| 1 | The Local Government Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the Scripps Florida Funding |
| 8 | Corporation; amending section 4 of ch. 2003-420, Laws of |
| 9 | Florida; revising provisions with respect to the right to |
| 10 | provide water and wastewater service to projects that are |
| 11 | part of or ancillary to the biomedical research |
| 12 | institution and campus to be established by the Scripps |
| 13 | Research Institute; providing that such rights are not |
| 14 | exclusive; eliminating authority to assign such rights; |
| 15 | prohibiting the use of eminent domain or other applicable |
| 16 | law to acquire the property of another governmental entity |
| 17 | in order to provide water and wastewater service to the |
| 18 | biomedical research facility to be established by the |
| 19 | Scripps Research Institute; providing an effective date. |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 2003-420, Laws of Florida, |
| 24 | is amended to read: |
| 25 | Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
| 26 | county in which the projects that are part of or ancillary to |
| 27 | the state-of-the-art biomedical research institution and campus |
| 28 | to be established in this state by the grantee under section |
| 29 | 288.955, Florida Statutes, are to be located shall have the |
| 30 | exclusive right, which right may be assigned in whole or in part |
| 31 | by the governing body of the county in its sole discretion, to |
| 32 | provide water and wastewater services to such projects to the |
| 33 | extent deemed necessary by the governing body of the county. The |
| 34 | county may plan, acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge or |
| 35 | extend, operate, and maintain water and wastewater systems and |
| 36 | facilities within or without the boundaries of such projects for |
| 37 | the provision of water and wastewater services. Provided, the |
| 38 | local government or utility service provider shall not be |
| 39 | authorized to use the provisions of chapter 73 or chapter 74, |
| 40 | Florida Statutes, or any other applicable law, to acquire by |
| 41 | eminent domain the property of any other governmental entity in |
| 42 | order to provide water and wastewater service to the biomedical |
| 43 | research facility authorized pursuant to s. 288.955, Florida |
| 44 | Statutes. |
| 45 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |