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12 | repealed.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