SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2436

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Dyer moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 133, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 39.  Section 285.11, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         285.11  Reservation; improvement leases.--The trustee

20  shall have the right to lease any part or parts of the

21  reservation to any person willing to enter into an improvement

22  lease.  Such lease shall not exceed 15 years, unless such a

23  lease is entered into with a Florida Indian, in which case it

24  may be for a term not to exceed 25 years, and may include an

25  option on the part of the lessee to renew such lease for an

26  additional term of 25 years or less.  Notwithstanding the

27  foregoing if such lease is entered into with a Florida Indian

28  for housing development and residential purposes it may be for

29  a term not to exceed 50 years.  The lessee shall be required

30  to make such improvements to or on the property as are agreed

31  upon in the lease.  The improvements shall become a part of

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2436

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  1  the lands of the reservation thereby accruing to the benefit

  2  of the tribe upon expiration of the lease.  For the purposes

  3  of this section a "Florida Indian" is defined as a member of

  4  either the Seminole Tribe of Florida or the Miccosukee Tribe

  5  of Indians of Florida or an Indian who is eligible for

  6  enrollment as a member of either of the foregoing tribes.

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  8  (Renumber subsequent sections.)

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 3, line 10, after the semicolon

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16         amending s. 285.11, F.S., authorizing leases

17         entered into with a Florida Indian for housing

18         development and residential purposes to be for

19         a term not to exceed 50 years;

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