HB 1657

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Downtown Development Authority of
3	the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County; codifying,
4	amending, reenacting, and repealing chapters 65-1541, 67-
5	1385, 69-1056, 75-371, 80-501, 85-393, 87-507, 89-431, 92-
6	247, 93-392, and 95-531, Laws of Florida; providing
7	severability; providing an effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1.  Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
12	this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
13	relating to the Downtown Development Authority of the City of
14	Fort Lauderdale. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting
15	this law to provide a single, comprehensive special act charter
16	for the authority, including all current legislative authority
17	granted to the authority by its several legislative enactments
18	and any additional authority granted by this act. It is further
19	the intent of this act to preserve all authority of the
20	authority.
21	Section 2.  Chapters 65-1541, 67-1385, 69-1056, 75-371, 80-
22	501, 85-393, 87-507, 89-431, 92-247, 93-392, and 95-531, Laws of
23	Florida, are codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as
24	herein provided.
25	Section 3.  The charter for the Downtown Development
26	Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale is reenacted and re-
27	created to read:
28	Section 1.  Definitions.--As used in this act, the
29	following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
30	section unless the context shall clearly requires otherwise:
31	(1)  "Authority" means the Downtown Development Authority
32	of the City of Fort Lauderdale.
33	(2)  "Board" means the governing body of the authority
34	selected as herein provided.
35	(3)  "Director" means the chief executive officer of the
36	authority selected by the board as herein provided.
37	(4)  "City" means the City of Fort Lauderdale.
38	(5)(a)  "Downtown" means the lands described in section 2
39	not being used as a residence.
40	(b)  "Not being used as a residence" means all residential
41	lands not being used as a residence or that portion of
42	nonresidential lands not being used as a residence.  The
43	determination of when land is being used as a residence shall be
44	made and certified by the Executive Director of the Downtown
45	Development Authority at the time the books close for a Downtown
46	Development Authority election or, if the Downtown Development
47	Authority does not hold an election in a particular year, as of
48	January 1 of that year.
49	(c)  "Residence" means a building in which one or more
50	natural persons live.
51	(d)  "Residential" means lands zoned by the City of Fort
52	Lauderdale as R-1-A, R-1, R-1-P, R-2-A, R-2, R-3-A/RM-25, R-3-9,
53	RM-15, R-3/RM-30, R-3-C, R-4/RM-60, or R-4-C.
54	(6)  "Planning board" means the city planning and zoning
55	board.
56	(7)  "Bonds" means any bonds, including refunding bonds,
57	notes, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness,
58	debentures, and other obligations.
59	(8)  "Public facility" means any street, park, parking lot,
60	playground, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake,
61	pond, canal, utility lines or pipes, and building, including
62	access routes to any of the foregoing, designed and dedicated to
63	use by the public generally, or used by any public agency with
64	or without charge, whether or not the same is revenue producing.
65	(9)  "Assessable improvements" includes, without
66	limitation, any and all land redevelopment and revitalization
67	works and facilities, sewer systems, storm sewers and drains,
68	water systems, streets, roads, or other products of the
69	authority, or that portion or portions thereof, local in nature
70	and of special benefit to the premises or lands served thereby,
71	and any and all modifications, improvements, and enlargements
72	thereof.
73	(10)  "Cost," when used with reference to any project,
74	includes, but is not limited to, the expense of determining the
75	feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction, or
76	reconstruction; the cost of surveys, estimates, plans, designs,
77	and specifications; the cost of improvements and engineering,
78	fiscal, and legal expenses and charges; the cost of all labor,
79	materials, machinery, and equipment; the cost of all lands,
80	properties, rights, easements, and franchises acquired; federal,
81	state, and local taxes and assessments; financing charges; the
82	creation of initial reserve and debt service funds; working
83	capital; interest charges incurred or estimated to be incurred
84	on money borrowed prior to and during construction and
85	acquisition and for such period of time after completion of
86	construction or acquisition as the board may determine; the cost
87	of issuance of bonds pursuant to this act, including
88	advertisements and printing, the cost of any referendum held
89	pursuant to this act, and all other expenses of issuance of
90	bonds; discount, if any, on the sale or exchange of bonds;
91	administrative expenses; such other expenses as may be necessary
92	or incidental to the acquisition, construction, or
93	reconstruction of any project or to the financing thereof, or
94	the development of any lands within the authority; and
95	reimbursement of any public or private body, person, firm, or
96	corporation for any moneys advanced in connection with any of
97	the foregoing items of cost.  Any obligation or expense incurred
98	prior to the issuance of bonds in connection with the
99	acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of any project or
100	improvements thereon, or in connection with any other
101	development of land that the board shall determine to be
102	necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this act,
103	may be treated as a part of such cost.
104	(11)  "Project"  means any development, improvement,
105	property, utility, facility, works road, sidewalk, enterprise,
106	service, or convenience, including, without limitation, public
107	transportation facilities and services, now existing or
108	hereafter undertaken or established, that under the provisions
109	of this act the authority is authorized to construct, acquire,
110	undertake, or furnish for its own use or for the use of any
111	other person, firm, or corporation owning, leasing, or otherwise
112	using the same, for any profit or nonprofit purpose or activity,
113	and shall include, without limitation, such repairs,
114	replacements, additions, extensions, and betterments of and to
115	any project as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board
116	to place or to maintain such project in proper condition for the
117	safe, efficient, and economic operation thereof.
118	(12)  "Public body" means the state or any municipality,
119	board, commission, authority, district, department, or any other
120	subdivision or public body of the state.
121	(13)  "Federal Government" means the United States of
122	America or any agency or instrumentality, corporation, or
123	otherwise of the United States of America.
124	(14)  "Slum area" means an area in which there is a
125	predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential
126	or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation,
127	deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for
128	ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high
129	density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of
130	conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other
131	causes or any combination of such factors is conducive to ill
132	health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile
133	delinquency, or crime, and is detrimental to the public health,
134	safety, morals, or welfare.
135	(15)  "Blighted area" means an area which by reason of the
136	presence of a substantial number of slum, deteriorated, or
137	deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or
138	inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size,
139	adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
140	conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,
141	diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency
142	exceeding the fair value of the land, defective or unusual
143	conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which
144	endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any
145	combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests
146	the sound growth of a community, retards the provision of
147	housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social
148	liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals,
149	or welfare in its present condition and use.
150	(16)  "Renewal project" means undertakings and activities
151	of the authority in a renewal area for the elimination and
152	prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight, and
153	may involve slum clearance and redevelopment in a renewal area,
154	or rehabilitation or conservation in a renewal area, or any
155	combination or part thereof in accordance with a renewal plan.
156	Such undertakings and activities may include:
157	(a)  Acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area or
158	portion thereof.
159	(b)  Demolition and removal of buildings and improvements.
160	(c)  Installation, construction, or reconstruction of
161	streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements
162	necessary for carrying out in the renewal area the renewal
163	objectives of this act in accordance with the renewal plan.
164	(d)  Disposition of any property acquired in the renewal
165	area, including sale, initial leasing, or retention by the
166	authority itself, at its fair value for uses in accordance with
167	the renewal plan.
168	(e)  Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or
169	compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other
170	improvements in accordance with the renewal plan.
171	(f)  Acquisition of any other real property in the renewal
172	area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or
173	unsafe conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other
174	uses detrimental to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove
175	or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide
176	land for needed public facilities.
177	(17)  "Renewal area" means a slum area or a blighted area
178	or a combination thereof which the authority designates as
179	appropriate for a renewal project.
180	(18)  "Renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time
181	to time, for a renewal project, which plan:
182	(a) Shall conform to the general plan for the municipality
183	as a whole.
184	(b) Shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land
185	acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures,
186	redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be
187	proposed to be carried out in the renewal area; zoning and
188	planning changes, if any; land uses; maximum densities; building
189	requirements; and the plan's relationship to definite local
190	objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic,
191	public transportation, public utilities, recreational and
192	community facilities, and other public improvements.
193	(19)  "Real property" shall include lands, including
194	improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature
195	appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every
196	estate, interest, right, and use, legal or equitable, therein
197	including terms for years and liens by way of judgment,
198	mortgage, or otherwise.
199	(20)  "Obligee" shall include any bondholder, agents, or
200	trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the
201	authority property used in connection with a renewal project, or
202	any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part
203	thereof, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any
204	contract with the municipality.
205	(21)  "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
206	corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or
207	body politic, and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee,
208	or other person acting in a similar representative capacity.
209	(22)  "Area of operation" means the downtown.
210	(23)  "Public officer" means any officer who is in charge
211	of any department or branch of government relating to health,
212	fire, or building regulations, or to other activities concerning
213	dwellings in the area.
214	Section 2.  The boundaries of the authority shall include
215	the following lands in the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
216	County:
217	1.  All lands not being used as a residence lying
218	north of New River, east of Southwest and Northwest
219	Fourth Avenue, south of Northwest and Northeast Second
220	Street and west of Northeast and Southeast Sixth
221	Avenue;
222	2.  All lands not being used as a residence lying
223	north of Northwest Second Street, east of the Florida
224	East Coast Railroad, south of Northwest Fourth Street,
225	and west of North Andrews Avenue;
226	3.  All lands not being used as a residence lying
227	within one hundred fifty feet of and being in common
228	ownership with any of said boundary streets and
229	avenues (excluding, however, all lands lying east of
230	Southeast Sixth Avenue);
231	4.  All lands not being used as a residence lying
232	south of Northeast Fourth Street and within one
233	hundred fifty feet of and being in common ownership
234	with Northeast Third Avenue and Northeast Sixth
235	Avenue.  For the purposes of definition, the words,
236	"common ownership" contained herein shall be
237	(contiguous to and owned by the same entity; and
238	5.  All lands not being used as a residence lying
239	north of Northeast Second Street, east of Northeast
240	Second Avenue, south of Northeast Sixth Street, and
241	west of Federal Highway, together with all lands not
242	being used as a residence lying north of Southeast
243	Seventh Street, east of the F.E.C. Railroad Tracks,
244	south of Southeast Sixth Court, and west of Federal
245	Highway, as legally described as follows:
246	PARCEL I
247	All of Blocks 1, 2, 4, 29 and 30, and portions of
248	Blocks 33 and 34, NORTH LAUDERDALE AMENDED, according
249	to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 182,
250	of the public records of Dade County, Florida;
251	TOGETHER WITH all of the Blocks 2, 31, and 32, NORTH
252	LAUDERDALE AMENDED RE-SUB, according to the plat
253	thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 25, of the
254	public records of Broward County, Florida; ALSO
255	TOGETHER WITH  portions of Blocks A and B, GEORGE M.
256	PHIPPENS SUB., according to the plat thereof recorded
257	in Plat Book B, Page 146, of the public records of
258	Dade County, Florida; ALSO TOGETHER WITH portions of
259	Blocks A and B, FORT LAUDERDALE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT
260	CO., SUB., according to the plat thereof recorded in
261	Plat Book 1, Page 56, of the public records of Dade
262	County, Florida; AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH portions of
263	Northeast 3rd Street, Northeast 4th Street, Northeast
264	5th Street, Northeast 5th Avenue, and Northeast 5th
265	Terrace, lying adjacent to said Blocks, and being all
266	more fully described as follows:
267	Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 26, of said
268	Block 4, thence due South, on the West lines of said
269	Blocks 4 and 29, and extensions thereof, a distance of
270	1300.00 feet; thence due East, on the North right-of-
271	way line of said Northeast 4th Street, a distance 83.99
272	feet; thence due South, a distance of 50.00 feet;
273	thence due East, on the South right-of way line of
274	said Northeast 4th Street, a distance of 392 feet;
275	thence South 00(01'00" West, on the West lines of Lots
276	20 and 19, Block A, and the West line of Lot 20, Block
277	B, of said GEORGE M. PHIPPENS SUB., and extensions
278	thereof, a distance of 495.00 feet; thence South
279	89(57'46" East, on the South lines of Lots 20, 18, 16,
280	14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, Block B, of said GEORGE M.
281	PHIPPENS SUB., and the Easterly extension thereof, a
282	distance of 720.17 feet; thence North 00(01'54" West,
283	on the Southerly extension of the East line of Lot 20,
284	Block A, of said FORT LAUDERDALE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT
285	CO., SUB. and the Northerly extension thereof, a
286	distance of 205.47 feet, thence due West, on the North
287	right-of-way line of said Northeast 3rd Street, a
288	distance of 25.00 feet; thence North 00(01'00" East,
289	on the East lines of Lots 7 and 20, Block B, of said
290	FORT LAUDERDALE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CO. SUB., and
291	extensions thereof, a distance of 289.15 feet; thence
292	due East, on the South right-of-way line of Northeast
293	4th Street, a distance of 169.75 feet; thence North
294	00(17'27" East, on the West right-of way line of U.S.
