| 1 | Representative(s) Arza offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 3, before line 1, |
| 5 | insert: |
| 6 | Section 1. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 171.044, |
| 7 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 8 | 171.044 Voluntary annexation.-- |
| 9 | (2) Upon determination by the governing body of the |
| 10 | municipality that the petition bears the signatures of all |
| 11 | owners of property in the area proposed to be annexed, the |
| 12 | governing body may, at any regular meeting, adopt a nonemergency |
| 13 | ordinance to annex said property on an expedited basis and |
| 14 | redefine the boundary lines of the municipality to include said |
| 15 | property. Said ordinance shall be passed after notice of the |
| 16 | annexation has been published at least once each week for 2 |
| 17 | consecutive weeks in some newspaper in such city or town or, if |
| 18 | no newspaper is published in said city or town, then in a |
| 19 | newspaper published in the same county; and if no newspaper is |
| 20 | published in said county, then at least three printed copies of |
| 21 | said notice shall be posted for 4 consecutive weeks at some |
| 22 | conspicuous place in said city or town. The notice shall give |
| 23 | the ordinance number and a brief, general description of the |
| 24 | area proposed to be annexed. The description shall include a map |
| 25 | clearly showing the area and a statement that the complete legal |
| 26 | description by metes and bounds and the ordinance can be |
| 27 | obtained from the office of the city clerk. |
| 28 | (4) The method of annexation provided by this section |
| 29 | shall be supplemental to any other procedure provided by general |
| 30 | or special law, except that this section shall not apply to |
| 31 | municipalities in counties with charters which set forth |
| 32 | verbatim provide for an exclusive method for expedited of |
| 33 | municipal annexation or to municipalities in counties in which |
| 34 | expedited annexation procedures in the county charter were |
| 35 | approved by a countywide planning council consisting of |
| 36 | representatives of local governments within the county prior to |
| 37 | a referendum vote amending the charter to permit expedited |
| 38 | annexation procedures to be established by county ordinance. |
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| 41 | On page 1, line 2, |
| 42 | remove: all of said line |
| 43 | and insert: |
| 44 | An act relating to growth management; amending s. 171.044, |
| 45 | F.S.; revising certain voluntary annexation provisions to |
| 46 | specify adopting certain ordinances on an expedited basis; |
| 47 | expanding an exception to certain application provisions |
| 48 | to include certain municipalities with certain approved |
| 49 | expedited annexation procedures; creating |