HB 0143 2004
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to local government; amending s. 163.3167,
3    F.S.; limiting effect of judicial determinations
4    concerning certain development orders pursuant to adopted
5    land development regulations under the Local Government
6    Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation
7    Act; providing an exception; providing for retroactive
8    application; providing an effective date.
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10          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12          Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 163.3167,
13    Florida Statutes, to read:
14          163.3167 Scope of act.--
15          (13)(a) If a local government grants a quasi-judicial
16    development order pursuant to its adopted land development
17    regulations and the order is not the subject of a pending
18    appeal, the right to commence and complete development under the
19    order may not be abrogated by a subsequent judicial
20    determination that such land development regulations, or any
21    portion thereof, are invalid because of a deficiency in the
22    approval standards.
23          (b) This subsection does not preclude or affect the timely
24    institution of a common law writ of certiorari proceeding
25    pursuant to Rule 9.190, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, or
26    an original proceeding pursuant to s. 163.3215, as applicable.
27          (c) This subsection applies retroactively to any
28    development order granted prior to the effective date of this
29    act.
30          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.