The governing board is authorized to adopt and prescribe the manner in which persons may connect with or make use of Works of the District pursuant to Florida Statutes § 373.085 Further, Florida Statutes § 373.019(28), provides that Works of the District may include streams and accompanying lands as adopted by the governing board. In order to implement the non-structural flood control policy of the District, the governing board finds it is necessary to prevent any obstruction of the free flow of water of rivers and streams within the District. Therefore, the governing board does hereby adopt the following rivers and their accompanying floodways as Works of the District:
    (1) The Alapaha River and its floodway in Hamilton County, Florida;
    (2) The Aucilla River and its floodway in Jefferson, Madison, and Taylor counties, Florida;
    (3) The Santa Fe River and its floodway in Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee, and Union counties, Florida;
    (4) The Suwannee River and its floodway in Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, and Suwannee counties, Florida; and
    (5) The Withlacoochee River and its floodway in Madison and Hamilton counties, Florida.
Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.171 FS. Law Implemented 373.019, 373.084, 373.085, 373.086 FS. History-New 9-25-85, Amended 9-13-04, 1-24-21.