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                        | ENROLLED HB 0255 | 2003 Legislature |  | 
                
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                1 | A bill to be entitled | 
                | 2 | An act relating to Collier County; amending chapter 69- | 
              
                | 3 | 1326, Laws of Florida, as amended; increasing the | 
              
                | 4 | borrowing power of the City of Naples Airport Authority; | 
              
                | 5 | providing an effective date. | 
              
                | 6 |  | 
              
                | 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
              
                | 8 |  | 
              
                | 9 | Section 1.  Subsection (n) of section 4 of chapter 69-1326, | 
              
                | 10 | Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 75-451 and 79-516, Laws | 
              
                | 11 | of Florida, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 12 | Section 4.  The operation of the airport by the authority | 
              
                | 13 | shall be subject to existing leases, rights and privileges | 
              
                | 14 | heretofore granted by the City of Naples. The authority is | 
              
                | 15 | hereby authorized and empowered: | 
              
                | 16 | (n)  To borrow money from time to time, provided that the | 
              
                | 17 | outstanding indebtedness on loans secured under the provisions | 
              
                | 18 | of this subsection does not exceed $15,000,000 five million  | 
              
                | 19 | dollars ($5,000,000.00)at any one time, from any state and | 
              
                | 20 | federal agency or agencies or private party or parties, both | 
              
                | 21 | individual and corporate, for the purpose of providing funds to | 
              
                | 22 | be used in the improving, extending, enlarging, equipping or | 
              
                | 23 | repairing the airport facilities; to secure such loan or loans | 
              
                | 24 | by executing a promissory note or notes therefor in the name of | 
              
                | 25 | said airport authority, which said notes shall be binding | 
              
                | 26 | obligations of said airport authority; to further secure such | 
              
                | 27 | promissory notes, the airport authority is authorized to | 
              
                | 28 | mortgage the project or facilities, excluding the land, for the | 
              
                | 29 | construction, repair or improvement of which said notes may be | 
              
                | 30 | executed. With regard to the issuance of any obligations in | 
              
                | 31 | excess of $2,000,000, the City Council of the City of Naples | 
              
                | 32 | shall act in an advisory capacity. However, the advice or | 
              
                | 33 | recommendations of the City Council shall in no event be binding | 
              
                | 34 | upon the authority and shall not be construed to impair or | 
              
                | 35 | inhibit the right to issue any such obligations. | 
              
                | 36 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |