HB 1585

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the City of Clearwater, Pinellas
3	County; ratifying certain uses of property granted to the
4	city by the state which were authorized by the city;
5	providing that certain uses of such property are
6	consistent with a grant made by the state; providing for
7	limited private use of certain undeveloped submerged
8	portions of the property if the city determines that the
9	use is consistent with the laws governing the management
10	of sovereignty submerged lands by the Board of Trustees of
11	the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; requiring the city to
12	use revenues from any such limited private use to fund
13	certain water-related activities; providing for a right of
14	reverter in the Board of Trustees of the Internal
15	Improvement Trust Fund; providing that the act does not
16	modify or supersede the city's charter concerning
17	waterfront property owned by the city; providing an
18	effective date.
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20	WHEREAS, the right-of-way for the causeway to Clearwater
21	Beach known as Memorial Causeway and certain adjacent submerged
22	lands was granted to the City of Clearwater under chapter 11050,
23	Laws of Florida, 1925, to be owned and maintained as provided in
24	the 1925 special act, and
25	WHEREAS, the 1925 special act limits the use of property
26	granted to public purposes and uses as specified in the act and
27	provides for reversion of such property to the state in
28	circumstances involving use of the property in a manner that is
29	inconsistent with those specifications, and
30	WHEREAS, chapter 86-345, Laws of Florida, released a
31	portion of the property granted by the 1925 special act from the
32	reverter in order to permit the development and maintenance of a
33	portion of the property as a marine science center as approved
34	by the city commission and electors of the City of Clearwater,
35	and
36	WHEREAS, the property granted by the 1925 special act now
37	consists of uplands and submerged lands adjacent to those
38	uplands, which have been developed for public purposes and uses,
39	plus additional submerged lands that are adjacent to the
40	developed uplands and that remain undeveloped, and
41	WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater wishes to make use of
42	portions of the undeveloped adjacent submerged lands for public
43	purposes and certain limited private uses as specified in this
44	act which are consistent with the laws and rules governing the
45	management of sovereignty submerged lands by the Board of
46	Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, and
47	WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
48	Trust Fund and the City of Clearwater desire that the extent and
49	manner of the use of the adjacent portions of the submerged
50	lands be consistent with the use of other sovereignty submerged
51	lands of the state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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53	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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55	Section 1.  Any use of the property described in chapter
56	11050, Laws of Florida, 1925, and authorized by the City of
57	Clearwater on or before the effective date of this act is
58	ratified notwithstanding whether the use is for a public
59	purpose. In addition, any use of that portion of the property
60	described in chapter 86-345, Laws of Florida, which was
61	undertaken on or before the effective date of this act has been
62	and is consistent with the grant made in that act for the
63	purpose of developing and maintaining a marine science center.
64	Section 2.  The City of Clearwater may authorize private
65	uses of the submerged portions of the property granted under
66	chapter 11050, Laws of Florida, 1925, which uses are in addition
67	to the other uses authorized under that act if the private uses
68	are consistent with the laws and rules governing the management
69	of the sovereignty submerged lands of this state by the Board of
70	Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, including rules
71	of the board concerning private marinas and docking facilities.
72	A dock or mooring facility for a multifamily dwelling or a dock
73	for a single-family dwelling which is consistent with such laws
74	and rules does not violate this act. The City of Clearwater
75	shall use any revenue generated by authorizing any private use
76	of the submerged land to fund water-related activities for the
77	benefit of the public.
78	Section 3.  If the Board of Trustees of the Internal
79	Improvement Trust Fund finds that any use of a portion of the
80	submerged lands granted under chapter 11050, Laws of Florida,
81	1925, which was authorized by the City of Clearwater and not
82	ratified by Section 1 of this act is inconsistent with the laws
83	and rules governing the board's management of the state's
84	sovereignty submerged lands, that portion shall, notwithstanding
85	the 1925 special act, revert to the state to be held and managed
86	by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
87	Section 4.  This act does not modify or supersede any
88	provision of the Charter of the City of Clearwater concerning
89	use of waterfront property that is owned by the City of
90	Clearwater.
91	Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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