| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to alternative mobility funding 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | systems and impact fees; amending s. 163.3164, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | providing definitions; amending s. 163.3180, F.S.; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | revising requirements relating to agreements to pay 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | for or construct certain improvements; authorizing 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | certain local governments to adopt an alternative 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | transportation system that is mobility -plan and fee-8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | based in certain circumstances; prohibiting an 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | alternative transportation system from imposing 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | responsibility for funding an existing transportation 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | deficiency upon new development; requiring counties 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and municipalities to create and execute interlocal 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | agreements if a developer is charged a fee for 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | transportation impacts for a new development or 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | redevelopment; providing requirements for such 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | agreements; providing requirements for when such 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | interlocal agreements are not executed by a specified 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | date; authorizing a local government that issues the 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | building permit to collect a fee for transportation 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | impacts under certain circumstances unless otherwise 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | agreed; amending s. 163.31801, F.S.; revising 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | requirements for the calculation of impact fees by 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | certain local governments and special districts; 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | requiring local governments transitioning to 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | alternative transportation systems to provide holders 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of impact fee credits with full benefit of intensity 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and density of prepaid credit balances as of a 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | specified date in certain circumstances; amending s. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 212.055, F.S.; confor ming a cross-reference; providing 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | an effective date. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 1. Subsections (32) through (52) of section 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 163.3164, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (34) 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | through (54), respec tively, and new subsections (32) and (33) 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | are added to that section, to read: 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions. —As used in 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | this act: 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (32) "Mobility fee" means a local government fee schedule 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | established by ordinance and based on the project s included in 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the local government's adopted mobility plan. 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (33) "Mobility plan" means an alternative transportation 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | system mobility study developed by using a plan -based 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | methodology and adopted into a local government comprehensive 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | plan that promotes a compact, mixed use, and interconnected 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | development served by a multimodal transportation system in an 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | area that is urban in character, or designated to be urban in 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | character, as defined in s. 171.031. 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Section 2. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection (5) of 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | section 163.3180, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (j) is added to that subsection, to read: 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | 163.3180 Concurrency. — 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (5) 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (h)1. Local governments that continue to implement a 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | transportation concurrency system, whether in the form adopted 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | into the comprehensive plan before the effective date of the 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Community Planning Act, chapter 2011 -139, Laws of Florida, or as 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | subsequently modified, must: 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | a. Consult with the Department of Transportation when 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | proposed plan amendments affect facilities o n the strategic 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | intermodal system. 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | b. Exempt public transit facilities from concurrency. For 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the purposes of this sub -subparagraph, public transit facilities 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | include transit stations and terminals; transit station parking; 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | park-and-ride lots; intermodal public transit connection or 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | transfer facilities; fixed bus, guideway, and rail stations; and 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | airport passenger terminals and concourses, air cargo 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | facilities, and hangars for the assembly, manufacture, 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | maintenance, or storage of aircraft. As used in this sub-71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | subparagraph, the terms "terminals" and "transit facilities" do 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | not include seaports or commercial or residential development 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | constructed in conjunction with a public transit facility. 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | c. Allow an applicant for a development -of-regional-impact 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | development order, development agreement, rezoning, or other 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | land use development permit to satisfy the transportation 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | concurrency requirements of the local comprehensive plan, the 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | local government's concurrency management system, and s. 380.06, 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | when applicable, if: 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (I) The applicant in good faith offers to enter into a 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | binding agreement to pay for or construct its proportionate 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | share of required improvements in a manner consistent with this 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | subsection. The agreement must provide that after an applicant 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | makes its contribution or constructs its proportionate share 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | pursuant to this sub -sub-subparagraph, the project shall be 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | considered to have mitigated its transportation impacts and be 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | allowed to proceed if the applicant has satisfied all other 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | local government development requirements for the project. 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (II) The proportionate -share contribution or construction 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | is sufficient to accomplish one or more mobility improvements 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | that will benefit a regionally significant transportation 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | facility. A local government may accept contributions from 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | multiple applicants for a planned improvement if it maintains 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | contributions in a separate account designated for that purpose. 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | A local government may not prevent a single applicant from 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | proceeding after the applicant has satisfied its proportionate -97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | share requirement if the applicant has satisfied all other local 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | government development requirements for the project. 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | d. Provide the basis upon which the landowners will be 100 |
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| 162 | 162 | | assessed a proportionate shar e of the cost addressing the 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | transportation impacts resulting from a proposed development. 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | 2. An applicant shall not be held responsible for the 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | additional cost of reducing or eliminating deficiencies. When an 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | applicant contributes or constructs its prop ortionate share 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | pursuant to this paragraph, a local government may not require 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | payment or construction of transportation facilities whose costs 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | would be greater than a development's proportionate share of the 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | improvements necessary to mitigate the developm ent's impacts. 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | a. The proportionate -share contribution shall be 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | calculated based upon the number of trips from the proposed 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | development expected to reach roadways during the peak hour from 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | the stage or phase being approved, divided by the change in the 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | peak hour maximum service volume of roadways resulting from 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | construction of an improvement necessary to maintain or achieve 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the adopted level of service, multiplied by the construction 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | cost, at the time of development payment, of the improvement 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | necessary to maintain or achieve the adopted level of service. 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | b. In using the proportionate -share formula provided in 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | this subparagraph, the applicant, in its traffic analysis, shall 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | identify those roads or facilities that have a transportation 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | deficiency in accordance with the transportation deficiency as 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | defined in subparagraph 4. The proportionate -share formula 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | provided in this subparagraph shall be applied only to those 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | facilities that are determined to be significantly impacted by 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the project traffic under rev iew. If any road is determined to 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | be transportation deficient without the project traffic under 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | review, the costs of correcting that deficiency shall be removed 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | from the project's proportionate -share calculation and the 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | necessary transportation improvement s to correct that deficiency 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | shall be considered to be in place for purposes of the 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | proportionate-share calculation. The improvement necessary to 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | correct the transportation deficiency is the funding 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | responsibility of the entity that has maintenance respons ibility 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | for the facility. The development's proportionate share shall be 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | calculated only for the needed transportation improvements that 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | are greater than the identified deficiency. 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | c. When the provisions of subparagraph 1. and this 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | subparagraph have been satisfied for a particular stage or phase 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | of development, all transportation impacts from that stage or 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | phase for which mitigation was required and provided shall be 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | deemed fully mitigated in any transportation analysis for a 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | subsequent stage or phase of development. Trips from a previous 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | stage or phase that did not result in impacts for which 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | mitigation was required or provided may be cumulatively analyzed 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | with trips from a subsequent stage or phase to determine whether 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | an impact requires mitigation for t he subsequent stage or phase. 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | d. In projecting the number of trips to be generated by 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the development under review, any trips assigned to a toll -149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | financed facility shall be eliminated from the analysis. 150 |
