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| 3 | 3 | | HB 843 2023 |
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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 challenges to development orders; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 163.3215, F.S.; requiring a prevailing 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | party to show that the challenge to a development 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | order was frivolous before the prevailing party is 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | costs; providing that intervenors are not entitled to 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | recover reasonable attorney fees and costs; providing 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | that intervenors may not recover certain attorne y fees 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and costs; providing applicability; providing an 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | effective date. 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 163.3215, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 163.3215 Standing to enforce local comprehensive plans 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | through development orders. — 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8) 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c)1. Upon showing that the challenge to the development 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | order was frivolous, the prevailing party in a challenge to a 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | development order filed under subsection (3) is entitled t o 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | recover reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | challenging or defending the order, including reasonable 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | appellate attorney fees and costs. 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 843 2023 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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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| 51 | 51 | | 2. An intervenor is not entitled to recover reasonable 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | attorney fees and costs under this paragraph, and may not 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | recover attorney fees and costs from an aggrieved or adversely 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | affected party. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 163.3215 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | do not apply retroactively to any challenge brought before the 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | enactment of chapter 2019 -165, Laws of Florida. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 33 |
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