295	Highway No. 1; a distance of 1323.87 feet to the Point
296	of Beginning less the following described land:  Lots
297	20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, Block (B(, FORT
298	LAUDERDALE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CO. Subdivision of
299	Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Fort Lauderdale, according to
300	the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 56, of
301	the public records of Dade County, Florida, and Lots 2
302	and 4, Block (A(, GEORGE M. PHIPPEN(S SUBDIVISION of
303	Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6, Block 1, and Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
304	8, 9 and 10, Block 14, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE,
305	according to the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book
306	B, Page 146, of the public records of Dade County,
307	Florida.
308	PARCEL II
309	Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
310	18, 19, 20 and 21, HARCOURT, according to the plat
311	thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 9, of the
312	public records of Broward County, Florida; AND the
313	west one-half (W () of Federal Highway  (US No. 1),
314	lying East of and adjacent to said Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,
315	9, 10, 11 and 12; AND the East one-half (E () of S.E.
316	5th Terrace, lying West of and adjacent to said Lots
317	14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.
318	TOGETHER WITH:
319	Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, HENRY
320	SHACKELFORD AMENDED PLAT SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 2 & 3,
321	BLOCK 57, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the
322	plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 3, of
323	the public records of Dade County, Florida; AND  the
324	West one-half of S.E. 5th Terrace, lying East of
325	adjacent to and referenced Lots; AND the East one-half
326	of S.E. 5th Avenue, lying West of adjacent of above
327	referenced Lots.
328	TOGETHER WITH:
329	Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, RE-AMENDED PLAT
330	OF HENRY  SHACKELFORD(S SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 2 & 3,
331	BLOCK 57, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the
332	plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 3 of
333	the public records of Dade County, Florida; AND  the
334	West one-half of S.E. 5th Avenue, lying East of
335	adjacent to and referenced Lots; AND the East one-half
336	of S.E. 4th Avenue, lying West of adjacent to the above
337	referenced Lots.
338	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH:
339	Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, MRS. DAISY
340	SHACKELFORD(S AMENDED NEW SUBDIVISION OF LOT 4, BLOCK
341	57, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the plat
342	thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 165, of the
343	public records of Dade County, Florida, AND  10.00
344	foot Alley adjacent to said Lot 6 and Lots 7, 8 & 9;
345	AND the West one-half of (W () of S.E. 4th Avenue,
346	lying East of and adjacent to above referenced Lots.
347	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH:
348	Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, SOUTH FLORIDA
349	DREDGING COMPANY DIVISION OF LOT 5, BLOCK 57, TOWN OF
350	FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the plat thereof, as
351	recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 27, of the public
352	records of Broward County, Florida; AND 10.00 foot
353	Alley adjacent to Lot 9 and Lots 10, 11 and 12; AND
354	5.50 foot Alley lying East of and adjacent to above
355	referenced Lots; AND the East one-half (E() of S.E. 3rd
356	Avenue, lying West of and adjacent to said Lots.
357	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH:
358	The South 80.00 feet of Lots 2, 4 and 6, Block 3, all
359	of Blocks 4, 5 and 6, SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 56, TOWN OF
360	FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the plat thereof, as
361	recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 63, of the public
362	records of Dade County, Florida; AND  the West one-
363	half (W() of S.E. 3rd Avenue, lying East of and
364	adjacent to above referenced South 80.00 feet of Lot 2
365	and said Block 6; AND  the East one-half (E () of S.E.
366	1st Avenue, lying West of and adjacent to above
367	referenced Block 4; AND  the North one-half (N() of
368	S.E. 6th Court, lying South of and adjacent to said
369	Lots 2, 4 and 6, Block 3; AND  the South one-half of
370	S.E. 6th Court, lying North of and adjacent to said
371	Blocks 4, 5 and 6.
372	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH:
373	Lots 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, Block 55, TOWN OF FORT
374	LAUDERDALE, according to the plat thereof, as recorded
375	in Plat Book (B(, Page 40, of the public records of
376	Dade County, Florida, AND Parcel (A(; AND the East
377	one-half of Andrews Avenue, lying West of and adjacent
378	to said Parcel (A(; AND all that certain 14.00 foot
379	Alley within said Block 55, lying North and East of
380	said Parcel (A(; AND all that certain irregular Alley,
381	lying North of said Parcel (A( and South of said Lot
382	17.
383	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH;
384	Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
385	18, 19, 20 and 21, Block 54, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE,
386	according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat
387	Book (B(, Page 40, of the public records of Dade
388	County, Florida; AND  the West one-half (W() of
389	Andrews Avenue, lying East of and adjacent to said
390	Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21; AND  the
391	East one-half of S.W. 1st Avenue lying West of and
392	adjacent to said Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12;
393	AND all that certain 14.00 foot Alley in said Block
394	54, lying adjacent to above referenced Lots.
395	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH:
396	Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
397	18, 19 and Lot 20, less the North 25.00 feet thereof,
398	Block 53, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, according to the
399	plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book (B(, Page 40,
400	of the public records of Dade County, Florida; AND
401	the West one-half of (W() of S.W. 1st Avenue, lying
402	East of and adjacent to said Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
403	18, 19 and Lot 20, less the North 25.00 feet thereof;
404	AND all of S.W. Flagler Avenue lying West of and
405	adjacent to said Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12;
406	AND  the East one-half (E() of the Florida East Coast
407	Railroad Right-of-Way, lying West of said S.W. Flagler
408	Avenue and South of the Westerly extension of the
409	North line of said Lot 4 and North of the Westerly
410	extension of the Northerly right of way line of S.W.
411	7th Street.
412	Said lands situate, lying and being in the City of
413	Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, and
414	containing 24.8679 Acres more or less.
415	6.(a)  All lands not being used a residence lying
416	south of New River, east of the Florida East Coast
417	Railroad, north of Southeast Sixth Street and
418	Southwest Sixth Street, and west of Southeast Sixth
419	Avenue.
420	(b)  All lands not being used a residence lying
421	south of Southeast and Southwest Sixth Streets, east
422	of the Florida East Coast Railroad, and west of
423	Southeast Sixth Avenue, which are situated within one
424	hundred fifty feet (150') of and are in contiguous
425	proprietorship with Southeast or Southwest Sixth
426	Street, upon approval of the majority of those voting
427	in a referendum in which those participating are
428	limited to the electors of the downtown (including
429	also the lands added to the downtown by this act) who
430	at the time of the referendum are owners of freeholds
431	in the downtown (as hereby expanded), not wholly
432	exempt from taxation, and who are then duly registered
433	for a Downtown Development Authority referendum,
434	according to law.  For the purposes of such
435	referendum, the electors who register only as owners
436	of freeholds which are situated within the lands
437	authorized to be added to the downtown by this act may
438	be separately registered and their votes cast in
439	separate ballot boxes or voting machines (as the case
440	may be) and separately tabulated, in case on or more
441	other questions are being voted upon at such
442	referendum, and such separate registrants shall thus
443	be permitted to vote upon such other question or
444	questions.  If this law is approved at such
445	referendum, such separately registered electors shall
446	be incorporated into the permanent registration of
447	electors of the Downtown Development Authority and
448	their votes then counted on any other question or
449	questions voted upon at such referendum.
450	7.  All of lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
451	23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
452	38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48, and
453	portions of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
454	12, 13, 36 and 37, Block 19, BRYAN SUBDIVISION of
455	Blocks 5, 8 and 19, of the Town of Fort Lauderdale, as
456	recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 18, of the public
457	records of Dade County, Florida, together with
458	portions of those certain 10 foot alleys, lying within
459	said Block 19,
460	TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and
461	10, AND A PORTION OF Lot 1, Block 18, TOWN OF FORT
462	LAUDERDALE, as recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 40, of
463	the public records of Dade County, Florida, together
464	with that portion of a 14-foot alley lying within said
465	Block 18,
466	ALSO TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 1 and 2, T.M. BRYAN
467	SUBDIVISION of Lots 11 and 12, Block 18, Town of Fort
468	Lauderdale, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 12, of
469	the public records of Dade County, Florida,
470	ALSO TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 6, 7, 8 and 9, and
471	portions of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 1, all of
472	Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and portions of Lots 1, 2,
473	3, 4 and 5, Block 2 KELLY(S RESUBDIVISION, as recorded
474	in Plat Book 16, Page 50, of the public records of
475	Broward County, Florida,
476	ALSO TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
477	9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
478	23, 24, A, B and C, HULDA S. HOLMES SUBDIVISION of
479	Block 23, Fort Lauderdale, as recorded in Plat Book 7,
480	Page 26, of the public records of Broward County,
481	Florida,
482	ALSO TOGETHER WITH Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and a portion
483	of Lot 5, Block 24, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, as
484	recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 40, of the public
485	records of Dade County, Florida,
486	ALSO TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, F.H.
487	BENTON(S SUBDIVISION in Block 24, Town of Fort
488	Lauderdale, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 30, of
489	the public records of Broward County, Florida,
490	together with all that portion of a 10 foot driveway
491	and cul-de-sac of said F. H. BENTON(S SUBDIVISION,
492	ALSO TOGETHER WITH all of Lots 1 and 2, Canal 2 and
493	Canal 3 and portions of Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13
494	and Canal No. 1, L.H. BRYAN(S SUBDIVISION of Block 32,
495	of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as recorded in Plat Book
496	3, Page 78, of the public records of Dade County,
497	Florida,
498	AND ALSO TOGETHER WITH portions of S.W. Fifth Avenue,
499	S.W. Sixth Avenue, S.W. Second Street, S.W. Second
500	Court, Las Olas Boulevard, N.W. River Drive and North
501	River Street, lying within or adjacent to the above
502	said Blocks and being all more fully described as
503	follows:
504	Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 24 of said
505	Block 18, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, thence South 0( 07'
506	30" East, along the East line of said alley within
507	Block 18, a distance of 15.00 feet to the Point of
508	Beginning; thence continuing South  0( 07' 24"  East,
509	along the East line of said alley a distance of
510	585.04 feet; thence South 89( 59' 02" East, a distance
511	of 40.97 feet, thence South 0( 07' 24" East, along the
512	Northerly extension of the East line of the said F.H.
513	BENTON(S SUBDIVISION, and along the said East line, a
514	distance of 316.49 feet to a point on the existing
515	bulkhead forming the Northerly limits of New River;
516	thence Westerly and Southerly along the said existing
517	bulkhead and extensions thereof, the following 11
518	courses and distances: thence North 87( 04' 09" West,
519	a distance of 37.36 feet; thence South 86( 43' 52"
520	West, a distance of 13.74 feet, thence South 77( 14'
521	35" West, a distance of 50.12 feet, thence South 73(
522	43' 38" West, a distance of 43.15 feet; thence South
523	54( 27' 01" West a distance of 67.25 feet; thence
524	South 45( 58" 48' East, a distance of 7.62 feet;
525	thence South 35( 35' 21" West, a distance of 175.30
526	feet; thence South 7( 34' 31' West, a distance of
527	51.26 feet; thence South 2( 01' 02" West, a distance
528	of 25.35 feet, thence South 7( 22' 59" West, a
529	distance of 205.31 feet, thence South 29( 18' 46"
530	West, a distance of 92.94 feet to the Point of
531	Termination of the said 11 courses and distances;
532	thence North 89( 59' 37" West, along the Easterly
533	extension of the South line of Canal No. 3 of L.H.
534	BRYAN(S SUBDIVISION and along the said South line and
535	extensions thereof, a distance of 211.49 feet to a
536	point on the Easterly right-of-way line of S.W.
537	Seventh Avenue and a point on a curve; thence
538	Northwesterly along the said Easterly right-of-way
539	line and along a curve to the right, whose tangent
540	bears North 54( 00' 36" West, with a radius of 630.35
541	feet and a central angle of  18( 52' 41", an arc
542	distance of 207.69 feet to a point of compound curve;
543	thence Northwesterly along the said Easterly right-of-
544	way line and along a curve to the  right, with a
545	radius of 513.96 feet and a central angle of 35( 00'
546	00", an arc distance of 313.96 feet to a point of
547	tangency; thence North 0( 07' 55" West, along the said
548	Easterly right-of-way line and along the line 20.00
549	feet East of and parallel with the West line of said
550	Block 1 and 2 of said KELLY(S SUBDIVISION and along
551	the line of 20.00 feet East of and parallel with the
552	West line of said Block 19, BRYAN SUBDIVISION of
553	Blocks 5, 8 and 19, a distance of 1008.08 feet to a
554	point of curve; thence Northeasterly along a curve to
555	the right, with a radius of 25.00 feet and a central
556	angle of 90( 07' 55", an arc distance of 39.33 feet to
557	a point of tangency; thence due East, along the South
558	right-of-way line of Broward Boulevard and along the
559	line 15.00 feet South of and parallel with the North
560	line of said Block 19, BRYAN SUBDIVISION of Blocks 5,
561	8 and 19 and said Block 18, TOWN OF FORT LAUDERDALE, a
562	distance of 898 .88 feet to the Point of Beginning.
563	All of the above said land situate, lying and being in
564	the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida,
565	and containing 22.8328 acres more or less.
566
567	Section 3.  (1)  It is the policy of the state to make it
568	possible for the city to revitalize and preserve property values
569	and prevent deterioration in the downtown area by a system of
570	self-help to correct the blight of such deterioration which has
571	developed there.  The authority hereby created is intended to
572	provide a vehicle whereby property owners who will benefit
573	directly from the results of such a program will bear the
574	substantial cost thereof and thereby local problems may be
575	solved on the local level through the use of machinery provided
576	by local government.
577	(2)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
578	downtown area is a blighted area and that portions therein are
579	slums.  The area constitutes a serious and growing menace,
580	injurious to the public health and the safety, morals, and
581	welfare of the residents, occupants, workers, and property
582	owners of the area; the existence of such slum and blighted
583	conditions contributes substantially and increasingly to the
584	spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social
585	liability imposing onerous municipal burdens which decrease the
586	tax base and reduce tax revenues, substantially impair or arrest
587	the sound growth of said area, retards the provision of housing
588	accommodations, aggravates traffic problems, and substantially
589	impairs or arrests the elimination of traffic hazards and the
590	improvement of traffic facilities; and the prevention and
591	elimination of such slums and blight is a matter of public
592	policy and concern in order that the said area shall not
593	continue to be endangered by being a focal center of disease and
594	juvenile delinquency and consume an excessive proportion of the
595	tax revenue of the city because of the extra services required
596	for police, fire, accident, hospitalization, and other forms of
597	public protection, services, and facilities.
598	(3)  It is further found and declared that certain portions
599	of the slums and blighted areas require acquisition, clearance,
600	and disposition subject to use restrictions, as provided in this
601	act, since the prevailing condition of deterioration and
602	obsolescence makes impracticable the reclamation thereof by
603	conservation or rehabilitation; that other portions of the
604	downtown may, through the means provided in this act, be
605	susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner
606	and the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be
607	eliminated, remedied, or prevented; and that salvable slum and
608	blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through
609	appropriate public action as herein authorized, and the
610	cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of
611	the property in such area.
612	(4)  Among the many causes of such slums and blight are the
613	following: automobile traffic flow strangled by outmoded street
614	patterns, proliferation of uncoordinated uses and parking areas,
615	unsuitable topography, faulty lot layouts, fragmentation of land
616	uses and parking areas necessitating frequent automobile
617	movement, lack of separation of pedestrian areas from auto
618	traffic, low level access bridge, frequent bridge openings, air
619	pollution, and excessive noise levels from strangled auto
620	traffic.  Voluntary cooperation for coordinated development is
621	impracticable because of fragmentary ownership, distant absentee
622	ownership, and unusual conditions of title and other conditions.
623	(5)  The public safety is endangered by the tendency of the
624	area to attract and be infested with vagrants, drunkards,
625	perverts, and roving gangs of vandals.  The area has in recent
626	months narrowly averted involvement in ghetto riots and
627	disorders.  In the nighttime the area is dangerous.  The area is
628	a business ghetto plagued with vacant and deteriorating
629	buildings which are neglected and produce a depressing
630	atmosphere.  Many businesses of all types have left the area for
631	new locations in suburban shopping centers and few businesses
632	have entered to take their places.  The oldest commercial
633	structures in the city are in this area and are obsolete, of
634	inferior construction, and incompatible with modern functional
635	design as is featured in competitive shopping centers.
636	(6)  The area now has few residences and most of the
637	residences which do exist are undersized and of inferior
638	construction which would not be permitted for new construction
639	under the city's building code.  Many former residents have left
640	the area and few suitable residence facilities exist.  The area
641	is predominately commercial and is occupied primarily by day
642	workers who sleep in suburban homes outside the downtown area.
643	Market studies show that many of these day workers and other
644	people would prefer to reside in the downtown area if blighting
645	influences were removed and suitable residence facilities
646	provided.  However, the total environment of man is the
647	determinant of the quality of life and each segment of
648	environment affects the public health, safety, and morals.  The
649	problems of residential and commercial slums and blight are one
650	and the same problem and the public health, morals, and welfare
651	are no less concerned with the commercial areas where the day
652	workers spend most of their daylight hours than with residential
653	areas where the same individuals spend their nighttime hours.
654	It is therefore a necessary and proper function of government to
655	remove slums, blight, and blighting influences from commercial
656	areas.  The police power is inadequate to accomplish this
657	purpose.  The only effective device for removal of the slums and
658	blight of the downtown area is the planning and implementation
659	of planning for appropriate land use, beautification, continuity
660	of planning and aesthetic and technical design concepts, the
661	removal of deteriorated and obsolescent structures, and the
662	reduction of fragmentary control of properties in the area.  To
663	implement such plans requires the exercise of the power of
664	eminent domain so as to assemble land in pursuance of a
665	coordinated program for redevelopment, as authorized by this
666	act, all of which is declared to be a public purpose and for a
667	public use.
668	(7)  The Legislature further finds and declares that the
669	provisions of this act and the powers afforded to the governing
670	board of the authority are essential to guide and accomplish the
671	coordinated, balanced, and harmonious development of the
672	downtown in accordance with existing and future needs; to
673	promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the
674	area and its inhabitants, visitors, property owners, and
675	workers; to establish, maintain, and preserve aesthetic values
676	and preserve and foster the development and display of
677	attractiveness; to prevent overcrowding and congestion; to
678	regulate auto traffic and provide pedestrian safety; to secure
679	safety from fire, storm, panic, riot, vandals, and other
680	dangers; to conserve and provide adequate light and air; and to
681	provide a way of life which combines the conveniences and
682	amenities of modern living with the traditions and pleasures of
683	the past.
684	Section 4.  There is hereby created and established the
685	Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale,
686	which authority shall have all the powers herein provided, and
687	which shall be a body corporate as well as politic, with power
688	to sue and be sued in all the courts of this state, and with
689	power to adopt and use a corporate seal.
690	Section 5.  The affairs of the authority shall be under the
691	direct supervision and control of a board of seven members.  Two
692	members shall serve for terms expiring at the end of each year
693	during the period commencing 1976 and ending 1978.  One member
694	shall serve for a term expiring at the end of 1975.  Thereafter,
695	members shall be appointed to serve for regular terms of 4 years
696	from the expiration of the terms of their predecessors.  The
697	terms of incumbent members at the time this law takes effect
698	shall not be affected by this law. A member's term shall
699	automatically expire and his or her office shall be deemed
700	vacant for purposes of appointment of a new member if, while in
701	office, he or she shall cease to be qualified for membership
702	under section 6.  Every board member shall continue to hold
703	office until his or her successor has been appointed and has
704	qualified. All appointments of the board shall be made by the
705	city commission.  Appointments made to fill a vacancy during a
706	term of office shall be for the unexpired term only.
707	Section 6.  (1)  Each member of the board shall reside in
708	or have his or her principal place of business in the city.  He
709	or she shall be a landowner in the downtown, a leasehold tenant
710	required by the terms of his or her lease to pay taxes currently
711	on downtown lands, or an officer, director, or managing agent of
712	a corporation which owns downtown lands or an interest in
713	downtown lands or which corporation is a leasehold tenant
714	required by the terms of its lease to pay taxes currently on
715	downtown lands.  No officer or employee of the city shall be
716	eligible to serve as a member of the board while holding other
717	offices in the city or while employed by the city.  Before
718	assuming the duties of the office, each member shall qualify by
719	taking and subscribing to the oath of office required of
720	officials of the city and by posting a bond in the penal sum of
721	$10,000 payable to the city for use and benefit of the
722	authority, to be approved by the city commission and filed with
723	the city clerk.  The premium on such bond shall be deemed an
724	operating expense of the authority, payable from funds available
725	to it for expenses of operation.
726	(2)  The board shall adopt and promulgate rules governing
727	its procedures and shall hold regular meetings no less often
728	than one a month.  Special meetings may be held when called in
729	the manner provided in the rules of the board.  All meetings of
730	the board shall be open to the public.  Each member of the board
731	shall be paid a salary of $1 per year for services on the board,
732	unless the city commission shall otherwise designate such salary
733	and provide from the general funds of the city for such salary.
734	(3)  Pursuant to notice and an opportunity to be heard, an
735	appointed member of the board may be removed for cause by the
736	city commission.  Any such removal shall be subject to review by
737	the circuit court of the circuit having jurisdiction.
738	Section 7.  The board, subject to the provisions hereof and
739	subject to other applicable provisions of law, shall have all
740	powers customarily vested in the board of directors of a
741	corporation for profit.  It shall exercise supervisory control
742	over the activities of the director and the staff of the
743	authority in carrying out the functions authorized hereby.
744	Section 8.  The board shall have the power to:
745	(1)  Employ engineers, contractors, consultants, attorneys,
746	auditors, agents, employees, and representatives as the board
747	may from time to time determine on such terms and conditions as
748	the board may approve and fix their compensations and duties.
749	(2)  Adopt bylaws, rules, resolutions, and orders
750	prescribing the powers, duties, and functions of the officers of
751	the authority, the conduct of the business of the authority, the
752	maintenance of the records, and the form of all other documents
753	and records of the authority.  The board may adopt
754	administrative rules and regulations with respect to any
755	projects of the authority on such notice and public hearing, if
756	any, as the board may determine.
757	(3)  Maintain an office at such place or places as it may
758	designate.
759	(4)  Execute all contracts and other documents, adopt all
760	proceedings, and perform all acts determined by the board to be
761	necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this act.
762	The board may authorize one or more members of the board to
763	execute contracts and other documents on behalf of the board.
764	(5)  Establish and create such departments, boards, or
765	other agencies as from time to time the board may deem necessary
766	or advisable.
767	(6)  Examine and authorize any officer or agent of the
768	authority to examine the county tax rolls with respect to the
769	assessed valuation of the real and personal property within the
770	downtown area.
771	(7)  Appoint a director and other staff members who shall
772	be employed upon recommendation of the director, prescribe their
773	duties, and fix their compensation which shall be paid from
774	funds available to the authority in the same manner as city
775	employees are paid.
776	(8)  Prepare analyses of economic changes taking place upon
777	the downtown area.
778	(9)  Study and analyze the impact of metropolitan growth
779	upon the downtown area.
780	(10)  Plan and propose within the downtown area
781	improvements of all kinds, including, among other things, the
782	renovation, repair, remodeling, reconstruction, or other changes
783	in existing buildings which may be necessary or appropriate to
784	the execution of any such plan which in the opinion of the board
785	will aid in the economic growth of the downtown area.
786	(11)  Implement any plan of development in the downtown
787	area as shall in its judgment be necessary to carry out its
788	functions, provided it is not inconsistent with the city's
789	general plan.
790	(12)  Make and enter into all contracts necessary or
791	incidental to the exercise of its powers and the performance of
792	its duties.
793	(13)  Establish, operate, lease, license, grant, or convey
794	in the downtown area such public facilities as shall in its
795	opinion be feasible and desirable in the implementation of any
796	plan conceived and executed by the board.  Public facilities
797	shall also include pedestrian malls, historical buildings or
798	monuments, and cultural, educational, and recreational
799	facilities.
800	(14)  Develop long-range plans designed to halt
801	deterioration of downtown property values.
802	(15)  Borrow money at interest on a short-term basis to pay
803	expenses of operation and to issue evidences of indebtedness for
804	such loans.
805	(16)  Retain and fix the compensation of general counsel to
806	advise the board in the proper performance of its duties.  The
807	general counsel shall be a practicing attorney with not less
808	than 10 years' experience in the practice of law in the state.
809	He or she shall represent the authority in all suits of actions
810	brought by or against the authority involving the jurisdiction,
811	power, duties, functions, or activities of the authority under
812	the terms of this act.  At the request of the city, he or she
813	may also represent the city in any such matters in case the city
814	becomes or desires to become a party to such action.
815	(17)  Incur all or part of the expense of any public
816	improvement made by the city, county, state, or Federal
817	Government, or any agency of them, in exercising powers granted
818	to the authority.
819	(18)  Lend, grant, or contribute funds to the city, county,
820	or Federal Government, or any agency of them.
821	(19)  Enter into agreements with the city, county, state,
822	or other public body respecting action to be taken in the
823	exercise of any of the powers granted to the authority or in
824	furtherance of the objectives of the authority.
825	Section 9.  In addition to and not in limitation of the
826	other powers of the authority under law, the authority shall
827	have the following powers:
828	(1)  OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.--To acquire
829	property, real, personal, or mixed, within or without the
830	downtown, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by
831	purchase, gift, devise, or lease, upon such terms and conditions
832	as the board may deem necessary or desirable, and by
833	condemnation, provided the board determines that the use or
834	ownership of such property is necessary in the furtherance of a
835	designated lawful purpose authorized under this law, to acquire
836	title to submerged lands and riparian rights and easements or
837	rights-of-way, with or without restrictions and within or
838	without the limits of the downtown; to make purchase money
839	mortgages and trust deeds and other forms of encumbrance on any
840	property acquired by the authority and to purchase property
841	subject to purchase money mortgages or other encumbrances and to
842	assume such other encumbrances; to mortgage, hold, manage,
843	control, lease, sell, dedicate, grant, or otherwise dispose of
844	the same and of any of the assets and properties of the
845	authority, or any interest therein, including easements and
846	licenses, with or without consideration.
847	(2)  LEASE OF FACILITIES.--Whenever deemed necessary or
848	desirable by the board, to lease as lessor or lessee to or from
849	any person, firm, corporation, association, or body, public or
850	private, any projects of the type that the authority is
851	authorized to undertake and facilities or property of any nature
852	for the use of the authority and to carry out any of the
853	purposes of the authority, subject to limitation of this act.
854	(3)  REVITALIZATION.--To adopt a plan for the development,
855	redevelopment, and revitalization of the downtown, and to modify
856	same, and to undertake and carry out such plan, provided it is
857	not inconsistent with the city's general plan.
