FL H1177

Local governments are prohibited from requiring notices, applications, approvals, permits, fees, or mitigation for tree pruning, trimming, or removal on property used for construction or development of veterans health care facilities approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Final orders or decisions of municipal historic preservation boards may be appealed to the board of county commissioners, which must hold a public hearing within 30 days and may approve or reject the decision; this appeal right is supplemental to all other legal remedies.

Local governments are granted exclusive power to evaluate transportation impacts, apply concurrency, and assess transportation-related fees, with revised rules for how trips from previous development phases are analyzed and credited in subsequent phases.

Local governments and special districts must credit any contribution related to public facilities or infrastructure — including land dedication, site planning, design, or construction — on a dollar-for-dollar basis at fair market value against impact fee collections, broadening the credit beyond proportionate share agreements.

Changes to previously approved developments of regional impact that reduce height, density, or intensity, or that only relocate uses/infrastructure or exchange permitted uses, must be administratively approved without local government review; multimodal pathway additions or substitutions for internal roadways are also authorized under specified conditions.