Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 718 Ì768478cÎ768478 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/21/2023 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Community Affairs (Yarborough) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 119 - 132 4 and insert: 5 (6) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), if the area 6 proposed to be annexed does not have any registered electors on 7 the date the ordinance is finally adopted, a vote of electors of 8 the area proposed to be annexed is not required.In addition to9the requirements of subsection (5), the area may not be annexed10unless the owners of more than 50 percent of the parcels of land11in the area proposed to be annexed consent to the annexation.If 12 the governing body does not choose to hold a referendum of the 13 annexing municipality pursuant to subsection (2), then the 14 property owner consents required pursuant to subsection (5) 15 shall be obtained by the parties proposing the annexation prior 16 to the final adoption of the ordinance, and the annexation 17 ordinance shall be effective upon becoming a law or as otherwise 18 provided in the ordinance. 19 20 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Delete lines 6 - 7 23 and insert: 24 procedures; revising annexation procedures; amending