CS for CS for CS for SB 1632 Summary

• Modifies the definition of "public agency" to include public transit providers, enabling them to participate in interlocal cooperation agreements for water and wastewater facilities under the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969.

• Revises Department of Transportation property disposal procedures by authorizing auction services, allowing conveyance through multiple methods (negotiations, sealed bids, auctions), and establishing criteria for selling property including special provisions for donated property, replacement housing, and property with significant maintenance costs or liability.

• Creates comprehensive regulations for outdoor advertising sign placement requiring signs to be located only in commercial or industrial zones as determined by local governments, with new standards for determining zoned and unzoned commercial/industrial areas and an administrative appeal process for denied permit applications.

• Modifies provisions regarding nonconforming signs, including procedures for unpermitted signs to potentially receive permits if they meet specified criteria (7+ years of continuous operation without department enforcement), and establishes new exemptions for signs by tourist-oriented businesses, farm signs during harvest season, school acknowledgement signs, and sports facility displays.

• Revises noise-attenuation barrier procedures by requiring local governments to grant variances or waivers to allow sign height increases when barriers interfere with sign visibility, and repeals a pilot program previously authorized for tourist-oriented commerce signs.