| 13 | 13 | | An act relating to the Boca Raton Airport Authority, 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Palm Beach County; amending chapter 2004 -468, Laws of 3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Florida; providing boundaries; providing definitions; 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | providing that the authority is an independent special 5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | district; providing for title of land to be vested in 6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the authority; revising frequency of meetings; 7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | providing additional powers and duties; providing an 8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | attendance fee for members; providing for budge t 9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | amendments; requiring the Board of Trustees of the 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Internal Improvement Trust Fund to transfer title of 11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | such land to the authority; revising employment of 12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | airport manager; providing that the authority is a 13 |
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| 25 | 25 | | political subdivision of the state for sovereign 14 |
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| 26 | 26 | | immunity purposes; providing an effective date. 15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 2004 -468, Laws of Florida, 19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | is amended to read: 20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1. Short title. —This act may be cited as the "Bo ca 21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Raton Airport Authority Act." 22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 2. Boundaries – The boundaries of the Boca Raton 23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Airport Authority are as follows: 24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 47 | 47 | | A parcel of land lying in a portion of the Southwest 26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | one-quarter (S.W. 1/4) of Section 7, Township 47 27 |
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| 49 | 49 | | South, Range 43 East, and a portion of the Southeast 28 |
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| 50 | 50 | | one-quarter (S.E. 1/4) of Section 12, Township 47 29 |
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| 51 | 51 | | South, Range 42 East, and a portion of the Northeast, 30 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Northwest and Southwest one -quarters of Section 13, 31 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Township 47 South, Range 42 East, of Palm Beach 32 |
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| 54 | 54 | | County, Florida, being m ore particularly described as 33 |
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| 55 | 55 | | follows: 34 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 35 |
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| 57 | 57 | | BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the 36 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Northeast limited access right -of-way line of I-95 as 37 |
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| 59 | 59 | | shown on State Road Department right -of-way map, (Job 38 |
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| 60 | 60 | | No. 93220-2411, Sheet 12a, dated 2/15/71, revised 39 |
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| 61 | 61 | | last, 8/7/72) and the Southerly right -of-way line of 40 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Northwest 40th Street (as shown on the aforementioned 41 |
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| 63 | 63 | | map) with the West line of said Section 7; thence 42 |
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| 64 | 64 | | South 79'44'47" East, along said southerly right -of-43 |
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| 65 | 65 | | way line of Northwest 40th Street, a distance of 44 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 339.10 feet; thence South 84'05'25" East, continuing 45 |
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| 67 | 67 | | along aforementioned right -of-way line, a distance of 46 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 189.77 feet; thence North 87'44'12" East, along said 47 |
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| 69 | 69 | | right-of-way line, a distance of 205.53 feet to a 48 |
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| 70 | 70 | | point on the arc of a circular curve to the left, 49 |
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| 71 | 71 | | whose radius point bears north 04'31'04" East, from 50 |
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| 82 | 82 | | the last described point; thence Easterly, along said 51 |
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| 83 | 83 | | right-of-way line and the arc of said curve, having a 52 |
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| 84 | 84 | | radius of 3869.72 feet, a central angle of 09'52'40" 53 |
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| 85 | 85 | | for an arc distance of 667.14 feet; thence South 54 |
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| 86 | 86 | | 46'03'10" East, along a line perpendicular to the 55 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Northeast Southwest Runway pavement of the Boca Raton 56 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Airport, a distance of 487.41 feet; thence South 57 |
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| 89 | 89 | | 43'56'50" West, along a line parallel with and 300.00 58 |
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| 90 | 90 | | feet Southeasterly of, as measured at right angle s to, 59 |
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| 91 | 91 | | said Northeast Southwest Runway, a distance of 6925.22 60 |
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| 92 | 92 | | feet; thence North 46'03'10" West a Distance of 790.31 61 |
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| 93 | 93 | | feet to a point on the Easterly right -of-way line of 62 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Airport Road as shown on Plat Book 6, Pages 76 & 77 of 63 |
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| 95 | 95 | | the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida; 64 |
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| 96 | 96 | | thence along the aforementioned line, North 14'56'16" 65 |
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| 97 | 97 | | East, a distance of 222.13 feet to a point on the arc 66 |
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| 98 | 98 | | of a non-tangent curve concave to the Southeast, a 67 |
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| 99 | 99 | | radial line of said curve through said point having a 68 |
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| 100 | 100 | | bearing of North 73'44'37 " West; thence Northerly 69 |
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| 101 | 101 | | along the arc of said curve (and said Airport Road 70 |
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| 102 | 102 | | right-of-way) to the right, having a central angle of 71 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 00'09'06" and a radius of 4007.28 feet for an arc 72 |
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| 104 | 104 | | distance of 10.61 feet to a point on a non -tangent 73 |
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| 105 | 105 | | line; thence South 73'45' 19" East, (along the Easterly 74 |
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| 106 | 106 | | line of a 60 foot canal right -of-way as shown on said 75 |
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| 115 | 115 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 117 | 117 | | Plat Book 6, Pages 76 & 77) a distance of 60.00 feet 76 |
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| 118 | 118 | | to a point on the arc of a non -tangent curve concave 77 |
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| 119 | 119 | | to the Southeast; a radial line of said curve through 78 |
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| 120 | 120 | | said point having a bearing of North 73'45'19" West; 79 |
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| 121 | 121 | | thence Northeasterly along the arc of said curve (and 80 |
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| 122 | 122 | | said canal right-of-way line), to the right, having a 81 |
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| 123 | 123 | | central angle of 06'09'31" and a radius of 3947.28 82 |
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| 124 | 124 | | feet for an arc distance of 424.28 feet to a point of 83 |
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| 125 | 125 | | a compound curve of a tangent curve concave to the 84 |
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| 126 | 126 | | Southeast; thence Northeasterly along the arc of said 85 |
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| 127 | 127 | | curve (and said canal right -of-way line) to the right, 86 |
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| 128 | 128 | | an arc distance of 2055.11 feet (said curve having a 87 |
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| 129 | 129 | | radius of 5419.58 feet and a central angle of 88 |
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| 130 | 130 | | 21'43'36") to a point of tangency; thence North 89 |
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| 131 | 131 | | 44'17'32 East, (along said canal right -of-way line) a 90 |
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| 132 | 132 | | distance of 76.85 feet; then North 45'42'28" West, a 91 |
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| 133 | 133 | | distance of 60.00 feet; thence South 44'17'32" West, a 92 |
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| 134 | 134 | | distance of 76.85 feet; thence North 45'42'28 " West, a 93 |
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| 135 | 135 | | distance of 99.74 feet to a point on said I -95 right-94 |
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| 136 | 136 | | of-way line; thence north 44'17'32" East, along said 95 |
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| 137 | 137 | | I-95 right-of-way line, a distance of 3379.17 feet to 96 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the point of beginning. 97 |
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| 148 | 148 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 150 | 150 | | Said lands situate within the City of Boca Raton, Palm 99 |
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| 151 | 151 | | Beach County, Florida, and containing 212.14 acres 100 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (9,240,799 square feet), more or less. 101 |
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| 153 | 153 | | 102 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Section 3.2. Definitions.—As used in this act: 103 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (1) "Airport" means those certain lands described in 104 |
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| 156 | 156 | | section 2 located within the territorial limits of the City of 105 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Boca Raton, together with such interests (real, personal, 106 |
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| 158 | 158 | | tangible, and intangible), necessary for maintenance and 107 |
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| 159 | 159 | | operation of an the state-owned land within the territorial 108 |
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| 160 | 160 | | limits of the City of Boca Raton now known as the Boca Raton 109 |
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| 161 | 161 | | airport. 110 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (2) "Authority" means the Boca Raton Airport Authority. 111 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (3) "Board" means the governing body of the authority. 112 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (4)(3) "City" means the City of Boca Raton. 113 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (5)(4) "City council" means the governing body of the City 114 |
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| 166 | 166 | | of Boca Raton. 115 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (6)(5) "County" means Palm Beach County. 116 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (7)(6) "County commission" means the Board of County 117 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Commissioners of Palm Beach County. 118 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (8) "Facilities" means airport facilities of all kinds, 119 |
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| 171 | 171 | | including, but not limited to, landing fields; runways; 120 |
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| 172 | 172 | | taxiways; fuel farms; self -fueling areas; terminals; towers; 121 |
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| 173 | 173 | | hangars; all facilities necessary or desirable for the landing, 122 |
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| 174 | 174 | | taking off, operating, servicing, repairing, and parking of 123 |
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| 183 | 183 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 185 | 185 | | aircraft; observation areas; buildings; parking facilities; 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | facilities necessary for the unloading and h andling of 125 |
