Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1274
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  04/20/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Farmer) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 64 and 65
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section
    6  163.3215, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         163.3215 Standing to enforce local comprehensive plans
    8  through development orders.—
    9         (8)
   10         (c) Upon the motion of any party, the prevailing party in a
   11  challenge to a development order filed under subsection (3) is
   12  entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred
   13  in challenging or defending the order, including reasonable
   14  appellate attorney fees and costs, if the challenge is frivolous
   15  in nature and lacks any legal or factual merit. This paragraph
   16  does not apply to an intervening party as provided under Rule
   17  1.230, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
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   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 10
   22  and insert:
   23         amendment may be adopted; amending s. 163.3215, F.S.;
   24         specifying conditions under which the prevailing party
   25         in a challenge to a development order is entitled to
   26         recover certain fees and costs; providing
   27         applicability; providing an effective date.