Senate Bill sb1530

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SB 1530

    By Senator Haridopolos





    26-1153A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Canaveral Port District,

  3         Brevard County; amending chapter 2003-335, Laws

  4         of Florida; amending the powers and duties of

  5         the Canaveral Port District, an independent

  6         special district in Brevard County, to

  7         authorize the district to sell or otherwise

  8         dispose of certain real property; providing the

  9         procedure for such sale or other disposition;

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.  Section 25 is added to Article IV of

15  section 3 of chapter 2003-335, Laws of Florida, to read:

16         Section 25.  (a)  The Canaveral Port Authority is

17  authorized to sell or otherwise convey or dispose of any lands

18  or any interests or rights in lands to which the District

19  acquired title after January 1, 1987, or to which it may

20  hereafter acquire title, whenever the Canaveral Port Authority

21  determines it is in the best interest of the District to do so

22  at the best price and terms obtainable, for such terms and

23  conditions as the Canaveral Port Authority may in its

24  discretion determine. The power to sell or otherwise convey

25  granted herein specifically includes the power by the District

26  to enter into public partnerships regarding District lands

27  upon such terms and conditions as the Canaveral Port Authority

28  may in its discretion determine. However, any conveyance or

29  agreement must be for a public purpose.

30         (1)  All sales of land, interests, or rights in land,

31  or the lease of any interests in land, shall be for cash or

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 1  upon terms and security to be approved by the Canaveral Port

 2  Authority. No deed shall be executed and delivered for any

 3  sale until full payment is made and received by the District.

 4         (2)  Before selling or disposing of any land or any

 5  interest or rights in and to any land, it shall be the duty of

 6  the District to cause a notice of intention to sell or dispose

 7  of the land to be published in a newspaper of general

 8  circulation published in Brevard County no less than once each

 9  week for 2 successive weeks. The first publication shall be

10  not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days prior to the

11  meeting at which the proposed sale or disposition will be

12  considered. The notice shall set forth a description of the

13  lands or interests or rights in lands offered for sale or

14  other disposition.

15         (3)  Deeds of conveyance of lands, the titles to which

16  are held by the District or in the name of the Canaveral Port

17  Authority, shall be by special warranty deed.

18         (4)  All deeds of conveyance held by the District or by

19  the Canaveral Port Authority shall convey only the interest of

20  the District or the Canaveral Port Authority in the property

21  covered thereby.

22         (b)  The Canaveral Port Authority may exchange lands or

23  interests or rights in lands owned and acquired by the

24  District after January 1, 1987, or lands or interests or

25  rights in said lands for which title is otherwise vested in

26  the District, for other lands or interests or rights in lands

27  within the state owned by any person. The Canaveral Port

28  Authority shall fix the terms and conditions of any such

29  exchange and may pay or receive any sum of money that the

30  Canaveral Port Authority considers necessary to equalize the

31  values of exchanged properties. Before any exchange of

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 1  property is effected, notice of the meeting at which said

 2  exchange is considered shall be published in a newspaper of

 3  general circulation published in Brevard County prior to the

 4  adoption by the Canaveral Port Authority of a resolution

 5  authorizing the exchange of properties. Notice shall be

 6  published at least once not less than 7 days nor more than 14

 7  days prior to the meeting at which the resolution will be

 8  considered.

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

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