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| 236 | 236 | | e. The applicant shall receive a credit on a dolla r-for-151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | dollar basis for impact fees, mobility fees, and other 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | transportation concurrency mitigation requirements paid or 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | payable in the future for the project. The credit shall be 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | reduced up to 20 percent by the percentage share that the 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | project's traffic represents of the added capacity of the 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | selected improvement, or by the amount specified by local 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ordinance, whichever yields the greater credit. 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | 3. This subsection does not require a local government to 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | approve a development that, for reasons other than 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | transportation impacts, is not qualified for approval pursuant 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | to the applicable local comprehensive plan and land development 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | regulations. 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | 4. As used in this subsection, the term "transportation 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | deficiency" means a facility or facilities on which the ad opted 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | level-of-service standard is exceeded by the existing, 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | committed, and vested trips, plus additional projected 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | background trips from any source other than the development 168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | project under review, and trips that are forecast by established 169 |
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| 255 | 255 | | traffic standards, including traffic modeling, consistent with 170 |
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| 256 | 256 | | the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Research medium population projections. Additional projected 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | background trips are to be coincident with the particular stage 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | or phase of development under review. 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (i) If a local government elects to repeal transportation 175 |
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| 273 | 273 | | concurrency, the local government may it is encouraged to adopt 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | an alternative transportation system that is mobility -plan and 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | fee-based or an alternative transportation system that is not 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | mobility-plan and fee-based. The local government mobility 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | funding system that uses one or more of the tools and techniques 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | identified in paragraph (f). Any alternative mobility funding 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | system adopted may not use an alternative transportation syste m 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | be used to deny, time, or phase an application for site plan 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | approval, plat approval, final subdivision approval, building 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | permits, or the functional equivalent of such approvals provided 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | that the developer agrees to pay for the development's 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | identified transportation impacts via the funding mechanism 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | implemented by the local government. The revenue from the 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | funding mechanism used in the alternative transportation system 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | must be used to implement the needs of the local government's 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | plan which serves as th e basis for the fee imposed. An 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | alternative transportation A mobility fee-based funding system 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | must comply with s. 163.31801 governing impact fees. An 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | alternative transportation system may not impose that is not 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | mobility fee-based shall not be applied in a manner that imposes 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | upon new development any responsibility for funding an existing 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | transportation deficiency as defined in paragraph (h). 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (j)1. If a county and municipality charge the developer of 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | a new development or redevelopment a fee for transporta tion 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | capacity impacts, the county and municipality must create and 200 |
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| 310 | 310 | | execute an interlocal agreement to coordinate the mitigation of 201 |
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| 311 | 311 | | their respective transportation capacity impacts. 202 |
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| 312 | 312 | | 2. The interlocal agreement must, at a minimum: 203 |
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| 313 | 313 | | a. Ensure that any new development or redevelopment is not 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | charged twice for the same transportation capacity impacts. 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | b. Establish a plan -based methodology for determining the 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | legally permissible fee to be charged to a new development or 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | redevelopment. 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | c. Require the county or municipality issuing the building 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | permit to collect the fee, unless agreed to otherwise. 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | d. Provide a method for the proportionate distribution of 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | the revenue collected by the county or municipality to address 212 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the transportation capacity impacts of a new development or 213 |
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| 323 | 323 | | redevelopment, or provide a method of assigning responsibility 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | for the mitigation of the transportation capacity impacts 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | belonging to the county and the municipality. 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | 3. By October 1, 2025, if an interlocal agreement is not 217 |
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| 327 | 327 | | executed pursuant to this paragraph: 218 |
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| 328 | 328 | | a. The fee charged to a new development or redevelopment 219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | shall be based on the transportation capacity impacts 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | apportioned to the county and municipality as identified in the 221 |
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| 331 | 331 | | developer's traffic impact study or the mobility pla n adopted by 222 |
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| 332 | 332 | | the county or municipality. 223 |
