331.316 Rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and charges; procedure for adoption and modification; minimum revenue requirements. - Florida Statutes

331.316 Rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and charges; procedure for adoption and modification; minimum revenue requirements.

   (1) To recover the costs of the spaceport facility or system, Space Florida may prescribe, fix, establish, and collect rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges (hereinafter referred to as “revenues”), and revise the same from time to time, for the facilities and services furnished or to be furnished by Space Florida and the spaceport, including, but not limited to, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly and processing facilities, visitor and tourist facilities, transportation facilities, and parking and other related facilities, and may provide for reasonable penalties against any user or property for any such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges that are delinquent.

   (2) The board may enter into contracts for the use of the projects of Space Florida and for the services and facilities furnished or to be furnished by Space Florida, including, but not limited to, launch services, payload assembly and processing, and other aerospace-related services, for such consideration and on such other terms and conditions as the board may approve. Such contracts, and revenues or service charges received or to be received by Space Florida thereunder, may be pledged as security for any of the bonds of Space Florida.

History. ss. 16, 61, ch. 89-300; ss. 7, 8, ch. 90-192; s. 15, ch. 2006-60; s. 49, ch. 2007-5.