Senate Bill sb2308

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2308

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1655A-04                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Forever Act;

  3         amending s. 259.105, F.S.; providing for

  4         vesting of title to property acquired in

  5         partnership with a local government; providing

  6         that purchase agreements be approved by the

  7         Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement

  8         Trust Fund and include provisions that protect

  9         the interests of the citizens of the state;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section

15  259.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         259.105  The Florida Forever Act.--

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18         (c)  The title to lands acquired under this section

19  shall vest in the Board of Trustees of the Internal

20  Improvement Trust Fund, except that title to lands acquired by

21  a water management district shall vest in the name of that

22  district and lands acquired by a local government shall vest

23  in the name of the purchasing local government. The title to

24  lands acquired in partnership with a local government, when

25  matching funds are provided by the local government, shall, if

26  requested by the local government, vest in the name of the

27  local government or be jointly or concurrently shared by the

28  local government and the Board of Trustees of the Internal

29  Improvement Trust Fund. Agreements with local government for

30  such purchases shall be subject to approval of the Board of

31  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and shall

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2308
    25-1655A-04                                             See HB




 1  contain such covenants, reverter clauses, or other

 2  restrictions as are sufficient to protect the interests of the

 3  citizens of the state. Land purchases completed under the

 4  Preservation 2000 program and land purchases completed under

 5  the Florida Forever program prior to the effective date of

 6  this act shall also be eligible for the title vesting

 7  provisions of this section.

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

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