Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 440 By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Bennett 578-01521-12 2012440c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to initiatives and referenda; amending 3 s. 163.3167, F.S.; authorizing a local government to 4 retain certain initiatives or referendum processes 5 which were in effect as of a specified date; providing 6 an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 163.3167, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 163.3167 Scope of act.— 13 (8) An initiative or referendum process in regard to any 14 development order or in regard to any local comprehensive plan 15 amendment or map amendment is prohibited. However, any local 16 government charter provision that was in effect as of June 1, 17 2011, for an initiative or referendum process in regard to 18 development orders or in regard to local comprehensive plan 19 amendments or map amendments, may be retained and implemented. 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.