Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 620
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/20/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 52
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (14) is added to section 70.001,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         70.001 Private property rights protection.—
    8         (14) Before designating real property as a historic
    9  resource, historic landmark, or part of a historic district, or
   10  placing real property under a similar designation, a local
   11  government must read a statement in a public meeting outlining
   12  each affected property owner’s rights under the Bert J. Harris,
   13  Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act and provide a copy
   14  of such statement to each affected property owner or registered
   15  agent by certified mail at least 30 days before the local
   16  government makes such designation. The statement must include,
   17  but is not limited to, notice to the property owner that:
   18         (a) The proposed law or regulation may impact the property
   19  owner’s existing property rights;
   20         (b) The Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights
   21  Protection Act provides relief for property owners whose
   22  property rights have been burdened by the actions of a local
   23  government;
   24         (c) Such relief may include compensation for the actual
   25  loss to the fair market value of the real property caused by
   26  such action; and
   27         (d) The property owner may have only 1 year after a law or
   28  regulation is first applied to the property at issue to pursue
   29  any rights established under the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private
   30  Property Rights Protection Act.
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   32  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete line 2
   35  and insert:
   36         An act relating to local government; amending s.
   37         70.001, F.S.; requiring local governments to read a
   38         certain statement in a public meeting and provide
   39         property owners with a copy of the statement before
   40         making certain designations of real property;
   41         providing requirements for such statement; creating s.