FL S1770

Expands the definition of "blighted area" to include unemployment rates, poverty rates, foreclosure rates, and infant mortality rates higher than the remainder of the county or municipality, and removes provisions allowing designation based on single factor with taxing authority agreement.

Requires five-member governing bodies to appoint two additional non-elected members with expertise in architecture, finance, construction, land use, affordable housing, or sustainability to community redevelopment agencies, and mandates ethics training for all commissioners.

Establishes annual reporting requirements for community redevelopment agencies including audits, performance data, project costs, property assessments, and affordable housing expenditures, with reports to be published on agency websites and boundary maps posted by January 1, 2018.

Implements a phase-out period requiring existing agencies to obtain super majority vote approval by their governing bodies by September 30, 2037, or terminate earlier per their charter; requires super majority vote for creation of new agencies on or after July 1, 2017.

Declares community redevelopment agencies inactive if they report no revenues, expenditures, or debt for 3 consecutive fiscal years, restricting them to bond debt service only; establishes Department of Economic Opportunity website listing inactive agencies.