Senate Bill sb1572c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1572

    By the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Services; and
    Senators Bennett and Atwater




    577-1946-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Scripps Funding

  3         Corporation; amending s. 4 of ch. 2003-420,

  4         Laws of Florida; prohibiting the use of eminent

  5         domain against other governmental entities

  6         under certain circumstances; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 4 of ch. 2003-420, Laws of Florida,

12  is amended to read:

13         Section 4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

14  the county in which the projects that are part of or ancillary

15  to the state-of-the-art biomedical research institution and

16  campus to be established in this state by the grantee under

17  section 288.955, Florida Statutes, are to be located shall

18  have the exclusive right, which right may be assigned in whole

19  or in part by the governing body of the county in its sole

20  discretion, to provide water and wastewater services to such

21  projects to the extent deemed necessary by the governing body

22  of the county. The county may plan, acquire, construct,

23  reconstruct, enlarge or extend, operate, and maintain water

24  and wastewater systems and facilities within or without the

25  boundaries of such projects for the provision of water and

26  wastewater services. Provided, the local government or utility

27  service provider shall not be authorized to use the provisions

28  of chapter 73 or chapter 74, Florida Statutes, or any other

29  applicable law, to acquire by eminent domain the property of

30  any other governmental entity in order to provide water and

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1572
    577-1946-05




 1  waste-water service to the biomedical research facility

 2  authorized pursuant to section 288.955, Florida Statutes.

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

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 6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 7                         Senate Bill 1572

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 9  The committee substitute deletes the proposed authority for
    Scripps Corporation to select a water and waste-water
10  provider. Instead, Palm Beach County is prohibited from using
    eminent domain actions against other governmental entities in
11  order to provide water and waste-water service to the Scripps
    biomedical research facility.
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