Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1244 Ì926510tÎ926510 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/15/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Community Affairs (Lee) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 210 and 211 4 insert: 5 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 165.0615, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 165.0615 Municipal conversion of independent special 8 districts upon elector-initiated and approved referendum.— 9 (1) The qualified electors of an independent special 10 district may commence a municipal conversion proceeding by 11 filing a petition with the governing body of the independent 12 special district proposed to be converted if the district meets 13 all of the following criteria: 14 (a) It was created by special act of the Legislature. 15 (b) It is designated as an improvement district and created 16 pursuant to chapter 298 or is designated as a stewardship 17 district and created pursuant to s. 189.031. 18 (c) Its governing board is elected. 19 (d) Its governing board agrees to the conversion. 20 (e) It provides at least four of the following municipal 21 services: water, sewer, solid waste, drainage, roads, 22 transportation, public works, fire and rescue, street lighting, 23 parks and recreation, or library or cultural facilities. 24 (f) No portion of the district is located within the 25 jurisdictional limits of a municipality. 26 (g) It meets the minimum population standards specified in 27 s. 165.061(1)(b). 28 29 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 Delete line 2 32 and insert: 33 An act relating to growth management; amending s. 34 165.0615, F.S.; adding a minimum population standard 35 as a criteria that must be met before qualified 36 electors of an independent special district commence a 37 certain municipal conversion proceeding;