CS/CS/CS/HB 203 - Growth Management

• Deletes the prohibition on attorney fees and costs applying to local ordinances adopted under the growth policy act.

• Requires comprehensive plans effective after January 1, 2019 to incorporate existing development orders, protect their density and intensity approvals, and not impair development completion under those orders.

• Mandates each local government adopt a property rights element in its comprehensive plan by July 1, 2023 that includes four enumerated property rights (possession and control, use and development, privacy and exclusion, and disposal through sale or gift) and may not conflict with the statutory statement of rights provided.

• Prohibits municipalities from annexing areas within another municipality's jurisdiction without consent, and restricts municipalities from providing water or sewage services in unincorporated county areas without majority consent of county commissioners unless the municipality provided such service or constructed infrastructure before July 1, 2020.

• Establishes expedited permit processing timelines for utility right-of-way applications and allows regional impact development agreements to be amended to authorize exchange of approved land uses if impacts to public facilities do not increase.

• Effective date: July 1, 2020.