Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 188
       
       
       
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       38-00316-12                                            2012188__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to growth policy; repealing s.
    3         163.2523, F.S., relating to the Urban Infill and
    4         Redevelopment Assistance Grant Program, to terminate
    5         the program; amending ss. 163.065, 163.2511, and
    6         163.2514, F.S.; conforming cross-references to changes
    7         made by the act; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 163.2523, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   12         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
   13  163.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         163.065 Miami River Improvement Act.—
   15         (4) PLAN.—The Miami River Commission, working with the City
   16  of Miami and Miami-Dade County, shall consider the merits of the
   17  following:
   18         (a) Development and adoption of an urban infill and
   19  redevelopment plan, under ss. 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511
   20  163.2523, which participating state and regional agencies shall
   21  review for the purposes of determining consistency with
   22  applicable law.
   23         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 163.2511, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         163.2511 Urban infill and redevelopment.—
   26         (1) Sections 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2523 may be
   27  cited as the “Growth Policy Act.”
   28         Section 4. Section 163.2514, Florida Statutes, is amended
   29  to read:
   30         163.2514 Growth Policy Act; definitions.—As used in ss.
   31  163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2523, the term:
   32         (1) “Local government” means any county or municipality.
   33         (2) “Urban infill and redevelopment area” means an area or
   34  areas designated by a local government where:
   35         (a) Public services such as water and wastewater,
   36  transportation, schools, and recreation are already available or
   37  are scheduled to be provided in an adopted 5-year schedule of
   38  capital improvements;
   39         (b) The area, or one or more neighborhoods within the area,
   40  suffers from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general
   41  distress as defined by s. 290.0058;
   42         (c) The area exhibits a proportion of properties that are
   43  substandard, overcrowded, dilapidated, vacant or abandoned, or
   44  functionally obsolete which is higher than the average for the
   45  local government;
   46         (d) More than 50 percent of the area is within 1/4 mile of
   47  a transit stop, or a sufficient number of transit stops will be
   48  made available concurrent with the designation; and
   49         (e) The area includes or is adjacent to community
   50  redevelopment areas, brownfields, enterprise zones, or Main
   51  Street programs, or has been designated by the state or Federal
   52  Government as an urban redevelopment, revitalization, or infill
   53  area under empowerment zone, enterprise community, or brownfield
   54  showcase community programs or similar programs.
   55         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.