Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1020
                        Barcode 694992
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11  Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6, between lines 17 and 18,
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17         Section 4.  Section 336.68, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         336.68  Special road and bridge district boundaries;
20  property owner rights and options.--
21         (1)  The owner of real property located within both the
22  boundaries of a community development district created under
23  chapter 190 and within the boundaries of a special road and
24  bridge district created by the alternative method of
25  establishing special road and bridge districts previously
26  authorized under ss. 336.61-336.67 shall have the option to
27  select the community development district to be the provider
28  of the road and drainage improvements to the property of the
29  owner. Having made the selection, the property owner shall
30  further have the right to withdraw the property from the
31  boundaries of the special road and bridge district under the
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1020 Barcode 694992 1 procedures set forth in this section. 2 (2) To be eligible for withdrawal, the subject 3 property shall not have received improvements or benefits from 4 the special road and bridge district; there shall be no 5 outstanding bonded indebtedness of the special road and bridge 6 district for which the property is subject to ad valorem tax 7 levies; and the withdrawal of the property shall not create an 8 enclave bounded on all sides by the other property within the 9 boundaries of the district when the property owner withdraws 10 the property from the boundaries of the district. 11 (3) The election by a property owner to withdraw 12 property from the boundaries of a district as described in 13 this section shall be accomplished by filing a certificate in 14 the official records of the county in which the property is 15 located. The certificate shall identify the name and mailing 16 address of the owner, the legal description of the property, 17 the name of the district from which the property is being 18 withdrawn, and the general location of the property within 19 district. The certificate shall further state that the 20 property has not received benefits from the district from 21 which the property is to be withdrawn; that there is no bonded 22 indebtedness owed by the district; and that the property being 23 withdrawn will not become an enclave within the district 24 boundaries. 25 (4) The property owner shall provide copies of the 26 recorded certificate to the governing body of the district 27 from which the property is being withdrawn within days 10 days 28 after the date that the certificate is recorded. If the 29 district does not record an objection to the withdrawal of the 30 property in the public records within 30 days after the 31 recording of the certificate identifying the criteria in this 2 9:49 AM 05/03/06 s1020c2c-11-z8e
Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1020 Barcode 694992 1 section that has not been met, the withdrawal shall be final 2 and the property shall be permanently withdrawn from the 3 boundaries of the district. 4 5 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 On page 1, line 15, after the semicolon 11 12 insert: 13 creating s. 336.68, F.S.; authorizing certain 14 real property owners to select a community 15 development district to provide road and 16 drainage improvements; authorizing certain real 17 property owners to withdraw from a community 18 development district; providing eligibility 19 requirements; requiring that a certificate be 20 filed for such withdrawal; providing 21 requirements and procedures therefor; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 9:49 AM 05/03/06 s1020c2c-11-z8e