Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 584
       
       
       
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       11-00324A-13                                           2013584__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the purchase of land by a
    3         governmental entity; limiting the state, a county, or
    4         a municipality’s ability to purchase land for
    5         conservation purposes; providing criteria; providing
    6         an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. The state may purchase land for conservation
   11  purposes only if:
   12         (1) An accurate inventory, not more than 1 year old, of
   13  government-owned property is made public;
   14         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the state’s annual
   15  budget for the maintenance of existing properties;
   16         (3) An analysis by the state describing the annual cost of
   17  maintenance of the proposed land purchase is completed; and
   18         (4) An equal amount of public property not being held in
   19  conservation is returned or sold at fair market value to the
   20  private sector.
   21         Section 2. A county may purchase land for conservation
   22  purposes only if:
   23         (1) An accurate inventory, not more than 1 year old, of
   24  government-owned property is made public;
   25         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the county’s annual
   26  budget for the maintenance of existing properties;
   27         (3) An analysis by the county describing the annual cost of
   28  maintenance of the proposed land purchase is completed; and
   29         (4) An equal amount of public property not being held in
   30  conservation is returned or sold at fair market value to the
   31  private sector.
   32         Section 3. A municipality may purchase land for
   33  conservation purposes only if:
   34         (1) An accurate inventory not more than 1 year old, of
   35  government-owned property is made public;
   36         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the municipality’s
   37  annual budget for the maintenance of existing properties;
   38         (3) An analysis by the municipality describing the annual
   39  cost of maintenance of the proposed land purchase is completed;
   40  and
   41         (4) An equal amount of public property not being held in
   42  conservation is returned or sold at fair market value to the
   43  private sector.
   44         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.