| 16 | | - | F.S.; requiring that certain plat or replat submittals 3 |
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| 17 | | - | be administratively approved, with no further action 4 |
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| 18 | | - | by the governing body of a county or municipality; 5 |
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| 19 | | - | requiring the governing body of such county or 6 |
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| 20 | | - | municipality to designate an administrative authority 7 |
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| 21 | | - | to receive, process, and review plat or replat 8 |
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| 22 | | - | submittals; defining the term "administrative 9 |
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| 23 | | - | authority"; requiring the administrative authority to 10 |
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| 24 | | - | provide a certain written notice to an applicant 11 |
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| 25 | | - | within a specified timeframe; requiring the 12 |
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| 26 | | - | administrative authority to approve, approve with 13 |
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| 27 | | - | conditions, or deny plat or replat submittals in 14 |
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| 28 | | - | accordance with the specified timeframe in the written 15 |
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| 29 | | - | notice; providing an exception; requiring the 16 |
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| 30 | | - | administrative authority to provide certain written 17 |
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| 31 | | - | notice to the applicant if it denies the approval of a 18 |
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| 32 | | - | plat or replat submittal; requiring that such notice 19 |
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| 33 | | - | contain certain information; prohibiting the 20 |
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| 34 | | - | administrative authority or other official, employee, 21 |
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| 35 | | - | agent, or designee from requesting or requiring that 22 |
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| 36 | | - | the applicant request a written extension of time; 23 |
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| 37 | | - | amending s. 177.111, F.S.; conforming provisions to 24 |
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| 38 | | - | changes made by the act; creating s. 177.1115, F.S.; 25 |
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| 16 | + | F.S.; requiring that preliminary plat or replat 3 |
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| 17 | + | submittals be reviewed and approved administratively 4 |
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| 18 | + | by a designee or designees of the appropriate local 5 |
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| 19 | + | governing body; requiring such designee or designees 6 |
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| 20 | + | to review such plat or replat submittal for compliance 7 |
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| 21 | + | within a specified timeframe; requiring that written 8 |
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| 22 | + | comments be provided to the applicant if the pla t or 9 |
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| 23 | + | replat submittal fails to meet specified requirements; 10 |
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| 24 | + | requiring that the plat or replat submittal be 11 |
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| 25 | + | approved, approved with conditions, or denied within a 12 |
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| 26 | + | specified timeframe; providing an exception; 13 |
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| 27 | + | prohibiting certain entities from requesting or 14 |
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| 28 | + | requiring an applicant to file a written extension of 15 |
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| 29 | + | time; creating s. 177.1115, F.S.; requiring the 16 |
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| 30 | + | appropriate governing body to issue, within a 17 |
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| 31 | + | specified time after recordation of a plat, certain 18 |
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| 32 | + | information; providing a penalty; providing an 19 |
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| 33 | + | effective date. 20 |
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| 34 | + | 21 |
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| 35 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22 |
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| 36 | + | 23 |
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| 37 | + | Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 177.071, 24 |
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| 38 | + | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) and (3), 25 |
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| 51 | | - | requiring the appropriate governing body to issue, 26 |
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| 52 | | - | within a specified time after recordation of a plat, 27 |
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| 53 | | - | certain information; providing a penalty; providing an 28 |
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| 54 | | - | effective date. 29 |
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| 55 | | - | 30 |
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| 56 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31 |
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| 57 | | - | 32 |
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| 58 | | - | Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 177.071, 33 |
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| 59 | | - | Florida Statutes, ar e renumbered as subsections (4) and (5), 34 |
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| 60 | | - | respectively, and new subsections (1), (2), and (3) are added to 35 |
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| 61 | | - | that section to read: 36 |
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| 62 | | - | 177.071 Administrative approval of plats and replats plat 37 |
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| 63 | | - | by designated administrative authority and official governing 38 |
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| 64 | | - | bodies.— 39 |
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| 65 | | - | (1)(a) A plat or replat submitted under this part must be 40 |
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| 66 | | - | administratively approved, and further action or approval by the 41 |
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| 67 | | - | governing body of a county or municipality is not required if 42 |
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| 68 | | - | the plat or replat complies with the requirements of s. 177.091. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | The governing body of the county or municipality shall 44 |
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| 70 | | - | designate, by ordinance or resolution, an administrative 45 |
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| 71 | | - | authority to receive, process, and review the plat or replat 46 |
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| 72 | | - | submittal, including designating an administrative official 47 |
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| 73 | | - | responsible for approvin g, approving with conditions, or denying 48 |
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| 74 | | - | the proposed plat or replat. 49 |
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| 75 | | - | (b) As used in this section, the term "administrative 50 |
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| 51 | + | respectively, and subsection (1) is added to that section, to 26 |
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| 52 | + | read: 27 |
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| 53 | + | 177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies. — 28 |
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| 54 | + | (1) Preliminary plat or replat submittals shall be 29 |
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| 55 | + | reviewed and approved administratively by a designee or 30 |
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| 56 | + | designees of the appropriate local governing body. Within 15 31 |
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| 57 | + | days after receipt of a plat or rep lat submittal, the designee 32 |
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| 58 | + | or designees of the appropriate local governing body shall 33 |
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| 59 | + | review the plat or replat submittal for compliance with s. 34 |
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| 60 | + | 177.091. If it is determined that such plat or replat submittal 35 |
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| 61 | + | fails to meet the requirements of s. 177.091, written comments 36 |
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| 62 | + | specifying the areas of noncompliance must be provided to the 37 |
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| 63 | + | applicant within the 15 -day review period. The plat or replat 38 |
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| 64 | + | submittal must be approved, approved with conditions, or denied 39 |
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| 65 | + | within 30 working days from the date that the plat or replat is 40 |
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| 66 | + | submitted, unless a written extension of this timeframe is 41 |
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| 67 | + | requested by the applicant and approved by the governing body. 42 |
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| 68 | + | An official, employee, agent, or designee of the governing body 43 |
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| 69 | + | may not request or require the applicant to file a writte n 44 |
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| 70 | + | extension of time. 45 |
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| 71 | + | Section 2. Section 177.1115, Florida Statutes, is created 46 |
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| 72 | + | to read: 47 |
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| 73 | + | 177.1115 Issuance of address and individual parcel 48 |
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| 74 | + | identification numbers after plat recordation; penalty. — 49 |
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| 75 | + | (1) Within 20 business days after the recordation of a 50 |
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| 88 | | - | authority" means a department, division, or other agency of a 51 |
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| 89 | | - | county or municipality. For purposes of issuing a final 52 |
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| 90 | | - | administrative approval of a plat or replat submittal, the term 53 |
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| 91 | | - | also includes an administrative officer or employee designated 54 |
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| 92 | | - | by the governing body of a county or municipality, including, 55 |
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| 93 | | - | but not limited to, a county administrator or manager, a city 56 |
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| 94 | | - | manager, a deputy county administrator or manager, a deputy city 57 |
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| 95 | | - | manager, an assistant county administrator or manager, an 58 |
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| 96 | | - | assistant city manager, or other high -ranking county or city 59 |
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| 97 | | - | department or division director with direct or indirect 60 |
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| 98 | | - | oversight responsibility for the county's or municipality's land 61 |
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| 99 | | - | development, housing, utilities, or public works programs. 62 |
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| 100 | | - | (2) Within 10 business days after receipt of a plat or 63 |
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| 101 | | - | replat submittal, the administrative authority shall provide 64 |
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| 102 | | - | written notice to the applicant acknowledging r eceipt of the 65 |
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| 103 | | - | plat or replat submittal and identifying any missing documents 66 |
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| 104 | | - | or information necessary to process the plat or replat submittal 67 |
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| 105 | | - | for compliance with s. 177.091. The written notice must also 68 |
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| 106 | | - | provide information regarding the plat or replat appr oval 69 |
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| 107 | | - | process, including requirements regarding the completeness of 70 |
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| 108 | | - | the process and applicable timeframes for reviewing, approving, 71 |
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| 109 | | - | and otherwise processing the plat or replat submittal. 72 |
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| 110 | | - | (3) Unless the applicant requests an extension of time, 73 |
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| 111 | | - | the administrative authority shall approve, approve with 74 |
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| 112 | | - | conditions, or deny the plat or replat submittal within the 75 |
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| 125 | | - | timeframe identified in the written notice provided to the 76 |
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| 126 | | - | applicant under subsection (2). If the administrative authority 77 |
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| 127 | | - | does not approve the plat or replat submittal, it must provide 78 |
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| 128 | | - | written notice to the applicant stating the reasons for denying 79 |
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| 129 | | - | the approval of the submittal. The written notice must identify 80 |
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| 130 | | - | all areas of noncompliance and include specific citations to 81 |
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| 131 | | - | each requirement the plat or rep lat submittal fails to meet. The 82 |
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| 132 | | - | administrative authority, or an official, an employee, an agent, 83 |
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| 133 | | - | or a designee of the governing body, may not request or require 84 |
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| 134 | | - | the applicant to file a written extension of time. 85 |
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| 135 | | - | (4)(1) Before a plat or replat is offered for recording, 86 |
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| 136 | | - | it must be administratively approved as required by this section 87 |
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| 137 | | - | by the appropriate governing body , and evidence of such approval 88 |
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| 138 | | - | must be placed on the plat or replat. If not approved, the 89 |
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| 139 | | - | governing body must return the plat or replat to the 90 |
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| 140 | | - | professional surveyor and mapper or the legal entity offering 91 |
