Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 784
By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Ingoglia
578-02516-25 2025784c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to platting; amending s. 177.071,
3 F.S.; requiring that plat or replat submittals be
4 reviewed and approved administratively by a designee
5 or designees of the appropriate local governing body;
6 requiring such designee or designees to review such
7 plat or replat submittal for compliance within a
8 specified timeframe; requiring that written comments
9 be provided to the applicant if the plat or replat
10 submittal fails to meet specified requirements;
11 requiring that the plat or replat submittal be
12 approved, approved with conditions, or denied within a
13 specified timeframe; providing an exception;
14 prohibiting certain entities from requesting or
15 requiring an applicant to file a written extension of
16 time; creating s. 177.1115, F.S.; requiring the
17 appropriate governing body, within a specified
18 timeframe after the recordation of the plat, to issue
19 certain information; authorizing an applicant to
20 engage a specified private provider under certain
21 circumstances; requiring that such provider submit
22 specified information to the governing body for
23 verification; requiring the governing body to complete
24 verification within a specified timeframe; requiring
25 that the information submitted by the provider is
26 deemed approved if the governing body fails to verify
27 it within the specified timeframe; prohibiting the
28 governing body from collecting an addressing fee under
29 certain circumstances; providing an effective date.
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31 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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33 Section 1. Present subsections (1) and (2) of section
34 177.071, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
35 and (3), respectively, and a new subsection (1) is added to that
36 section, to read:
37 177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies.—
38 (1) Plat or replat submittals shall be reviewed and
39 approved administratively by a designee or designees of the
40 appropriate local governing body. Within 15 days after receipt
41 of a plat or replat submittal, the designee or designees of the
42 appropriate local governing body shall review the plat or replat
43 submittal for compliance with s. 177.091. If it is determined
44 that such plat or replat submittal fails to meet the
45 requirements of s. 177.091, written comments specifying the
46 areas of noncompliance must be provided to the applicant within
47 the 15-day review period. The plat or replat submittal must be
48 approved, approved with conditions, or denied within 30 working
49 days from the date that the plat or replat is submitted, unless
50 a written extension of this timeframe is requested by the
51 applicant and approved by the governing body. An official,
52 employee, agent, or designee of the governing body may not
53 request or require the applicant to file a written extension of
54 time.
55 Section 2. Section 177.1115, Florida Statutes, is created
56 to read:
57 177.1115 Issuance of address and an individual parcel
58 identification number after final plat is recorded; private
59 provider alternative; penalty.—
60 (1) Within 14 business days after the recordation of a plat
61 by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer, the
62 appropriate governing body shall issue the street and mailing
63 address, along with the individual parcel identification number,
64 as contained in the plat offered for recording pursuant to s.
65 177.091.
66 (2) If the appropriate governing body does not issue the
67 required street and mailing address, along with the individual
68 parcel identification number, within the 14-business-day period
69 prescribed in subsection (1), the applicant may engage a private
70 provider, duly registered in this state, to create the required
71 address and parcel identification number in accordance with
72 applicable local, state, and national addressing standards.
73 (a) Upon completion, the private provider shall submit the
74 assigned address and parcel identification number to the
75 governing body for verification. The governing body must
76 complete its verification process within 5 business days after
77 receiving the submission.
78 (b) If the governing body fails to verify the submitted
79 address and parcel identification number within 5 business days,
80 the address assigned by the private provider must be deemed
81 approved for all official purposes.
82 (3) The governing body may not collect an addressing fee if
83 it fails to issue the required address and parcel identification
84 number within the timeframes specified in this section.
85 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.