HB 1657

CS

CHAMBER ACTION

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27	Florida, are codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as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

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