HB 0491

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following:
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3	Council/Committee Substitute
4	Remove the entire bill and insert:
5	A bill to be entitled
6	An act relating to the exercise of eminent domain by
7	municipalities; providing legislative intent; authorizing
8	certain municipalities to exercise the power of eminent
9	domain for public school purposes; providing for future
10	expiration; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  The Legislature recognizes that certain
15	counties that have large student populations may have
16	difficulties in obtaining suitable land for the establishment of
17	public schools to serve those student populations. The intent of
18	the Legislature is to authorize municipalities within these
19	counties to exercise the power of eminent domain to aid those
20	counties' school districts in obtaining suitable land to meet
21	the needs of the districts' student population.
22	Section 2.  A municipality located within a county that has
23	a public school student population in grades K-12 of 350,000 or
24	more before December 31, 2006, may exercise the power of eminent
25	domain for the purpose of obtaining lands to be conveyed by the
26	municipality to the school board of the school district within
27	which the municipality is located if the school board of that
28	county requests in writing that the municipality obtain such
29	land for conveyance to the school board and promises to use the
30	land to establish a public school thereon. Fulfilling the
31	purpose of this section is recognized as constituting a valid
32	municipal public purpose. This section expires January 1, 2007.
33	Such expiration does not affect an action in eminent domain
34	which was filed before January 1, 2007.
35	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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