Senate Bill sb2354
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Florida Senate - 2005 SB 2354
By Senator Lawson
6-1228-05 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to disposition of state land
3 and facilities in the Florida Capitol Center;
4 creating s. 272.1231, F.S.; authorizing the
5 Department of Management Services to determine
6 that certain property in the Capitol Center is
7 not needed for certain purposes; requiring the
8 Division of State Lands of the Department of
9 Environmental Protection to notify certain
10 entities of such determination; authorizing
11 such entities to apply for transfer of or enter
12 into negotiations for such property; providing
13 application requirements; authorizing the
14 division to transfer such property or negotiate
15 for the sale of such property at below
16 appraised value under certain circumstances;
17 requiring a joint agreement between certain
18 entities prior to transfer or sale of such
19 lands or facilities; providing for transfer
20 approval by the Board of Trustees of the
21 Internal Improvement Trust Fund; providing
22 application; providing an effective date.
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. Section 272.1231, Florida Statutes, is
27 created to read:
28 272.1231 Disposition of public lands in the Florida
29 Capitol Center Planning District.--
30 (1) The Department of Management Services may
31 determine that land and facilities located within the Florida
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1 Capitol Center Planning District are no longer needed for use
2 by state government or any agency, board, bureau, or
3 commission of state government. Upon such determination, the
4 Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental
5 Protection shall notify, in writing, the Leon County
6 Commission, the Tallahassee City Commission, the Leon County
7 School Board, the Board of Trustees of Florida State
8 University, the Board of Trustees of Florida Agricultural and
9 Mechanical University, and the Board of Trustees of
10 Tallahassee Community College and shall provide a period of
11 not less than 120 days for such entities to evaluate the land
12 and facilities for use by or ultimate sale to such entities as
13 part of a publicly approved redevelopment plan. If any of such
14 entities desires to enter into negotiations for such property,
15 the entity may file an application with the division not later
16 than 30 days after the expiration of the initial evaluation
17 period. The application shall include, but not be limited to:
18 (a) A description of the use the entity intends to
19 make of the property.
20 (b) Reasonable assurances that the entity can
21 financially provide for the maintenance, upkeep, and use of
22 the property.
23 (c) Covenants and restrictions on the use of the
24 property.
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26 The division shall develop criteria for evaluating any
27 application.
28 (2) The division may transfer land and facilities
29 directly to the applying entity or, notwithstanding any other
30 provision of law, may enter into negotiations that would
31 provide for sale of the land and facilities to such entity at
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1 below appraised value. If no such entity timely applies for a
2 transfer of or enters into negotiations for such property, the
3 provisions of this section shall be satisfied and the land and
4 facilities may be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of
5 chapter 253. Final approval of any transfer or sale of such
6 lands or facilities below appraised value shall be by the
7 Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
8 (3) A sale or transfer of lands or facilities under
9 this section shall occur only pursuant to a joint agreement
10 between all of the entities enumerated in subsection (1).
11 (4) The provisions of this section apply only to lands
12 and facilities within the Florida Capitol Center Planning
13 District and shall control the disposition of such lands and
14 facilities to local government entities notwithstanding the
15 provisions of chapter 253 or other provisions of law
16 regulating the transfer of state lands and facilities.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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