HB 0949CS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Growth Management Committee recommends the following:
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3     Council/Committee Substitute
4     Remove the entire bill and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
6An act relating to municipalities; creating s. 163.3172,
7F.S.; providing legislative findings; prohibiting effect
8or application of certain county provisions within
9municipalities unless approved by county and municipal
10electors or the municipal governing board; providing for
11effect of certain laws or charter county provisions or
12ordinances in certain municipalities; providing an
13exception; providing for nonapplication to certain
14counties, impact fees, laws or charter county provisions
15or ordinances, or special districts; providing an
16effective date.
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18Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20     Section 1.  Section 163.3172, Florida Statutes, is created
21to read:
22     163.3172  Municipalities; county authority limitations.--
23     (1)  The Legislature finds that municipalities are the
24units of local self-government closest to the people they serve
25and thereby are best situated to determine the unique needs of
26their communities. Municipalities provide their residents a true
27voice as to the character and values of their local communities.
28The Legislature recognizes there have been increasing and
29numerous preemptions of municipal democratic powers by other
30forms of local government and concludes that municipalities must
31retain the authority to perform the functions that are of most
32immediate concern to their citizens.
33     (2)  Notwithstanding this chapter or any other law, any
34charter county charter provision adopted on or after July 1,
352006, or ordinance adopted pursuant to such charter provision
36that affects the authority of a municipality within the charter
37county to regulate the use, development, or redevelopment of
38land or that affects municipal annexation within a charter
39county may not apply to or within the municipality unless such
40charter provision or ordinance is approved by a vote of:
41(a)  The municipality's governing body; or
42(b)  The electors of the municipality at a duly called
43municipal election.
44(3)  Notwithstanding this chapter or any other law, any law
45or charter county provision or ordinance adopted before July 1,
462006, that affects the authority of a municipality within a
47charter county to regulate the use, development, or
48redevelopment of land or that affects municipal annexation
49within a charter county shall be effective within the
50municipality on July 1, 2006, subject to modification or repeal
51by ordinance of the municipality.
52     (4)  This section shall not apply to:
53     (a)  Any county as defined in s. 125.011;
54     (b)  Any countywide impact fee for transportation or public
55schools approved by the governing board of a charter county;
56     (c)  Any law or charter county provision or ordinance that
57sets minimum standards for protecting the environment through
58the prohibition or regulation of air, water, soil, or property
59contamination; or
60     (d)  Any special district created by special act.
61     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.


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