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...nts (C. 77-475, amendment effective 7/12/77), the competitive bidding requirements remain part of section
125.35, which governs both sales and leases of county real property. Even so, appellees claim that the transaction is exempt from bidding under section
125.39, Florida Statutes, which excludes conveyances for a specific purpose which contain a reversionary clause....
...al effect. Thus, at least as to the twenty-two acres, there was no provision for reversion if the property were not put to the designated use. With no provision for a reverter, the exemption provision of the statutory bidding procedures contained in section 125.39, Florida Statutes, was inapplicable and, appellants claim, the lease was invalid as to that portion of the property since the tract was not necessarily leased to the highest and best bidder. Appellee Dade County also makes the argument that since section 125.39, Florida Statutes, exempts from its competitive bidding requirements conveyances of county lands acquired for a specific purpose and containing a reverter clause, it logically follows that the exemption should also apply where to requi...
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competitive bidding and best interest requirements.13 Section
125.39, Florida Statutes, further creates an exception