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| 187 | 187 | | passengers and mail (express, and freight); facilities for the 126 |
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| 188 | 188 | | accommodation, convenience, and comfort of passengers and 127 |
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| 189 | 189 | | pilots, together with related transportation facilities; all 128 |
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| 190 | 190 | | areas, buildings, appurtenances, equipment, tangible and 129 |
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| 191 | 191 | | intangible property, and machinery, necessary to support federal 130 |
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| 192 | 192 | | agencies providing services to the airport, its passengers, and 131 |
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| 193 | 193 | | pilots; equipment, improvements, real property, personal 132 |
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| 194 | 194 | | property, tangible and intangible property, and machinery 133 |
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| 195 | 195 | | necessary for the mitigation of noise, environmental, and other 134 |
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| 196 | 196 | | aviation-related impacts; shops; restaurants and catering 135 |
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| 197 | 197 | | facilities; and all necessary appurtenances, machinery, and 136 |
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| 198 | 198 | | equipment, and all lands, properties, rights, easements, 137 |
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| 199 | 199 | | partnerships, intangible property, and franchises relating to 138 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the maintenance and operation of the airport and considered 139 |
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| 201 | 201 | | necessary or convenient by the authority in connection 140 |
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| 202 | 202 | | therewith. Facilities required for the takeoff and landing of 141 |
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| 203 | 203 | | aircraft, including, but not limited to, landing fie lds, 142 |
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| 204 | 204 | | runways, taxiways, fuel farms, self -fueling areas, terminals, 143 |
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| 205 | 205 | | towers, and hangars, as well as facilities necessary or 144 |
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| 206 | 206 | | desirable for operating, servicing, repairing, and parking of 145 |
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| 207 | 207 | | aircraft, shall be limited to the boundaries of the authority, 146 |
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| 208 | 208 | | or adjacent thereto. Facilities related to noise mitigation, and 147 |
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| 209 | 209 | | facilities that are not required for the takeoff and landing of 148 |
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| 218 | 218 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 220 | 220 | | aircraft, or the operating, servicing, repairing, and parking of 149 |
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| 221 | 221 | | aircraft, but which otherwise support airport operations or 150 |
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| 222 | 222 | | assist the airport in remaining self -sustaining consistent with 151 |
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| 223 | 223 | | its federal grant obligations, may be located within the city 152 |
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| 224 | 224 | | limits of the City of Boca Raton, within or without the 153 |
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| 225 | 225 | | boundaries of the authority, but are subject to all city 154 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ordinances, rules, regulati ons, and permit requirements. 155 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (9)(7) "Project" means and includes the acquisition, 156 |
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| 228 | 228 | | improvement, or maintenance of real or personal property within 157 |
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| 229 | 229 | | the boundaries of the Boca Raton Airport. 158 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Section 4.3. Authority; creation and purpose. —There is 159 |
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| 231 | 231 | | hereby created an independent special district organized under 160 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Chapter 189, Florida Statutes, as may be amended from time to 161 |
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| 233 | 233 | | time, which is a body politic and corporate and political 162 |
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| 234 | 234 | | subdivision of the state, to be known as the Boca Raton Airport 163 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Authority. The purpose of the district is to operate the Boca 164 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Raton Airport and to exercise such other exercise by the 165 |
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| 237 | 237 | | authority of the powers conferred upon it by this act , which 166 |
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| 238 | 238 | | shall will be deemed to be for an essential and proper public 167 |
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| 239 | 239 | | purpose. 168 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Section 5.4. Membership; terms of office; officers; 169 |
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| 241 | 241 | | quorum; meetings; removal. — 170 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (1) The authority shall consist of seven members. As a 171 |
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| 243 | 243 | | condition of eligibility for appointment and to hold office, 172 |
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| 244 | 244 | | five members must reside within the municipality, and two 173 |
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| 254 | 254 | | |
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| 255 | 255 | | members must reside within the Greater Boca Raton Reserve Area, 174 |
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| 256 | 256 | | as defined in chapter 67 -1112, Laws of Florida. Of the five 175 |
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| 257 | 257 | | municipal residents, three must reside east of the airport, one 176 |
