The Florida Senate

240.525  State university or branch, Duval County.--

(1)  The State Board of Education is authorized to establish a state university or a branch of an existing state university or state college in Duval County. Said board is directed to have a study made as to the feasibility of such action. The Board of Regents and the State Board of Education are authorized to enter into all contracts necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

(2)  In furtherance of the authority granted under subsection (1), the City of Jacksonville and the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County may cooperate and confer with each other and with the Board of Regents, State Board of Education, or any constituted agency, and with the other counties of the state, in establishing a state university, branch of an existing state university, or state college in Duval County. The City of Jacksonville and said board of county commissioners are authorized to acquire lands and buildings in Duval County, and to donate lands, buildings, or equipment held or acquired by them to the state, and to condemn lands and issue interest-bearing revenue certificates for the purpose of establishing sites for the university, branch of an existing state university, or state college. The acquisition or donation of such lands, buildings, or equipment shall be deemed to be a public purpose.

(3)  The provisions of this act shall be cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or limit any other law, special or general, but shall create additional authority in the State Board of Education, the Board of Regents, the Duval County Commission, and the City of Jacksonville.

History.--ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 65-308; s. 120, ch. 79-222.

Note.--Former s. 239.013.