In re West Water Management District

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

George E. Weaver, Trustee, petitioned the Circuit Court in and for Sarasota County to create a drainage district pursuant to Chapter 298, Florida Statutes. The Board of County Commissioners of Sarasota County (hereinafter referred to as County) sought to intervene as the governing body of that county on the grounds that the County had a vital and direct interest in the petition. The County simultaneously sought to dismiss the petition on the grounds that it had adopted a charter pursuant to Article VIII, Section 1(g) of the Florida Constitution, 1968, F.S.A. The…