of land more or less.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 2004-423, § 1)