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House Bill 0951




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 951

        By Representatives Miller, Martinez, Laurent, Littlefield,
    Ogles, Bradley, Wallace, Murman, Byrd, Culp and Crist





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Hillsborough County;

  3         amending chapter 95-488, Laws of Florida;

  4         authorizing the Tampa Port Authority to

  5         delegate control and regulation of submerged

  6         lands; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 7 of chapter 95-488, Laws of

11  Florida, is amended to read:

12         Section 7.  POWERS.--The port authority shall have all

13  the powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

14  The port authority shall have the specific responsibility of

15  planning and of carrying out plans for the long-range

16  development of the facilities of and traffic through the port

17  in the port district. The port authority, prior to acquiring

18  ownership, control, or undertaking the operation of any

19  project, shall give 20 days' notice of a public hearing, at

20  which hearing the public's views shall be heard; except that

21  such public hearing is not required if the ownership, control,

22  or undertaking of operation constitutes or is occasioned by

23  the retaking of possession, ownership, or control of the

24  project by the port authority through lease termination,

25  default or eviction proceeding, bankruptcy proceeding, or

26  settlement with a tenant in lieu of such proceeding or if the

27  total cost to the port authority of acquiring, controlling, or

28  undertaking operation of the project does not exceed the

29  amount specified in section 15.  Such notice shall be made by

30  advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation published

31  in the port district, with a brief description of the general

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  1  nature of the project.  Without in any manner limiting or

  2  restricting the other powers conferred upon it, the port

  3  authority shall have the power:

  4         (z)  To delegate control and regulation of submerged

  5  lands including the issuance of minor work permits and other

  6  permits by entering into contracts or interlocal agreements

  7  adopted pursuant to applicable law.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  9  law.

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