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| 333 | 333 | | b. The developer shall receive a 10 percent reduction in 224 |
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| 334 | 334 | | the total fee calculated pursuant to sub -subparagraph a. 225 |
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| 347 | 347 | | c. The county or municipality issuing the building permit 226 |
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| 348 | 348 | | must collect the fee charged pursuant t o sub-subparagraphs a. 227 |
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| 349 | 349 | | and b. and distribute the proceeds of such fee to the county and 228 |
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| 350 | 350 | | municipality within 60 days after the developer's payment. 229 |
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| 351 | 351 | | 4. This paragraph does not apply to: 230 |
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| 352 | 352 | | a. A county as defined in s. 125.011(1). 231 |
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| 353 | 353 | | b. A county or municipali ty that has entered into, or 232 |
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| 354 | 354 | | otherwise updated, an existing interlocal agreement, as of 233 |
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| 355 | 355 | | October 1, 2024, to coordinate the mitigation of transportation 234 |
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| 356 | 356 | | impacts. However, if such existing interlocal agreement is 235 |
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| 357 | 357 | | terminated, the affected county and municipal ity that have 236 |
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| 358 | 358 | | entered into the agreement shall be subject to the requirements 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | of this paragraph unless the county and municipality mutually 238 |
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| 360 | 360 | | agree to extend the existing interlocal agreement before the 239 |
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| 361 | 361 | | expiration of the agreement. 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Section 3. Paragraph ( a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | of subsection (5), and subsection (7) of section 163.31801, 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | 163.31801 Impact fees; short title; intent; minimum 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | requirements; audits; challenges. — 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (4) At a minimum, each local g overnment that adopts and 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | collects an impact fee by ordinance and each special district 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | that adopts, collects, and administers an impact fee by 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | resolution must: 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (a) Ensure that the calculation of the impact fee is based 250 |
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| 384 | 384 | | on a study using the most recent and localized data available 251 |
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| 385 | 385 | | within 4 years of the current impact fee update. The new study 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | must be adopted by the local government within 12 months of the 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | initiation of the new impact fee study if the local government 254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | increases the impact fee . 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (5)(a) Notwithstanding any charter provision, 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | comprehensive plan policy, ordinance, development order, 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | development permit, or resolution, the local government or 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | special district that requires any improvement or contribution 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | must credit against the collection of the impact fee any 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | contribution, whether identified in a development order, 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | proportionate share agreement , or any other form of exaction, 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | related to public facilities or infrastructure, including 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | monetary contributions , land dedication, site planning and 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | design, or construction. Any contribution must be applied on a 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | dollar-for-dollar basis at fair market value to reduce any 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | impact fee collected for the general category or class of public 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | facilities or infrastructure for which the contribution was 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | made. 269 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (7) If an impact fee is increased, the holder of any 270 |
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| 404 | 404 | | impact fee credits, whether such credits are granted under s. 271 |
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| 405 | 405 | | 163.3180, s. 380.06, or otherwise, which were in existence 272 |
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| 406 | 406 | | before the increase, is entitled to the full benefit of the 273 |
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| 407 | 407 | | intensity or density prepaid by the credit balance as of the 274 |
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| 408 | 408 | | date it was first established. If a local government adopts an 275 |
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| 421 | 421 | | alternative transportation system pursuant to s. 163.3180(5)(i), 276 |
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| 422 | 422 | | the holder of any transportation or road impact fee credits 277 |
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| 423 | 423 | | granted under s. 163.3180 or s. 380.06 or otherwise that were in 278 |
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| 424 | 424 | | existence before the adoption of the alternative transportation 279 |
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| 425 | 425 | | system is entitled to the full benefit of the intensity and 280 |
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| 426 | 426 | | density prepaid by the credit balance as of the date the 281 |
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| 427 | 427 | | alternative transportation system was first established. 282 |
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| 428 | 428 | | Section 4. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 283 |
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| 429 | 429 | | 212.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 284 |
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| 430 | 430 | | 212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; 285 |
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| 431 | 431 | | authorization and use of proceeds. —It is the legislative intent 286 |
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| 432 | 432 | | that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales 287 |
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| 433 | 433 | | surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a 288 |
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| 434 | 434 | | subsection of this section, irrespective of the duration of the 289 |
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| 435 | 435 | | levy. Each enactment shall specify the types of counties 290 |
