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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to municipal contraction procedures; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 171.051, F.S.; specifying the method of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | contracting a municipality when a specified percentage 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | of landowners are not registered electors of the area; 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | specifying the method of contracting a municipality 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | when there are no registered electors in the area 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | proposed to be contracted; providing an effective 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of th e State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsections (11) and (12) are added to section 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 171.051, Florida Statutes, to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 171.051 Contraction procedures. —Any municipality may 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | initiate the contraction of municipal boundaries in the 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | following manner: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (11) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (4), if more than 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 70 percent of the land in an area proposed for contraction is 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | owned by individuals, corporations, or legal entities that are 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | not registered electors of that area, the area may only be 21 |
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| 35 | | - | contracted if the owners of more than 50 percent of the total 22 |
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| 36 | | - | area of the land in the area consent to the contraction. Such 23 |
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| 37 | | - | consent shall be obtained by the parties proposing the 24 |
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| 38 | | - | contraction before the referendum to be held on the contraction, 25 |
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| 35 | + | contracted if the owners of more than 50 percent of the parcels 22 |
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| 36 | + | of land in the area consent to the contraction. Such consent 23 |
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| 37 | + | shall be obtained by the parties proposing the contraction 24 |
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| 38 | + | before the referendum to be held on the contraction, as set 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (12) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (4), if the area 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | proposed for contraction does not have any registered electors 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | on the date the ordinance is adopted, a vote of electors of the 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | area is not required. In addition to meeting the requirem ents of 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | subsection (11), the area may only be contracted if the owners 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | of more than 50 percent of the parcels of land in the area 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | proposed for contraction consent to the contraction. If the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | governing body does not hold a referendum of the contracting 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | municipality under subsection (2), the consent of the property 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | owners that are required under subsection (11) shall be obtained 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | by the parties proposing the contraction before the final 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | adoption of the ordinance, and the ordinance shall become 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | effective upon its adoption or as otherwise provided in the 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ordinance. 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 41 |
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