HB 1077

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Canaveral Port District, Brevard
3	County; amending chapter 2003-335, Laws of Florida;
4	amending the powers and duties of the Canaveral Port
5	District, an independent special district in Brevard
6	County, to authorize the district to sell or otherwise
7	dispose of certain real property; providing the procedure
8	for such sale or other disposition; providing an effective
9	date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 25 is added to Article IV of section 3
14	of chapter 2003-335, Laws of Florida, to read:
15	Section 25.  (a)  The Canaveral Port Authority is
16	authorized to sell or otherwise convey or dispose of any lands
17	or any interests or rights in lands to which the District
18	acquired title after January 1, 1987, or to which it may
19	hereafter acquire title, whenever the Canaveral Port Authority
20	determines it is in the best interest of the District to do so
21	at the best price and terms obtainable, for such terms and
22	conditions as the Canaveral Port Authority may in its discretion
23	determine. The power to sell or otherwise convey granted herein
24	specifically includes the power by the District to enter into
25	public partnerships regarding District lands upon such terms and
26	conditions as the Canaveral Port Authority may in its discretion
27	determine. However, any conveyance or agreement must be for a
28	public purpose.
29	(1)  All sales of land, interests, or rights in land, or
30	the lease of any interests in land, shall be for cash or upon
31	terms and security to be approved by the Canaveral Port
32	Authority. No deed shall be executed and delivered for any sale
33	until full payment is made and received by the District.
34	(2)  Before selling or disposing of any land or any
35	interest or rights in and to any land, it shall be the duty of
36	the District to cause a notice of intention to sell or dispose
37	of the land to be published in a newspaper of general
38	circulation published in Brevard County no less than once each
39	week for 2 successive weeks. The first publication shall be not
40	less than 15 days nor more than 30 days prior to the meeting at
41	which the proposed sale or disposition will be considered. The
42	notice shall set forth a description of the lands or interests
43	or rights in lands offered for sale or other disposition.
44	(3)  Deeds of conveyance of lands, the titles to which are
45	held by the District or in the name of the Canaveral Port
46	Authority, shall be by special warranty deed.
47	(4)  All deeds of conveyance held by the District or by the
48	Canaveral Port Authority shall convey only the interest of the
49	District or the Canaveral Port Authority in the property covered
50	thereby.
51	(b)  The Canaveral Port Authority may exchange lands or
52	interests or rights in lands owned and acquired by the District
53	after January 1, 1987, or lands or interests or rights in said
54	lands for which title is otherwise vested in the District, for
55	other lands or interests or rights in lands within the state
56	owned by any person. The Canaveral Port Authority shall fix the
57	terms and conditions of any such exchange and may pay or receive
58	any sum of money that the Canaveral Port Authority considers
59	necessary to equalize the values of exchanged properties. Before
60	any exchange of property is effected, notice of the meeting at
61	which said exchange is considered shall be published in a
62	newspaper of general circulation published in Brevard County
63	prior to the adoption by the Canaveral Port Authority of a
64	resolution authorizing the exchange of properties. Notice shall
65	be published at least once not less than 7 days nor more than 14
66	days prior to the meeting at which the resolution will be
67	considered.
68	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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