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    By Senator Constantine





    22-1001B-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to local government; creating

  3         part II of ch. 171, F.S.; providing a short

  4         title; providing legislative intent with

  5         respect to annexation and the coordination of

  6         services by local governments; providing

  7         definitions; providing for the creation of

  8         interlocal service boundary agreements by a

  9         county and one or more municipalities or

10         special districts; specifying the procedures

11         for initiating an agreement and responding to a

12         proposal for agreements; requiring that an

13         agreement be adopted by ordinance; providing

14         prerequisites to annexation; providing a

15         process for annexation; providing for the

16         effect of an interlocal service boundary area

17         agreement on the parties to the agreement or a

18         participating municipality; providing for a

19         transfer of powers; authorizing a municipality

20         to provide services within an unincorporated

21         area or territory of another municipality;

22         authorizing a county to exercise certain powers

23         within a municipality; providing for the effect

24         of existing interlocal agreements; providing a

25         presumption of validity; providing a procedure

26         to settle a dispute regarding an interlocal

27         service boundary agreement; creating s.

28         171.094, F.S.; providing for the effect of

29         interlocal service boundary agreements adopted

30         under the act; amending s. 171.0413, F.S.;

31         extending the time period between the final

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 1         adoption of an ordinance and the referendum

 2         election; amending s. 171.042, F.S.; requiring

 3         notice by a municipality before commencing

 4         annexation procedures; providing grounds for

 5         invalidating an annexation; requesting the

 6         Division of Statutory Revision to designate

 7         part I and part II of ch. 171, F.S.; providing

 8         an effective date.

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

11  

12         Section 1.  Part II of chapter 171, Florida Statutes,

13  consisting of sections 171.20, 171.201, 171.202, 171.203,

14  171.204, 171.205, 171.206, 171.207, 171.208, 171.209, 171.21,

15  171.211, and 171.212, is created to read:

16         171.20  Short title.--This part may be cited as the

17  "Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act."

18         171.201  Legislative intent.--The Legislature intends

19  to provide an alternative to part I of this chapter for local

20  governments regarding the annexation of territory into a

21  municipality and subtraction of territory from the

22  unincorporated area of the county. The principal goal of this

23  part is to encourage local governments to jointly determine

24  how to provide services to residents and property in the most

25  efficient and effective manner while balancing the needs and

26  desires of the community. This part is intended to establish a

27  more flexible process for adjusting municipal boundaries and

28  to address a wider range of annexation effects. This part is

29  intended to encourage intergovernmental coordination in

30  planning, service delivery, and boundary adjustments and to

31  reduce intergovernmental conflicts and litigation. It is the

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 1  intent of this part to promote sensible boundaries that reduce

 2  the costs of local governments, avoid local service

 3  duplication, and increase political transparency and

 4  accountability. This part is intended to prevent the wide

 5  dispersion of unincorporated areas resulting from annexation

 6  pursuant to part I of this chapter which may cause inefficient

 7  service delivery and a tax base that is insufficient to

 8  service the needs of the dispersed unincorporated areas.

 9         171.202  Definitions.--As used in this part, the term:

10         (1)  "Chief administrative officer" means the municipal

11  administrator, municipal manager, county manager, county

12  administrator, or other officer of the municipality, county,

13  or independent special district who reports directly to the

14  governing body of the local government.

15         (2)  "Enclave" has the same meaning as provided in s.

16  171.031(13).

17         (3)  "Independent special district" means an

18  independent special district, as defined in s. 189.403, which

19  provides fire, emergency medical, or storm water services.

20         (4)  "Initiating county" means the county that

21  commences the process for negotiation of an interlocal service

22  boundary agreement through the adoption of an initiating

23  resolution.

24         (5)  "Initiating local government" means the county or

25  municipality that commences the process for negotiation of an

26  interlocal service boundary agreement through the adoption of

27  an initiating resolution.

28         (6)  "Initiating municipality" means the municipality

29  that commences the process for negotiation of an interlocal

30  service boundary agreement through the adoption of an

31  initiating resolution.

