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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to platting; amending s. 177.071, 2
F.S.; requiring that preliminary plat or replat 3
submittals be reviewed and approved administratively 4
by a designee or designees of the appropriate local 5
governing body; requiring such designee or designees 6
to review such plat or replat submittal for compliance 7
within a specified timeframe; requiring that written 8
comments be provided to the applicant if the pla t or 9
replat submittal fails to meet specified requirements; 10
requiring that the plat or replat submittal be 11
approved, approved with conditions, or denied within a 12
specified timeframe; providing an exception; 13
prohibiting certain entities from requesting or 14
requiring an applicant to file a written extension of 15
time; creating s. 177.1115, F.S.; requiring the 16
appropriate governing body to issue, within a 17
specified time after recordation of a plat, certain 18
information; providing a penalty; providing an 19
effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 177.071, 24
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) and (3), 25
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respectively, and subsection (1) is added to that section, to 26
read: 27
177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies. — 28
(1) Preliminary plat or replat submittals shall be 29
reviewed and approved administratively by a designee or 30
designees of the appropriate local governing body. Within 15 31
days after receipt of a plat or rep lat submittal, the designee 32
or designees of the appropriate local governing body shall 33
review the plat or replat submittal for compliance with s. 34
177.091. If it is determined that such plat or replat submittal 35
fails to meet the requirements of s. 177.091, written comments 36
specifying the areas of noncompliance must be provided to the 37
applicant within the 15 -day review period. The plat or replat 38
submittal must be approved, approved with conditions, or denied 39
within 30 working days from the date that the plat or replat is 40
submitted, unless a written extension of this timeframe is 41
requested by the applicant and approved by the governing body. 42
An official, employee, agent, or designee of the governing body 43
may not request or require the applicant to file a writte n 44
extension of time. 45
Section 2. Section 177.1115, Florida Statutes, is created 46
to read: 47
177.1115 Issuance of address and individual parcel 48
identification numbers after plat recordation; penalty. — 49
(1) Within 20 business days after the recordation of a 50
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plat by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer, the 51
appropriate governing body shall issue the street and mailing 52
address, along with the individual parcel identification 53
numbers, as contained in the plat offered for recording pursuant 54
to s. 177.091. 55
(2) If the appropriate governing body does not issue the 56
street and mailing address, along with the individual parcel 57
identification numbers, within the 20 -business-day period in 58
subsection (1), the addressing fee shall be reduced by 10 59
percent for each business day that the body fails to issue such 60
information. 61
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 62