CS/HB 1203 Summary

• Revises the boundaries of the Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District spanning Manatee and Sarasota Counties by amending chapter 2005-338, Laws of Florida

• Provides detailed legal descriptions of the expanded district encompassing multiple sections across Townships 34-36 South and Ranges 19-20 East, including additions in Sarasota County

• Reduces total district acreage from 25,605 acres to 23,302 acres plus or minus

• Requires approval by majority vote of non-exempt landowners at a landowners' meeting to be held within 90 days of the act becoming law, with one vote per assessable acre

• Sections 2 and 3 take effect upon enactment; Section 1 (boundary revision) takes effect only upon landowner approval at the required referendum meeting