Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District  was created pursuant to Chapter 59-994, Florida Statutes and codified pursuant to Chapter 2000-467, Laws of Florida, and supplemented by Chapter 2005-238, Laws of Florida, for the purpose of reclaiming the lands within its boundaries for water control and water supply purposes, and to protect the land from the effects of water by means of the construction and maintenance of canals, ditches, levees, dikes, pumping plants, and other works and improvements.  Northern is also authorized to construct and operate water and sewer facilities, roads, parks and parkways.

Northern’s enabling legislation provides that it may undertake District-wide projects, and, in addition, the owners of a majority of the acreage within a particular portion of the District, may petition the Board of Supervisors to designate that portion of the District as a Unit of Development for the purposes of constructing and maintaining improvements in accordance with a plan of improvements. After formation of the unit, Northern’s District Engineer must prepare a report on the Plan of Improvements (“the Plan”) detailing the amount of benefits and damages that will accrue to the land from the construction of the Plan. The Board, after a public hearing to receive any objections, may approve the report. The approval and confirmation of the District Engineer’s report by the Board establishes the amount and apportionment of assessments. Financing, generally in the form of issuance of Bonds, will then be obtained for the purpose of constructing the Plan. Repayment of indebtedness for that purpose will then be secured by assessments on the lands in that Unit, and will not be secured by assessments owing on any other district lands. Amendments to the Plan generally are made in the same manner as the adoption of the original Plan. In addition, many bonds issued prior to 1989 require the consent of the bondholders before a plan of improvements can be amended.

The following are the specific Legal Documents that comprise the enabling legislation:

 Chapter 2000-467 Laws of Florida

Chapter 2005-302 Laws of Florida

Chapter 2006-330 Laws of Florida

Chapter 2009-256 Laws of Florida

Chapter 2010-243 Laws of Florida

Note: If you would like a copy of any of the documents listed above, please call (561) 624-7830 or email office@npbcid.org and specify if you need it in a specific format for assistive technology. Users who need accessibility assistance can also contact us by phone through the Florida Relay Service at 711 for TTY/Voice communication or 800-955-8771 if you are using TTY equipment.