Bill > S1316

Introduced Session

An act relating to resilience districts; creating s. 190.101, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 190.102, F.S.; providing legislative findings; creating s. 190.103, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 190.104, F.S.; declaring that the act constitutes the sole authority for resilience districts; creating s. 190.105, F.S.; authorizing the establishment of infrastructure resilience districts through a petition by certain persons; specifying the requirements for the petition; requiring the petitioner to submit copies of the petition to specified counties and municipalities and pay a certain fee; authorizing petitioners to engage in certain meetings before the filing of the petition; requiring certain counties and municipalities to conduct public hearings; specifying a timeframe for conducting such hearings; authorizing counties or municipalities to express support of or objection to the resilience district by resolution in a certain manner; requiring that the public hearing on a petition be conducted in a certain manner; requiring the petitioner to publish certain notice of the hearing; authorizing the local government to consider specified factors in granting or denying a petition for an infrastructure resilience district; specifying certain requirements if the petition is denied on a specified basis; requiring that an interlocal agreement be signed in certain circumstances; authorizing the establishment of condominium resilience districts through a petition by certain persons; requiring counties to develop a process to receive such petitions by a certain date; specifying the requirements of the petition; requiring the petitioner to submit a petition to a specified county and to pay certain fees; requiring the county to provide certain notifications; requiring the county to conduct a public hearing under certain circumstances; specifying a timeframe and requirements for such hearing; authorizing counties to express support of or objection to the resilience district by resolution in a certain manner; requiring that the hearing be conducted in a certain manner; requiring the petitioner to publish certain notice of the hearing; specifying factors the county is required to consider in granting or denying a petition for a condominium resilience district; creating s. 190.1052, F.S.; specifying requirements for resilience districts and condominium resilience districts; requiring a resilience district to have the agreement of the local general-purpose government in certain circumstances; prohibiting certain district configurations; requiring the dissolution of other special taxing districts and the transfer of certain funds in certain circumstances; specifying that the resilience district includes certain consolidated property in certain circumstances; creating s. 190.1054, F.S.; specifying acceptable uses of infrastructure resilience districts and condominium resilience districts; prohibiting certain condominiums from using resilience districts; providing limitations on the use of resilience districts; requiring that additional projects be approved through an amended petition; creating s. 190.1056, F.S.; authorizing the payment of certain fees for project management of infrastructure resilience districts; requiring the provision of a certain fee to the property appraiser for certain administration; requiring that all fees be factored into the loan amount; creating s. 190.106, F.S.; specifying the composition, length of terms, and procedure for filling vacancies of the board of supervisors of an infrastructure resilience district; specifying the powers, composition, procedure for filling vacancies, and elections of the board of supervisors of a condominium resilience district; prohibiting board members from receiving compensation and performing the work of the district; requiring board members to be residents of this state and citizens of the United States; creating s. 190.108, F.S.; requiring each resilience district to publish and provide to certain persons an annual budget; requiring the district to provide certain financial reports; authorizing the local government to review and submit comments regarding a district’s annual budget; creating s. 190.111, F.S.; providing the powers of a resilience district; creating s. 190.133, F.S.; requiring resilience districts to follow specified procurement processes; creating s. 190.136, F.S.; authorizing a resilience district to recover unpaid fees, rental charges, or penalties; creating s. 190.146, F.S.; specifying the circumstances in which the district can be expanded or reduced; providing for the termination of an infrastructure resilience district or a condominium resilience district in certain circumstances; creating s. 190.148, F.S.; requiring a specified disclosure for sales of real property located in a resilience district; creating s. 190.149, F.S.; requiring the district to record a specified notice of establishment of a resilience district within a specified timeframe; amending ss. 190.002, 190.003, 190.046, and 190.048, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision; providing an effective date.

Erin Grall (R)*, 

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (on 05/03/2025)

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