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| 436 | 436 | | authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be imposed; the 291 |
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| 437 | 437 | | maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed, if any; the 292 |
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| 438 | 438 | | procedure which must be followed to secure voter approval, if 293 |
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| 439 | 439 | | required; the purpose for which the proceeds may be expended; 294 |
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| 440 | 440 | | and such other requirements as the Legislature may provide. 295 |
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| 441 | 441 | | Taxable transactions and administrative procedures shall be as 296 |
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| 442 | 442 | | provided in s. 212.054. 297 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX. — 298 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (d) The proceeds of the surtax authorized by this 299 |
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| 445 | 445 | | subsection and any accrued interest shall be expended by the 300 |
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| 458 | 458 | | school district, within the county and municipalities within the 301 |
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| 459 | 459 | | county, or, in the case of a negotiated joint county agreement, 302 |
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| 460 | 460 | | within another county, to finance, plan, and construct 303 |
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| 461 | 461 | | infrastructure; to acquire any interest in land for public 304 |
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| 462 | 462 | | recreation, conservation, or protection of natural resources or 305 |
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| 463 | 463 | | to prevent or satisfy private property rights claims resulting 306 |
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| 464 | 464 | | from limitations imposed by the designati on of an area of 307 |
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| 465 | 465 | | critical state concern; to provide loans, grants, or rebates to 308 |
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| 466 | 466 | | residential or commercial property owners who make energy 309 |
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| 467 | 467 | | efficiency improvements to their residential or commercial 310 |
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| 468 | 468 | | property, if a local government ordinance authorizing such use 311 |
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| 469 | 469 | | is approved by referendum; or to finance the closure of county -312 |
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| 470 | 470 | | owned or municipally owned solid waste landfills that have been 313 |
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| 471 | 471 | | closed or are required to be closed by order of the Department 314 |
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| 472 | 472 | | of Environmental Protection. Any use of the proceeds or inter est 315 |
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| 473 | 473 | | for purposes of landfill closure before July 1, 1993, is 316 |
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| 474 | 474 | | ratified. The proceeds and any interest may not be used for the 317 |
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| 475 | 475 | | operational expenses of infrastructure, except that a county 318 |
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| 476 | 476 | | that has a population of fewer than 75,000 and that is required 319 |
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| 477 | 477 | | to close a landfill may use the proceeds or interest for long -320 |
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| 478 | 478 | | term maintenance costs associated with landfill closure. 321 |
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| 479 | 479 | | Counties, as defined in s. 125.011, and charter counties may, in 322 |
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| 480 | 480 | | addition, use the proceeds or interest to retire or service 323 |
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| 481 | 481 | | indebtedness incurred for bonds issued before July 1, 1987, for 324 |
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| 482 | 482 | | infrastructure purposes, and for bonds subsequently issued to 325 |
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| 495 | 495 | | refund such bonds. Any use of the proceeds or interest for 326 |
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| 496 | 496 | | purposes of retiring or servicing indebtedness incurred for 327 |
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| 497 | 497 | | refunding bonds before July 1 , 1999, is ratified. 328 |
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| 498 | 498 | | 1. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 329 |
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| 499 | 499 | | "infrastructure" means: 330 |
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| 500 | 500 | | a. Any fixed capital expenditure or fixed capital outlay 331 |
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| 501 | 501 | | associated with the construction, reconstruction, or improvement 332 |
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| 502 | 502 | | of public facilities that have a life expectancy of 5 or more 333 |
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| 503 | 503 | | years, any related land acquisition, land improvement, design, 334 |
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| 504 | 504 | | and engineering costs, and all other professional and related 335 |
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| 505 | 505 | | costs required to bring the public facilities into service. For 336 |
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| 506 | 506 | | purposes of this sub -subparagraph, the ter m "public facilities" 337 |
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| 507 | 507 | | means facilities as defined in s. 163.3164(41) s. 163.3164(39), 338 |
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| 508 | 508 | | s. 163.3221(13), or s. 189.012(5), and includes facilities that 339 |
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| 509 | 509 | | are necessary to carry out governmental purposes, including, but 340 |
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| 510 | 510 | | not limited to, fire stations, general go vernmental office 341 |
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| 511 | 511 | | buildings, and animal shelters, regardless of whether the 342 |
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| 512 | 512 | | facilities are owned by the local taxing authority or another 343 |
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| 513 | 513 | | governmental entity. 344 |
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| 514 | 514 | | b. A fire department vehicle, an emergency medical service 345 |
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| 515 | 515 | | vehicle, a sheriff's office vehicle, a police department 346 |
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| 516 | 516 | | vehicle, or any other vehicle, and the equipment necessary to 347 |
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| 517 | 517 | | outfit the vehicle for its official use or equipment that has a 348 |
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| 518 | 518 | | life expectancy of at least 5 years. 349 |
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| 519 | 519 | | c. Any expenditure for the construction, lease, or 350 |
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| 532 | 532 | | maintenance of, or provision of utilities or security for, 351 |
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| 533 | 533 | | facilities, as defined in s. 29.008. 352 |
