HB 0823CS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
2the following:
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4     Committee Substitute
5     Remove the entire bill and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
7An act relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development
8Authority; codifying, amending, repealing, and reenacting
9special acts relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development
10Authority, an independent special district; providing
11definitions; providing a statement of policy; providing a
12method of defining the downtown area; creating a board to
13be known as the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority;
14providing for composition of the board; providing for
15appointment, term of office, compensation, bonding, and
16liability of the members of the board; providing for
17filling vacancies in office; providing for bylaws and
18internal governance of the board; prescribing the
19functions and powers of the board; providing for Polk
20County to levy an ad valorem tax of not more than 2 mills;
21providing for records and fiscal management; providing for
22issuing revenue certificates; providing for succession by
23the city if the board ceases to exist or operate;
24providing for referenda; prescribing the scope of this
25act; providing for liberal construction; repealing
26chapters 77-588 and 78-549, Laws of Florida; providing an
27effective date.
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29Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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31     Section 1.  Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
32this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
33relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority
34District, also known as the Lakeland Downtown Development
35Authority. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
36law to provide a single, comprehensive special act charter for
37the district, including all current legislative authority
38granted to the district by its several legislative enactments
39and any additional authority granted by this act.
40     Section 2.  Chapters 77-588 and 78-549, Laws of Florida,
41are codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as herein
42provided.
43     Section 3.  The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority
44District is reenacted, and the charter for the district is re-
45created and reenacted to read:
46     Section 1.  Short title.--This act shall be known and may
47be cited as the "Lakeland Downtown Development Authority Act."
48Act."
49     Section 2.  Definitions and rules of construction.--Unless
50qualified in the text, the following definitions and rules of
51construction shall apply:
52     (1)  "Board" means the Lakeland Downtown Development
53Authority Board and any successor to its functions, authority,
54rights, and obligations.
55     (2)  "City" and "Lakeland" mean the City of Lakeland.
56     (3)  "City commission" means the Lakeland City Commission
57and any succeeding governing body of the city.
58     (4)  "Downtown" and "downtown area" mean the area


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