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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to municipal contraction procedures; 2
amending s. 171.051, F.S.; specifying the method of 3
contracting a municipality when a specified percentage 4
of landowners are not registered electors of the area; 5
specifying the method of contracting a municipality 6
when there are no registered electors in the area 7
proposed to be contracted; providing an effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of th e State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsections (11) and (12) are added to section 13
171.051, Florida Statutes, to read: 14
171.051 Contraction procedures. —Any municipality may 15
initiate the contraction of municipal boundaries in the 16
following manner: 17
(11) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (4), if more than 18
70 percent of the land in an area proposed for contraction is 19
owned by individuals, corporations, or legal entities that are 20
not registered electors of that area, the area may only be 21
contracted if the owners of more than 50 percent of the parcels 22
of land in the area consent to the contraction. Such consent 23
shall be obtained by the parties proposing the contraction 24
before the referendum to be held on the contraction, as set 25
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forth in subsections (6) and (7 ), is held. 26
(12) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (4), if the area 27
proposed for contraction does not have any registered electors 28
on the date the ordinance is adopted, a vote of electors of the 29
area is not required. In addition to meeting the requirem ents of 30
subsection (11), the area may only be contracted if the owners 31
of more than 50 percent of the parcels of land in the area 32
proposed for contraction consent to the contraction. If the 33
governing body does not hold a referendum of the contracting 34
municipality under subsection (2), the consent of the property 35
owners that are required under subsection (11) shall be obtained 36
by the parties proposing the contraction before the final 37
adoption of the ordinance, and the ordinance shall become 38
effective upon its adoption or as otherwise provided in the 39
ordinance. 40
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 41