Purpose
The public purpose of the special district: To provide for adequate regulation and control of lakes, canals, streams, waterways, inlets, bays and their alteration by dredging, filling, pumping or otherwise altering the shoreline, land contours and/or water areas; And to protect public rights, public welfare, and public riparian property rights and to preserve the natural beauty and attractiveness of the lakes, canals, streams, waterways, inlets and bays; And to provide for wells to restore and maintain water levels and to control and regulate speed and operation of boats, boating activity and navigation; And to provide adequate notice as to the purchase of lands from the trustees of internal improvement fund, within the district, and to provide public hearings and recommendations as to the same.