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    2         An act relating to land use and development; amending
    3         s. 252.363, F.S.; tolling and extending the expiration
    4         of specified consumptive use water permits and
    5         development permits and agreements during a natural
    6         emergency declared by the Governor; providing
    7         retroactive applicability; amending s. 56 of chapter
    8         2017-36, Laws of Florida; extending the time period
    9         for local governments to administer local incentive
   10         programs for projects within certain enterprise zone
   11         boundaries; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   16  252.363, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         252.363 Tolling and extension of permits and other
   18  authorizations.—
   19         (1)(a) The declaration of a state of emergency issued by
   20  the Governor for a natural emergency tolls the period remaining
   21  to exercise the rights under a permit or other authorization for
   22  the duration of the emergency declaration. Further, the
   23  emergency declaration extends the period remaining to exercise
   24  the rights under a permit or other authorization for 6 months in
   25  addition to the tolled period. This paragraph applies to the
   26  following:
   27         1. The expiration of a development order issued by a local
   28  government.
   29         2. The expiration of a building permit.
   30         3. The expiration of a permit issued by the Department of
   31  Environmental Protection or a water management district pursuant
   32  to part IV of chapter 373.
   33         4. Permits issued by the Department of Environmental
   34  Protection or a water management district pursuant to part II of
   35  chapter 373 for land subject to a development agreement under
   36  ss. 163.3220-163.3243 in which the permittee and the developer
   37  are the same or a related entity.
   38         5. The buildout date of a development of regional impact,
   39  including any extension of a buildout date that was previously
   40  granted as specified in s. 380.06(7)(c).
   41         6. The expiration of a development permit or development
   42  agreement authorized by Florida Statutes, including those
   43  authorized under the Florida Local Government Development
   44  Agreement Act, or issued by a local government or other
   45  governmental agency.
   46         Section 2. This act applies retroactively to any
   47  declaration of a state of emergency issued by the Governor for a
   48  natural emergency on or after March 1, 2020.
   49         Section 3. Section 56 of chapter 2017-36, Laws of Florida,
   50  is amended to read:
   51         Section 56. Notwithstanding s. 290.016, Florida Statutes,
   52  enterprise zone boundaries in existence before December 31,
   53  2015, are preserved for the purpose of allowing local
   54  governments to administer local incentive programs within these
   55  boundaries through December 31, 2021 2020, except for eligible
   56  contiguous multi-phase projects in which at least one
   57  certificate of use or occupancy has been issued before December
   58  31, 2021 2020, and which project will then vest the remaining
   59  project phases until completion, but no later than December 31,
   60  2025.
   61         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.