Florida House Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 9 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-09 - Chapter No. 2016-22
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Revising legislative intent with respect to the Uniform Special District Accountability Act to include dependent special districts; specifying the Legislature's authority to create dependent special districts by special act; providing for the identification of a dependent special district as dependent and an independent special district as independent in its charter; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to exclude inactive special districts from the official list of special districts; specifying that certain dependent special districts may be reviewed by specified local general purpose governments, etc.

Special Districts

House Local Government Affairs Subcommittee

Rep. Larry Metz [R]

Rep. Matthew Caldwell [R]

Rep. Charles Van Zant [R]

2016-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#645 (Y: 110 N: 0 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#488 (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-09		Chapter No. 2016-22
2016-03-08		Approved by Governor
2016-03-01		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2016-03-01	House	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2016-03-01	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0
2016-03-01	House	Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (791158)
2016-02-24	House	In returning messages
2016-02-23	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
2016-02-23	Senate	Read 3rd time
2016-02-18	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-02-18	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (791158)
2016-02-18	Senate	Read 2nd time
2016-02-18	Senate	Substituted for SB 956
2016-02-18	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2016-02-18	Senate	Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
2016-02-09	Senate	Received
2016-02-03	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
2016-02-03	Senate	In Messages
2016-01-27	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0
2016-01-27	House	Read 3rd time
2016-01-26	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-01-26	House	Amendment(s) adopted (732589)
2016-01-26	House	Read 2nd time
2016-01-22	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/26/16
2016-01-12	House	CS by Local Government Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-12-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-12-03	House	Favorable by- Local and Federal Affairs Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
2015-11-24	House	On Committee agenda-- Local and Federal Affairs Committee, 12/03/15, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
2015-11-24	House	Now in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
2015-11-19	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2015-11-18	House	CS by Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2015-11-10	House	On Committee agenda-- Local Government Affairs Subcommittee, 11/18/15, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
2015-11-05	House	Referred to Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee
2015-10-29	House	Filed

S0516 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22)
H7001 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22)
S0686 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22), CS/CS/CS/HB 651 (Ch. 2016-132), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237), HB 7071 (Ch. 2016-151)
H0593 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22), CS/CS/CS/HB 651 (Ch. 2016-132), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237), HB 7071 (Ch. 2016-151)
H0745 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22)
S0956 (Similar To) 2016-02-18 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	40		Amended Code	See Bill Text
165	0615		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	016		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	031		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	034		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	061		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	062		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	064		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	0651		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	0652		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	0653		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	067		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	068		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	069		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	074		Amended Code	See Bill Text
298	301		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/479
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/BillText/e2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Amendment/318613/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Amendment/732589/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Amendment/791158/HTML
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Vote/HouseVote_h0479e1488.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Vote/SenateVote_h0479e1009.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0479/Vote/HouseVote_h0479e1645.PDF