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 1         (7)  "Initiating resolution" means the resolution

 2  adopted by a county or a municipality which commences the

 3  process for negotiation of an interlocal service boundary

 4  agreement and which identifies the unincorporated area and

 5  other issues for discussion.

 6         (8)  "Interlocal service boundary agreement" means an

 7  agreement adopted under this part, between a county and one or

 8  more municipalities, which may include one or more independent

 9  special districts as a party to the agreement.

10         (9)  "Invited municipality" means an initiating

11  municipality and any other municipality designated as such in

12  an initiating resolution or a responding resolution that

13  invites the municipality to participate in the negotiation of

14  an interlocal service boundary agreement.

15         (10)  "Municipal service area" means one or more of the

16  following as designated in an interlocal service boundary

17  agreement:

18         (a)  An unincorporated area that has been identified in

19  an interlocal service boundary agreement for municipal

20  annexation by a municipality that is a party to the agreement;

21  or

22         (b)  An unincorporated area that has been identified in

23  an interlocal service boundary agreement to receive municipal

24  services from a municipality that is a party to the agreement

25  or from the municipality's designee.

26         (11)  "Notified local government" means the county or a

27  municipality, other than an invited municipality, which

28  receives an initiating resolution.

29         (12)  "Participating municipality" means a requesting

30  municipality that is allowed to participate in the negotiation

31  of an interlocal service boundary agreement through the

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 1  adoption of a participating resolution by the initiating local

 2  government and the invited local government.

 3         (13)  "Participating resolution" means the resolution

 4  adopted by the initiating local government and the invited

 5  local government.

 6         (14)  "Requesting resolution" means the resolution

 7  adopted by a municipality seeking to join the negotiation of

 8  an interlocal service boundary agreement.

 9         (15)  "Responding resolution" means the resolution

10  adopted by the county or an invited municipality which

11  responds to the initiating resolution and which may identify

12  an additional unincorporated area or another issue for

13  discussion, or both, and may designate an additional invited

14  municipality.

15         (16)  "Unincorporated service area" means one or more

16  of the following as designated in an interlocal service

17  boundary agreement:

18         (a)  An unincorporated area that has been identified in

19  an interlocal service boundary agreement and that may not be

20  annexed without the consent of the county; or

21         (b)  An unincorporated area that has been identified in

22  an interlocal service boundary agreement to receive municipal

23  services from a county or its designee.

24         171.203  Interlocal service boundary agreement.--The

25  governing body of a county and one or more municipalities or

26  independent special districts within a county may enter into

27  an interlocal service boundary agreement under this part. The

28  governing bodies of a county and a municipality may develop a

29  process for reaching an interlocal service boundary agreement

30  that provides for public participation in a manner that meets

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 1  or exceeds the requirements of subsection (7) or the governing

 2  bodies may use the process established in this section.

 3         (1)  A county or municipality desiring to enter into an

 4  interlocal service boundary agreement shall commence the

 5  negotiation process by adopting an initiating resolution. The

 6  initiating resolution must identify an unincorporated area to

 7  be discussed and the issues to be negotiated. The identified

 8  area shall be specified in the initiating resolution by a

 9  descriptive exhibit that includes, but need not be limited to,

10  a map or legal description of the designated area. The issues

11  for negotiation shall be listed in the initiating resolution

12  and may include, but need not be limited to, the issues listed

13  in subsection (5).

14         (a)  The initiating resolution of an initiating county

15  must designate one or more invited municipalities. The

16  initiating resolution of an initiating municipality may

17  designate an invited municipality.

18         (b)  An initiating county shall send the initiating

19  resolution by United States certified mail to the chief

20  administrative officer of the invited municipality and each

21  municipality within the county. An initiating municipality

22  shall send the initiating resolution by United States

23  certified mail to the chief administrative officer of the

24  county, the invited municipality, if any, and each other

25  municipality within the county.

26         (c)  The initiating local government shall also send

27  the initiating resolution to the chief administrative officer

28  of each independent special district in the unincorporated

29  area designated in the initiating resolution.

