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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 139

        By Representative Albright






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to growth management; amending

  3         s. 186.008, F.S.; providing legislative intent

  4         with respect to changes made to certain

  5         comprehensive plans to provide that changes be

  6         made by counties rather than the Department of

  7         Community Affairs; amending ss. 380.06 and

  8         380.061, F.S.; providing legislative intent

  9         with respect to developments of regional impact

10         and the Florida Quality Developments program

11         process to provide for the systematic review of

12         the processes; providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (7) is added to section 186.008,

17  Florida Statutes, to read:

18         186.008  State comprehensive plan; revision;

19  implementation; legislative intent.--

20         (7)  With respect to changes made to any state or local

21  comprehensive plan after July 1, 2000, it is the intent of the

22  Legislature, now that all 67 counties have in place a

23  comprehensive plan for growth management, that future

24  modifications to those plans shall be made by county rather

25  than by the Department of Community Affairs.

26         Section 2.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (2) of

27  section 380.06, Florida Statutes, to read:

28         380.06  Developments of regional impact.--

29         (2)  STATEWIDE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS.--

30         (f)  It is the intent of the Legislature that there be

31  a systematic review of the developments-of-regional-impact

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  1  (DRI) process and the Florida Quality Developments program

  2  (FQD) process as described in s. 380.061 in order to greatly

  3  simplify and streamline the processes and address the current

  4  threshold issues that govern both the DRI and the FQD

  5  processes.

  6         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 380.061, Florida

  7  Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         380.061  The Florida Quality Developments program.--

  9         (1)(a)  There is hereby created the Florida Quality

10  Developments program. The intent of this program is to

11  encourage development which has been thoughtfully planned to

12  take into consideration protection of Florida's natural

13  amenities, the cost to local government of providing services

14  to a growing community, and the high quality of life

15  Floridians desire. It is further intended that the developer

16  be provided, through a cooperative and coordinated effort, an

17  expeditious and timely review by all agencies with

18  jurisdiction over the project of his or her proposed

19  development.

20         (b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that there be

21  a systematic review of the developments-of-regional-impact

22  (DRI) process as described in s. 380.06 and the Florida

23  Quality Developments program (FQD) process in order to greatly

24  simplify and streamline the processes and address the current

25  threshold issues that govern both the DRI and the FQD

26  processes.

27         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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      Provides, with respect to changes made to any state or
  4    local comprehensive plan after July 1, 2000, it is the
      intent of the Legislature now that all 67 counties have
  5    in place a comprehensive plan, for growth management,
      that future modifications to these plans shall be by
  6    county rather than by the Department of Community
      Affairs.
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  8    Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that
      there be systematic review of the
  9    developments-of-regional-impact process and the Florida
      Quality Developments program process in order to greatly
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      current threshold issues that govern the processes.
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