| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to growth policy; repealing s. 163.2523, |
| 3 | F.S., relating to the Urban Infill and Redevelopment |
| 4 | Assistance Grant Program, to terminate the program; |
| 5 | repealing s. 163.2526, F.S., relating to review and |
| 6 | evaluation of Growth Policy Act provisions; amending ss. |
| 7 | 163.065, 163.2511, and 163.2514, F.S.; conforming cross- |
| 8 | references to changes made by the act; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Sections 163.2523 and 163.2526, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, are repealed. |
| 15 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 16 | 163.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 163.065 Miami River Improvement Act.- |
| 18 | (4) PLAN.-The Miami River Commission, working with the |
| 19 | City of Miami and Miami-Dade County, shall consider the merits |
| 20 | of the following: |
| 21 | (a) Development and adoption of an urban infill and |
| 22 | redevelopment plan, under ss. 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511- |
| 23 | 163.2526, and participating state and regional agencies shall |
| 24 | review the proposed plan for the purposes of consistency with |
| 25 | applicable law. |
| 26 | Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 163.2511, Florida |
| 27 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 28 | 163.2511 Urban infill and redevelopment.- |
| 29 | (1) Sections 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2526 may be |
| 30 | cited as the "Growth Policy Act." |
| 31 | Section 4. Section 163.2514, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 32 | to read: |
| 33 | 163.2514 Growth Policy Act; definitions.-As used in ss. |
| 34 | 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2526: |
| 35 | (1) "Local government" means any county or municipality. |
| 36 | (2) "Urban infill and redevelopment area" means an area or |
| 37 | areas designated by a local government where: |
| 38 | (a) Public services such as water and wastewater, |
| 39 | transportation, schools, and recreation are already available or |
| 40 | are scheduled to be provided in an adopted 5-year schedule of |
| 41 | capital improvements; |
| 42 | (b) The area, or one or more neighborhoods within the |
| 43 | area, suffers from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general |
| 44 | distress as defined by s. 290.0058; |
| 45 | (c) The area exhibits a proportion of properties that are |
| 46 | substandard, overcrowded, dilapidated, vacant or abandoned, or |
| 47 | functionally obsolete which is higher than the average for the |
| 48 | local government; |
| 49 | (d) More than 50 percent of the area is within 1/4 mile |
| 50 | of a transit stop, or a sufficient number of such transit stops |
| 51 | will be made available concurrent with the designation; and |
| 52 | (e) The area includes or is adjacent to community |
| 53 | redevelopment areas, brownfields, enterprise zones, or Main |
| 54 | Street programs, or has been designated by the state or Federal |
| 55 | Government as an urban redevelopment, revitalization, or infill |
| 56 | area under empowerment zone, enterprise community, or brownfield |
| 57 | showcase community programs or similar programs. |
| 58 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |