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Studio 67Community & Urban Affairs Legislation
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Sponsor: Garcia (A)/ Rodriguez
Status: Monitor
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- Revises provisions relating to a prohibition against removal, cutting, or destruction of any trees or other vegetation within the rights-of-way of roads located on the State Highway System. Provides that the prohibition does not apply if the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) suspends such prohibition pursuant to a declared state of emergency. FDOT is required to adopt informational guidelines related to the removal process for debris from an emergency that is subject to an emergency declaration, including, but not limited to, a hurricane or a tropical storm. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Driskell/Powell
Status: Monitor
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- Creates the Historic Cemeteries Program within the Division of Historical Resources of DOS. Appoints a State Historic Preservation Officer to oversee the program. The Officer is tasked with assisting state and federal agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders with inquiries related to abandoned cemeteries. The Historic Cemeteries Program can provide grants following legislative appropriation to local governments for the purpose of repairing, restoring, and maintaining abandoned African-American cemeteries. A Historic Cemeteries Advisory Council is created within the division to consider recommendations made by the director of the division. Effective date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Hooper/Esposito
Status: Monitor
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- Requires that, notwithstanding any law, rule, or ordinance to the contrary, a local governmental entity must accept an electronic proof of delivery as an official record for a material delivery on the local governmental entity’s transportation project.
Sponsor: Jones/ Woodson
Status: Monitor
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- Creates a Task Force on Workforce Housing for Teachers and Expansion of Schools within the Department of Economic Opportunity with the purpose of identifying solutions related to affordable housing for teachers and for additional classrooms and instructional space for students. Creates criteria for the task force, including appointments. The task force will study the feasibility, costs, needs across the states, mixed-use developments, and availability of grants. The task force will submit recommendations by February 1, 2024, and expire by July 1, 2024. Local governments are encouraged to assist and cooperate with the task force. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Maggard/Hooper
Status: Monitor
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Prohibits local enforcing agencies from making or requiring substantive changes to plans or specifications after a permit has been issued; providing that a building code administrator, inspector, or plans reviewer is subject to disciplinary action under certain circumstances; requiring local fire officials to provide certain information to a permit applicant if building plans do not comply with the Florida Fire Prevention Code or Life Safety Code, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Garcia (I)/ Basabe
Status: Support
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- Provides that local laws, ordinances, or regulations requiring vacation rental owners or operators to maintain and coordinate with a local government the name and contact information of the party responsible for responding to complaints and problems associated with the rental by phone. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Calatayud/Busatta-Cabrera
Status: Support
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HB 627
- Provides unprecedented funding for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) and State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) programs. Specifically, the package appropriates $252 million in non-recurring funds toward SHIP and $259 million in total (recurring and non-recurring) toward SAIL. Additional provisions include:
- Eliminates the limited current statutory authority for local governments to impose rent control measures; the impact on existing ordinances appears to be limited to an Orange County rent stabilization measure approved by voters in a November referendum. The measure has remained the subject of litigation and is currently being appealed to the Florida Supreme Court.
- Authorizes counties to approve “mixed-use residential” development that includes affordable housing (greater than 10% of the units within the development meet the criteria of affordable), within commercial or industrial zones.
- Requires counties to authorize multi-family and mixed-use residential as allowable uses in mixed use and commercial zones, conditional on 40% of the residential units meeting the criteria of “affordable” for 30 years. Additionally, the bill provides height and density incentives for residential development authorized under this section:
- Prohibits counties from restricting the density of an eligible proposed affordable housing development below the highest allowed density on any unincorporated land within the county
- Prohibits counties from restricting the height of an eligible proposed affordable housing development below the highest currently allowed within one mile of the proposed development OR three stories—whichever is higher.
- Provides an ad valorem tax exemption for land owned by a non-profit entity leased for 99+ years for the purpose of affordable housing.
- Provides an ad valorem tax exemption for newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated developments with 70+ units dedicated to providing affordable low- to moderate-income housing. Portions of the property dedicated to “moderate income” housing (between 80-120% Area Median Income) will receive a 75% exemption, while those serving low-income residents (less than 80% Area Median Income) will receive a full exemption.
- Permits local governments to offer an additional local option ad valorem tax exemption to property owners who dedicate units to extremely-low income or very-low income residents. In order to be eligible, a property must: 1. be used to house persons or families meeting the extremely-low-income or the very-low-income limits; 2. within a multifamily project containing 50 or more residential units, at least 20% of which is used to provide affordable housing that meets the applicable requirements; 3. Rent at a monthly amount meets specified requirements. Counties retain the discretion to set the percentage granted by the exemption. Note: Amendment language authorizes counties to deny or revoke this exemption based on repeated code violations. This would ensure that unsafe/unsanitary properties are not entitled to receive the exemption.
- Provides for a new distribution of the lesser of 8 percent of Documentary Stamp Tax revenues or $150 million be deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund. In the event that the 8 percent Doc Stamp collection exceeds 150 million, the surplus will be deposited into General Revenue.
- Codifies the Hometown Heroes program, which provides downpayment assistance and zero interest loans to eligible frontline community workforce members.
Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Brodeur/Botana
Status: Support
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SB 106
HB 915
- The bill establishes a program to recognize specific local communities as trail towns. The bill discusses the development of “regionally significant trails” which are defined as trails crossing multiple counties; serving economic and ecotourism development; showcasing the state’s wildlife areas, ecology, and natural resources; and serving as main corridors for trail connectedness across the state. The bill authorizes FDOT and local governments to enter into sponsorship agreements for trails and to use associated revenues for maintenance, signage, and related amenities Further, the bill expands the existing Shared-Use Nonmotorized (SUN) Trail Network. Lastly, it increases recurring funding for the SUN Trail Network from $25 million to $50 million and provides a non-recurring appropriation of $200 million to plan, design, and construct the SUN Trail Network.
Sponsor: Bradley
Status: Monitor
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- Among many things the bill revises conditions passed within SB 4D-Building Safety. Revises the milestone inspection requirements, including:
- Limits milestone inspection requirements to buildings that include a residential condominium or cooperative, and mixed-use buildings;
- Clarifies that owners of mixed-use buildings are responsible for ensuring compliance and sharing costs of inspections;
- Deletes the 25-year milestone inspection requirements within three miles of a coastline, however, allows local governments to set a 25- year inspection requirement if justified to local conditions.
- Provide that the inspection services may be provided by a team of design professionals with an architect or engineer acting as a registered design professional in responsible charge.
- Revises reserve funding requirements and SIRS requirements. Provides additional presale notice requirements in contracts for sales of a unit by a developer or nondeveloper. Effective Date: upon becoming law.
Sponsor: DiCeglie/Griffitts
Status: Oppose
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Background: In 2021, HB 53 was signed into law that amended the definition of “public work projects” as an activity that exceeds $1,000,000 in value and that is paid for with any state-appropriated funds. The law preempts existing local ordinances related to the procurement process for public works projects when any state funds are used. Additionally, the law removed the 50% threshold and applied the prohibition on local preference to all solicitations that will be paid for with funding that is state-appropriated.
HB 383, revises the definition of “public works projects” for which certain government actions are prohibited by removing a $1 million in value requirement and prohibiting the application of local preferences to smaller public works projects that may receive some state funding and projects that are entirely funded by local government without the use of state funds. Preempts all local preferences in competitively procured public construction projects.
Amends requirements between construction service contracts between local government and contractors for public construction projects.
- Requires contractors to provide a dollar valuation of punch list items of the estimated cost to complete each listed item;
- Amends the deadline for developing the list of items required for construction contracts to 60 days in large projects of more than $10 million;
- Removes language that does not require a local government to process the contractor’s payment request for the remaining contract balance (and any retainage) when the contractor has failed to cooperate in developing the punch list or failed to perform its contractual responsibilities; &
- Removes the authority of a local government to withhold any amounts for payment or release that are subject to a claim or demand by the local government or contractor, limiting withholding only for good faith disputes in writing pursuant to the contract or certain bond claims.
Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Duggan/DiCeglie
Status: Monitor
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SB 540
- Provides that, with respect to challenges to the comprehensive plan and plan amendments, including small scale plan amendments, the prevailing party is entitled to recover attorney fees and costs. Further, the bill clarifies the scope of review of a local government decision to grant or deny a development order by providing that the order may only be challenged if it would materially alter the use, density, or intensity of the property in a manner not consistent with the comprehensive plan. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Powell
Status: Monitor
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- Exempts local governments that are certified by and in good standing with the Certified Local Government Program under the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State from provisions relating to prohibiting or restricting private property owners from obtaining certain building permits, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Stewart
Status: Support
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- Removing the preemption of local laws regarding the regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or disposable plastic bags; removing the preemption of local laws regarding the use or sale of polystyrene products to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc. Effective Date: 7/01/23
Sponsor: Powell / Edmonds
Status: Monitor
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- Providing that the use of property as affordable housing qualifies as use for a public purpose in the context of the authorization of the Department of Transportation to convey property without consideration to a governmental entity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Sponsor: DiCeglie/Duggan
Status: Monitor
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- Requires advertising platforms to collect and remit taxes when guests use a payment through their platform. Provides statutory authority for local laws, ordinances, or regulations to include requiring vacation rentals to register with local vacation rental registration programs and to issue fines. Local governments may charge a fee of no more than $50 for individual registration application or $100 for processing a collective registration application. The local law, ordinance, or regulation may require the owner or operator of a vacation rental with conditions. Creates advertising platform guidelines. Revises the regulated activities of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments preempted to the state to include licensing. Authorizes the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to issue and deliver notice to cease and desist for certain violations. The Division may also revoke, refuse to issue or renew, or suspend vacation rental licenses if the owner has code violations or fails to provide registration. Effective Date: upon becoming law.
Sponsor: Bankson/Harrell
Status: Monitor
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- Requires DOT to take certain actions regarding vertiports. Provides design and layout plan requirements for vertiport owners. Provides limitations regarding exercise of political subdivision’s zoning & land use authority in regulating vertiports. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: McClain/Ingoglia
Status: Oppose
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- Revises the FLUEDRA process, makes several changes to comprehensive planning, and revises definitions and data sources that are used in consideration of the compressive plan and plan amendments- including the definition of Urban Service Area and Urban Sprawl.
- PCS removes levels of service from being the basis of denial, in turn eliminating concurrency and undermining the planning process. Increased the length of required planning period from 10-20 years and revised the comprehensive plan evaluation and appraisal process.
- The bill makes a number of changes to statutes relating to comprehensive planning, including:
- Revising definitions and data sources that are used in consideration of the comprehensive plan and plan amendments;
- Increasing the length of required planning period to 10 years and 20 years;
- Removing a list of indicators a local government must consider relating to urban sprawl, instead requiring local governments to discourage urban sprawl by more effectively planning for future growth;
- Revising the comprehensive plan evaluation and appraisal process to ensure timely updates;
- Requiring land development regulations adopted by a local government to establish minimum lot sizes consistent with the maximum density authorized by the comprehensive plan and to provide standards for infill residential development; and
- Prohibits a local government from requiring building design elements for certain residential structures in planned unit developments, master planned communities, or communities with a design review board or architectural review board created on or after January 1, 2020.
Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Grall/McClain
Status: Monitor
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Authorizing the operation of side-by-side vehicles under certain circumstances. Prohibits persons under a certain age from operating a side-by-side vehicle on a public road or street. Authorizes local governmental entities to enact certain ordinances pertaining to side-by-side vehicles. Defining the terms “side-by-side vehicle” and “UTV”, etc. ”Side-by-side vehicle” or “UTV” means a motor vehicle designed for operation off-road which has a minimum of two seats positioned side by side and which is operated by foot controls and a steering wheel. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Brackett/Rodriguez
The bill amends the definition of “critical infrastructure facility” to include:
A water intake structure, water treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;
A liquid natural gas or propane gas terminal or storage facility, regardless of capacity;
A deepwater port or a railroad switching yard;
An airport;
A spaceport territory;
Certain military installations; and
A dam or other structures such as locks, floodgates, or dikes, which are designed to maintain or control the level of navigable waterways.
Sponsor: Canady / Yarborough
Status: Monitor
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This bill requires a municipality to conduct a feasibility study before conducting an annexation or contraction. The bill removes a requirement that the owners of more than fifty percent of the parcels of land in the area proposed to be annexed consent to the annexation when an area does not have any registered electors. The bill removes the requirement that a municipality provide specific findings when rejecting a contraction petition.
The bill also revises municipal contraction procedures to require that if more than 70 percent of the acreage to be contacted is owned by entities that are not registered electors, the area may not be contracted unless the owners of a majority of the acreage in the area consent to the contraction. The consent must be obtained by the parties proposing the contraction before the referendum. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Roth
Status: Monitor
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Authorizes governmental entities to create workforce housing communities by creating HOAs & entering into contracts with infrastructure services companies. Provides requirements for governing documents, monthly assessments, certain logs & disclosures & residents; provides for procurement, installation, & maintenance of major components of workforce housing units. Requires remaining construction costs be paid for with resident provided capital. Requires that certain major components be excluded from purchase transaction. Authorizes certain costs to be deducted from gross proceeds of sale. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Esposito/DiCeglie
Status: Oppose
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- Dramatically reduce the current time frames for the building permit process: Eliminates the current 30 business day timeline for single family dwellings; Revises the reduction to building permit fees when a private provider is used for plan review or building inspection services from the amount of cost savings realized by the local enforcement agency to a required 75% reduction; Reduces the current 10 day period for the local enforcement agency to notify the applicant of the information needed, if any, to deem the application properly completed to 3 calendar days and requires the notification to be in writing; Reduces the timeframe after receiving a completed application within which the local government may notify an applicant that additional information is needed from 45 days to 9 calendar days and requires the notice to be in writing; Reduces the number of times a local government may request additional information from three times to two times and reduces the time frame for the local government to respond to the additional information submittal from 15 days to 9 calendar days; Provides that before a second request for additional information may be made the local government must offer the applicant to meet in person or electronically and the meeting must occur within 5 calendar days after the applicant notifies the local government in writing that they would like to meet; Requires the local government state the sufficient reason for denial for any application denied; For single family dwellings, two family dwellings and townhomes in master planned communities, the time frames are even shorter – 1 calendar day for additional information requests, 5 calendar days to respond to a completed application or a submittal of additional information. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: McFarland/Grall
Status: Monitor
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The bill amends the APA to increase transparency in rulemaking, provides a process for agencies to reduce unnecessary rules, requires certain agencies to review coastal permitting and other permitting processes, and ensures that regulatory cost impacts are considered for every rule. Specifically, the bill:
- Requires each agency to review its rules for consistency with the powers and duties granted by the agency’s enabling statutes. If, after reviewing a rule, the agency determines substantive changes to update a rule are not required, the agency must repromulgate the rule;
- Requires an agency to prepare a statement of estimated regulatory costs (SERC) before the adoption or amendment of any rule, other than an emergency rule, and specifies the economic impacts and compliance costs an agency must consider in creating a SERC. Each agency is required to have a website where each of its SERCs may be viewed in their entirety;
- Authorizes agencies to hold workshops to gather information to aid in the preparation of the SERC;
- Requires an agency, in all notices of rulemaking that include material incorporated by reference, to submit the incorporated material in the prescribed electronic format to the Department of State with the full text available for free public access through an electronic hyperlink;
- Requires changes to material incorporated by reference to be in a strike-through and underline format;
- Requires each agency’s annual regulatory plan to identify and describe each rule, by rule number or proposed rule number, which the agency expects to develop, adopt, or repeal for the 12-month period beginning October 1 and ending September 30. The bill also requires the annual regulatory plan to contain a declaration that the agency head and the general counsel understand that regulatory accountability is necessary to ensure public confidence in the integrity of state government and to that end the agency is diligently working toward lowering the total number of rules adopted;
- Finds a proposed rule meeting specific criteria will have an adverse impact on small business;
- Allows submitting a lower cost regulatory alternative after publication of a notice of change to a proposed rule;
- Defines the term “technical change” and requires documenting technical changes in a rule’s history;
- Requires at least seven days between the publications of a notice of rule development and of a notice of proposed rule; and
- Requires the Department of Environmental Protection and each water management district to review and report on their permitting processes.
Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Boyd/LaMarca
Provides that licensed, rather than certified, inspectors are to provide hurricane mitigation inspections on certain site-built, single-family, residential properties. Revises information provided to homeowners as part of hurricane mitigation inspection. Revises hurricane mitigation inspectors that may be selected by DFS. Removes provision requiring department to implement certain quality assurance program. Revises criteria for mitigation grant eligibility for homeowners. Revises amount low-income homeowners may receive from department under grant program. Removes provision authorizing low-income homeowners to use grant funds for specified purposes. Removes requirement that department establish specified criteria for prioritizing grant applications. Removes provision requiring certain contracts entered into by department to be reviewed & approved by LBC. Requires department to develop certain quality assurance & reinspection program. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Roth
Status: Oppose
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- Requires a local government that issues building permits to post the following on its websites: each type of building permit application, including a list of all required attachments, drawings, or other requirements for each kind of application, the local government’s procedures for processing, reviewing, and approving submitted application, and the local government’s schedule of reasonable fees. A local government may not issue a building permit unless: the permit includes a statement “ NOTICE: In addition to the requirements of this permit, there may be additional restrictions applicable to this property that may be found in the public records, and there may be additional permits required from other governmental entities such as water management districts, state agencies, or federal agencies.” Additionally, the local government provides the building permit applicant with a copy of the Florida Right to Farm Act under s.823.14. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Nixon/Davis
- Creates Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program to be administered by Florida Housing Finance Corporation; provides purpose of program; specifies requirements for loans under program; authorizes corporation to underwrite & make such loans to specified borrowers; specifies borrowers who are ineligible for program. The expected primary vehicle for this language is the Senate Housing package, SB 102.
