Amendment
Bill No. 1495
Amendment No. 076777
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Arza offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendments)
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5     Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (4) of section 171.044,
6Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7     171.044  Voluntary annexation.--
8     (2)  Upon determination by the governing body of the
9municipality that the petition bears the signatures of all
10owners of property in the area proposed to be annexed, the
11governing body may, at any regular meeting, adopt a nonemergency
12ordinance to annex said property on an expedited basis and
13redefine the boundary lines of the municipality to include said
14property. Said ordinance shall be passed after notice of the
15annexation has been published at least once each week for 2
16consecutive weeks in some newspaper in such city or town or, if
17no newspaper is published in said city or town, then in a
18newspaper published in the same county; and if no newspaper is
19published in said county, then at least three printed copies of
20said notice shall be posted for 4 consecutive weeks at some
21conspicuous place in said city or town. The notice shall give
22the ordinance number and a brief, general description of the
23area proposed to be annexed. The description shall include a map
24clearly showing the area and a statement that the complete legal
25description by metes and bounds and the ordinance can be
26obtained from the office of the city clerk.
27     (4)  The method of annexation provided by this section
28shall be supplemental to any other procedure provided by general
29or special law, except that this section shall not apply to
30municipalities in counties with charters which set forth
31verbatim provide for an exclusive method for expedited of
32municipal annexation or to municipalities in counties in which
33expedited annexation procedures in the county charter were
34approved by a countywide planning council consisting of
35representatives of local governments within the county prior to
36a referendum vote amending the charter to permit expedited
37annexation procedures to be established by county ordinance.
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41An act relating to growth management; amending s. 171.044,
42F.S.; revising certain voluntary annexation provisions to
43specify adopting certain ordinances on an expedited basis;
44expanding an exception to certain application provisions
45to include certain municipalities with certain approved
46expedited annexation procedures; creating part II of


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