30         (2)  Within 60 days after the receipt of an initiating

31  resolution, the county or the invited municipality, as

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 1  appropriate, shall adopt a responding resolution. The

 2  responding resolution may identify an additional

 3  unincorporated area for discussion and may designate

 4  additional issues for negotiation. The additional identified

 5  unincorporated area, if any, shall be specified in the

 6  responding resolution by a descriptive exhibit that includes,

 7  but need not be limited to, a map or legal description of the

 8  designated area. The additional issues designated for

 9  negotiation, if any, shall be listed in the responding

10  resolution and may include, but need not be limited to, the

11  issues listed in subsection (5). The responding resolution may

12  also invite an additional municipality to negotiate the

13  interlocal service boundary agreement.

14         (a)  Within 3 days after the adoption of a responding

15  resolution, the responding county shall send the responding

16  resolution by United States certified mail to the chief

17  administrative officer for the initiating municipality, each

18  invited municipality, if any, and the independent special

19  district that received an initiating resolution.

20         (b)  Within 3 days after the adoption of a responding

21  resolution, an invited municipality shall send the responding

22  resolution by United States certified mail to the chief

23  administrative officer for the initiating county, each invited

24  municipality, if any, and each independent special district

25  that received an initiating resolution.

26         (c)  An invited municipality that was invited by a

27  responding resolution shall adopt a responding resolution in

28  accordance with paragraph (b).

29         (d)  Within 60 days after receipt of the initiating

30  resolution, the independent special district that received an

31  initiating resolution and that desires to participate in the

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 1  negotiations shall adopt a resolution indicating whether it

 2  intends to participate in the negotiation process for the

 3  interlocal service boundary agreement. Within 3 days after the

 4  adoption of the resolution, the independent special district

 5  shall send the resolution by United States certified mail to

 6  the chief administrative officer for the county, the

 7  initiating municipality, and each invited municipality, if

 8  any, and each notified local government.

 9         (3)  A municipality within the county which is not an

10  invited municipality may elect to request participation in the

11  negotiations for the interlocal service boundary agreement.

12  Such an election shall be accomplished by adopting a

13  requesting resolution within 60 days after receipt of the

14  initiating resolution or within 10 days after receipt of the

15  responding resolution. Within 3 days after adoption of the

16  requesting resolution, the requesting municipality shall send

17  the resolution by United States certified mail to the chief

18  administrative officer of the initiating local government and

19  each invited municipality. The county and invited municipality

20  shall consider whether to allow a requesting municipality to

21  join the negotiations and, if they agree, the municipality and

22  county shall adopt a participating resolution allowing the

23  requesting municipality to join the negotiations.

24         (4)  The county, the invited municipalities, the

25  participating municipalities, if any, and the independent

26  special districts, if any have adopted a resolution to

27  participate, shall begin negotiations within 60 days after

28  receipt of the responding resolution or a participating

29  resolution, whichever occurs later.

30         (5)  An interlocal service boundary agreement may

31  address any issue concerning service delivery, fiscal

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 1  responsibilities, or boundary adjustment, including, but not

 2  limited to the following:

 3         (a)  Identify a municipal service area;

 4         (b)  Identify an unincorporated service area;

 5         (c)  Identify the local government responsible for the

 6  delivery or funding of the following services within the

 7  municipal service area or the unincorporated service area:

 8         1.  Public safety;

 9         2.  Fire service;

10         3.  Water and wastewater;

11         4.  Road maintenance;

12         5.  Parks and recreation; and

13         6.  Storm water management and drainage.

14         (d)  Address other services and infrastructure.

15         (e)  Establish a process and schedule for annexation of

16  an area within the designated municipal service area

17  consistent with s. 171.205.

18         (f)  Establish a process for land-use decisions,

19  including those made jointly by the governing bodies of the

20  county and the municipality, or allow a municipality to adopt

21  land-use changes for areas that are scheduled to be annexed

22  within the term of the interlocal agreement, and allow an

23  exemption from the two-per-year limitation applicable to

24  changes to the comprehensive plan under s. 163.3187.

25         (g)  Address other issues concerning service delivery,

26  including the transfer of services and infrastructure and the

27  fiscal compensation to one municipality or county from another

28  municipality or county.