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| 258 | 258 | | must reside west of the airport, and one may reside anywhere in 177 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the municipality. 178 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (2) The county commission shall appoint two members, each 179 |
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| 261 | 261 | | of whom must reside within the Greater Boca Raton Reserve Area. 180 |
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| 262 | 262 | | The city council shall appoint the five members who must reside 181 |
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| 263 | 263 | | within the limits of the municipality as specified in subsection 182 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (1). 183 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (3) The term of office for each member shall be 2 years. 184 |
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| 266 | 266 | | Each term shall expire on June 1 in the year of expiration of 185 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the term. The county members' terms shall expire in odd years 186 |
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| 268 | 268 | | and the other members' terms shall expire in even years. 187 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (4) A chair, vice chair, and secretary shall be chosen by 188 |
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| 270 | 270 | | and from the authority membership. The term of office for the 189 |
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| 271 | 271 | | chair, vice chair, and secretary shall be 1 year, and no member 190 |
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| 272 | 272 | | shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms. 191 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (5) A quorum shall c onsist of four members, but the 192 |
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| 274 | 274 | | affirmative vote of not less than four members shall be 193 |
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| 275 | 275 | | necessary to take any action except to adjourn. 194 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (6) The authority shall meet r egularly, but no fewer than 195 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ten times per calendar year, at least once each month at such 196 |
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| 278 | 278 | | times and places within the city as shall be determined by the 197 |
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| 279 | 279 | | authority. 198 |
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| 288 | 288 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 289 | 289 | | |
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| 290 | 290 | | (7) Any member may be removed by the commission or council 199 |
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| 291 | 291 | | which appointed that member, but only for grounds constituting 200 |
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| 292 | 292 | | misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or upon 201 |
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| 293 | 293 | | conviction of any crime. The unexcused failure to attend three 202 |
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| 294 | 294 | | consecutive regular meetings of the authority shall be deemed 203 |
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| 295 | 295 | | nonfeasance, without limiting the meaning of that term. The 204 |
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| 296 | 296 | | board may approve a procedure for determining excused absences, 205 |
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| 297 | 297 | | consistent with general law. 206 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (8) Vacancies in office shall be filled by the appropriate 207 |
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| 299 | 299 | | appointing entity for the balance of the term. Each appointment 208 |
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| 300 | 300 | | to fill a vacancy shall be made from a list of nominees 209 |
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| 301 | 301 | | furnished by the entity which nominated the memb er who held the 210 |
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| 302 | 302 | | office. In such cases, the list of nominees shall be filed not 211 |
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| 303 | 303 | | later than 30 days after notice of the vacancy has been given to 212 |
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| 304 | 304 | | the nominating entity. 213 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Section 6.5. Powers and duties.—The authority shall have 214 |
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| 306 | 306 | | jurisdiction over the operat ion and maintenance of and 215 |
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| 307 | 307 | | improvements to the Boca Raton Airport. The authority shall have 216 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the following specific powers and duties , all of which shall be 217 |
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| 309 | 309 | | exercised in compliance with general law, and shall be 218 |
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| 310 | 310 | | consistent with local, state, and federal law and the City and 219 |
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| 311 | 311 | | County's goals and objectives and, to the extent applicable, 220 |
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| 312 | 312 | | consistent with the location of uses set forth in the definition 221 |
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| 313 | 313 | | of facilities: 222 |
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| 322 | 322 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 323 | 323 | | |
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| 324 | 324 | | (1) To enter into contracts and to sue and be sued in its 223 |
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| 325 | 325 | | own name. 224 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (2) To acquire all property, real or and personal, 225 |
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| 327 | 327 | | tangible or intangible, or any estate or interest therein, upon 226 |
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| 328 | 328 | | such terms and conditions as the authority by resolution shall 227 |
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| 329 | 329 | | fix and determine property. 228 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (3) To solicit business and promote commerce at the 229 |
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| 331 | 331 | | airport or any airport facility. 230 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (4) To make application for, contract with, receive and 231 |
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| 333 | 333 | | accept from any federal, state, or local agency, grants and 232 |
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| 334 | 334 | | assistance of any kind for, or in aid of, the construction, 233 |
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| 335 | 335 | | improvement or operation of any facility and operation of th e 234 |
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| 336 | 336 | | authority; and to receive and accept contributions from any 235 |
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| 337 | 337 | | source of either money, property, labor, or other things of 236 |
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| 338 | 338 | | value for any lawful purpose. 237 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (5) To select and appoint airport counsel, who shall serve 238 |
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| 340 | 340 | | at the pleasure of and be responsible to th e Board. 239 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (6) To select and appoint agents and consultants, 240 |
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| 342 | 342 | | including without limitation, surveyors, contractors, engineers, 241 |
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| 343 | 343 | | planners, designers, auditors, and architects, who shall work 242 |
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| 344 | 344 | | under the supervision of the airport manager, and to fix their 243 |
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| 345 | 345 | | compensation. 244 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (7) To employ and appoint personnel to provide security, 245 |
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| 347 | 347 | | fire suppression, and enforcement services. 246 |
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| 356 | 356 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 357 | 357 | | |
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| 358 | 358 | | (8) To develop a written investment plan, and to invest 247 |
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| 359 | 359 | | and reinvest surplus public funds in the authority's possession 248 |
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| 360 | 360 | | and control. 249 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (9)(3) Consistent with the regulations of the FAA, to let 250 |
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| 362 | 362 | | or lease the airport or any portion of the airport, including 251 |
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| 363 | 363 | | the buildings and hangars thereon ; to let or lease any facility 252 |
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| 364 | 364 | | within the authority's control; to fix the rate of any lease or 253 |
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| 365 | 365 | | sublease of any portion of the airport or facility; , and to 254 |
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| 366 | 366 | | grant concessions upon such terms and conditions as it shall 255 |
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| 367 | 367 | | deem proper. 256 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (10) To make or cause to be made such surveys, 257 |
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| 369 | 369 | | investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings, and 258 |
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| 370 | 370 | | estimates of cost and reven ues as it may deem necessary; and 259 |
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| 371 | 371 | | may prepare and adopt a plan or plans, for the location, 260 |
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| 372 | 372 | | construction, and development of any facility. 261 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (11)(4) To employ necessary personnel, including an 262 |
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| 374 | 374 | | airport manager, whose duties and salaries shall be prescribed 263 |
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| 375 | 375 | | by the authority. 264 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (12)(5) To accept revenues from the operation of the 265 |
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| 377 | 377 | | airport and to accept gifts, grants, and other revenues; but the 266 |
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| 378 | 378 | | authority shall not have the power to levy or collect ad valorem 267 |
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| 379 | 379 | | taxes. 268 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (13)(6) To prepare and adopt a budget annuall y, and to 269 |
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| 381 | 381 | | amend it during the fiscal year. 270 |
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| 390 | 390 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 392 | 392 | | (14) To adopt by-laws that shall, at a minimum, govern the 271 |
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| 393 | 393 | | procedures for the conduct of the authority's meetings. 272 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (15) To prepare and adopt annual financial reports, and 273 |
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| 395 | 395 | | financial audit reports. 274 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (16)(7) To adopt rules for the regulation of its affairs 275 |
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| 397 | 397 | | and the conduct of its business, and rules for the operation of 276 |
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| 398 | 398 | | the airport and aircraft, including, but not limited to, safety 277 |
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| 399 | 399 | | and noise abatement rules, and to enforce and administer all 278 |
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| 400 | 400 | | such rules. 279 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (17)(8) To adopt and alter an official seal. 280 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (18)(9) To maintain an office within the city. 281 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (19)(10) To construct; acquire through purchase and sale, 282 |
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| 404 | 404 | | lease, grant, gift, devise, exchange, or transfer of any kind; , 283 |
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| 405 | 405 | | reconstruct, improve, equip, repair, maintain , establish, 284 |
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| 406 | 406 | | extend, alter, expand, develop, and operate any facility the 285 |
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| 407 | 407 | | airport and such buildings, structures, roads, alleyways, and 286 |
