Bill > H0579

Introduced Session

An act relating to land use and development; amending ss. 125.022 and 166.033, F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding the minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revising timeframes for processing applications for approvals of development permits or development orders; defining the term "substantive change"; providing a refund requirement in situations in which the county or municipality, respectively, fails to meet certain timeframes; providing exceptions; amending s. 163.3162, F.S.; providing that production of ethanol from certain plants or plant products does not constitute chemical manufacturing or chemical refining; providing for construction and retroactive application; amending s. 163.3184, F.S.; providing that if comprehensive plan amendments are not adopted at a specified hearing, such amendments must be formally adopted within a certain time period or they are deemed withdrawn; increasing the time period within which comprehensive plan amendments must be transmitted; providing for construction and retroactive application; amending s. 163.3180, F.S.; prohibiting a school district from collecting, hb579-02-c2 charging, or imposing any alternative fee for concurrency for educational facilities that does not meet certain requirements; providing the burden of proof for legal action challenging such fees; amending s. 553.80, F.S.; specifying certain purposes for which local governments may use certain fees to carry out activities relating to obtaining or finalizing a building permit; amending s. 720.301, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; amending s. 720.302, F.S.; revising applicability of the Homeowners' Association Act; amending s. 720.3086, F.S.; revising the persons to whom and the method by which a certain financial report must be made available; creating s. 720.319, F.S.; specifying that certain parcels may be subject to a recreational covenant; providing that certain recreational facilities and amenities are not a part of a common area; prohibiting the imposition or collection of amenity dues except as provided in a recreational covenant; limiting the annual increase in amenity dues; providing requirements for certain recreational covenants recorded on or after a certain date; requiring that a recreational covenant recorded on or after a certain date comply with such requirements by a date certain to remain valid; prohibiting a recreational covenant from requiring an hb579-02-c2 association to collect amenity dues; providing that the termination of a recreational covenant or the right of a private amenity owner to suspend the right of a parcel owner to use a privately owned recreational facility or amenity may not prohibit certain actions of the owner or tenant; requiring a specified disclosure summary beginning on a date certain for contracts for the sale of certain parcels; providing construction; requiring such disclosure to be supplied by the developer or parcel owner; requiring any contract or agreement for sale of a parcel governed by a homeowners' association and subject to a recreational covenant to refer to and incorporate such disclosure after a date certain; authorizing the purchaser to void such contract or agreement if such disclosure is not provided; providing applicability; amending ss. 336.125, 558.002, 617.0725, 718.116, and 720.3085, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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Toby Overdorf (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1080 (Ch. 2025-177) (on 04/30/2025)

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