Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 926
                        Barcode 394152
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11  Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 22, lines 10 through 20, delete those lines
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17         Section 3.  Section 171.044, Florida Statutes, is
18  amended to read:
19         171.044  Voluntary annexation.--
20         (1)  The owner or owners of real property in an
21  unincorporated area of a county which is contiguous to a
22  municipality and reasonably compact may petition the governing
23  body of the said municipality that the said property be
24  annexed to the municipality.
25         (2)  Upon determination by the governing body of the
26  municipality that the petition bears the signatures of all
27  owners of property in the area proposed to be annexed, the
28  governing body may, at any regular meeting, adopt a
29  nonemergency ordinance to annex the said property on an
30  expedited basis and redefine the boundary lines of the
31  municipality to include the said property.  The Said ordinance
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 926 Barcode 394152 1 shall be passed after notice of the annexation has been 2 published at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in 3 some newspaper in the such city or town or, if no newspaper is 4 published in the said city or town, then in a newspaper 5 published in the same county; and if no newspaper is published 6 in the said county, then at least three printed copies of the 7 said notice shall be posted for 4 consecutive weeks at some 8 conspicuous place in the said city or town. The notice shall 9 give the ordinance number and a brief, general description of 10 the area proposed to be annexed. The description shall 11 include a map clearly showing the area and a statement that 12 the complete legal description by metes and bounds and the 13 ordinance can be obtained from the office of the city clerk. 14 (3) An ordinance adopted under this section shall be 15 filed with the clerk of the circuit court and the chief 16 administrative officer of the county in which the municipality 17 is located and with the Department of State within 7 days 18 after the adoption of the such ordinance. The ordinance must 19 include a map which clearly shows the annexed area and a 20 complete legal description of that area by metes and bounds. 21 (4) The method of annexation provided by this section 22 is shall be supplemental to any other procedure provided by 23 general or special law, except that this section does shall 24 not apply to municipalities in counties with charters that set 25 forth which provide for an exclusive method for expedited of 26 municipal annexation or to municipalities in counties where 27 expedited annexation procedures in the county charter have 28 been officially approved by a countywide planning council that 29 represents local governments within the county before a 30 referendum vote amending the charter to permit expedited 31 annexation procedures to be established by county ordinance. 2 1:39 PM 04/26/05 s0926c2c-21-c6f
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 926 Barcode 394152 1 (5) Land shall not be annexed through voluntary 2 annexation when the such annexation results in the creation of 3 enclaves. 4 (6) No fewer than 10 days before Upon publishing or 5 posting the ordinance notice required under subsection (2), 6 the governing body of the municipality must provide a copy of 7 the notice, via certified mail, to the board of the county 8 commissioners of the county wherein the municipality is 9 located. The notice provision provided in this subsection may 10 shall not be the basis for a of any cause of action 11 invalidating challenging the annexation. 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 2, line 10, after the semicolon, 17 18 insert: 19 authorizing the governing body of a 20 municipality to annex certain property on an 21 expedited basis; providing an exemption from 22 certain methods of annexation procedures for 23 certain municipalities; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:39 PM 04/26/05 s0926c2c-21-c6f