§ 8. [Use of Facilities by Other Entities.]

Notwithstanding any local or general laws to the contrary, the authority shall make its facilities and entire system available for use by the Florida Junior College and the Duval County School Board. The authority shall cooperate with the State Board of Education and the State Apprentice Council and any appropriate professional associations, employers associations or labor unions or trade unions, all for the purpose of developing minimum standards to provide a proper and effective vocational technical facility or facilities which will assure that the purposes of the facilities are attained. This authority will not supplant any vocational education system conducted or operated in the City of Jacksonville.