Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 290
       
       
        
       By Senator Ausley
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00418-22                                             2022290__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to surplus state-owned nonconservation
    3         lands; amending s. 253.0341, F.S.; authorizing the
    4         Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
    5         Fund to dispose of surplus nonconservation lands at
    6         specified values under certain circumstances;
    7         authorizing the board to donate such lands to fiscally
    8         constrained counties under certain circumstances;
    9         authorizing the board of trustees to sell or lease
   10         surplus nonconservation lands located in fiscally
   11         constrained counties to private entities under certain
   12         circumstances; providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 253.0341, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         253.0341 Surplus of state-owned lands.—
   19         (1) The board of trustees shall determine which lands, the
   20  title to which is vested in the board, may be surplused.
   21         (a) For all conservation lands, the Acquisition and
   22  Restoration Council shall make a recommendation to the board of
   23  trustees, and the board of trustees shall determine whether the
   24  lands are no longer needed for conservation purposes. If the
   25  board of trustees determines the lands are no longer needed for
   26  conservation purposes, it may dispose of such lands by an
   27  affirmative vote of at least three members. In the case of a
   28  land exchange involving the disposition of conservation lands,
   29  the board of trustees must determine by an affirmative vote of
   30  at least three members that the exchange will result in a net
   31  positive conservation benefit.
   32         (b) For all nonconservation lands, the board of trustees
   33  shall determine whether the lands are no longer needed. If the
   34  board of trustees determines the lands are no longer needed, it
   35  may dispose of such lands at a value:
   36         1. Not less than the sale price, as determined by
   37  subsection (8), if agreed to by an affirmative vote of at least
   38  three members; or
   39         2. Less than the sale price, as determined by subsection
   40  (8), if agreed to by an affirmative vote of four members. The
   41  board may dispose of surplus nonconservation lands for less than
   42  the sale price by:
   43         a. Donating the land to a fiscally constrained county as
   44  described in s. 218.67(1) for a public purpose; or
   45         b. Selling or leasing such lands located in a fiscally
   46  constrained county as described in s. 218.67(1) to a private
   47  entity, if the use of the land is expected to create economic
   48  development or new full-time jobs in such county.
   49         (c) Local government requests for the state to surplus
   50  conservation or nonconservation lands, whether for donation,
   51  purchase, or exchange, shall be expedited throughout the
   52  surplusing process. Property jointly acquired by the state and
   53  other entities may not be surplused without the consent of all
   54  joint owners.
   55         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.