The Florida Senate

253.7823  Disposition of surplus lands; compensation of counties located within the Cross Florida Canal Navigation District.--

(1)  The department shall identify parcels of former barge canal lands which may be sold or exchanged as needed to repay the counties of the Cross Florida Canal Navigation District any sums due them pursuant to s. 253.783(2)(e). In identifying said surplus lands, the department shall give priority consideration to lands situated outside the greenways' boundaries, those not having high recreation or conservation values, and those having the greatest assessed valuations. Although the department shall immediately begin to identify the parcels of surplus lands to be sold, the department shall offer the lands for sale in a manner designed to maximize the amounts received over a reasonable period of time.

(2)  Disbursements of amounts due the counties shall be made on a semiannual basis and shall be completed before any additional lands or easements may be acquired within the boundaries of the greenways.

(3)  In addition to lands identified for sale to generate funds for repayment of counties pursuant to s. 253.783(2)(e), the department is authorized to sell surplus additional former canal lands if they are determined to be unnecessary to the effective provision of the type of recreational opportunities and conservation activities for which the greenways were created.

(4)  Until repayment to the counties pursuant to s. 253.783(2)(e) has been completed, any agency wishing to use former canal lands must pay the full assessed value of said lands.

History.--s. 51, ch. 93-213; s. 83, ch. 94-356.