§ 25B-26. Property acquisition.

(a)

All real property acquired pursuant to this article shall be acquired in compliance with Miami-Dade County Administrative Order 8-4 and Florida Statute 125.355, and all other applicable laws. Funds disbursed to a Public Agency other than the County in accordance with Section 3 shall be expended by that agency pursuant to an Interlocal agreement with Miami-Dade County.

(b)

For the purposes of this article, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain, the transfer or exchange of property of like value, transfers of development rights or credits, and purchases of development rights and other interests.

(c)

All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to any of the qualified public agencies of this article, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreational, wildlife habitat, natural lands or other purposes for which real property may be acquired or developed pursuant to this article, shall be made in the name of the agency and accepted and received on behalf of the agency pursuant to the applicable administrative order of the County. The grants, gifts, devises or bequests shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified in Section 25B-22 hereof.

(Ord. No. 96-115, § 7, 7-16-96)