| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to real estate; amending s. 163.3202, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing for the maintenance of information |
| 4 | pertaining to fees, charges, costs, or other exactions |
| 5 | charged to real estate by counties or municipalities; |
| 6 | creating s. 689.29, F.S.; providing for disclosure of the |
| 7 | information to prospective purchasers of real estate; |
| 8 | 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 (6) is added to section 163.3202, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 163.3202 Land development regulations.-- |
| 15 | (6) Each county and municipality shall maintain a record |
| 16 | of all impact fees, innovative charges, costs, fees for |
| 17 | dedication of lands for any public purpose, local access fees, |
| 18 | fair share of costs or proportionate-share construction costs, |
| 19 | or other exactions charged to any property, unit, lot, or parcel |
| 20 | of property. |
| 21 | (a) This record shall be itemized as to each property, |
| 22 | unit, lot, or parcel and shall show the costs charged on a per- |
| 23 | dwelling, per-unit, or per-parcel basis if charged by the local |
| 24 | government on this basis. |
| 25 | (b) These fees, charges, costs, or exactions shall |
| 26 | include, but not be limited to, any costs imposed by any land |
| 27 | use regulation, ordinance, development order, permit, land use |
| 28 | order, or permission for development of any nature issued to a |
| 29 | land owner. |
| 30 | (c) If the property, unit, lot, or parcel is within a |
| 31 | municipal service taxing unit or similar benefit taxing unit, |
| 32 | the information maintained shall include the taxes, assessments, |
| 33 | and method for calculating any impact fees for the benefit unit |
| 34 | attributable to each property, unit, lot, or parcel. |
| 35 | (d) The information shall be made available to the public |
| 36 | as a public record as defined in chapter 119. The information |
| 37 | shall be kept and maintained for all properties, units, lots, or |
| 38 | parcels for which application for permission for development is |
| 39 | granted pursuant to permit, development order, development |
| 40 | regulation, or building permit on or after October 1, 2004. |
| 41 | Section 2. Section 689.29, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 42 | read: |
| 43 | 689.29 Disclosure of development costs imposed by local |
| 44 | governments on property; prospective purchaser to receive |
| 45 | disclosure at time of or prior to execution of contract.--A |
| 46 | prospective purchaser of any interest in real property shall be |
| 47 | provided a written disclosure summary at the time of or prior to |
| 48 | the execution of the contract for sale of the property which |
| 49 | shall disclose the costs imposed by any county or municipality |
| 50 | on the parcel of property as a part of the development order, |
| 51 | land use regulation, permit, change of land use order, |
| 52 | permission for development, or zoning category. In addition to |
| 53 | being disclosed to the prospective purchaser, these costs shall |
| 54 | be available in as a public record as provided in s. |
| 55 | 163.3202(6). The disclosure required by this section shall apply |
| 56 | to all contracts for sale of an interest in real property |
| 57 | executed after January 1, 2005. |
| 58 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |