Title: Port of Palm Beach District, Palm Beach County

Summary: Increases commissioner salaries; provides source for compensation; revises approval of foreign trade zones.

Full Text:
An act relating to the Port of Palm Beach District, Palm Beach County; amending chapter-570, Laws of Florida, as amended; increasing commissioner compensation; providing a source for the compensation; prohibiting compensation from coming from certain revenues; revising approval of foreign trade zones; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Secti on of article VI of chapter-570, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter-457, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: ARTICLE VI. ORGANIZATION AND COMPENSATION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.-Section 3. Compensation Salary of commissioners.-The initial salary of each commissioner,regardless of the office that he or she shall hold, shall be $16,000. Thereafter, the salary may be adjusted annually by up to percent by a majority vote of the commission nine thousand five hundred dollars ($9,500) per ann um, payable in monthly installments.These salaries shall be funded from the operating revenues of the port district and may not be funded from ad valorem tax revenues. CS/HB 1437 2016 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section of article VIII of chapter-570, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter-462, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: ARTICLE VIII. GRANT OF POWERS TO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.-Section 1. General powers.-The Port of Palm Beach District by and through its Board of Commissioners, in addition to powers set forth elsewhere herein, shall have full and complete power and authority: (5) The establishment of foreign trade zones.-To exercise complete and exclusive control over the port and harbor facilities within the port district;and to apply to the proper public authorities of the United States of America for the right to establish, operate, and maintain foreign or domestic trade zones inside or outside of or subzones within or without the boundaries of the port district, and to operate and maintain such foreign and domestic trade zones.; provided, However, that such foreign trade zones must shall comply with federal laws and regulations applicable to foreign trade zones,and such foreign trade zones are subject to all local government codes, ordinances, and other laws shall be located within the corporate limits of Palm Beach County; and provided further that the trade zone, if operating, shall maintain trade zone operations within the boundaries of the port district.In the event a trade zone site is established outside the boundaries of the port district, the county government, or, if within an incorporated area, the local municipal government, shall have approved the CS/HB 1437 2016 establishment of the trade zone within its jurisdiction, and such trade zone site shall be subject to such local government's applicable codes and ordinances. In the event the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Palm Beach District approves a grant of the right to operate any portion of a foreign or domestic trade zone to a private ow ner-operator, such grant shall be in writing and shall include the obligation of the owner-operator to provide to and maintain with the Port of Palm Beach District comprehensive general liability insurance with minimum coverage amounts as determined by the Port of Palm Beach District, and indemnity, and hold harmless agreements for any damages, claims, liabilities, losses, fines, demands, and costs which may arise out of the owner-operator's acts or omissions related to such foreign or domestic trade zone. Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.