Florida Senate - 2025                       CS for CS for SB 784
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Judiciary; and Community Affairs; and
       Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       590-03181-25                                           2025784c2
    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; providing an effective date.
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   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   20         Section 1. Present subsections (1) and (2) of section
   21  177.071, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
   22  and (3), respectively, and a new subsection (1) is added to that
   23  section, to read:
   24         177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies.—
   25         (1) Plat or replat submittals shall be reviewed and
   26  approved administratively by a designee or designees of the
   27  appropriate local governing body. Within 15 days after receipt
   28  of a plat or replat submittal, the designee or designees of the
   29  appropriate local governing body shall review the plat or replat
   30  submittal for compliance with s. 177.091. If it is determined
   31  that such plat or replat submittal fails to meet the
   32  requirements of s. 177.091, written comments specifying the
   33  areas of noncompliance must be provided to the applicant within
   34  the 15-day review period. The plat or replat submittal must be
   35  approved, approved with conditions, or denied within 30 working
   36  days from the date that the plat or replat is submitted, unless
   37  a written extension of this timeframe is requested by the
   38  applicant and approved by the governing body. An official,
   39  employee, agent, or designee of the governing body may not
   40  request or require the applicant to file a written extension of
   41  time.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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