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FL S1216

Bill

Status

Passed

5/15/2015

Primary Sponsor

Fiscal Policy

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts local governments served by large public water utilities (>300 million gallons per day permitted allocation) using less than 1% of the utility's allocation from amending comprehensive plans in response to regional water supply plan updates and from maintaining a work plan.

  • Allows conservation easements in sector plans to be based on digital orthophotography prepared by licensed surveyors and to include adjustment rights allowing landowners to substitute protected lands if replacement lands have equivalent acreage and environmental values.

  • Designates Pasco County as a pilot community for 10 years to adopt comprehensive plan amendments for connected-city corridors without state coordinated review, subject to annual or biennial monitoring reports to the state land planning agency.

  • Removes regional planning council duties from numerous state permitting and review processes, including electrical power plant certification, transmission line certification, natural gas pipeline certification, and hazardous waste amnesty day coordination.

  • Subjects new proposed developments otherwise qualifying as developments of regional impact to the state coordinated review process under section 163.3184(4) instead of the development of regional impact review process under section 380.06.

Legislative Description

Community Development

Last Action

Chapter No. 2015-30

5/15/2015

Committee Referrals

Fiscal Policy4/2/2015
Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee3/19/2015
Community Affairs2/27/2015

Full Bill Text

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