29         (h)  Include provisions for the joint use of facilities

30  and the colocation of services.

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 1         (i)  Include a requirement for a report to the county

 2  of the municipality's planned service delivery, as provided in

 3  s. 171.042, or as otherwise determined by agreement.

 4         (6)  An interlocal service boundary agreement may be

 5  for a term of 20 years or less. The interlocal agreement must

 6  also include a provision requiring periodic review. The

 7  interlocal service boundary agreement must require

 8  renegotiations to begin at least 18 months prior to its

 9  termination date.

10         (7)  No earlier than 6 months after the commencement of

11  negotiations, either of the initiating local governments or

12  both, the county, or the invited municipality may declare an

13  impasse in the negotiations and seek a resolution of the

14  issues under ss. 164.1053-164.1057. If the local governments

15  fail to agree at the conclusion of the process under chapter

16  164, the local governments shall hold a joint public hearing

17  on the issues raised in the negotiations.

18         (8)  When the local governments have reached an

19  interlocal service boundary agreement, the municipality and

20  county shall adopt the agreement by ordinance under s. 166.041

21  or s. 125.66, respectively. An independent special district,

22  if it consents to the agreement, shall adopt the agreement by

23  final order, resolution, or other method consistent with its

24  charter. The interlocal service boundary agreement shall take

25  effect on the day specified in the agreement, or if there is

26  no date, upon adoption by the county or the invited

27  municipality, whichever occurs later.

28         (9)  For a period of 3 years following the failure of

29  the local governments to consent to an interlocal service

30  boundary agreement, the initiating local government may not

31  initiate the negotiation process established in this section

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 1  to require the responding local government to negotiate an

 2  agreement concerning the same identified unincorporated area

 3  and the same issues that were specified in the initiating

 4  resolution.

 5         (10)  This part does not authorize one local government

 6  to require another local government to enter into an

 7  interlocal service boundary agreement. However, when the

 8  process for negotiating an interlocal service boundary

 9  agreement is initiated, the local governments shall negotiate

10  in good faith to the conclusion of the process established in

11  this section.

12         (11)  This section authorizes local governments to

13  simultaneously engage in negotiating more than one interlocal

14  service boundary agreement, even if the separate negotiations

15  concern similar or identical unincorporated areas and issues.

16         (12)  Elected local government officials are encouraged

17  to participate actively and directly in the negotiation

18  process for developing an interlocal service boundary

19  agreement.

20         171.204  Prerequisites to annexation under this

21  part.--The interlocal service boundary agreement may describe

22  the character of land that may be annexed and may provide that

23  the restrictions on the character of land that may be annexed

24  pursuant to part I are not restrictions on land that may be

25  annexed pursuant to this part. As determined in the interlocal

26  service boundary agreement, any character of land may be

27  annexed, including, but not limited to, an annexation of land

28  not contiguous to the boundaries of the annexing municipality,

29  an annexation that creates an enclave, an annexation where the

30  annexed area is not reasonably compact, or an annexation where

31  the annexed area does not qualify as urban in character under

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 1  part I. The interlocal service boundary agreement may not

 2  allow for annexation of land within a municipality that is not

 3  a party to the agreement or of land that is within another

 4  county.

 5         171.205  Consent requirements for annexation of land

 6  under this part.--Notwithstanding part I, an interlocal

 7  service boundary agreement may provide a process for

 8  annexation consistent with this section or with part I.

 9         (1)  For all or a portion of the area within a

10  designated municipal service area, the interlocal service

11  boundary agreement may provide a flexible process for securing

12  the consent of the residents and property owners for

13  annexation of property within a municipal service area, with

14  notice to the residents and property owners as required in the

15  interlocal service boundary agreement. Such an annexation

16  process may include one or more of the following:

17         (a)  The municipality must receive a petition for

18  annexation from more than 50 percent of the registered voters

19  that reside in the proposed area to be annexed;

20         (b)  The annexation must be approved by a majority of

21  electors residing in the proposed area voting in a referendum

22  on the annexation; or

23         (c)  The municipality must receive a petition for

24  annexation from more than 50 percent of the property owners

25  within the area proposed to be annexed.

