| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Broward County; amending chapter 2001- |
| 3 | 289, Laws of Florida; authorizing local governments in the |
| 4 | county to grant an exemption from impact fees for |
| 5 | transportation facilities for certain developments; |
| 6 | providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 2001-289, Laws of Florida, |
| 11 | is amended to read: |
| 12 | Section 1. In addition to the exceptions provided in |
| 13 | section 163.3180(5)(b), Florida Statutes, a local government in |
| 14 | Broward County may grant an exception from the concurrency |
| 15 | requirement for transportation facilities pursuant to the |
| 16 | provisions of section 163.3180(5)(d), Florida Statutes, if the |
| 17 | proposed development is otherwise consistent with the adopted |
| 18 | local government comprehensive plan, and is a project that |
| 19 | promotes public transportation and is located within a Regional |
| 20 | Activity Center as described in and defined by the Broward |
| 21 | County Comprehensive Plan, and is within an area that contains |
| 22 | major public and private postsecondary institutions of higher |
| 23 | learning. The local government also must have considered the |
| 24 | proposed development?s impacts on the Florida Intrastate Highway |
| 25 | System, as defined in section 338.001, Florida Statutes. A local |
| 26 | government in Broward County may also grant an exemption from |
| 27 | impact fees for transportation facilities if a major public or |
| 28 | private postsecondary institution of higher learning has an |
| 29 | interest or an option to obtain an interest of more than 25 |
| 30 | percent in the proposed development and the proposed development |
| 31 | is otherwise consistent with the adopted local government |
| 32 | comprehensive plan, is a project that promotes public |
| 33 | transportation, is located within a Regional Activity Center as |
| 34 | described in and defined by the Broward County Comprehensive |
| 35 | Plan, and is within an area that contains major public and |
| 36 | private postsecondary institutions of higher learning. |
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |