Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 686
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (McClain) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 88 - 144
    4  and insert:
    5  quasi-judicial process or public hearing.
    6         (h) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), a certified agricultural
    7  enclave as defined in s. 163.3164(4)(c)1.c. which is adjacent to
    8  an interstate highway may be developed for commercial,
    9  industrial, or single-family residential purposes if one or more
   10  adjacent parcels or an adjacent development permits the same
   11  density or intensity as the proposed development AMENDMENT TO
   12  LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The owner of a parcel of
   13  land defined as an agricultural enclave under s. 163.3164 may
   14  apply for an amendment to the local government comprehensive
   15  plan pursuant to s. 163.3184. Such amendment is presumed not to
   16  be urban sprawl as defined in s. 163.3164 if it includes land
   17  uses and intensities of use that are consistent with the uses
   18  and intensities of use of the industrial, commercial, or
   19  residential areas that surround the parcel. This presumption may
   20  be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence. Each application
   21  for a comprehensive plan amendment under this subsection for a
   22  parcel larger than 640 acres must include appropriate new
   23  urbanism concepts such as clustering, mixed-use development, the
   24  creation of rural village and city centers, and the transfer of
   25  development rights in order to discourage urban sprawl while
   26  protecting landowner rights.
   27         (a) The local government and the owner of a parcel of land
   28  that is the subject of an application for an amendment shall
   29  have 180 days following the date that the local government
   30  receives a complete application to negotiate in good faith to
   31  reach consensus on the land uses and intensities of use that are
   32  consistent with the uses and intensities of use of the
   33  industrial, commercial, or residential areas that surround the
   34  parcel. Within 30 days after the local government’s receipt of
   35  such an application, the local government and owner must agree
   36  in writing to a schedule for information submittal, public
   37  hearings, negotiations, and final action on the amendment, which
   38  schedule may thereafter be altered only with the written consent
   39  of the local government and the owner. Compliance with the
   40  schedule in the written agreement constitutes good faith
   41  negotiations for purposes of paragraph (c).
   42         (b) Upon conclusion of good faith negotiations under
   43  paragraph (a), regardless of whether the local government and
   44  owner reach consensus on the land uses and intensities of use
   45  that are consistent with the uses and intensities of use of the
   46  industrial, commercial, or residential areas that surround the
   47  parcel, the amendment must be transmitted to the state land
   48  planning agency for review pursuant to s. 163.3184. If the local
   49  government fails to transmit the amendment within 180 days after
   50  receipt of a complete application, the amendment must be
   51  immediately transferred to the state land planning agency for
   52  such review. A plan amendment transmitted to the state land
   53  planning agency submitted under this subsection is presumed not
   54  to be urban sprawl as defined in s. 163.3164. This presumption
   55  may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.
   56         (c) If the owner fails to negotiate in good faith, a plan
   57  amendment submitted under this subsection is not entitled to the
   58  rebuttable presumption under this subsection in the negotiation
   59  and amendment process.
   60         (i)(d) Nothing within this subsection relating to
   61  agricultural enclaves shall preempt or replace any protection
   62  currently existing for any property located within the
   63  boundaries of any of the following areas:
   64         1. The Wekiva Study Area, as described in s. 369.316.; or
   65         2. The Everglades Protection Area, as defined in s.
   66  373.4592(2).
   67         3. Any area of critical state concern, as designated in s.
   68  s. 380.055, s. 380.0551, s. 380.0552, s. 380.0553, or s.
   69  380.0555.
   70         4.The Florida wildlife corridor, as defined in s.
   71  259.1055(4).
   72         5. A military installation or range identified in s.
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   75  And the title is amended as follows:
   76         Delete line 25
   77  and insert:
   78         to enter a certain written agreement; authorizing the
   79         development of certain certified agricultural enclaves
   80         for commercial, industrial, or single-family
   81         residential purposes under certain circumstances;
   82         deleting