Florida Senate - 2011                            (NP)    SB 2206
       
       
       
       By Senator Alexander
       
       
       
       
       17-04950-11                                           20112206__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Sebring Airport Authority,
    3         Highlands County; amending chapter 2005-300, Laws of
    4         Florida; revising powers of the authority; providing
    5         that the authority may acquire, lease as lessee or
    6         lessor, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend,
    7         enlarge, equip, repair, maintain, and operate
    8         commercial and industrial facilities; providing that
    9         the authority may establish, operate, and maintain
   10         foreign-trade zone status under the alternative site
   11         framework in DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry,
   12         Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties and the Cities of
   13         Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay; expanding the
   14         power of the authority to purchase commodities or
   15         contractual services; providing an effective date.
   16  
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18  
   19         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 3, subsections (5) and
   20  (14) of section 6, and section 8 of section 3 of chapter 2005
   21  300, Laws of Florida, are amended, and subsection (15) is added
   22  to section 6 of section 3 of that chapter, to read:
   23         Section 3.
   24         (2) The Sebring Airport Authority is authorized to exercise
   25  its powers over properties in addition to the Sebring Regional
   26  Airport and Industrial Park so long as they are exercised
   27  pursuant to contracts with other governmental entities for the
   28  operation and supervision of other airports, airfields, and
   29  related facilities.
   30         Section 6. The Sebring Airport Authority is hereby
   31  authorized and empowered:
   32         (5) To acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, construct,
   33  reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge, equip, repair, maintain,
   34  and operate any airport and other industrial facilities,
   35  (including tire and automobile testing and racing,) and
   36  commercial and industrial facilities, which may be located on
   37  the property of the authority. Nothing in this act shall exempt
   38  the Sebring Airport Authority from the provisions of chapter
   39  333, Florida Statutes.
   40         (14) To contract with other governmental entities to
   41  operate airports, airfields, and other related facilities and
   42  services, including providing all personnel, tools, equipment,
   43  supervision, and other materials and services required therefor.
   44         (15) To establish, operate, and maintain foreign-trade zone
   45  status under the alternative site framework in DeSoto, Glades,
   46  Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties and the
   47  Cities of Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay.
   48         Section 8. (1) No contract for the construction, repair, or
   49  alteration of any facility or part of the same, or the purchase
   50  of equipment, services, or supplies involving an expenditure of
   51  more than $10,000, shall be awarded by the authority unless the
   52  authority advertises for sealed bids at least once a week for 2
   53  consecutive weeks and such contract is awarded to the lowest
   54  responsible bidder. However, the authority may reject all bids.
   55         (2) The authority may purchase commodities or contractual
   56  services from the purchasing agreements of other special
   57  districts, municipalities, or counties as provided in section
   58  189.4221, Florida Statutes.
   59         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.