Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 396
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Education; and Senators Bean and Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       581-03182A-14                                          2014396c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the joint use and public access of
    3         public school facilities and joint community projects;
    4         creating s. 768.072, F.S.; authorizing district school
    5         boards to enter into joint-use agreements with a local
    6         government or a private organization or adopt public
    7         access policies; providing criteria for joint-use
    8         agreements; authorizing a district school board to
    9         enter into agreements with a county, municipality, or
   10         Florida College System institution to develop and
   11         operate joint community projects; requiring such
   12         agreements to have certain specifications; requiring
   13         certain provisions to be included in joint-use
   14         agreements for joint community projects, including
   15         indemnification of district school boards and
   16         liability insurance; providing applicability;
   17         providing that s. 1012.467, F.S., does not apply when
   18         there is no school-sponsored or school-related program
   19         or activity in progress; providing an effective date.
   20          
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   23         Section 1. Section 768.072, Florida Statutes, is created to
   24  read:
   25         768.072 Indemnification and liability insurance
   26  requirements for public school property joint-use agreements and
   27  joint community projects.—
   28         (1) A district school board may, at its discretion, enter
   29  into a joint-use agreement with a local government or a private
   30  organization or adopt public access policies to enable public
   31  access to indoor or outdoor recreation and sports facilities on
   32  public school property. A joint-use agreement must specify the
   33  facilities to be used, the dates and times of use, and the terms
   34  and conditions governing use of such facilities; must provide
   35  for the full indemnification of the district school board by the
   36  local government or private organization for any damages arising
   37  from the joint use; and must require the local government or
   38  private organization to maintain liability insurance of at least
   39  $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident to cover the
   40  indemnification.
   41         (a) A district school board may enter into agreements with
   42  a county, municipality, or Florida College System institution to
   43  develop and operate joint community projects. The agreements
   44  must specify how the joint community projects will be developed
   45  and operated, where the projects will be located, that the
   46  operating entity may enter into joint-use agreements pursuant to
   47  this subsection, how public access policies pursuant to this
   48  subsection will be adopted, and any other provisions necessary
   49  to develop and operate the joint community projects.
   50         (b) A joint-use agreement for a joint community project
   51  must specify the facilities to be used, the dates and times of
   52  use, and the terms and conditions governing use of such
   53  facilities; must provide for the full indemnification of the
   54  district school board by the county, municipality, or Florida
   55  College System institution for any damages arising from the
   56  joint use; and must require the county, municipality, or Florida
   57  College System institution to maintain liability insurance of at
   58  least $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident to cover the
   59  indemnification.
   60         (2) This section does not waive sovereign immunity beyond
   61  the limited waiver in s. 768.28.
   62         (3) Section 1012.467 does not apply to the portion of the
   63  property made available pursuant to this section when there is
   64  no school-sponsored or school-related program or activity in
   65  progress. This subsection does not expand the applicability of
   66  s. 1012.467.
   67         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.