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