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| 534 | 534 | | d. Any fixed capital expenditure or fixed capital outlay 353 |
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| 535 | 535 | | associated with the improvement of private facilities that have 354 |
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| 536 | 536 | | a life expectancy of 5 or more years and that the owner agrees 355 |
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| 537 | 537 | | to make available for use on a temporary basis as needed by a 356 |
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| 538 | 538 | | local government as a public emergency shelter or a staging area 357 |
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| 539 | 539 | | for emergency response equipment during an emergency officially 358 |
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| 540 | 540 | | declared by the state or by the local government under s. 359 |
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| 541 | 541 | | 252.38. Such improvements are limited to those necessary to 360 |
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| 542 | 542 | | comply with current standards for public emergency evacuation 361 |
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| 543 | 543 | | shelters. The owner must enter into a written contract with the 362 |
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| 544 | 544 | | local government providing the improvement funding to make the 363 |
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| 545 | 545 | | private facility available to the public for purposes of 364 |
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| 546 | 546 | | emergency shelter at no cost to the local government for a 365 |
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| 547 | 547 | | minimum of 10 years after completion of the improvement, with 366 |
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| 548 | 548 | | the provision that the obligation will transfer to any 367 |
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| 549 | 549 | | subsequent owner until the end of the minimum period. 368 |
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| 550 | 550 | | e. Any land acquisition expenditure for a residential 369 |
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| 551 | 551 | | housing project in which at least 30 percent of the units are 370 |
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| 552 | 552 | | affordable to individuals or families whose total annual 371 |
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| 553 | 553 | | household income does not exceed 120 percent of the area median 372 |
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| 554 | 554 | | income adjusted for household size, if the land is owned by a 373 |
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| 555 | 555 | | local government or by a special district that enters into a 374 |
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| 556 | 556 | | written agreement with the local government to provide such 375 |
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| 569 | 569 | | housing. The local government or special district may enter into 376 |
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| 570 | 570 | | a ground lease with a public or private person or entity for 377 |
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| 571 | 571 | | nominal or other consideration for the construction of the 378 |
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| 572 | 572 | | residential housing project on land acquired pursuant to this 379 |
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| 573 | 573 | | sub-subparagraph. 380 |
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| 574 | 574 | | f. Instructional technology used solely in a school 381 |
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| 575 | 575 | | district's classrooms. As used in this sub -subparagraph, the 382 |
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| 576 | 576 | | term "instructional technology" means an interactive device that 383 |
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| 577 | 577 | | assists a teacher in instructing a class or a group of students 384 |
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| 578 | 578 | | and includes the necessary hardware and software to operate the 385 |
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| 579 | 579 | | interactive device. The term also includes support systems in 386 |
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| 580 | 580 | | which an interactive device may mount and is not required to be 387 |
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| 581 | 581 | | affixed to the facilities. 388 |
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| 582 | 582 | | 2. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "energy 389 |
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| 583 | 583 | | efficiency improvement" means any energy conservat ion and 390 |
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| 584 | 584 | | efficiency improvement that reduces consumption through 391 |
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| 585 | 585 | | conservation or a more efficient use of electricity, natural 392 |
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| 586 | 586 | | gas, propane, or other forms of energy on the property, 393 |
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| 587 | 587 | | including, but not limited to, air sealing; installation of 394 |
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| 588 | 588 | | insulation; installation of energy-efficient heating, cooling, 395 |
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| 589 | 589 | | or ventilation systems; installation of solar panels; building 396 |
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| 590 | 590 | | modifications to increase the use of daylight or shade; 397 |
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| 591 | 591 | | replacement of windows; installation of energy controls or 398 |
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| 592 | 592 | | energy recovery systems; insta llation of electric vehicle 399 |
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| 593 | 593 | | charging equipment; installation of systems for natural gas fuel 400 |
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| 606 | 606 | | as defined in s. 206.9951; and installation of efficient 401 |
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| 607 | 607 | | lighting equipment. 402 |
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| 608 | 608 | | 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, 403 |
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| 609 | 609 | | a local government infras tructure surtax imposed or extended 404 |
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| 610 | 610 | | after July 1, 1998, may allocate up to 15 percent of the surtax 405 |
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| 611 | 611 | | proceeds for deposit into a trust fund within the county's 406 |
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| 612 | 612 | | accounts created for the purpose of funding economic development 407 |
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| 613 | 613 | | projects having a general public purpose of improving local 408 |
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| 614 | 614 | | economies, including the funding of operational costs and 409 |
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| 615 | 615 | | incentives related to economic development. The ballot statement 410 |
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| 616 | 616 | | must indicate the intention to make an allocation under the 411 |
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| 617 | 617 | | authority of this subparagraph. 412 |
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| 618 | 618 | | Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 413 |
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