Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 1348 By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Wise and Gaetz 581-03361-12 20121348c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to eminent domain; amending s. 3 1002.36, F.S.; authorizing the Board of Trustees of 4 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind to 5 exercise the power of eminent domain after receiving 6 approval from the Administration Commission; providing 7 an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section 12 1002.36, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 1002.36 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.— 14 (4) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.— 15 (e) The board of trustees is invested with full power and 16 authority to: 17 1. Appoint a president, faculty, teachers, and other 18 employees and remove the same as in its judgment may be best and 19 fix their compensation. 20 2. Procure professional services, such as medical, mental 21 health, architectural, and engineering. 22 3. Procure legal services without the prior written 23 approval of the Attorney General. 24 4. Determine eligibility of students and procedure for 25 admission. 26 5. Provide for the students of the school necessary 27 bedding, clothing, food, and medical attendance and such other 28 things as may be proper for the health and comfort of the 29 students without cost to their parents, except that the board of 30 trustees may set tuition and other fees for nonresidents. 31 6. Provide for the proper keeping of accounts and records 32 and for budgeting of funds. 33 7. Enter into contracts. 34 8. Sue and be sued. 35 9. Secure public liability insurance. 36 10. Do and perform every other matter or thing requisite to 37 the proper management, maintenance, support, and control of the 38 school at the highest efficiency economically possible, the 39 board of trustees taking into consideration the purposes of the 40 establishment. 41 11. Receive gifts, donations, and bequests of money or 42 property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, from any 43 person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity. However, the 44 board of trustees may not obligate the state to any expenditure 45 or policy that is not specifically authorized by law. If the 46 bill of sale, will, trust indenture, deed, or other legal 47 conveyance specifies terms and conditions concerning the use of 48 such money or property, the board of trustees shall observe such 49 terms and conditions. 50 12. Deposit outside the State Treasury such moneys as are 51 received as gifts, donations, or bequests and may disburse and 52 expend such moneys, upon its own warrant, for the use and 53 benefit of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and its 54 students, as the board of trustees deems to be in the best 55 interest of the school and its students. Such money or property 56 doesshallnot constitute and may notorbe considered a part of 57 any legislative appropriation. 58 13. Sell or convey by bill of sale, deed, or other legal 59 instrument any property, real or personal, received as a gift, 60 donation, or bequest, upon such terms and conditions as the 61 board of trustees deems to be in the best interest of the school 62 and its students. 63 14. Invest such moneys in securities enumerated under s. 64 215.47(1), (2)(c), (3), (4), and (10), and in The Common Fund, 65 an Investment Management Fund exclusively for nonprofit 66 educational institutions. 67 15. After receiving approval from the Administration 68 Commission, exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner 69 provided in chapter 73 or chapter 74. 70 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.