Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 812
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/05/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Ingoglia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment
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    3         Delete lines 73 - 97
    4  and insert:
    5         3. Apply to a municipality with 25 acres or less of land
    6  zoned for residential development or agricultural purposes.
    7         (b) A governing body that had a program in place before
    8  July 1, 2023, to expedite the building permit process, need only
    9  update their program to approve an applicant’s written
   10  application to issue up to 50 percent of the building permits
   11  for the residential subdivision or planned community in order to
   12  comply with this section. This paragraph does not restrict a
   13  governing body from issuing more than 50 percent of the building
   14  permits for the residential subdivision or planned community.
   15         (c) By December 31, 2027, the governing body of a county
   16  that has 75,000 residents or more and the governing body of a
   17  municipality that has 30,000 residents or more shall update
   18  their programs to expedite the process for issuing building
   19  permits for residential subdivisions or planned communities in
   20  accordance with the Florida Building Code and this section
   21  before a final plat is recorded with the clerk of the circuit
   22  court. The expedited process must include an application for an
   23  applicant to identify the percentage of planned homes, not to
   24  exceed 75 percent of the residential subdivision or planned
   25  community, or the number of building permits that the governing
   26  body must issue for the residential subdivision or planned
   27  community. This paragraph does not:
   28         1. Restrict the governing body from issuing more than 75
   29  percent of the building permits for the residential subdivision
   30  or planned community.
   31         2. Apply to a county subject to s. 380.0552.
   32         3. Apply to a municipality with 25 acres or less of land
   33  zoned for residential development or agricultural purposes.