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2014 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 348 EXPRESSWAY AND BRIDGE AUTHORITIES Entire Chapter
SECTION 9959
Legislative intent; covenant of the state.
F.S. 348.9959
1348.9959 Legislative intent; covenant of the state.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the state pledge to and agree with any person, firm, corporation, or federal or state agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds to be issued by the authority for the purposes of this part that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority and the department until all bonds at any time issued together with the interest thereon are fully paid and discharged insofar as the same affects the rights of the holders of bonds issued hereunder. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the state further pledge to and agree with the United States that in the event any federal agency shall construct or contribute any funds for the completion, extension, or improvement of the Osceola County Expressway System, or any part or portion thereof, the state will not alter or limit the rights and powers of the authority and the department in any manner that would be inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of the Osceola County Expressway System, or the completion, extension, or improvement thereof, or that would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the authority and any such federal agency. The authority and the department shall continue to have and may exercise all powers herein granted so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of this part and the purposes of the United States in the completion, extension, or improvement of the Osceola County Expressway System or any part or portion thereof.
History.—s. 34, ch. 2010-225; s. 20, ch. 2014-171.
1Note.—Repealed by s. 20(2), ch. 2014-171, effective “on the same date that the Osceola County Expressway System is transferred to the Central Florida Expressway Authority.”