| 1 | Representative Traviesa offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 392 and 393 insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Section 336.68, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 6 | read: |
| 7 | 336.68 Special road and bridge district boundaries; |
| 8 | property owner rights and options.-- |
| 9 | (1) The owner of real property located within both the |
| 10 | boundaries of a community development district created under |
| 11 | chapter 190 and within the boundaries of a special road and |
| 12 | bridge district created by the alternative method of |
| 13 | establishing special road and bridge districts previously |
| 14 | authorized under ss. 336.61-336.67 shall have the option to |
| 15 | select the community development district to be the provider of |
| 16 | the road and drainage improvements to the property of the owner. |
| 17 | Having made the selection, the property owner shall further have |
| 18 | the right to withdraw the property from the boundaries of the |
| 19 | special road and bridge district under the procedures set forth |
| 20 | in this section. |
| 21 | (2) To be eligible for withdrawal, the subject property |
| 22 | shall not have received improvements or benefits from the |
| 23 | special road and bridge district; there shall be no outstanding |
| 24 | bonded indebtedness of the special road and bridge district for |
| 25 | which the property is subject to ad valorem tax levies; and the |
| 26 | withdrawal of the property shall not create an enclave bounded |
| 27 | on all sides by the other property within the boundaries of the |
| 28 | district when the property owner withdraws the property from the |
| 29 | boundaries of the district. |
| 30 | (3) The election by a property owner to withdraw property |
| 31 | from the boundaries of a district as described in this section |
| 32 | shall be accomplished by filing a certificate in the official |
| 33 | records of the county in which the property is located. The |
| 34 | certificate shall identify the name and mailing address of the |
| 35 | owner, the legal description of the property, the name of the |
| 36 | district from which the property is being withdrawn, and the |
| 37 | general location of the property within district. The |
| 38 | certificate shall further state that the property has not |
| 39 | received benefits from the district from which the property is |
| 40 | to be withdrawn; that there is no bonded indebtedness owed by |
| 41 | the district; and that the property being withdrawn will not |
| 42 | become an enclave within the district boundaries. |
| 43 | (4) The property owner shall provide copies of the |
| 44 | recorded certificate to the governing body of the district from |
| 45 | which the property is being withdrawn within days 10 days after |
| 46 | the date that the certificate is recorded. If the district does |
| 47 | not record an objection to the withdrawal of the property in the |
| 48 | public records within 30 days after the recording of the |
| 49 | certificate identifying the criteria in this section that has |
| 50 | not been met, the withdrawal shall be final and the property |
| 51 | shall be permanently withdrawn from the boundaries of the |
| 52 | district. |
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| 55 | Remove line 18 and insert: |
| 56 | waterfront properties; creating s. 336.68, F.S.; authorizing |
| 57 | certain real property owners to select a community development |
| 58 | district to provide road and drainage improvements; authorizing |
| 59 | certain real property owners to withdraw from a community |
| 60 | development district; providing eligibility requirements; |
| 61 | requiring that a certificate be filed for such withdrawal; |
| 62 | providing requirements and procedures therefor; amending s. |
| 63 | 342.07, F.S.; adding |