Bill Text: FL H7055 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Growth Policy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1412 (Ch. 2010-102) [H7055 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H7055-Introduced.html

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HB 7055

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to growth policy; repealing s. 163.2523,
3	F.S., relating to the Urban Infill and Redevelopment
4	Assistance Grant Program, to terminate the program;
5	repealing s. 163.2526, F.S., relating to review and
6	evaluation of Growth Policy Act provisions; amending ss.
7	163.065, 163.2511, and 163.2514, F.S.; conforming cross-
8	references to changes made by the act; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Sections 163.2523 and 163.2526, Florida
14	Statutes, are repealed.
15	Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
16	163.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17	163.065 Miami River Improvement Act.-
18	(4) PLAN.-The Miami River Commission, working with the
19	City of Miami and Miami-Dade County, shall consider the merits
20	of the following:
21	(a) Development and adoption of an urban infill and
22	redevelopment plan, under ss. 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-
23	163.2526, and participating state and regional agencies shall
24	review the proposed plan for the purposes of consistency with
25	applicable law.
26	Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 163.2511, Florida
27	Statutes, is amended to read:
28	163.2511 Urban infill and redevelopment.-
29	(1) Sections 163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2526 may be
30	cited as the "Growth Policy Act."
31	Section 4. Section 163.2514, Florida Statutes, is amended
32	to read:
33	163.2514 Growth Policy Act; definitions.-As used in ss.
34	163.2511-163.2520 163.2511-163.2526:
35	(1) "Local government" means any county or municipality.
36	(2) "Urban infill and redevelopment area" means an area or
37	areas designated by a local government where:
38	(a) Public services such as water and wastewater,
39	transportation, schools, and recreation are already available or
40	are scheduled to be provided in an adopted 5-year schedule of
41	capital improvements;
42	(b) The area, or one or more neighborhoods within the
43	area, suffers from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general
44	distress as defined by s. 290.0058;
45	(c) The area exhibits a proportion of properties that are
46	substandard, overcrowded, dilapidated, vacant or abandoned, or
47	functionally obsolete which is higher than the average for the
48	local government;
49	(d) More than 50 percent of the area is within 1/4 mile
50	of a transit stop, or a sufficient number of such transit stops
51	will be made available concurrent with the designation; and
52	(e) The area includes or is adjacent to community
53	redevelopment areas, brownfields, enterprise zones, or Main
54	Street programs, or has been designated by the state or Federal
55	Government as an urban redevelopment, revitalization, or infill
56	area under empowerment zone, enterprise community, or brownfield
57	showcase community programs or similar programs.
58	Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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