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FL H1229

Bill

Status

Failed

3/8/2024

Primary Sponsor

Civil Justice Subcommittee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Local assistance plans must authorize the termination of recorded and unrecorded easements, rights, interests, or servitudes for use of or access to a lake and its upland banks to redevelop the land for affordable housing, with authorization required within 90 days of the request
  • Termination is limited to no more than one-third of the area of a lake and its upland banks, and may apply to easements held by the public or private parties but excludes those held by public utilities or governmental bodies or agencies
  • Termination of interests is achieved through a quiet title action, with service of process permitted by certified mail, return receipt requested
  • A notice must be recorded in the county public records at the time of filing, identifying the action, the interests to be terminated, the names of record owners and underlying landowners, and a legal description of the lake and its banks
  • Upon issuance of a final order quieting title, the order and an instrument describing all extinguished interests and the newly established lake boundaries must be recorded in the county public records; the act takes effect July 1, 2024

Legislative Description

Termination of Easements and Related Rights or Interests for Affordable Housing Development

Last Action

Died in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

3/8/2024

Committee Referrals

Infrastructure Strategies Committee1/26/2024
Civil Justice Subcommittee1/13/2024

Full Bill Text

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