Senate Bill sb0686

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 686

    By Senator Bronson





    18-393B-01                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem tax assessment;

  3         amending s. 193.015, F.S.; defining

  4         "conservation lands"; directing the property

  5         appraiser to consider that the designation or

  6         delineation of lands as wetlands or

  7         conservation lands constitutes a constraint on

  8         the property appraiser's ability to determine

  9         the highest and best use of the property;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 193.015, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         193.015  Additional specific factors factor; effect of

17  issuance or denial of permit to dredge, fill, or construct in

18  state waters to their landward extent; effect of designation

19  as wetlands or conservation lands.--

20         (1)  If the Department of Environmental Protection

21  issues or denies a permit to dredge, fill, or otherwise

22  construct in or on waters of the state, as defined in chapter

23  403, to their landward extent as determined under s.

24  403.817(2), the property appraiser is expressly directed to

25  consider the effect of that issuance or denial on the value of

26  the property and any limitation that the issuance or denial

27  may impose on the highest and best use of the property to its

28  landward extent.

29         (2)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall

30  provide the property appraiser of each county in which such

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 686
    18-393B-01                                              See HB




  1  property is situated a copy of any final agency action

  2  relating to an application for such a permit.

  3         (3)  The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply if:

  4         (a)  The property owner had no reasonable basis for

  5  expecting approval of the application for permit; or

  6         (b)  The application for permit was denied because of

  7  an incomplete filing, failure to meet an applicable deadline,

  8  or failure to comply with administrative or procedural

  9  requirements.

10         (4)(a)  As used in this subsection, "conservation

11  lands" means lands designated under an adopted comprehensive

12  plan or element or portion thereof, land development

13  regulations, or a land development code, to conserve and

14  protect native species' habitats or endangered or threatened

15  species, or to conserve, protect, manage, or restore important

16  ecosystems and forests.

17         (b)  The property appraiser is expressly directed to

18  consider that the designation or delineation of lands as

19  wetlands or conservation lands by any government entity

20  constitutes a constraint on the property appraiser's ability

21  to determine the highest and best use of the property.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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26                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

27    Defines the term "conservation lands" and directs the
      property appraiser to consider that the designation or
28    delineation of lands as wetlands or conservation lands
      constitutes a constraint on the property appraiser's
29    ability to determine the highest and best use of the
      property.
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