Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SB 1084
       
       
       
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       3-00074A-13                                           20131084__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic
    3         Center Authority, Leon County; abolishing the
    4         authority; repealing chapter 2004-435, Laws of
    5         Florida, relating to the charter of the authority;
    6         designating the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
    7         as the “Donald L. Tucker Civic Center”; providing for
    8         the erection of suitable markers; requiring the
    9         Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the
   10         Department of Business and Professional Regulation to
   11         issue a beverage license to Florida State University
   12         or its designee; transferring all assets and
   13         liabilities of the authority to the university;
   14         providing for applicability; providing an effective
   15         date.
   16  
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Chapter 2004-435, Laws of Florida, is repealed.
   20         Section 2. (1) The Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center at
   21  Florida State University is designated as the “Donald L. Tucker
   22  Civic Center” and shall be referred to as such in all
   23  publications, advertisements, notices, and other such documents
   24  in recognition of the untiring and unselfish efforts of Donald
   25  L. Tucker in his years of service as a representative of the
   26  district encompassing Tallahassee and Leon County and in
   27  recognition and appreciation of the invaluable service he has
   28  provided to his constituency and to the state by his efforts in
   29  bringing about the construction of the civic center complex.
   30         (2) Florida State University is authorized and directed to
   31  erect suitable markers, which shall include a marker over the
   32  main entrance of the civic center, reflecting the name of the
   33  civic center as described in subsection (1).
   34         Section 3. In addition to any licenses that may be issued
   35  under the provisions of the beverage law of the state, the
   36  Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of
   37  Business and Professional Regulation shall issue a special
   38  license or special licenses to qualified applicants consisting
   39  of Florida State University or its designee for use within the
   40  confines of the 20-acre civic center complex located within the
   41  City of Tallahassee and known as the Donald L. Tucker Civic
   42  Center; however, such license issued pursuant to this section
   43  shall only permit the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages for
   44  on-premises consumption or off-premises consumption for events
   45  sponsored through the civic center.
   46         Section 4. The Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
   47  Authority is abolished. All assets and liabilities of the
   48  authority are transferred to Florida State University. The
   49  property and assets of the authority are subject to legal
   50  process for payment of any debts of the authority. After the
   51  payment of all the debts of the authority, the remainder of the
   52  authority’s property and assets shall escheat to Florida State
   53  University. This section does not require Florida State
   54  University to comply with the terms or conditions of any
   55  contract entered into by the authority before the effective date
   56  of this act which has not been expressly assumed by the
   57  university.
   58         Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.