| 29 | | - | (a) "Improvement" means an act done to increase the value 16 |
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| 30 | | - | or benefit of real property. 17 |
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| 31 | | - | (b) "Property rights" means zoning, future land use 18 |
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| 32 | | - | designations, easement rights, ingre ss and egress rights, 19 |
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| 33 | | - | environmental resource and impact permits, and those rights 20 |
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| 34 | | - | incident to land bordering upon navigable waters as described in 21 |
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| 35 | | - | s. 253.141. 22 |
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| 36 | | - | (2) In a civil action brought against the owner of a 23 |
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| 37 | | - | parcel of real property to resolve a dispu te concerning property 24 |
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| 38 | | - | rights, the court may award reasonable attorney fees and costs 25 |
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| 29 | + | (a) "Improvement" includes, but is not limited to, 16 |
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| 30 | + | anything done to increase the value, use, or benefit of r eal 17 |
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| 31 | + | property, whether physical, material, legal, or otherwise. 18 |
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| 32 | + | (b) "Property rights" includes, but is not limited to, use 19 |
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| 33 | + | rights, ingress and egress rights, and those rights incident to 20 |
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| 34 | + | land bordering upon navigable waters as described in s. 253.141. 21 |
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| 35 | + | (2) In a civil action brought against the owner of a 22 |
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| 36 | + | parcel of real property to resolve a dispute concerning property 23 |
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| 37 | + | rights, the court must award reasonable attorney fees and costs 24 |
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| 38 | + | to the prevailing defendant if the improvements made to the 25 |
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| 51 | | - | to the prevailing defendant if the improvements made to the 26 |
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| 52 | | - | property by the defendant property owner were made in 27 |
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| 53 | | - | substantial compliance with, or in reliance on, environm ental or 28 |
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| 54 | | - | regulatory approvals or permits issued by a political 29 |
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| 55 | | - | subdivision of the state or a state agency. 30 |
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| 56 | | - | (3) This section does not apply if the environmental or 31 |
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| 57 | | - | regulatory approval or permit was issued due to a material 32 |
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| 58 | | - | mistake of fact or law or was no t issued in compliance with law. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 34 |
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| 51 | + | property by the defendant property owner were made in 26 |
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| 52 | + | substantial compliance with, or in reliance on, environmental or 27 |
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| 53 | + | regulatory approvals or permits issued by a political 28 |
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| 54 | + | subdivision of the state or a state agency. 29 |
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| 55 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 30 |
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