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315.18 – Confidentiality of Certain Records Held by Deepwater Ports.

315.18 Confidentiality of certain records held by deepwater ports.—Any proposal or counterproposal exchanged between a deepwater port listed in s. 311.09(1) and any nongovernmental entity, relating to the sale, use, or lease of land or of port facilities, and any financial records submitted by any nongovernmental entity to such a deepwater port for the purpose of […]

315.15 – Additional and Alternative Method.

315.15 Additional and alternative method.—This law shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by any other law, either general, special or local, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any power […]

315.16 – Liberal Construction.

315.16 Liberal construction.—This law, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. History.—s. 16, ch. 59-411.

315.02 – Definitions.

315.02 Definitions.—As used in this law, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) The term “port district” or the word “district” shall mean any district created by or pursuant to the provisions of any general or special law and authorized to own or operate any port facilities. (2) The term “port authority” or the […]

315.03 – Grant of Powers.

315.03 Grant of powers.—Each unit is hereby authorized and empowered: (1) To acquire, construct, lease, operate and maintain any port facilities either within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the unit, or within or partly within the corporate limits of any other unit on property owned or acquired by it; provided, […]

315.031 – Promoting and Advertising Port Facilities.

315.031 Promoting and advertising port facilities.— (1) Each unit is authorized and empowered: (a) To publicize, advertise and promote the activities and port facilities herein authorized; (b) To make known the advantages, facilities, resources, products, attractions and attributes of the activities and port facilities herein authorized; (c) To create a favorable climate of opinion concerning the activities and port facilities […]

315.04 – Other Consents or Approvals; Use of State Lands.

315.04 Other consents or approvals; use of state lands.—Except as hereinafter provided in this section, and except as provided in s. 315.03(1), the approval or consent of any other political subdivision or public body, agency or instrumentality of the State of Florida, except the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, shall not be […]

315.05 – Port Facilities Bonds.

315.05 Port facilities bonds.— (1) The governing body is authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bonds of a unit for the purpose of paying all or a part of the cost of any one or more port facilities. The bonds of each issue or series shall […]

315.06 – Sources of Payment and Security for Bonds.

315.06 Sources of payment and security for bonds.— (1) The governing body may provide that bonds issued under the provisions of this law shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of any one or more of the following sources: (a) Revenues of any one or more port facilities now owned or hereafter acquired or constructed by […]