Bill Text: FL S0290 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Surplus State-owned Nonconservation Lands
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs [S0290 Detail]
Download: Florida-2022-S0290-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2022 CS for SB 290 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and Senator Ausley 592-02536-22 2022290c1 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 under 6 certain circumstances; authorizing the board to convey 7 such lands to fiscally constrained counties under 8 certain circumstances; authorizing the board of 9 trustees to sell or lease surplus nonconservation 10 lands located in fiscally constrained counties to 11 private entities under certain circumstances; 12 providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 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 by an affirmative vote of at least 36 three members. 37 (c) Surplus nonconservation lands in fiscally constrained 38 counties do not need to be initially offered for sale by 39 competitive bid pursuant to subsection (9) before acquisition by 40 the county or the private entity. For nonconservation lands 41 located within a fiscally constrained county as described in s. 42 218.67(1), the board of trustees may elect to: 43 1. Convey the nonconservation lands for less than appraised 44 value to the county, if the county will use the nonconservation 45 lands for a public purpose; or 46 2. Sell or lease the nonconservation lands for less than 47 appraised value to a private entity, if the private entity 48 prepares and submits an economic development plan to the board 49 of trustees identifying how its proposed use of the lands will 50 create new full-time employment opportunities or will otherwise 51 promote and enhance economic development in the county. 52 (d) Local government requests for the state to surplus 53 conservation or nonconservation lands, whether for donation, 54 purchase, or exchange, shall be expedited throughout the 55 surplusing process. Property jointly acquired by the state and 56 other entities may not be surplused without the consent of all 57 joint owners. 58 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.