858	(4)  AIRPORT FACILITIES.--To own, acquire, construct,
859	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
860	airport facilities of all kinds, including, but not limited to,
861	land fields, hangars, shops, terminals, buildings, and all other
862	facilities necessary or desirable for the landing, taking off,
863	operating, servicing, repairing, and parking of aircraft and
864	helicopters, and the unloading and handling of passengers, mail,
865	express, and freight, together with all necessary appurtenances
866	and equipment and all properties, rights, easements, and
867	franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient
868	by the board in connection therewith.
869	(5)  RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.--To own, acquire, construct,
870	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
871	parks, playgrounds, picnic grounds, camping facilities, golf
872	courses, athletic fields, marinas, piers, wharves, docks,
873	harbors, boating and fishing facilities, swimming pools, bathing
874	beaches and other water recreational facilities, stadiums,
875	auditoriums, civic centers, aquariums, libraries, museums,
876	recreational centers, convention halls and facilities, radio and
877	television transmission and receiving stations, community
878	antenna television systems, and cultural, recreational, and
879	educational buildings, facilities, and projects of all kinds and
880	descriptions.
881	(6)  PARKING FACILITIES.--To own, acquire, construct,
882	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
883	parking facilities, including lots and parking garages, and to
884	install parking meters.
885	(7)  ADVERTISING.--To undertake a program of advertising to
886	the public in promoting the business, facilities, and
887	attractions within the downtown and the projects of the
888	authority and to expend monies and undertake such activities to
889	carry out such advertising and promotional programs as the board
890	from time to time may determine.
891	(8)  TRANSPORTATION.--To own, acquire, construct,
892	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
893	common, private, or contract carriers, buses, vehicles,
894	railroads, monorails, airplanes, helicopters, boats, and other
895	transportation facilities whether now or hereafter invented or
896	developed, including, without limitation, novel and experimental
897	facilities such as moving platforms and sidewalks as may be
898	determined from time to time by the board to be useful or
899	appropriate to meet the transportation requirements of the
900	authority and activities conducted within the downtown and to
901	extend such transportation facilities to areas outside the
902	downtown in order to provide transportation to and from the
903	downtown.
904	(9)  ISSUANCE OF BONDS.--To issue general obligation bonds,
905	revenue bonds, assessment bonds, or any other bonds or
906	obligations authorized by the provisions of this act or any
907	other law or any combination of the foregoing to pay all or part
908	of the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
909	extension, repair, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any
910	project or combination of projects; to provide for any facility,
911	service, or other activity of the authority; and to provide for
912	the retirement or refunding of any bonds or obligations of the
913	authority or for any combination of the foregoing purposes.
914	(10)  OTHER POWERS.--In addition to the other powers
915	specifically provided in this act, the authority shall have the
916	power to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,
917	maintain, extend, and improve such other projects as the board
918	may in its discretion find necessary or desirable to accomplish
919	the purposes of this act and to exercise all powers necessary,
920	convenient, or proper to carry out the purposes of this act.  In
921	connection with any of the projects the authority is authorized
922	to undertake pursuant to the powers and the authorities vested
923	in it by this act, and in order to promote the development and
924	utilization of new concepts, designs, and ideas, the authority
925	shall have the power to examine into, develop, and utilize new
926	concepts, designs, and ideas and to own, acquire, construct,
927	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve such
928	experimental public facilities and services.
929	(11)  ROADS, BRIDGES, LIGHTING, AND RELATED OR SIMILAR
930	FACILITIES.--The authority shall have the right and power to
931	acquire, open, extend, construct, reconstruct, pave, operate,
932	improve, and maintain highways, streets, toll roads and bridges,
933	alleys, sidewalks, promenades, boardwalks, malls, esplanades,
934	bridges, tunnels, interchanges, underpasses, overpasses,
935	causeways, and public thoroughfares of all kinds and
936	descriptions (hereinafter collectively and severally referred to
937	as "public roads") and connections to and extension of any and
938	all existing public roads within the downtown area, deemed
939	necessary or convenient by the board to provide access to and
940	efficient development of the territory within the downtown, and
941	to construct and maintain sidewalks and street lights along
942	public roads in the downtown and toll plaza signs and street
943	signs, provided that nothing in this law shall be construed to
944	give the authority control over city property.
945	(12)  CITY COORDINATION.--No authority plan or project
946	shall be inconsistent with the city general plan or any other
947	city project, franchise, or facility.  In any case of conflict
948	of jurisdiction, power, or function, the city charter shall
949	prevail over this law.  Only the city shall have the right under
950	this law to object to any plan or project of the authority upon
951	the ground of said inconsistency.
952	Section 10.  The board may employ and fix the compensation
953	of the following who, in addition to the general counsel, shall
954	serve at the pleasure of the board:
955	(1)  A director, who shall be a person of good moral
956	character and possessed of a reputation for integrity,
957	responsibility, and business ability.  No member of the board
958	shall be eligible to hold the position of director.  Before
959	entering upon his or her duties of his or her office, the
960	director shall take and subscribe to the oath and furnish bond
961	as required of members of the board.  He or she shall be the
962	chief executive officer of the authority and may be employed on
963	either a full-time or part-time basis, at the board's
964	discretion.  He or she shall not engage in any other business or
965	profession while serving as director unless the board's approval
966	is obtained, but he or she may serve as a director or officer of
967	any civil organization or corporation which has goals or
968	purposes the same as, or similar to, those of the authority.
969	Subject to the approval of the board, and direction by it when
970	necessary, he or she shall have general supervision over and be
971	responsible for the preparation of plans and the performance of
972	the functions of the authority in the manner authorized herein.
973	He or she shall attend all meetings of the board.  In the
974	absence of the director, the board may designate a qualified
975	person to perform the duties of the office as acting director.
976	The director shall furnish the board with such information or
977	reports governing the operation of the authority as the board
978	from time to time may require.
979	(2)  Upon recommendation of the director, such clerical,
980	technical, and professional assistance, including, but not
981	limited to, engineering, planning, economic research, and other
982	fields as shall in the opinion of the board be necessary to
983	provide for the efficient performance of the functions of the
984	board.
985	(3)  A treasurer, who shall keep the financial records of
986	the authority and who, together with the director, shall approve
987	all vouchers for the expenditure of funds of the authority.  He
988	or she shall perform such other duties as may be delegated to
989	him or her by the board.
990	(4)  A secretary, who shall maintain custody of the
991	official seal and of all records, books, documents, or other
992	papers not required to be maintained by the treasurer.  He or
993	she shall attend all meetings of the board and keep a record of
994	all its proceedings.  He or she shall perform such other duties
995	as may be delegated to him or her by the board.
996	Section 11.  The director shall prepare and submit for the
997	approval of the board a budget for the operation of the
998	authority for the next fiscal year.  The budget shall conform to
999	the fiscal year of the city and shall contain the information
1000	required of all city departments.  After approval by the board,
1001	a copy of the budget shall be delivered to the city by the
1002	director with a statement of the millage required therefor as
1003	determined by the board, which millage shall be levied by the
1004	city commission not to exceed the limits fixed by law.  The
1005	operations of the authority shall be financed from any lawful
1006	source, including the following sources:
1007	(1)  Moneys borrowed and to be repaid from other funds
1008	received under the authority of this act.
1009	(2)  Donations and contributions to the authority for the
1010	performance of its functions from any source, public or private.
1011	(3)  Revenues from the rental, operation, or sale of
1012	assets, facilities, and projects of the authority.
1013	(4)  Proceeds of special assessments and an ad valorem tax
1014	of property in the downtown area.
1015	Section 12.  The city commission is authorized to levy an
1016	ad valorem tax on all downtown real and personal property not
1017	exceeding 1 mill on the dollar valuation (as such valuations are
1018	assessed for the general ad valorem roll of the city) of such
1019	property for the purpose of financing the operation of the
1020	authority provided that no tax under this law shall be levied
1021	upon property which is exempt from taxation by general or
1022	constitutional law.  The city tax collector shall transmit funds
1023	so collected to the appropriate officer of the city responsible
1024	for the handling of the public money who shall deposit same in
1025	the city treasury to the credit of the authority.  Such money
1026	shall be used for no purpose other than those purposes
1027	authorized herein and only upon approval of the board, pursuant
1028	to vouchers signed by the director and the treasurer of the
1029	authority.  The funds of the authority shall be secured as other
1030	public funds are secured.  Other moneys received by the
1031	authority shall forthwith be deposited in the city treasury to
1032	the credit of the authority, subject to disbursement as herein
1033	authorized.
1034	Section 13.  The city commission shall have the power to
1035	assess against the funds of the authority, for the use and
1036	benefit of the general fund of the city, a reasonable pro rata
1037	share of such funds for the cost of handling and auditing, which
1038	assessment when made shall be paid annually by the board
1039	pursuant to an appropriate item in the budget.
1040	Section 14.  No board member nor any employee of the board
1041	shall vote or otherwise participate in any matter in which he or
1042	she has a financial interest, either direct or indirect.  Such
1043	indirect financial interest shall not, however, be deemed to
1044	include that indirect financial interest which would accrue to
1045	all members of the board solely by virtue of being lessees or
1046	owners of property in the downtown area, it being the intent
1047	hereof that the prohibition herein shall apply in the event a
1048	specific indirect financial interest accrues to one rather than
1049	to all members.  When such interest shall appear, it shall be
1050	the duty of the board member or employee to make such interest
1051	known and he or she shall thenceforth refrain from voting on or
1052	otherwise participating in the particular transaction involving
1053	such interest.  Willful violation of the provisions hereof shall
1054	constitute malfeasance on the part of the board and shall be
1055	grounds for instant dismissal of any employee.  The board may,
1056	in its rules of procedure, provide for automatic forfeiture of
1057	office by a board member for violation hereof.  Any transaction
1058	involving a conflict of interest, wherein a violation of this
1059	section is involved, may be rendered void at the option of the
1060	board.
1061	Section 15.  On December 31, 2030, this law shall expire
1062	and all assets of the authority shall on or before that date be
1063	transferred by the authority to the city.  Any assets remaining
1064	in the hands of the authority on December 31, 2030, shall
1065	automatically devolve upon and become the property of the city.
1066	In the event there shall be any indebtedness outstanding
1067	against the authority, the city may continue to levy whatever
1068	portion shall be necessary of the tax authorized by this law to
1069	retire such indebtedness.
1070	Section 16.  Bonds.--The board is authorized and empowered
1071	in order to provide for and carry out the work of this act to
1072	raise funds by the issuance of bonds of the same types and in
1073	the same manner with the same power and authority and subject to
1074	the same limitations as is now provided by statute for the
1075	issuance of bonds by the city, provided that the board and its
1076	staff and agents shall perform all of the governmental functions
1077	to be done with regard to the bonds.  The aggregate amount of
1078	the bonded indebtedness shall at no time exceed 15 percent of
1079	the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the downtown
1080	area at the time of issuance.  The term of the bonds may exceed
1081	beyond the life of the authority if the city shall have agreed
1082	to service and pay the bonds after the expiration of the
1083	authority.  In that event, after the authority expires, the city
1084	shall continue to levy and collect the same special tax which is
1085	authorized by this law to be levied and collected for the
1086	authority and use the revenue therefrom for the retirement of
1087	the bonds and expense necessary in connection with servicing the
1088	bonds until the bonds are retired.  Any excess revenue remaining
1089	after retirement of the bonds shall be transferred to the
1090	general revenue fund of the city and such special tax shall not
1091	be levied in any subsequent year.
1092	Section 17.  Eminent domain.--The board shall have the
1093	right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property,
1094	including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem
1095	necessary for the action of the authority or for the performance
1096	of its lawful functions under this act.  Said authority may
1097	exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in
1098	chapters 73 and 74, Florida Statutes, and acts amendatory
1099	thereof or supplementary thereto, or it may exercise the power
1100	of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter
1101	provided by any other statutory provision for the exercise of
1102	the power of eminent domain.  Property already devoted to a
1103	public use may be acquired in like manner. However, no real
1104	property belonging to the state, or any political subdivision
1105	thereof, may be acquired without consent.
1106	Section 18.  (1)  CALLING REFERENDA.--Whenever by law or
1107	for the convenience of administration of the authority a
1108	referendum of electors is needed for the authority, the board
1109	shall pass a resolution calling and providing for a referendum
1110	to be held in the downtown within 3 months after the date of the
1111	resolution.  The resolution shall provide for one or more
1112	polling or voting places.  The board shall cause notice of said
1113	referendum to be given by publishing said notice for 2
1114	consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the city which is
1115	of general circulation in the downtown area.  The first
1116	publication shall occur not more than 42 and not less than 21
1117	days prior to the date of the referendum.  Said notice shall
1118	designate the polling place or places for said referendum.  The
1119	board shall make all necessary arrangements for holding the
1120	referendum and shall declare the result thereof.  The board
1121	shall appoint such inspectors and clerks for each polling place
1122	as it deems necessary.  Form of the ballot at such referendum
1123	shall be determined by the board.
1124	(2)  CANVAS OF RETURNS; CERTIFICATES OF REFERENDUM.--The
1125	result of the voting of each polling place when ascertained
1126	shall be certified by return in duplicate, signed by the clerk
1127	and by the majority of inspectors of referendum and transmitted
1128	to the board at a meeting to be held on a day following the
1129	referendum. At said meeting, the board shall canvas the returns
1130	and the result as shown by such returns shall be by the board
1131	declared to be the result of the referendum.  One copy of the
1132	board's declaration, including a copy of the returns of each
1133	polling place, shall be promptly filed with the city clerk,
1134	together with a copy of proof of publication of the notice of
1135	the referendum.
