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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2007
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Greenstein and Ogles offered the following:
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17 Section 1. The Board of Trustees of the Internal
18 Improvement Trust Fund shall institute a program of
19 privatization of certain state facilities.
20 (1) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
21 Trust Fund shall privatize certain state facilities where the
22 majority private business tenants on the facility are private
23 businesses, the majority private business tenants petition the
24 board of trustees, and the facility meets one or more of the
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26 (a) The state facility is more than 25 years old and
27 is in need of substantial capital improvements;
28 (b) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
29 Government Accountability has issued a report questioning the
30 long-term viability of the state facility or states that the
31 sale of the state facility is appropriate;
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1 (c) The state agency has provided in its budget for
2 substantial capital improvements to the state facility and the
3 budget request has gone unfunded for 2 consecutive years; or
4 (d) The state facility requires asbestos removal from
5 the buildings on the facility and such removal has not been
6 undertaken within 2 years of discovery.
7 (2) For purposes of this section, the term:
8 (a) "Substantial capital improvement" means that the
9 capital improvements' cost would exceed 25 percent of the
10 appraised value of the property, including the cost of removal
11 and replacement of outdated buildings on the public property.
12 (b) "State facility" means public property and
13 buildings consisting of 25 acres or less of state-owned land
14 that is improved with office space and is leased by the state
15 to private tenants that occupy the majority of the square
16 footage of the leased space.
17 (c) "Majority private business tenants" means the
18 nongovernmental lessees of the state facilities which lease
19 the majority of the square footage of state facilities which
20 is for lease.
21 (3) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
22 Trust Fund shall have 6 months from the date of the receipt of
23 the petition to procure three appraisals of the facility for
24 purposes of negotiating with the petitioning tenants to sell
25 the state facility for the average price of the appraisals.
26 (4) The agreement for purchase shall be executed by
27 the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
28 within 9 months after the date of the receipt of tenant
29 petition and shall be for the average price of the three
30 appraisals.
31 (5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
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1 majority private business tenants shall have a right of first
2 refusal to purchase the state facility, provided the majority
3 private business tenants have petitioned the state in their
4 petition. Such right of first refusal must be exercised within
5 90 days after notice of the sale to the tenants.
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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14 designating the procedure for the sale of
15 public property to the tenants doing the
16 majority of business in the public property;
17 authorizing the Division of Facility Management
18 to procure real estate appraisals on the public
19 property; requiring the Board of Trustees of
20 the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to
21 institute a procedure to negotiate the sale and
22 privatization of certain public property and
23 buildings; providing an effective date.
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25 WHEREAS, the State of Florida currently owns
26 significant public properties and buildings located on those
27 public properties, known as state facilities, and
28 WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to promote businesses
29 within Florida while upgrading certain state facilities
30 through privatization, and
31 WHEREAS, certain state facilities need substantial
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1 capital improvements to continue to provide the services
2 necessary for the Florida businesses, and
3 WHEREAS, it is the Legislature's public policy to
4 promote private industry in areas such as property
5 construction, renovation, and management, and
6 WHEREAS, certain state facilities are operating without
7 substantial capital improvements to fully optimize the use of
8 the state facilities, NOW, THEREFORE,
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