26         (2)  For all or a portion of an enclave consisting of

27  more than 20 acres within a designated municipal service area,

28  the interlocal service boundary agreement may provide a

29  flexible process for securing the consent of the residents and

30  property owners for annexation of the property, with notice to

31  the residents and property owners as required in the

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 1  interlocal service boundary agreement. Such an annexation

 2  process may include one or more of the processes in subsection

 3  (1) and may allow annexation when the municipality has

 4  received a petition for annexation from one or more property

 5  owners who own real property in excess of 50 percent of the

 6  total real property within the area to be annexed.

 7         (3)  For all or a portion of an enclave consisting of

 8  20 acres or less within a designated municipal service area,

 9  the interlocal service boundary agreement may provide a

10  flexible process for securing the consent of the residents and

11  property owners for annexation of property within a municipal

12  service area, with notice to the residents and property owners

13  as required in the interlocal service boundary agreement. Such

14  an annexation process may include one or more of the processes

15  in subsection (1) and may allow annexation according to the

16  terms and conditions provided in the interlocal service

17  boundary agreement, which may include a referendum of the

18  electors residing in the area.

19         171.206  Effect of interlocal service boundary area

20  agreement on annexations.--

21         (1)  An interlocal service boundary agreement is

22  binding on the parties to the agreement.

23         (2)  Notwithstanding part I, without consent of the

24  county and the affected municipality by resolution, an invited

25  municipality or a county may not take any action that violates

26  the interlocal service boundary agreement that exists between

27  the county and the invited municipality.

28         (3)  An interlocal service boundary agreement is

29  binding on a participating municipality regardless of whether

30  the participating local government consents to the interlocal

31  service boundary agreement. Notwithstanding part I, without

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 1  consent of the county and the affected municipality by

 2  resolution, a participating municipality may not take any

 3  action that violates an interlocal service boundary agreement

 4  that exists between the county and the invited municipality.

 5         (4)  If the independent special district does not

 6  consent to the interlocal service boundary agreement, it may

 7  seek compensation under s. 171.093.

 8         171.207.  Transfer of powers.--This part is an

 9  alternative provision otherwise provided by law, as authorized

10  in s. 4, Art. VIII of the State Constitution, for any transfer

11  of power resulting from an interlocal service boundary

12  agreement for the provision of services or the acquisition of

13  public facilities between a municipality, county, special

14  district, or other entity created pursuant to law.

15         171.208  Municipal extraterritorial power.--This part

16  authorizes a municipality to exercise extraterritorial powers

17  that include, but are not limited to, the authority to provide

18  services and facilities within the unincorporated area or

19  within the territory of another municipality as provided

20  within an interlocal service boundary agreement. This power is

21  in addition to other municipal powers that otherwise exist.

22         171.209  County incorporated area power.--As provided

23  in an interlocal service boundary agreement, this part

24  authorizes a county to exercise powers within a municipality

25  that include, but are not limited to, the authority to provide

26  services and facilities within the territory of a

27  municipality. This power is in addition to other county powers

28  that otherwise exist.

29         171.21  Effect of part on existing interlocal

30  agreement.--A joint planning agreement, a charter provision

31  adopted under s. 171.044(4), or other interlocal agreement

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 1  between a municipality and a county is not affected by this

 2  part; however, the county or municipality, or both, may avail

 3  themselves of this part, which may result in the repeal or

 4  modification of a joint planning agreement or other interlocal

 5  agreement.

 6         171.211  Interlocal service boundary agreement presumed

 7  valid and binding.--

 8         (1)  If there is litigation over the terms, conditions,

 9  construction, or enforcement of an interlocal service boundary

10  agreement, the agreement shall be presumed valid, and the

11  challenger has the burden of proving its invalidity.

12         (2)  It is the intent of this part to authorize a

13  municipality to enter into an interlocal service boundary

14  agreement that enhances, restricts, or precludes annexations

15  during the term of the agreement.