1136	(3)  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds that the
1137	activities and functions of the authority are essentially public
1138	works and are not concerned with political or governmental
1139	purposes.  For these reasons the authority is denied police
1140	powers.  The right to participate in referenda of the authority
1141	is more of a private or property right than a public or
1142	political right.  It is the purpose of the Legislature to grant
1143	to those who will have to pay the costs of the improvements a
1144	voice commensurate with that cost.
1145	(4)  ELECTORS OF DOWNTOWN, VOTING.--The referendum shall be
1146	conducted with written ballots unless the board by resolution
1147	prescribes the use of voting machines.  At the referendum, the
1148	duly registered owner of each freehold within the downtown shall
1149	represent one share and the owner of each share shall be
1150	entitled to one vote for each $10,000 or fraction thereof of the
1151	nonexempt assessed valuation of the freehold within the
1152	downtown, according to the last certified tax assessment roll of
1153	Broward County at the time of the referendum.  In case record
1154	title to land is in a trustee, the trustee shall be deemed the
1155	owner for the purposes of this law.  Ownership shall not include
1156	reversions, remaindermen, trustees other than persons owning a
1157	freehold estate as of deed of record, or mortgagees, but they
1158	shall be represented by the owner of the freehold estate.  In
1159	case of undivided multiple ownership of any sort, a majority (in
1160	value) of the registered owner may, by written proxy, designate
1161	one person to serve as elector for that share and unless an
1162	elector be so designated by the majority, the vote of that share
1163	shall not be accepted.  In case of ownership by a corporation,
1164	the corporation may, by proxy, designate an elector to vote the
1165	ownership of the corporation.  Electors may vote by proxy in
1166	writing.  An executed copy of each proxy shall be filed with the
1167	clerk by the elector at time of voting under that proxy.
1168	(5)  REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.--The director shall be the
1169	registration officer for the authority and shall register all
1170	persons (including corporations) applying to him or her who are
1171	qualified as full or part owners of a freehold in the downtown
1172	area which is not wholly exempt from taxation.  At the time of
1173	registration the applicant shall exhibit to the director
1174	evidence of ownership satisfactory to the director, including,
1175	in addition, an accurate reference to the official record book
1176	and page or other precise place in the public records of Broward
1177	County, which the evidence of ownership shall have been duly
1178	recorded.  No application for registration shall be accepted
1179	whose evidence of ownership is not recorded in the public
1180	records (including court records) of Broward County.  The board
1181	may designate one or more deputies to be the registration
1182	officer in the absence or illness of the director.  In case of
1183	application for registration for a share or partial undivided
1184	interest in a share already registered in the name of another,
1185	the registration officer, upon being satisfied by the evidence
1186	exhibited that the ownership has been duly transferred to the
1187	new applicant, shall mail a notice of cancellation of
1188	registration to the existing registrant at the address shown on
1189	the official registration record as the address of the
1190	registrant's place of residence (or corporation's principal
1191	place of business) notifying the registrant that the
1192	registration will be canceled unless, within 10 days after the
1193	mailing of such notice, the registrant shall appear in person or
1194	by representative in person before the registration officer and
1195	show by evidence satisfactory to the registration officer that
1196	the registrant still owns all or a part of the share in
1197	question.  If no objection in person is received by the
1198	registration officer within such 10-day period, he or she shall
1199	promptly so notify the new applicant by mail whose registration
1200	will be accepted upon renewal of the application within 10 days
1201	after the mailing of such notice.  In case timely objection is
1202	duly made by the existing registrant, the registration officer
1203	shall determine the true ownership on the basis of the evidence
1204	reasonably available to him or her and reject or accept the
1205	applicant as the circumstances warrant, promptly notifying the
1206	existing registrant of the decision.  No application for change
1207	of registration for any share shall be accepted within 15 days
1208	of the referendum unless accompanied by written consent of the
1209	existing registrant, duly acknowledged in the manner required by
1210	law for instruments recorded in the public records of the
1211	county, and unless applied for before the day of the referendum.
1212	If it shall be made known to the director that an existing
1213	registrant has died or he or she has parted with his or her
1214	title to the downtown, the director shall issue a notice of
1215	cancellation in the same manner as is provided in the case of a
1216	new applicant for an existing registrant and the registration
1217	shall be canceled in the same manner in the absence of
1218	objection, except that the time for objection in such case shall
1219	be 30 days.
1220	(6)  EMPLOYMENT OF OUTSIDE AGENCIES.--The board may pay
1221	reasonable compensation to the Broward County Supervisor of
1222	Elections and the Broward County Property Appraiser for services
1223	rendered to the authority in connection with registration for
1224	and conduct of a referendum.  The board may also employ the
1225	services of an abstract or title company for assistance in
1226	ascertaining the identity of ownership.
1227	Section 19.  The authority may provide for the construction
1228	or reconstruction of assessable improvements and for the levying
1229	of special assessments upon benefited property for the payment
1230	thereof under the provisions of this section.
1231	(1)  The initial proceeding under this section shall be the
1232	passage by the board of a resolution ordering the construction
1233	or reconstruction of such assessable improvements indicating the
1234	location by terminal points, routes, or otherwise, and either
1235	giving a description of the improvements by their material,
1236	nature, character, and size or giving two or more descriptions
1237	with the directions that the material, nature, character, and
1238	size shall be subsequently determined in conformity with one of
1239	such descriptions.  Assessable improvements need not be
1240	continuous and may be in more than one locality or street.  The
1241	resolution ordering any such improvement may give any short and
1242	convenient designation to each improvement ordered thereby, and
1243	the property against which assessments are to be made for the
1244	cost of such improvement may be designated as an assessment
1245	district, followed by a letter or number or name to distinguish
1246	it from the other assessment districts, after which it shall be
1247	sufficient to refer to such improvement and property by such
1248	designation in all proceedings and assessments, except in the
1249	notices required by this section.
1250	(2)  As soon as possible after the passage of such
1251	resolution, the director shall prepare or cause to be prepared
1252	in duplicate plans and specifications for each improvement
1253	ordered thereby and an estimate of the cost thereof.  Such cost
1254	shall include, in addition to the items of cost as defined in
1255	this act, the cost of relaying streets, sidewalks, and other
1256	public facilities or conveniences necessarily torn up or damaged
1257	and the following items of incidental expenses:
1258	(a)  Printing and publishing notices and proceedings.
1259	(b)  Costs of abstracts of title.
1260	(c)  Any other expense necessary or proper in conducting
1261	the proceedings and work provided for in this section, including
1262	the estimated amount of discount, if any, upon the sale of
1263	assessment bonds or any other obligations issued hereunder for
1264	which such special assessments are to be pledged.  If the
1265	resolution shall provide alternative descriptions of material,
1266	nature, character, and size, such estimate shall include an
1267	estimate of the cost of the improvement of each such
1268	description.
1269
1270	The director shall also prepare or cause to be prepared in
1271	duplicate a tentative apportionment of the estimated total cost
1272	of the improvement as between the district and each lot or
1273	parcel of land subject to special assessment under the
1274	resolution, such apportionment to be made in accordance with the
1275	provisions of the resolution and in relation to apportionment of
1276	cost provided herein for the preliminary assessment roll.  Such
1277	tentative apportionment of total estimated cost shall not be
1278	held to limit or restrict the duties of the director in the
1279	preparation of such preliminary assessment roll.  One of the
1280	duplicates of such plans, specifications, and estimates and such
1281	tentative apportionment shall be filed with the board and the
1282	other duplicate shall be retained by the director in his or her
1283	files, all thereof to remain open to public inspection.  In
1284	performing the duties of assessment and apportionment of costs,
1285	the director may employ and utilize such technical consultants
1286	as may be necessary, including, but not limited, to engineers,
1287	architects, planners, economists, and appraisers.
1288	(3)  The board upon the filing with it of such plans,
1289	specifications, estimates, and tentative apportionment of cost
1290	shall publish once in a newspaper or newspapers published or of
1291	general circulation in the downtown a notice stating that at a
1292	meeting of the board on a certain day and hour, not earlier than
1293	15 days from such publication, the board will hear objections of
1294	all interested persons to the confirmation of such resolution,
1295	which notice shall state in brief and general terms a
1296	description of the proposed assessable improvements with the
1297	location thereof, and shall also state that plans,
1298	specifications, estimates, and tentative apportionment of cost
1299	thereof are on file with the board.  The board shall keep a
1300	record in which shall be inscribed, at the request of any
1301	person, firm, or corporation having or claiming to have any
1302	interest in any lot or parcel of land or property, the name and
1303	post office address of such person, firm, or corporation,
1304	together with a brief description or designation of such lot or
1305	parcel, and it shall be the duty of the board to mail a copy of
1306	such notice to such person, firm, or corporation at such address
1307	at least 10 days before the time for the hearing as stated in
1308	such notice, but the failure of the board to keep such record or
1309	so to inscribe any name or address or to mail any such notice
1310	shall not constitute a valid objection to holding the hearing as
1311	provided in this section or to any other action taken under the
1312	authority of this section.
1313	(4)  At the time named in such notice, or to which an
1314	adjournment may be taken by the board, the board shall receive
1315	any objections of interested persons and may then or thereafter
1316	repeal or confirm such resolution with such amendments, if any,
1317	as may be desired by the board and which do not cause any
1318	additional property to be specially assessed.
1319	(5)  All objections to any such resolution on the ground
1320	that it contains items which cannot be properly assessed against
1321	property, or that it is, for any default or defect in the
1322	passage or character of the resolution or the plans or
1323	specifications or estimates, void or voidable in whole or in
1324	part, or that it exceeds the power of the board, shall be made
1325	in writing in person or by attorney, and filed with the board at
1326	or before the time or adjourned time of such hearing.  Any
1327	objections against the making of any assessable improvements not
1328	so made shall be considered waived, and if any objection shall
1329	be made and overruled or shall not be sustained, the
1330	confirmation of the resolution shall be the final adjudication
1331	of the issues presented unless proper steps shall be taken in
1332	the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Circuit to secure relief
1333	within 20 days.
1334	(6)  Whenever any resolution providing for the construction
1335	or reconstruction of assessable improvements and for the levying
1336	of special assessments upon benefited property for the payment
1337	thereof shall have been confirmed, as hereinabove provided, or
1338	at any time thereafter, the board may issue assessment bonds
1339	payable out of such assessments when collected.  Said bonds
1340	shall mature not later than 2 years after the last installment
1341	in which said special assessments may be paid, as provided in
1342	subsection (10), and may bear interest.  Such assessment bonds
1343	shall be executed, shall have such provisions for redemption
1344	prior to maturity, shall be sold in the manner and be subject to
1345	all of the applicable provisions contained in this act for
1346	revenue bonds, except as the same are inconsistent with the
1347	provisions of this section.  The amount of such assessment bonds
1348	for any assessable improvement, after the confirmation of the
1349	initial resolution, shall not exceed 80 percent of the estimated
1350	amount of the cost of such assessable improvements which are to
1351	be specially assessed against the land or property to be
1352	specially benefited thereby, as shown in the estimates of the
1353	director of the authority referred to in subsection (2).  The
1354	amount of such assessment bonds for any assessable improvement
1355	to be issued, after the confirmation of the preliminary
1356	assessment roll provided for in subsection (9), including any
1357	assessment bonds theretofore issued, shall not exceed the amount
1358	of special assessments actually confirmed and levied by the
1359	board as provided in subsection (9). Such assessment bonds shall
1360	be payable from the proceeds of the special assessments levied
1361	for the assessable improvement for which such assessment bonds
1362	are issued, provided, however, that the director may pledge the
1363	full faith and credit of the authority for the payment of the
1364	principal of and interest on such assessment bonds if the
1365	issuance of such assessment bonds shall be approved in the
1366	manner provided by law.
1367	(7)  After the passage of the resolution authorizing the
1368	construction or reconstruction of assessable improvements has
1369	been confirmed as provided in subsection (4), the authority may
1370	proceed with the construction or reconstruction work in
1371	accordance with the provisions of this act.  Promptly after the
1372	completion of the work, the director for the authority, who is
1373	hereby designated as the official of the authority to make
1374	preliminary assessment of benefits from assessable improvements
1375	shall prepare a preliminary assessment roll and file the same
1376	with the board, which roll shall contain the following:
1377	(a)  A description of the lots and parcels of land or
1378	property within the authority which will benefit from such
1379	assessable improvements and the amount of such benefits to each
1380	such lot or parcel of land or property, and the preliminary
1381	assessment.  Such lots and parcels shall include the property of
1382	the county or counties and any school district or other
1383	political subdivision within the authority.  There shall also be
1384	given the name of the owner of record of each lot or parcel
1385	where practicable, and a statement of the method of assessment
1386	used by the director.
1387	(b)  The total cost of the improvement and the amount of
1388	incidental expense.
1389
1390	In making such preliminary assessments, the director may use any
1391	method of determining the amount of special benefits accruing to
1392	each lot or parcel of land or property from such assessable
1393	improvements as shall be approved by the board.  Such special
1394	benefits may be based on an area assessment where benefits from
1395	such assessable improvements are equal or nearly equal for lands
1396	of property in a particular area, front footage, square footage
1397	of structures, cubic measurement of structures, potential uses,
1398	or any other factors which the board deems fair and equitable as
1399	between the different lots or parcels of land or property
1400	benefited.  It shall be the duty of the director in making such
1401	preliminary assessment roll to view all lots or parcels of land
1402	or property to be assessed, and to determine, for the
1403	preliminary assessment roll, the amount of benefit which each
1404	lot or parcel of land or property will receive from such
1405	assessable improvements, under the method or methods prescribed
1406	by the board, or any combination thereof.
1407	(8)  The preliminary roll shall be advisory only and shall
1408	be subject to the action of the board as hereinafter provided.
1409	Upon the filing with the board of the preliminary assessment
1410	roll, the board shall publish at least once in a newspaper or
1411	newspapers published or of general circulation within the
1412	downtown, a notice stating that at a meeting of the board to be
1413	held on a certain day and hour, not less than 15 days from the
1414	date of such publication, which meeting may be a regular,
1415	adjourned, or special meeting, all interested persons may appear
1416	and file written objections to the confirmation of such roll.
1417	Such notice shall state the class of the assessable improvements
1418	and the location thereof by terminal points, route, or
1419	otherwise. The board shall also mail a copy of such notice to
1420	the persons, firms, or corporations referred to in subsection
1421	(3) at least 10 days before the time for the meeting as stated
1422	in such notice, but the failure of the board to mail any such
1423	notice shall not constitute a valid objection to holding such
1424	meeting or to any other action taken under the authority of this
1425	section.
1426	(9)  At the time and place stated in such notice, the board
1427	shall meet and receive the objections in writing of all
1428	interested persons as stated in such notice.  The board may
1429	adjourn the hearing from time to time.  After the completion
1430	thereof the board shall either annul or sustain or modify in
1431	whole or in part the preliminary assessment as indicated on such
1432	roll, either by confirming the preliminary assessment against
1433	any or all lots or parcels described therein or by canceling,
1434	increasing, or reducing the same, according to the special
1435	benefits which the board decides each such lot or parcel has
1436	received or will receive on account of such improvement.  If any
1437	property which may be chargeable under this section shall have
1438	been omitted from the preliminary roll, or if the preliminary
1439	assessment shall not have been made against it, the board may
1440	place on such roll an apportionment to such property.  The board
1441	shall not confirm any assessment in excess of the special
1442	benefits to the property assessed, and the assessments so
1443	confirmed shall be in proportion to the special benefits.  The
1444	assessment so made shall be final and conclusive as to each lot
1445	or parcel assessed unless proper steps be taken within 30 days
1446	in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Circuit to secure
1447	relief.  If the assessment against any property shall be
1448	sustained or reduced or abated by the court, the board shall
1449	note that fact on the assessment roll opposite the description
1450	of the property affected thereby.  The amount of the special
1451	assessment against any lot or parcel which may be reduced or
1452	abated by the court, unless the assessment upon the entire
1453	authority be reduced or abated, or the amount by which such
1454	assessment is so reduced or abated, may by resolution of the
1455	board be made chargeable against the authority at large; or, at
1456	the discretion of the board, a new assessment roll may be
1457	prepared and confirmed in the manner hereinbefore provided for
1458	the preparation and confirmation of the original assessment
1459	roll.
1460	(10)  Any assessment may be paid at the office of the board
1461	within 60 days after the confirmation thereof, without interest.
1462	Thereafter all assessments shall be payable at such times, over
1463	such period of years not exceeding 20 years, and in such annual
1464	or other installments with interest at such rate not exceeding 8
1465	percent per annum on the principal amount of such  assessments
1466	from the expiration of said 60 days, as the board shall
1467	determine by resolution.  The board may provide that any
1468	assessment may be paid at any time before due together with
1469	interest accrued thereon to the date of prepayment, if such
1470	prior payment shall be permitted by the proceedings authorizing
1471	any assessment bonds or other obligations for the payment of
1472	which such special assessments have been pledged.
1473	(11)  All such special assessments shall be collected by
1474	the city tax collector, or by such other officer or agent as the
1475	board may designate, at such time or times as the board shall
1476	specify in the proceedings authorizing or confirming the special
1477	assessments, and if no other time is specified then at the same
1478	time as general city taxes are collected in the city.
1479	(12)  All assessments shall constitute a lien upon the
1480	property so assessed from the date of confirmation of the
1481	resolution ordering the improvement, of the same nature and to
1482	the same extent as the lien for general city taxes falling due
1483	in the same year or years in which such assessment or
1484	installments thereof fall due, and any assessment or installment
1485	not paid when due shall be collectible with such interest and
1486	with a reasonable attorney's fee and costs, but without
1487	penalties, by the authority by proceedings in the Circuit Court
1488	for the Seventeenth Circuit to foreclose the lien of
1489	assessments, as a lien for mortgages is or may be foreclosed
1490	under the laws of the state, provided that any such proceedings
1491	to foreclose shall embrace all installments of principal
1492	remaining unpaid with accrued interest thereon, which
1493	installments shall, by virtue of the institution of such
1494	proceedings, immediately become due and payable.  Nevertheless,
1495	if prior to any sale of the property under decree of foreclosure
1496	in such proceedings, payment be made of the installment or
1497	installments which are shown to be due under the provisions of
1498	the resolution passed pursuant to subsections (9) and (10), and
1499	all costs including interest and attorney's fees, such payment
1500	shall have the effect of restoring the remaining installments to
1501	their original maturities, and the proceedings shall be
1502	dismissed.  It shall be the duty of the authority to enforce the
1503	prompt collection of assessments by the means herein provided,
1504	and such duty may be enforced at the suit of any holder of bonds
1505	issued under this act in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth
1506	Circuit by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings or action.
1507	Not later than 30 days after any installments are due and
1508	payable, it shall be the duty of the board to direct the
1509	attorney or attorneys whom the board shall then designate to
1510	institute action within 2 months after such direction to enforce
1511	the collection of all special assessments for assessable
1512	improvements made under this section and remaining due and
1513	unpaid at the time of such direction.  Such action shall be
1514	prosecuted in a manner and under the conditions in and under
1515	which mortgages are foreclosed under the laws of the state.  It
1516	shall be lawful to join in one action the collection of
1517	assessments against any or all property assessed by virtue of
1518	the same assessment roll unless the court shall deem such
1519	joinder prejudicial to the interests of any defendant.  The
1520	court shall allow a reasonable attorney's fee for the attorney
1521	or attorneys of the authority, and the same shall be collectible
1522	as a part of or in addition to the costs of the action.  At the
1523	sale pursuant to decree in any such action, the authority may be
1524	a purchaser to the same extent as an individual person or
1525	corporation, except that the part of the purchase price
1526	represented by the assessments sued upon and the interest
1527	thereon need not be paid in cash.  Property so acquired by the
1528	authority may be sold or otherwise disposed of, the proceeds of
1529	such disposition to be placed in the fund provided by subsection
1530	(13) of this section, provided, however, that no sale or other
1531	disposition thereof shall be made unless the notice calling for
1532	bids therefor to be received at a stated time and place shall
1533	have been published at least once in a newspaper or newspapers
1534	published or of general circulation in the downtown.
1535	(13)  All assessments and charges made under the provisions
1536	of this section for the payment of all or any part of the cost
1537	of any assessable improvements for which assessment bonds shall
1538	have been issued under the provisions of this law, or which have
1539	been pledged as additional security for any other bonds or
1540	obligations issued under this act, shall be maintained in a
1541	special fund or funds and be used only for the payment of
1542	principal or interest on such assessment bonds or other bonds or
1543	obligations.
1544	(14)  Subject to the terms of any bonds or other obligation
1545	payable from or secured by the assessments provided for herein,
1546	the board may at any time and from time to time modify, in whole
1547	or in part, or revoke any plan or specification for any
1548	assessable improvement.  In connection with the revision of any
1549	such plan or specification, benefits may be reassessed or
1550	additional assessments made in accordance with the provisions
1551	and procedures of this section.  The board may at any time
1552	approve and make effective technical changes and modifications
1553	of any plan for any improvement not affecting the determination
1554	of assessed benefits or the security of bond owners.
1555	Section 20.  Encouragement of private enterprise.--The
1556	authority, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible
1557	in carrying out the provisions of this act, shall afford maximum
1558	opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of said authority
1559	as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the
1560	renewal area by private enterprise.  The authority shall give
1561	consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under
1562	this act, including the approval of renewal plans (consistent
1563	with the general plan of the city), the enforcement of
1564	restrictions, regulations, and agreements relating to the use of
1565	land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements,
1566	the disposition of any property acquired, and the provision of
1567	necessary public improvements.
1568	Section 21.  Workable program.--The authority for the
1569	purposes of this act may cooperate with the city, or with
1570	Broward County, in the formulation of a workable program for
1571	community improvements, utilizing appropriate private and public
1572	resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of
1573	slums and urban blight, to encourage needed urban
1574	rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and
1575	blighted areas, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities
1576	or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably
1577	employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program.
1578	Such workable program may include, without limitation,
1579	provisions for:  the prevention of the spread of blight into
1580	areas of the authority which are free from blight through
1581	diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls
1582	and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slum and
1583	blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing
1584	congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public
1585	improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation, and by
1586	compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or
1587	deteriorating structures; and the clearance and redevelopment of
1588	slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.
1589	Section 22.  Renewal projects and plans.--
1590	(1)  The authority shall not approve a renewal project for
1591	a renewal area unless the board has, by resolution, determined
1592	such area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination
1593	thereof and designated such area as appropriate for a renewal
1594	project.  Said board shall not approve a renewal plan until a
1595	general plan for the downtown has been prepared.  For this
1596	purpose and other authority purposes, authority is hereby vested
1597	in said authority to prepare, to adopt, and to revise from time
1598	to time a general plan for the physical development of the
1599	downtown as a whole (giving due regard to the environs and
1600	metropolitan surroundings), provided, however, that the
1601	Legislature finds that all of the requirements of a general plan
1602	for the physical development of the downtown have been fulfilled
1603	by the Plans and Proposals of either Concepts A or B of the 1967
1604	Fort Lauderdale Central Area Study prepared for the authority by
1605	Victor Gruen, Architect, F.A.I.A.  The authority may revise said
1606	general plan from time to time and may adopt another general
1607	plan.
1608	(2)  The authority may prepare or cause to be prepared a
1609	renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may
1610	submit such a plan to said authority.  Prior to its approval of
1611	a renewal project, the board shall submit such plan to the
1612	planning board of the city for review and recommendations as to
1613	its conformity with the general plan for the development of the
1614	city as a whole.  The planning board shall submit its written
1615	recommendations with respect to the proposed renewal plan to the
1616	authority within 30 days after receipt of the plan for review.
1617	Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning board, or,
1618	if no recommendations are received within said 30 days, then
1619	without such recommendations, said authority may proceed with
1620	the hearing on the proposed renewal project prescribed herein.
1621	No person other than the city shall be entitled to raise the
1622	question of inconsistency of any plan with the general plan of
1623	the city.
1624	(3)  The authority shall hold a public hearing on a renewal
1625	project, after public notice thereof by publication in a
1626	newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation
1627	of the authority.  The notice shall describe the time, date,
1628	place, and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify the
1629	renewal area covered by the plan, and shall outline the general
1630	scope of the renewal project under consideration.
1631	(4)  Following such hearing, the authority may approve a
1632	renewal project if it finds that:
1633	(a)  A feasible method exists for the location of families
1634	who will be displaced from the renewal area in decent, safe, and
1635	sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without
1636	undue hardship to such families.
1637	(b)  The renewal plan conforms to the general plan of the
1638	municipality as a whole.
1639	(c)  The renewal plan will afford maximum opportunity,
1640	consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole,
1641	for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the renewal area by
1642	private enterprise.
1643	(5)  A renewal plan may be modified at any time, provided
1644	that if modified after the lease or sale by the authority of
1645	real property in the renewal project area, such modification may
1646	be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or
1647	successor in interest as the authority may deem advisable and in
1648	any event shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as
1649	a lessee or purchaser, or his or her successor or successors in
1650	interest, may be entitled to assert.
1651	(6)  Upon the approval by the authority of a renewal plan
1652	or of any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall
1653	be deemed to be in full force and effect for the respective
1654	renewal area and the authority may then cause such plan or
1655	modification to be carried out in accordance with its terms.
1656	(7)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act,
1657	where the authority certifies that an area is in need of
1658	redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire,
1659	hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting
1660	which the Governor has certified the need for disaster
1661	assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, or other
1662	federal law, the board may approve a renewal plan and a renewal
1663	project with respect to such area without regard to the
1664	provisions of subsection (4) of this section and the provisions
1665	of this section requiring a general plan for the city and the
1666	public hearing on the renewal project.
1667	Section 23.  Powers.--The authority shall have all the
1668	powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the
1669	purposes and provisions of this act, including the following
1670	powers in addition to others herein granted:
1671	(1)  To undertake and carry out renewal projects within its
1672	area of operation; to make and execute contracts and other
1673	instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
1674	powers under this act; and to disseminate slum clearance and
1675	renewal information.
1676	(2)  To provide or to arrange or contract for the
1677	furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private,
1678	of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public
1679	utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a
1680	renewal project; to install, construct, and reconstruct streets,
1681	utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements;
1682	and to agree to any conditions that it may deem reasonable and
1683	appropriate attached to federal financial assistance and imposed
1684	pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of
1685	prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards,
1686	in the undertaking or carrying out of a renewal project, and to
1687	include in any contract let in connection with such a project
1688	provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem
1689	reasonable and appropriate.
1690	(3)  Within its area of operation, to enter into any
1691	building or property in any renewal area in order to make
1692	inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings, or test borings,
1693	and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of
1694	competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted;
1695	to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest,
1696	devise, eminent domain, or otherwise any real property (or
1697	personal property for its administrative purposes) together with
1698	any improvements thereon; to hold, improve, clear, or prepare
1699	for redevelopment any such property; to dispose of any real
1700	property; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or
1701	personal property or operation of the authority against any
1702	risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any
1703	such insurance; and to enter into any contracts necessary to
1704	effectuate the purposes of this act provided, however, that no
1705	statutory provision with respect to the acquisition, clearance,
1706	or disposition of property by public bodies shall restrict the
1707	authority in the exercise of such functions with respect to a
1708	renewal project, unless the Legislature shall specifically so
1709	state.
1710	(4)  To invest any renewal project funds held in reserves
1711	or sinking funds or any such funds not required for immediate
1712	disbursement, in property or securities in which banks may
1713	legally invest funds subject to their control, and to redeem
1714	such bonds as have been issued pursuant to this act at the
1715	redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds
1716	at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or
1717	purchased to be canceled.
1718	(5)  To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances,
1719	loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial
1720	assistance from the Federal Government, the state, county, city,
1721	or other public body, or from any sources, public or private,
1722	for the purposes of this act, and to give such security as may
1723	lawfully be required and to enter into and carry out contracts
1724	in connection therewith.  The authority may include in any
1725	contract for financial assistance with the Federal Government
1726	for a renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to
1727	federal laws as the authority may deem reasonable and
1728	appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of
1729	this act.
1730	(6)  Within its area of operation, to make or have made all
1731	surveys and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes
1732	of this act and to contract with any person, public or private,
1733	in making and carrying out such plans and to adopt or approve,
1734	modify and amend such plans.  Such plans may include, without
1735	limitation:
1736	(a)  A general plan for the locality as a whole.
1737	(b)  Renewal plans.
1738	(c)  Preliminary plans outlining renewal activities for
1739	neighborhoods to embrace two or more renewal areas.
1740	(d)  Plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or
1741	compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and
1742	improvements.
1743	(e)  Plans for the enforcement of state and local laws,
1744	codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use
1745	and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the
1746	compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of
1747	buildings and improvements.
1748	(f)  Appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and
1749	other plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of
1750	renewal projects.  The authority is authorized to develop, test,
1751	and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations
1752	and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of
1753	slums and blight and to apply for, accept, and utilize grants of
1754	funds from the Federal Government for such purposes.
1755	(7)  To prepare plans for the relocation of persons,
1756	including families, business concerns, and others, displaced by
1757	a renewal project, and to make relocation payments to or with
1758	respect to such persons for moving expenses and losses of
1759	property for which reimbursement or compensation is not
1760	otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed
1761	by the Federal Government.
1762	(8)  To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures
1763	as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and
1764	to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes, subject to
1765	millage limitations of this act and the State Constitution.
1766	(9)  To plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or
1767	other places and to plan or replan any part of the downtown.
1768	(10)  Within its area of operation, to organize,
1769	coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of
1770	this act as they apply to such authority in order that the
1771	objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and preventing
1772	the causes thereof within such authority may be most effectively
1773	promoted and achieved, and to establish such new office or
1774	offices of the authority or to reorganize existing offices in
1775	order to carry out such purpose most effectively.
1776	(11)  To exercise all or any part or combination of powers
1777	herein granted.
1778	Section 24.  Disposal of property in renewal area.-
1779	(1)  The authority may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer
1780	real property or any interest therein acquired by it, and may
1781	enter into contracts with respect thereto, in a renewal area for
1782	residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses
1783	or for public use, or may retain such property or interest for
1784	public use, in accordance with the renewal plan, subject to such
1785	covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants
1786	running with the land, as may be deemed to be necessary or
1787	desirable to assist in preventing the development or spread of
1788	future slums or blighted areas or to otherwise carry out the
1789	purposes of this act, provided that such sale, lease, other
1790	transfer, or retention, and any agreement relating thereto, may
1791	be made only after the approval of the renewal plan by the
1792	board.  The purchasers or lessees and their successors and
1793	assigns shall be obligated to devote such real property only to
1794	the uses specified in the renewal plan, and may be obligated to
1795	comply with such other requirements as the authority may
1796	determine to be in the renewal plan, and may be obligated to
1797	comply with such other requirements as the authority may
1798	determine to be in the public interest, including the obligation
1799	to begin within a reasonable time any improvements on such real
1800	property required by the renewal plan.  Such real property or
1801	interest shall be sold, leased, otherwise transferred, or
1802	retained at not less than its fair value for uses in accordance
1803	with the renewal plan. In determining the fair value of real
1804	property for uses in accordance with the renewal plan, the
1805	authority shall take into account and give consideration to the
1806	uses provided in such plan; the restrictions upon, and the
1807	covenants, conditions, and obligations assumed by, the purchaser
1808	or lessee or by the authority retaining the property; and the
1809	objectives of such plan for the prevention of the recurrence of
1810	a slum or blighted areas. The authority in any instrument of
1811	conveyance to a private purchaser or lessee may provide that
1812	such purchaser or lessee, shall be without power to sell, lease,
1813	or otherwise transfer the real property without the prior
1814	written consent of the authority until he or she has obligated
1815	himself or herself to construct thereon.  Real property acquired
1816	by the authority which, in accordance with the provisions of the
1817	renewal plan, is to be transferred shall be transferred as
1818	rapidly as feasible in the public interest consistent with the
1819	carrying out of the provisions of the renewal plan.  Any
1820	contract for such transfer and the renewal plan (or such part or
1821	parts of such contract or plan as the authority may determine)
1822	may be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
1823	of Broward County.
1824	(2)  The authority may dispose of real property in a
1825	renewal area to private persons only under such reasonable
1826	competitive bidding procedures as it shall prescribe or as
1827	hereinafter provided in this subsection.  The authority may, by
1828	public notice by publication in a newspaper having a general
1829	circulation in the community (30 days prior to the execution of
1830	any contract to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property
1831	and prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance with
1832	respect thereto under the provisions of this section) invite
1833	proposals from and make available all pertinent information to
1834	private redevelopers or any persons interested in undertaking to
1835	redevelop or rehabilitate a renewal area, or any part thereof.
1836	Such notice shall identify the area, or portion thereof, and
1837	shall state that proposals shall be made by those interested
1838	within 30 days after the date of publication of said notice, and
1839	that such further information as is available may be obtained at
1840	such office as shall be designated in said notice.  The
1841	authority shall consider all such redevelopment or
1842	rehabilitation proposals and the financial and legal ability of
1843	the persons making such proposals to carry them out, and may
1844	negotiate with any persons for proposals for the purchase,
1845	lease, or other transfer of any real property acquired by the
1846	authority in the renewal area.  The authority may accept such
1847	proposal as it deems to be in the public interest and in
1848	furtherance of the purposes of this act,  provided that a
1849	notification of intention to accept such proposal shall be filed
1850	with the board not less than 30 days prior to such acceptance.
1851	Thereafter, the authority may execute such contract in
1852	accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) and deliver
1853	deeds, leases, and other instruments and take all steps
1854	necessary to effectuate such contract.
1855	(3)  The authority may temporarily operate and maintain
1856	real property acquired in a renewal area pending the disposition
1857	of the property as authorized in this act, without regard to the
1858	provisions of subsection (1), for such uses and purposes as may
1859	be deemed desirable even though not in conformity with the
1860	renewal plan.
1861	Section 25.  Issuance of bonds.-
1862	(1)  The authority shall have the power to issue bonds from
1863	time to time in its discretion to finance the undertaking of any
1864	renewal project under this act, including without limiting the
1865	generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon
1866	any advances for surveys and plans, and shall also have power to
1867	issue refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of such
1868	bonds previously issued by it.  Such bonds may be made payable
1869	as to bond principal and interest, from the income, proceeds,
1870	revenues, and funds of the authority derived from or held in
1871	connection with its undertaking and carrying out of renewal
1872	projects under this act, provided, however, that payment of such
1873	bonds, both as to principal and interest, may be further secured
1874	by a pledge of any loan, grant, or contribution from the Federal
1875	Government or other source, in aid of any renewal projects of
1876	the authority under this act.
1877	(2)  Bonds issued under this section shall not constitute
1878	an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or
1879	statutory debt limitation or restriction, and shall not be
1880	subject to the provisions of any other law or charter relating
1881	to the authorization, issuance, or sale of bonds.  Bonds issued
1882	under the provisions of this act are declared to be issued for
1883	an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with
1884	interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempted from
1885	all taxes.
1886	(3)  Bonds issued under this section shall be authorized by
1887	resolution or ordinance of the board and may be issued in one or
1888	more series and shall bear such date or dates, be payable upon
1889	demand or mature at such time or times, bear such interest, be
1890	in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either
1891	coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration
1892	privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such
1893	manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or
1894	places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or
1895	without premium), be secured in such manner, and have such other
1896	characteristics as may be provided by such resolution or trust
1897	indenture or mortgage issued pursuant thereto.
1898	(4)  Such bonds may be sold at not less than par at public
1899	sales held after notice published prior to such sale in a
1900	newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation
1901	and in such other medium of publications as the authority may
1902	determine or may be exchanged for other bonds on the basis of
1903	par, provided that such bonds may be sold to the Federal
1904	Government at private sale at not less than par and, in the
1905	event less than all of the authorized principal amount of such
1906	bonds is sold to the Federal Government, the balance may be sold
1907	at private sale at not less than par at an interest cost to the
1908	authority not to exceed the interest cost to the authority of
1909	the portion of the bonds sold to the Federal Government.
1910	(5)  In case any of the public officials of the authority
1911	whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons issued under
1912	this act shall cease to be such officials before the delivery of
1913	such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and
1914	sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had
1915	remained in office until such delivery.  Any provisions of any
1916	law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant
1917	to this act shall be fully negotiable.
1918	(6)  In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the
1919	validity or enforceability of any bond issued under this act or
1920	the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that
1921	it has been issued by the authority in connection with a renewal
1922	project, as herein defined, shall be conclusively deemed to have
1923	been issued for such purpose and such project shall be
1924	conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried
1925	out in accordance with the provisions of this act.
1926	Section 26.  Bonds as legal investments.--All banks, trust
1927	companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and
1928	loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment
1929	companies, and all other persons carrying on a banking or
1930	investment business; all insurance companies, insurance
1931	associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance
1932	business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees,
1933	and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds,
1934	moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control
1935	in any bonds or other obligations issued by the authority
1936	pursuant to this act, provided that such bonds and other
1937	obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer
1938	and the Federal Government in which the issuer agrees to borrow
1939	from the Federal Government and the Federal Government agrees to
1940	lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other
1941	obligations, moneys in an amount which (together with any other
1942	moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on such
1943	bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the principal of
1944	such bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity
1945	thereon, which moneys under the terms of said agreement are
1946	required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of
1947	and the interest on such bonds or other obligations at their
1948	maturity.  Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized
1949	security for all public deposits.  It is the purpose of this
1950	section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and
1951	officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or
1952	controlled by them for the purpose of any such bonds or other
1953	obligations.  Nothing contained in this section with regard to
1954	legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of
1955	any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
1956	Section 27.  Property tax exemption.--
1957	(1)  All property of the authority, including funds, owned
1958	or held by it for the purposes of this act shall be exempt from
1959	levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or
1960	other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall
1961	judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon such
1962	property, provided, however, that the provisions of this section
1963	shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any
1964	remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given
1965	pursuant to this act by the authority on its rents, fees,
1966	grants, or revenues from renewal projects.
1967	(2)  The property of the authority, acquired or held for
1968	the purposes of this act, is declared to be public property used
1969	for essential public and governmental purposes and such property
1970	shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county,
1971	the state, or any political subdivision thereof, provided that
1972	such tax exemption shall terminate when the authority sells,
1973	leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a renewal area
1974	to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to
1975	tax exemption with respect to such property.
1976	Section 28.  Cooperation by public bodies.--
1977	(1)  For the purpose of aiding in the planning,
1978	undertaking, or carrying out of a renewal project located within
1979	the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may,
1980	upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may
1981	determine:
1982	(a)  Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest
1983	in any property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or
1984	privileges therein to the authority.
1985	(b)  Incur the entire expense of any public improvements
1986	made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in
1987	this section.
1988	(c)  Do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in
1989	the planning or carrying out of a renewal plan.
1990	(d)  Lend, grant, or contribute funds to said authority.
1991	(e)  Enter into agreements (which may extend over any
1992	period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the
1993	contrary) with said authority or other public body respecting
1994	action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this
1995	act, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in
1996	connection with a renewal project.
1997	(f)  Cause public buildings and public facilities,
1998	including parks and playgrounds, recreational, community,
1999	educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other
2000	works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake or to be
2001	furnished, furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install,
2002	grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways,
2003	or other places; plan or replan or zone or rezone any part of
2004	the public body or make exceptions from building regulations;
2005	and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to
2006	the authority.
2007
2008	If at any time title to or possession of any renewal project is
2009	held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the
2010	authority, which is authorized by law to engage in the
2011	undertaking, carrying out, or administration of renewal projects
2012	(including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of
2013	America), the provisions of the agreements referred to in this
2014	section shall inure to the benefit of, any may be enforced by,
2015	such public body or governmental agency.
2016	(2)  Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for
2017	in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal,
2018	public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
2019	(3)  For the purpose of aiding in the planning,
2020	undertaking, or carrying out of a renewal project of the
2021	authority hereunder, the city may (in addition to its other
2022	powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it
2023	may determine) do and perform any or all of the actions or
2024	things which, by the provisions of subsection (1), a public body
2025	is authorized to do or perform, including the furnishing of
2026	financial and other assistance.
2027	(4)  For the purposes of this section, or for the purpose
2028	of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a
2029	renewal project of the authority, said authority may in addition
2030	to any other authority to issue bonds pursuant to this act issue
2031	and sell its general obligation bonds. Any bonds issued by the
2032	authority pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner
2033	and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state
2034	for the issuance and authorization of bonds by such authority
2035	for public purposes generally, except as to constitutional
2036	requirements.
2037	Section 29.  Title of purchaser.--Any instrument executed
2038	by the authority and purporting to convey any right, title, or
2039	interest in any property under this act shall be conclusively
2040	presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions
2041	of this act insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide
2042	purchaser, lessee, or transferee of such property is concerned.
2043	Section 30.  Maximum millage.--The maximum millage of the
2044	ad valorem tax authorized to be levied to finance the operation
2045	of the authority may be increased by the board so as to be any
2046	rate not exceeding 10 mills which shall have been approved by
2047	vote of the majority of those voting in a referendum in which
2048	those participating are limited to the electors of the downtown
2049	who at the time of the referendum are owners of freeholds in the
2050	downtown not wholly exempt from taxation and who are then duly
2051	registered for an authority referendum as authorized by this
2052	act.
2053	Section 31.  Severability.--If any section, clause,
2054	sentence, or provision of this act or the application of such
2055	section, clause, sentence, or provision to any person or bodies
2056	or under any circumstances shall be held to be inoperative,
2057	invalid, or unconstitutional, the invalidity of such section,
2058	clause, sentence, or provision shall not be deemed, held, or
2059	taken to affect the validity or constitutionality of any of the
2060	remaining parts of this act, or the application of any of the
2061	provisions of this act to persons, bodies, or in circumstances
2062	other than those as to which it or any part thereof shall have
2063	been inoperative, invalid, or unconstitutional, and it is
2064	intended that this act shall be construed and applied as if any
2065	section, clause, sentence, or provision held inoperative,
2066	invalid, or unconstitutional had not been included in this act.
2067	Section 32.  Liberal construction.--The provisions of this
2068	act shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes and
2069	shall be deemed cumulative, supplemental and alternative
2070	authority for the exercise of the powers provided herein.
2071	Section 33.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
2072	the "Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority Law."
2073	Section 34.  (1)  TRUST FUND; CREATION, DURATION, USE, AND
2074	TERMINATION.--
2075	(a)  There is established a fund to be known as the
2076	Redevelopment Trust Fund of the Downtown Development Authority
2077	of the City of Fort Lauderdale.  In addition to any other funds
2078	available to the authority, funds allocated to and deposited
2079	into said redevelopment trust fund may be used by the authority,
2080	subject to prior approval by the board of trustees and pursuant
2081	to the provisions of this act, to finance or refinance all or
2082	part of the cost of construction or acquisition of any project
2083	now or hereafter undertaken by the authority individually or
2084	with or by any other governmental entity.
2085	(b)  Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the
2086	redevelopment trust fund shall not come into existence until
2087	this act has been approved by an ordinance adopted by the Board
2088	of County Commissioners of Broward County and by an ordinance
2089	adopted by the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale.
2090	Upon the final adoption and passage of such ordinance by the
2091	Board of County Commissioners of Broward County and the City
2092	Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, the redevelopment
2093	trust fund shall thereafter continue in full force and effect in
2094	accordance with all of the terms and provisions this act.
2095	(c)  If the Downtown Development Authority of the City of
2096	Fort Lauderdale ceases to exist, the redevelopment trust fund
2097	shall be dissolved, and all funds previously deposited therein
2098	by a taxing authority together with a pro rata share of any
2099	interest having accrued thereon shall be returned to such taxing
2100	authority, after the indebtedness outstanding against the
2101	authority is retired and any expenses incurred in servicing the
2102	indebtedness is paid, provided, however, that in no event shall
2103	the redevelopment trust fund continue to exist after the payment
2104	in full of such indebtedness and expenses incurred in servicing
2105	the indebtedness.
2106	(d)  The term of bonds issued in accordance with section 16
2107	of this act, for which the development trust fund has been
2108	pledged, may extend beyond the life of the redevelopment trust
2109	fund if the City of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County have
2110	agreed to service and pay such bonds after the expiration of the
2111	fund.  In such an event, after the redevelopment trust fund
2112	expires, the county shall continue to levy and collect the tax
2113	authorized by this law and use the revenue therefrom to retire
2114	the bonds and to pay any expenses necessary for servicing the
2115	bonds until the bonds are retired.  Any excess revenue remaining
2116	after the bonds are retired, together with a pro rata share of
2117	any interest having accrued thereon, shall be returned to the
2118	taxing authorities.
2119	(2)  FUNDING.--The funding of the redevelopment trust fund
2120	shall take place annually commencing with the ad valorem taxes
2121	levied and assessed for the year 1980, or the year in which the
2122	ordinances provided for in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) are
2123	adopted by the County Commission of Broward County and the City
2124	Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, whichever shall occur
2125	last.  The funding of the redevelopment trust fund shall not
2126	exceed that amount equal to the difference between:
2127	(a)  The amount of ad valorem taxes levied each year by or
2128	for all taxing authorities, except school districts and the
2129	authority, on its buildings, fixtures, and other improvements
2130	upon taxable real property contained within the geographic
2131	boundaries of the renewal area; and
2132	(b)  The amount of ad valorem taxes which would have been
2133	produced at the rate upon which the ad valorem taxes are levied
2134	each year or for all taxing authorities, except school districts
2135	and the authority, upon the total of the assessed value of all
2136	building fixtures, and other improvements upon taxable real
2137	property in the renewal area, which building, fixtures, and
2138	improvements appeared and were listed upon the most recent tax
2139	assessment roll used by each taxing authority, except school
2140	districts and the authority, prior to the effective date of this
2141	act.  Taxes levied and assessed on the real property upon which
2142	such buildings, fixtures, and improvements are located shall not
2143	be included in the annual funding calculation of the
2144	redevelopment trust fund.
2145	(3)  ANNUAL APPROPRIATION.--
2146	(a)  For the first 5 years during which the redevelopment
2147	trust fund is in existence, each taxing authority, except school
2148	districts and the authority, shall annually appropriate from any
2149	available funds a sum which is not less in amount than the
2150	increment of ad valorem tax revenues, as defined and determined
2151	in subsection (3) accruing to said taxing authority.
2152	(b)  During each year subsequent to the fifth year of the
2153	existence of the redevelopment trust fund, each taxing
2154	authority, except school districts and the authority, shall, on
2155	a pro rata basis, appropriate to said fund a sum which is no
2156	less than the amount determined by the board to be necessary
2157	during the next fiscal year in order to provide for payment of
2158	any bonds, loans, advances, undertakings, or indebtedness, plus
2159	interest accruing thereon, or any other financial obligation
2160	approved by the board and to the payment of which redevelopment
2161	trust funds have been pledged or committed. The redevelopment
2162	trust fund budget for each fiscal year shall be prepared and
2163	approved by the board and trustees and a copy thereof shall be
2164	furnished to each taxing authority, except school districts, at
2165	least 30 days prior to the first day of such fiscal year.  The
2166	ad valorem tax revenues as defined and determined in subsection
2167	(3) accruing to such authorities.
2168	(c)  The obligation of the taxing authorities, except
2169	school districts and the authority, to make annual
2170	appropriations to the fund shall continue so long as the
2171	authority exists, or until all bonds, loans, advances, and
2172	indebtedness, or interest thereof, incurred by the authority
2173	under this act, and for which redevelopment trust funds have
2174	been pledged have been paid, provided that such obligation shall
2175	be imposed on the annual tax increment calculated in accordance
2176	with subsection (3) is greater than zero.
2177	(4)  BOARD OF TRUSTEES.--
2178	(a)  The redevelopment Trust Fund of the Downtown
2179	Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale shall be
2180	subject to the jurisdiction, administration, and control of a
2181	board of trustees consisting of five members.
2182	(b)   Within 30 days after the board of County
2183	Commissioners of Broward County adopts the ordinance approving
2184	the act, the board of County Commissioners of Broward County
2185	shall appoint two of its members to the board of trustees, the
2186	City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale shall appoint two
2187	members of its commission to the board of trustees, and the
2188	Downtown Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale,
2189	shall appoint one member of the board of trustees.  All
2190	appointments shall be by resolution.  The terms of office of a
2191	member of the board of trustees shall be 1 year from the date of
2192	appointment.  A vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled
2193	for the unexpired portion of the terms by the governing body
2194	which made the original appointment.  A member of the board of
2195	trustees shall continue to serve until his or her successor has
2196	been appointed.  Decisions of the board of trustees shall be
2197	made on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
2198	(c)  The board of trustees shall control, operate, and
2199	administer the Redevelopment Trust Fund of the Downtown
2200	Development Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale as provided
2201	in this section.  No project for which redevelopment trust funds
2202	are to be used shall be undertaken unless first approved by a
2203	resolution of the board of trustees.  Any such project shall be
2204	acquired, constructed, and operated in accordance with the
2205	provisions of such resolution and shall not be conveyed by the
2206	authority to any person unless such conveyance is first approved
2207	by a resolution of the board of trustees.  The board of trustees
2208	may attach such conditions to the approval of such project as
2209	the board of trustees deems necessary.  The authority shall not
2210	pledge funds in the redevelopment trust fund for the payment of
2211	any bond, loan, advance, or indebtedness, unless the authority
2212	has, by a resolution, pledged said funds for the time during
2213	which any such bond, loan, advance, or indebtedness, or any
2214	interest thereon, remains unpaid.
2215	(5)  REVENUE BONDS AND NOTES.--
2216	(a)  Revenue bonds and notes of every issue under this
2217	section shall be payable solely out of revenues deposited in the
2218	authority's development trust fund.  The lien created by such
2219	revenue bonds and notes shall not attach until the revenues
2220	referred to herein are deposited in the authority's
2221	redevelopment trust fund at the times and to the extent that
2222	such revenues accrue.  The holders of such revenue bonds and
2223	notes shall have no right to require or compel the imposition of
2224	any tax or the establishment of any rate of taxation for which
2225	to provide for the payment of such revenue bonds and notes.
2226	(b)  Revenue bonds and notes issued under the provisions of
2227	this section shall not constitute a debt, liability, or
2228	obligation of the authority, Broward County, the City of Fort
2229	Lauderdale, or the state or any political subdivision thereof,
2230	or a pledge of the faith or credit of Broward County, the City
2231	of Fort Lauderdale, or the state or any political subdivision
2232	thereof, but shall be payable solely from the redevelopment
2233	trust fund as provided for in this section.  All such revenue
2234	bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to
2235	the effect that the authority shall not be obligated to pay the
2236	same or the interest thereon except from the redevelopment trust
2237	fund of the authority held for that purpose and that neither the
2238	faith nor credit nor the taxing power of the authority, Broward
2239	County, the City of Fort Lauderdale, or the state or any
2240	political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of
2241	principal or interest on such revenue bonds and notes.
2242	(c)  Revenue bonds and notes issued under the provisions of
2243	this section shall not be included in the computation of any
2244	limitation or the amount of bonded indebtedness which the
2245	authority may incur under other sections of this act.
2246	(6)  REVENUE BONDS, PLEDGE OF REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUNDS AND
2247	BONDS AS LEGAL INVESTMENTS.--Bonds issued under this section
2248	shall be authorized by resolution of the board of trustees.
2249	They may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such
2250	date or dates, be payable upon demand or mature at such time or
2251	times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such
2252	denomination or denominations, be either with or without coupon
2253	or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges,
2254	have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be
2255	payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, be
2256	subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium),
2257	be secured in such manner, and have such other characteristics
2258	as may be provided by such resolution or trust indenture or
2259	mortgage issued pursuant thereto.  Bonds issued under this
2260	section may be sold in such manner, either at public or private
2261	sale, and for such price as the board of trustees may determine
2262	will effectuate the purpose of this section.
2263	Section 4.  If any provision of this act or the application
2264	thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
2265	invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of
2266	the acts which can be given effect without the invalid provision
2267	or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
2268	declared severable.
2269	Section 5.  Chapters 65-1541, 67-1385, 69-1056, 75-371, 80-
2270	501, 85-393, 87-507, 89-431, 92-247, 93-392, and 95-531, Laws of
2271	Florida, are repealed.
2272	Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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