HB 1797 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Finance & Tax recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to ground rents for leased governmental
12	property; amending s. 190.011, F.S.; authorizing community
13	development districts to collect ground rent and contract
14	with the local tax collector to collect ground rent from
15	lessees of governmentally owned real property; providing
16	an effective date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 190.011, Florida
21	Statutes, is amended to read:
22	190.011 General powers.--The district shall have, and the
23	board may exercise, the following powers:
24	(7)(a)To hold, control, and acquire by donation,
25	purchase, or condemnation, or dispose of, any public easements,
26	dedications to public use, platted reservations for public
27	purposes, or any reservations for those purposes authorized by
28	this act and to make use of such easements, dedications, or
29	reservations for any of the purposes authorized by this act.
30	(b) When real property in the district is owned by a
31	governmental entity and subject to a ground lease as described
32	in s. 190.003 (13), to collect ground rent from landowners
33	pursuant to contract with such governmental entity and to
34	contract with the county tax collector for collection of such
35	ground rent using the procedures authorized in s. 197.3631,
36	other than the procedures contained in s. 197.3632.
37	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.