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| 141 | | - | the plat or replat for recordation. For the purposes of this 92 |
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| 142 | | - | part: 93 |
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| 143 | | - | (a) When the plat or replat to be submitted for approval 94 |
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| 144 | | - | is located wholly within the boundaries of a municipality, the 95 |
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| 145 | | - | governing body of the municipality has exclusive jurisdiction to 96 |
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| 146 | | - | approve the plat or replat. 97 |
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| 147 | | - | (b) When a plat or replat lies wholly within the 98 |
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| 148 | | - | unincorporated areas of a county, the governing body of the 99 |
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| 149 | | - | county has exclusive jurisdiction to approve the plat or replat. 100 |
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| 162 | | - | (c) When a plat or replat lies within the boundaries of 101 |
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| 163 | | - | more than one county, municipality, or both governing body, two 102 |
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| 164 | | - | plats or replats must be prepared and each county or 103 |
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| 165 | | - | municipality governing body has exclusive jurisdiction to 104 |
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| 166 | | - | approve the plat or replat within its boundaries, unless each 105 |
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| 167 | | - | county or municipality with jurisdiction over the plat or replat 106 |
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| 168 | | - | agrees the governing bodies having said jurisdiction agree that 107 |
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| 169 | | - | one plat is mutually acceptable. 108 |
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| 170 | | - | (5)(2) Any provision in a county charter, o r in an 109 |
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| 171 | | - | ordinance of any charter county or consolidated government 110 |
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| 172 | | - | chartered under s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, 111 |
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| 173 | | - | which provision is inconsistent with anything contained in this 112 |
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| 174 | | - | section shall prevail in such charter county or consolidated 113 |
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| 175 | | - | government to the extent of any such inconsistency. 114 |
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| 176 | | - | Section 2. Section 177.111, Florida Statutes, is amended 115 |
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| 177 | | - | to read: 116 |
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| 178 | | - | 177.111 Instructions for filing plats and replats plat.—117 |
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| 179 | | - | After the approval by the appropriate administrative authority 118 |
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| 180 | | - | governing body required by s. 177.071, the plat or replat must 119 |
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| 181 | | - | shall be recorded by the circuit court clerk or other recording 120 |
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| 182 | | - | officer upon submission thereto of such approved plat or replat. 121 |
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| 183 | | - | The circuit court clerk or other recording officer shall 122 |
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| 184 | | - | maintain in his or he r office a book of the proper size for such 123 |
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| 185 | | - | papers so that they will shall not be folded, to be kept in the 124 |
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| 186 | | - | vault. A print or photographic copy must be filed in a similar 125 |
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| 199 | | - | book and kept in his or her office for the use of the public. 126 |
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| 200 | | - | The clerk shall make av ailable to the public a full size copy of 127 |
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| 201 | | - | the record plat or replat at a reasonable fee. 128 |
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| 202 | | - | Section 3. Section 177.1115, Florida Statutes, is created 129 |
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| 203 | | - | to read: 130 |
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| 204 | | - | 177.1115 Issuance of address and individual parcel 131 |
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| 205 | | - | identification numbers after plat recordati on; penalty.— 132 |
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| 206 | | - | (1) Within 20 business days after the recordation of a 133 |
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| 207 | | - | plat by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer, the 134 |
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| 208 | | - | appropriate governing body shall issue the street and mailing 135 |
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| 209 | | - | address, along with the individual parcel identification 136 |
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| 210 | | - | numbers, as contained in the plat offered for recording pursuant 137 |
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| 211 | | - | to s. 177.091. 138 |
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| 212 | | - | (2) If the appropriate governing body does not issue the 139 |
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| 213 | | - | street and mailing address, along with the individual parcel 140 |
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| 214 | | - | identification numbers, within the 20 -business-day period in 141 |
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| 215 | | - | subsection (1), the addressing fee shall be reduced by 10 142 |
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| 216 | | - | percent for each business day that the body fails to issue such 143 |
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| 217 | | - | information. 144 |
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| 218 | | - | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 145 |
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| 88 | + | plat by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer, the 51 |
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| 89 | + | appropriate governing body shall issue the street and mailing 52 |
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| 90 | + | address, along with the individual parcel identification 53 |
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| 91 | + | numbers, as contained in the plat offered for recording pursuant 54 |
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| 92 | + | to s. 177.091. 55 |
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| 93 | + | (2) If the appropriate governing body does not issue the 56 |
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| 94 | + | street and mailing address, along with the individual parcel 57 |
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| 95 | + | identification numbers, within the 20 -business-day period in 58 |
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| 96 | + | subsection (1), the addressing fee shall be reduced by 10 59 |
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| 97 | + | percent for each business day that the body fails to issue such 60 |
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| 98 | + | information. 61 |
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| 99 | + | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 62 |
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