| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to water management district planning and |
| 3 | budgeting; amending s. 373.089, F.S.; requiring the |
| 4 | governing boards of water management districts to review |
| 5 | lands to which the districts hold title and to make such |
| 6 | lands available for purchase under certain conditions; |
| 7 | requiring local government consent for the sale of certain |
| 8 | lands; amending s. 373.536, F.S.; requiring approval by |
| 9 | the Executive Office of the Governor for the transfer of |
| 10 | funds within a water management district's final adopted |
| 11 | budget; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 373.089, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 373.089 Sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights |
| 18 | in lands.-The governing board of the district may sell lands, or |
| 19 | interests or rights in lands, to which the district has acquired |
| 20 | title or to which it may hereafter acquire title in the |
| 21 | following manner: |
| 22 | (5)(a) Every 5 years, the governing board of the district |
| 23 | shall conduct a review of lands to which the district holds |
| 24 | title and determine which lands are not necessary for water |
| 25 | management or conservation purposes. Such lands shall be made |
| 26 | available for purchase through the surplusing process in this |
| 27 | section if the lands will be reentered onto the ad valorem tax |
| 28 | roll of the county in which the land is located. Lands acquired |
| 29 | with matching funds from a local government may not be made |
| 30 | available for purchase without the consent of the local |
| 31 | government. |
| 32 | (b) In any county having a population of 75,000 or fewer, |
| 33 | or a county having a population of 100,000 or fewer that is |
| 34 | contiguous to a county having a population of 75,000 or fewer, |
| 35 | in which more than 50 percent of the lands within the county |
| 36 | boundary are federal lands and lands titled in the name of the |
| 37 | state, a state agency, a water management district, or a local |
| 38 | government, those lands titled in the name of a water management |
| 39 | district which are not essential or necessary to meet |
| 40 | conservation purposes may, upon request of a public or private |
| 41 | entity, be made available for purchase through the surplusing |
| 42 | process in this section. Priority consideration must be given to |
| 43 | buyers, public or private, who are willing to return the |
| 44 | property to productive use so long as the property can be |
| 45 | reentered onto the county ad valorem tax roll. Property acquired |
| 46 | with matching funds from a local government shall not be made |
| 47 | available for purchase without the consent of the local |
| 48 | government. |
| 49 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 50 | 373.536, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 51 | 373.536 District budget and hearing thereon.- |
| 52 | (4) BUDGET CONTROLS.- |
| 53 | (a) The final adopted budget for the district will |
| 54 | thereupon be the operating and fiscal guide for the district for |
| 55 | the ensuing year; however, if approved by the Executive Office |
| 56 | of the Governor, a transfer transfers of funds may be made |
| 57 | within the budget by action of the governing board at a public |
| 58 | meeting of the governing board. |
| 59 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |