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By Representative Merchant
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to growth management; creating
3 the Growth-Management Advisory Committee;
4 providing for committee membership and purpose;
5 providing an appropriation; providing an
6 effective date.
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8 WHEREAS, the protection of Florida's land and water
9 resources is essential to the existence of our residents'
10 quality of life and a strong economy, and
11 WHEREAS, Florida's extreme population growth continues
12 to stress the state's natural resources and to degrade the
13 state's public infrastructure, and
14 WHEREAS, in 1972, in an effort to provide for adequate
15 planning and guidance for growth and new development within
16 the state, the Florida Legislature enacted chapter 380,
17 Florida Statutes, the Florida Environmental Land and Water
18 Management Act of 1972, and
19 WHEREAS, as part of chapter 380, the Legislature
20 created an Environmental Land Management Study Committee to
21 recommend necessary changes in legislation, draft model
22 development ordinances, and review and comment upon the status
23 and effectiveness of agencies involved in land and water
24 management, and
25 WHEREAS, in 1982, Governor Graham established the
26 second Environmental Land Management Study Committee in order
27 to review the need for growth-management legislation to
28 balance environmental protection and economic concerns, and
29 WHEREAS, in 1984, the Legislature revised chapters 186
30 and 187, Florida Statutes, the State and Regional Planning Act
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1 of 1984, in an effort to guide state and regional planning
2 activities, and
3 WHEREAS, in 1985, in an effort to improve planning for
4 growth and new development within the state, the Florida
5 Legislature enacted chapter 163, part II, Florida Statutes,
6 the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land
7 Development Regulation Act, commonly referred to as the Growth
8 Management Act, and
9 WHEREAS, in 1991, Governor Chiles established the third
10 Environmental Land Management Study Committee to review the
11 challenges that growth will continue to create for the state,
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13 WHEREAS, Florida's growth-management system is an
14 integral part of this state's governance and planning and
15 should be periodically reviewed in order to ensure that it is
16 functioning in a manner that will achieve the objectives of
17 the law, and
18 WHEREAS, all local comprehensive plans required by the
19 act have now been filed with the Department of Community
20 Affairs and a substantial majority of those plans have been
21 determined to be in compliance with the applicable statutes
22 and rules, and
23 WHEREAS, the state is at a critical phase in the
24 implementation of the Growth Management Act, and now is the
25 appropriate time to assess the current status of the system
26 and to determine what, if any, adjustments are needed to
27 ensure that the next phases in the growth-management system
28 will guide the state into a vibrant future, and
29 WHEREAS, cooperation and consensus are appropriate to
30 the goals and purposes of the growth-management system in
31 order to ensure that the benefits that growth offers are
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1 maximized while negative effects are minimized, NOW,
2 THEREFORE,
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4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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6 Section 1. (1) The Growth-Management Advisory
7 Committee is created. The committee shall be composed of 20
8 members, 10 of whom are to be appointed by the Governor, 5 of
9 whom are to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and 5
10 of whom are to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
11 Representatives. Membership of the committee must consist of
12 persons from the public sector and the private sector and
13 represent the broad range of interests covered by
14 comprehensive planning, including individuals from the
15 business, agricultural, development, environmental, real
16 estate, and planning communities, as well as state, regional,
17 and local governments. The appointments must be made by July
18 15, 2000, and the Secretary of Community Affairs is to serve
19 as the chair of the committee. Any vacancy occurring in the
20 membership of the committee is to be filled in the same manner
21 as the original appointment.
22 (2) The members of the committee are entitled to one
23 vote, and action of the committee is not binding unless taken
24 at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes
25 are cast in favor thereof. Action of the committee may be
26 taken only at a meeting at which a majority of the committee
27 members is present.
28 (3) The committee shall review the operation and
29 implementation of Florida's growth-management statutes,
30 including chapters 380, 163, 187, and 186, Florida Statutes,
31 and shall make recommendations for improving the state's
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1 system for managing growth. It may also establish and appoint
2 any necessary technical advisory committees. The committee is
3 requested, to the extent practicable, to specifically address
4 and, if appropriate, make recommendations for improving the
5 growth-management system with respect to the following issues:
6 (a) The roles and adequacy of the State Comprehensive
7 Plan.
8 (b) Adequacy of provisions related to enforcement of
9 local plans.
10 (c) Funding public infrastructure.
11 (d) The appropriate role of the
12 development-of-regional-impact process in the context of
13 implementing local comprehensive planning.
14 (e) The role and character of regional units of
15 government and metropolitan planning organizations and their
16 relationships to state and local governments.
17 (f) Ensuring concurrency in an efficient, predictable,
18 and reasonable manner.
19 (g) The content requirements for evaluation and
20 appraisal reports and recommended procedures for their review
21 by the Department of Community Affairs.
22 (h) Reviewing the effectiveness of state pilot
23 projects such as the Sustainable Communities Program, Sector
24 Planning, and Small-Scale Amendments.
25 (i) Challenges to local-government comprehensive plan
26 development orders, land development regulations, and local
27 plan amendments.
28 (j) State review and approval of local-government
29 comprehensive plan amendments.
30 (k) Citizen-participation process and access to the
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1 (l) The role of the Governor and Cabinet.
2 (4) At least three public hearings must be held by the
3 committee to solicit input from the public on how they want
4 their municipalities and counties to manage growth.
5 (5) The committee shall, by January 15, 2001, provide
6 to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
7 Representatives, and the Governor a written report containing
8 specific recommendations for improving the state's
9 implementation of its land and water resource management and
10 programs, and a written report containing final legislative
11 recommendations to improve land and water resource management
12 and growth-management programs.
13 (6) Committee members, and the members of any
14 technical advisory committee that is appointed, shall not
15 receive remuneration for their services, but members other
16 than public officers and employees shall be entitled to
17 reimbursement by the Department of Community Affairs for
18 travel or per diem expenses in accordance with chapter 112,
19 Florida Statutes. Public officers and employees shall be
20 reimbursed by their respective agencies in accordance with
21 chapter 112, Florida Statutes.
22 (7) An executive director may be employed, and the
23 Department of Community Affairs shall provide other staff and
24 consultants after consultation with the committee. Funding for
25 these expenses shall be provided through the Department of
26 Community Affairs. The committee shall receive supplemental
27 financial and other assistance from other agencies under the
28 Governor's direct supervision and such additional assistance
29 as is appropriate from the Executive Office of the Governor.
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1 (8) All agencies under the control of the Governor are
2 directed, and all other agencies are requested, to render
3 assistance and cooperation to the committee.
4 (9) The committee shall continue in existence until
5 its objectives are achieved, but not later than January 31,
6 2001.
7 Section 2. The sum of $250,000 is appropriated from
8 the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Community
9 Affairs' Operating Trust Fund to implement the provisions of
10 this act.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
12 law.
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15 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
16 Creates the Growth-Management Advisory Committee for the
purpose of making specific recommendations to the
17 Legislature and the Governor for improving the
administration of land and water resource management laws
18 and programs.
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