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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to residential development projects
    3         for affordable housing; amending ss. 125.01055 and
    4         166.04151, F.S.; authorizing counties and
    5         municipalities, respectively, to approve any
    6         residential development project on parcels zoned for
    7         commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are
    8         met; providing construction; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 125.01055, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         125.01055 Affordable housing.—
   16         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   17  regulation to the contrary, the board of county commissioners
   18  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   19  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   20  commercial, or industrial use. If a parcel is zoned for
   21  commercial or industrial use, an approval pursuant to this
   22  subsection may include any residential development project,
   23  including a mixed-use residential development project, so long
   24  as at least 10 percent of the units included in the project are
   25  for housing that is affordable and the developer of the project
   26  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   27  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   28  require the board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance
   29  or a regulation before using the approval process in this
   30  subsection.
   31         Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 166.04151, Florida
   32  Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         166.04151 Affordable housing.—
   34         (6) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
   35  regulation to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality
   36  may approve the development of housing that is affordable, as
   37  defined in s. 420.0004, on any parcel zoned for residential,
   38  commercial, or industrial use. If a parcel is zoned for
   39  commercial or industrial use, an approval pursuant to this
   40  subsection may include any residential development project,
   41  including a mixed-use residential development project, so long
   42  as at least 10 percent of the units included in the project are
   43  for housing that is affordable and the developer of the project
   44  agrees not to apply for or receive funding under s. 420.5087.
   45  The provisions of this subsection are self-executing and do not
   46  require the governing body to adopt an ordinance or a regulation
   47  before using the approval process in this subsection.
   48         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.