16         171.212  Disputes regarding construction and effect of

17  an interlocal service boundary agreement.--If there is a

18  question or dispute about the construction or effect of an

19  interlocal service boundary agreement, a local government

20  shall initiate and proceed through the conflict resolution

21  procedures established in chapter 164. If there is a failure

22  to resolve the conflict, no later than 30 days following the

23  conclusion of the procedures established in chapter 164, the

24  local government may file an action in circuit court. For

25  purpose of this section the term "local government" means a

26  party to the interlocal service boundary agreement.

27         Section 2.  Section 171.094, Florida Statutes, is

28  created to read:

29         171.094  Effect of interlocal service boundary

30  agreements adopted under part II on annexations under this

31  part.--

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 1         (1)  An interlocal service boundary agreement entered

 2  into pursuant to part II is binding on the parties to the

 3  agreement.

 4         (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,

 5  without consent of the county and the affected municipality by

 6  resolution, an invited municipality or a county may not take

 7  any action that violates an interlocal service boundary

 8  agreement that exists between the county and the invited

 9  municipality.

10         (3)  An interlocal service boundary agreement is

11  binding on a participating municipality regardless of whether

12  the participating local government consents to the interlocal

13  service boundary agreement. Notwithstanding any other

14  provision of this part, without consent of the county and the

15  affected municipality by resolution, a participating

16  municipality may not take any action that violates an

17  interlocal service boundary agreement that exists between the

18  county and the invited municipality.

19         Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

20  171.0413, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         171.0413  Annexation procedures.--Any municipality may

22  annex contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory in the

23  following manner:

24         (2)  Following the final adoption of the ordinance of

25  annexation by the governing body of the annexing municipality,

26  the ordinance shall be submitted to a vote of the registered

27  electors of the area proposed to be annexed. The governing

28  body of the annexing municipality may also choose to submit

29  the ordinance of annexation to a separate vote of the

30  registered electors of the annexing municipality.  The

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 1  expense thereof paid by the governing body of the annexing

 2  municipality.

 3         (a)  The referendum on annexation shall be held at the

 4  next regularly scheduled election following the final adoption

 5  of the ordinance of annexation by the governing body of the

 6  annexing municipality or at a special election called for the

 7  purpose of holding the referendum. However, the referendum,

 8  whether held at a regularly scheduled election or at a special

 9  election, shall not be held sooner than 60 30 days following

10  the final adoption of the ordinance by the governing body of

11  the annexing municipality.

12         Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 171.042, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that

14  section, to read:

15         171.042  Prerequisites to annexation.--

16         (2)  Thirty days prior to commencing the annexation

17  procedures under s. 171.0413, the governing body of the

18  municipality shall file a copy of the report required by this

19  section with the board of county commissioners of the county

20  wherein the municipality is located. Failure to comply with

21  this notice provision shall be the basis for a cause of action

22  to invalidate the annexation.

23         (3)  Notice shall be provided by the municipality to

24  the affected residents within the proposed area to be annexed.

25         Section 5.  The Division of Statutory Revision is

26  requested to designate sections 171.011-171.094, Florida

27  Statutes, as part I of chapter 171, Florida Statutes, and

28  sections 171.20-171.212, Florida Statutes, as created by this

29  act, as part II of chapter 171, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3072
    22-1001B-04




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 2                          SENATE SUMMARY

 3    Creates the "Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act".
      Provides for the creation of interlocal service boundary
 4    agreements. Provides prerequisites to annexation.
      Provides a process for annexation. Provides the effects
 5    of an interlocal service boundary area agreement on the
      parties to the agreement or a participating municipality.
 6    Authorizes a municipality to provide services within an
      unincorporated area or territory of another municipality.
 7    Authorizes a county to exercise certain powers within a
      municipality. Provides for the effect on existing
 8    interlocal agreements. Provides a procedure to settle a
      dispute regarding an interlocal service boundary
 9    agreement. Extends the time between the final adoption of
      an ordinance and the referendum election. Provides a
10    notice requirement by a municipality. Provides grounds
      for invalidating an annexation. (See bill for details.)
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