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| 408 | 408 | | any other development of land as the authority shall determine 287 |
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| 409 | 409 | | to be necessary and proper in the performance of the duti es and 288 |
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| 410 | 410 | | purposes of this act, within the boundaries of the airport . 289 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (20) To borrow money, incur debt, and issue bonds, notes 290 |
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| 412 | 412 | | including bond anticipation notes, certificates, or any other 291 |
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| 413 | 413 | | instruments of indebtedness that promotes, enhances, or 292 |
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| 414 | 414 | | otherwise furthers the purposes of the authority, including, but 293 |
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| 415 | 415 | | not limited to, financing the cost of any facility, capitalizing 294 |
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| 416 | 416 | | interest, funding any reserves, refunding or refinancing any 295 |
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| 427 | 427 | | existing indebtedness, and paying costs and expenses associated 296 |
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| 428 | 428 | | with such indebtedness. Any such indebtedness may be secured by 297 |
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| 429 | 429 | | any revenue source or in any manner. Bonds shall be approved by 298 |
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| 430 | 430 | | resolution. 299 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (21) To fix, regulate, and collect rates, fees, and 300 |
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| 432 | 432 | | charges for the services and facilities furnished by any 301 |
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| 433 | 433 | | facility under its control; to establish, limit, and control the 302 |
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| 434 | 434 | | use of any facility as may be deemed necessary to ensure its 303 |
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| 435 | 435 | | proper operation, and to adopt rules, regulations, and minimum 304 |
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| 436 | 436 | | standards to impose such limits or controls; and to impose 305 |
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| 437 | 437 | | sanctions to promote and e nforce compliance with any rule or 306 |
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| 438 | 438 | | regulation which the authority may adopt in the regulation of 307 |
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| 439 | 439 | | the facilities under its control. 308 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (22) To provide for the manual execution of any instrument 309 |
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| 441 | 441 | | on behalf of the authority by the signature of the chairperson 310 |
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| 442 | 442 | | or vice chairperson of the authority and attested by the 311 |
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| 443 | 443 | | secretary-treasurer or, if delegated by the members to do so, 312 |
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| 444 | 444 | | the executive director or any other authority personnel to whom 313 |
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| 445 | 445 | | authority has been delegated, or by their facsimile signature in 314 |
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| 446 | 446 | | accordance with the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public 315 |
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| 447 | 447 | | Officials Act. 316 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (23) Maintain a website and post thereon such notices, 317 |
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| 449 | 449 | | reports, and information as the authority is either required to 318 |
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| 450 | 450 | | or deems appropriate to post. 319 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (24) To engage in public private part nerships, pursuant to 320 |
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| 462 | 462 | | s. 255.065, Florida Statutes, as may be amended, as well as 321 |
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| 463 | 463 | | interlocal agreements, pursuant to s. 163.01, Florida Statutes, 322 |
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| 464 | 464 | | as may be amended, and other such joint partnerships. 323 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (25) To take all such acts and exercise all such power s 324 |
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| 466 | 466 | | required of independent special districts for compliance with 325 |
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| 467 | 467 | | chapter 189, Florida Statutes, as may be amended from time to 326 |
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| 468 | 468 | | time. 327 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (11) To issue revenue bonds or refunding bonds of the 328 |
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| 470 | 470 | | authority to pay the cost of such acquisition, construction, 329 |
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| 471 | 471 | | reconstruction, improvement, or equipment. 330 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (12) To fix and revise from time to time and to collect 331 |
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| 473 | 473 | | rates, fees, and other charges for the use of or for the 332 |
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| 474 | 474 | | services and facilities furnished by or at the airport. 333 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (13) To do all acts and things necessary or con venient to 334 |
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| 476 | 476 | | carry out the purposes of the authority. 335 |
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| 477 | 477 | | Section 7.6. Attendance fee Compensation and travel 336 |
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| 478 | 478 | | expenses.—The members shall receive no salary or other 337 |
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| 479 | 479 | | compensation for their services as members of the authority 338 |
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| 480 | 480 | | except a fee of $250 $100 for attending each regular monthly 339 |
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| 481 | 481 | | meeting of the authority. Such fee Compensation of members shall 340 |
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| 482 | 482 | | be limited to $3,000 $1,200 per member per annum. The authority 341 |
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| 483 | 483 | | shall also have authority to pay reasonable costs and expenses 342 |
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| 484 | 484 | | necessarily incurred by the members in performance of their 343 |
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| 495 | 495 | | duties. The rate for travel expenses shall not exceed the rate 344 |
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| 496 | 496 | | for state employees. 345 |
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| 497 | 497 | | Section 8.7. Budget.—The authority shall during each 346 |
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| 498 | 498 | | fiscal year prepare and adopt an annual budget for such revenue 347 |
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| 499 | 499 | | and expense accounts as the authority shall prescribe for its 348 |
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| 500 | 500 | | operations in the ensuing fiscal year. The fiscal year of the 349 |
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| 501 | 501 | | authority shall be the same as that of the city. The budget 350 |
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| 502 | 502 | | shall include all estimated revenues and all estimated 351 |
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| 503 | 503 | | expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. The budget may be 352 |
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| 504 | 504 | | amended throughout the fiscal year by resolution of the 353 |
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| 505 | 505 | | authority. 354 |
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| 506 | 506 | | Section 9.8. Airport manager.—The authority shall employ 355 |
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| 507 | 507 | | an aviation-experienced airport manager , who may be referred to 356 |
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| 508 | 508 | | as the executive director at the authori ty's discretion, to 357 |
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| 509 | 509 | | administer all airport operations and to supervise all airport 358 |
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| 510 | 510 | | projects. The decision to employ or terminate the employment of 359 |
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| 511 | 511 | | the airport manager shall require the two-thirds four-fifths 360 |
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| 512 | 512 | | vote of the members of the authority with at least one majority 361 |
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| 513 | 513 | | vote made by a county appointee. The members shall not interfere 362 |
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| 514 | 514 | | with the day-to-day administration of the airport by the airport 363 |
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| 515 | 515 | | manager or with staff and consultants who are subject to the 364 |
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| 516 | 516 | | airport manager's supervision . 365 |
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| 517 | 517 | | Section 10.9. Relationship between the authority, city, 366 |
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| 518 | 518 | | county, and state.—The authority shall have the power and 367 |
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| 519 | 519 | | responsibility to operate the airport in a manner consistent 368 |
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| 530 | 530 | | with applicable federal and state law and the objectives of the 369 |
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| 531 | 531 | | county and the city. The author ity shall comply with appropriate 370 |
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| 532 | 532 | | police powers of the county or of the city respecting the 371 |
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| 533 | 533 | | operation and development of an airport. Applicable building 372 |
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| 534 | 534 | | codes of the city shall apply to all construction upon the 373 |
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| 535 | 535 | | airport, except to the extent that different state or federal 374 |
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| 536 | 536 | | requirements are expressly applicable, and except to the extent 375 |
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| 537 | 537 | | that the authority or the airport has been made exempt from any 376 |
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| 538 | 538 | | requirement of the city by state or federal law. To the extent 377 |
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| 539 | 539 | | not inconsistent with general law, all construction upon the 378 |
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| 540 | 540 | | airport shall be subject to inspection by the city on behalf of 379 |
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| 541 | 541 | | the state, and the city inspectors may ensure insure compliance 380 |
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| 542 | 542 | | with applicable state regulations for such construction in 381 |
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| 543 | 543 | | addition to applicable city regulations. 382 |
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| 544 | 544 | | Section 11.10. Title to airport land. —The title to the 383 |
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| 545 | 545 | | land comprising the Boca Raton Airport , as set forth in section 384 |
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| 546 | 546 | | 2, shall continue to be vested in the authority. The Board of 385 |
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| 547 | 547 | | Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state 386 |
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| 548 | 548 | | shall take all actions n ecessary to transfer title of the land 387 |
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| 549 | 549 | | within the boundaries of the Boca Raton Airport to the 388 |
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| 550 | 550 | | authority. The airport is leased to the authority by the Board 389 |
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| 551 | 551 | | of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. Nothing in 390 |
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| 552 | 552 | | this act shall be construed to impai r the obligations of any 391 |
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| 553 | 553 | | agreement between the state or any of its agencies and the fixed 392 |
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