Sponsor: Polsky/ Cross
Status: Monitor
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Requires a prevailing party to show that the challenge to a development order was frivolous before the prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs. Prohibiting a prevailing party in a challenge to a comprehensive plan from an award of reasonable attorney fees and costs. Provides that intervenors are not entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs and may not recover certain attorney fees and costs. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Hooper
Status: Monitor
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- Revises the applicability of a requirement that certain governmental entities must competitively award certain public construction works contracts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Lopez (J)
- Creates Essential Worker Housing Tax Credit Program. Requires FHFC to administer program. Provides credit against specified tax for taxpayers owning interests in eligible essential worker housing developments; requires FHFC to award such credit. Provides requirements for credit. Prohibits refund of credit; requires FHFC to adopt rules & procedures to monitor compliance. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Gossett-Seidman/Davis
Status: Monitor
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The bill amends the law relating to transparency and accountability of commercial services airports by:
Defining the term “consent agenda”.
Changing the requirement for each commercial service to have a link to the Airport Master Plan on the FAA’s website to having such link on the airport’s website.
Amending the requirements for posting a contract to the airport’s website such that only contracts for the purchase of commodities or contractual services in excess of $325,000, up from $65,000, would be posted on their website. Contracts not pertaining to the purchase of commodities or contractual services would not be posted to the airport’s website.
Increasing the threshold from $65,000 to $325,000 such that the commercial service airport must use the competitive solicitation process for purchases of commodities or contractual services over $325,000.
Amending the requirements for receiving approval of a governing body for contracts over a threshold amount such that only contracts for the purchase of commodities or contractual services in excess of $4million, up from $325,000, would need approval by a governing body as a separate line item (not a consent agenda). Contracts not pertaining to the purchase of commodities or contractual services would not be subject to a governing body’s approval. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: DiCeglie
- Requires that certain licenses and fuel tax decals be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or its authorized agent. Requires all traffic law enforcement agencies to provide uniform crash reports by electronic means to the department; providing an exception regarding certifications of the air pollution control devices on motor vehicles. Revises the list of applicable federal rules and regulations governing owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect 7/1/23.
Sponsor: Rodriguez/Mooney Jr.
Status: Monitor
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- Providing that a provision authorizing the board of county commissioners to approve certain development projects does not apply in a specified area of critical state concern; providing that a provision authorizing a municipality to approve certain development projects does not apply in a specified area of critical state concern; providing that certain provisions governing awards made pursuant to local housing assistance plans do not apply to counties and municipalities within areas of critical state concern meeting certain criteria, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Sponsor: Gantt/Jones
Status: Monitor
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- Prohibiting certain landlords from increasing the rent of a dwelling unit in excess of certain percentages; prohibiting certain landlords from charging a security deposit in excess of a certain amount, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Sponsor: Avila/Roach
Status: Monitor
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- Authorizing private property owners to obtain building permits to demolish certain historic structures under certain circumstances; designating the “Resiliency and Safe Structures Act.” Prohibits local governments from prohibiting, restricting, or preventing the demolition of certain structures unless necessary for public safety. Provides that owners and developers of such structures are entitled to certain land use and development rights; Provides for retroactive application. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Sponsor: Sen. Trabulsy
Stauts: Oppose
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By July 1, 2023, the Construction Industry Licensing Board shall establish certified specialty contractor categories for voluntary licensure for all of the following:
- Structural aluminum or screen enclosures.
- Marine seawall work.
- Marine bulkhead work.
- Marine dock work.
- Marine pile driving.
- Structural masonry.
- Structural prestressed, precast concrete work.
- Rooftop solar heating installation.
- Structural steel.
- Window and door installation, including garage door installation and hurricane or windstorm protection.
A local government may not require a license as a prerequisite to submit a bid for public work projects if the work to be performed does not require a license under general law. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Sen. Hooper
Status: Support
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Amends the prohibition of local occupational licensing to certain job scopes and allows local governments to impose local licensing requirements for certain job scopes. Adds interior remodeling without a structural component and pressure washing to list local governments may not require a license for. All work under the jobs that do not require a license issued by a local government must comply with all applicable local ordinances.
Requires a person to obtain a license issued by a local government for all of the following specialty job scopes, or any part or combination of, if the local government imposed a licensing requirement before January 1, 2021:
- Aluminum or screen enclosure, with or without concrete;
- Carpentry, with a structural component, or finish carpentry, without a structural component;
- Concrete forming, placing, or finishing, including on or off grade;
- Demolition;
- Dredging and land filling;
- Excavation and clearing;
- Garage door installation;
- Gasoline tank and pump;
- Hurricane or windstorm protection;
- Masonry, with a structural component;
- Paving, sealing, or striping;
- Pile driving;
- Pool safety barrier;
- Prestressed precast concrete;
- Reinforcing iron and steel;
- Rental apartment maintenance and repair;
- Roof painting, coating, and cleaning;
- Sandblasting or waterproofing;
- Solar heating installation;
- Specialty structure work performed by a specialty contractor, as defined in s. 489.105(3)(q), or by a specialty structure contractor as defined in the administrative rules of the department, including gutters, metal substructures, pool enclosures, pre-formed panel-post and beam roofs, roof-overs, screened enclosures, screened porches, sunrooms, and windstorm protective devices;
- Structural iron, metals, and steel erection;
- Swimming pool enclosures;
- Swimming pool or spa, including commercial or residential repair or service;
- Tree removal and trimming;
- Veneer, including aluminum or vinyl gutters, siding, soffit, or fascia; &
- Window and door installation.
Effective Date: upon becoming law.
Sponsor: Sen. Perry
Status: Oppose
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Amends the prohibition of local occupational licensing to certain job scopes and allows local governments to impose local licensing requirements for certain job scopes. Adds interior remodeling without a structural component and pressure washing to list local governments may not require a license for. All work under the jobs that do not require a license issued by a local government must comply with all applicable local ordinances.
Requires a person to obtain a license issued by a local government for all of the following specialty job scopes, or any part or combination of, if the local government imposed a licensing requirement before January 1, 2021:
- Garage door installation;
- Gasoline tank and pump;
- Masonry, with a structural component;
- Prestressed precast concrete;
- Reinforcing steel;
- Solar heating installation;
- Specialty structure work performed by a specialty contractor, as defined in s. 489.105(3)(q), or by a specialty structure contractor as defined in the administrative rules of the department, including gutters, metal substructures, pool enclosures, pre-formed panel-post and beam roofs, roof-overs, screened enclosures, screened porches, sunrooms, and windstorm protective devices.
- Structural steel erection;
- Veneer, including aluminum or vinyl gutters, siding, soffit, or fascia.
By July 1, 2023, the Construction Industry Licensing Board shall establish additional specialty licenses related to window and door installation, irrigation, aluminum structures, glass and glazing, garage doors, and marine work.
Effective Date: upon becoming law.
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Jr.
Status: Support
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Amends the prohibition of local occupational licensing to certain job scopes and allows local governments to impose local licensing requirements for certain job scopes. Adds interior remodeling without a structural component and pressure washing to list local governments may not require a license for. All work under the jobs that do not require a license issued by a local government must comply with all applicable local ordinances.
Requires a person to obtain a license issued by a local government for all of the following specialty job scopes, or any part or combination of, if the local government imposed a licensing requirement before January 1, 2021:
- Aluminum or screen enclosure, with or without concrete;
- Carpentry, with a structural component, or finish carpentry, without a structural component;
- Pool safety barrier;
- Concrete forming, placing, or finishing, including on or off grade;
- Demolition;
- Dredging and land filling;
- Excavation and clearing;
- Garage door installation;
- Gasoline tank and pump;
- Hurricane or windstorm protection;
- Irrigation sprinklers;
- Landscaping (application of fertilizers);
- Masonry, with a structural component;
- Paving, sealing, or striping;
- Pile driving;
- Plaster and lath;
- Prestressed precast concrete;
- Reinforcing iron and steel;
- Rental apartment maintenance and repair;
- Roof painting, coating, and cleaning;
- Sandblasting or waterproofing;
- Solar heating installation;
- Specialty structure work performed by a specialty contractor, as defined in s. 489.105(3)(q), or by a specialty structure contractor as defined in the administrative rules of the department, including gutters, metal substructures, pool enclosures, pre-formed panel-post and beam roofs, roof-overs, screened enclosures, screened porches, sunrooms, and windstorm protective devices;
- Structural iron, metals, and steel erection;
- Swimming pool enclosures;
- Swimming pool or spa, including commercial or residential repair or service;
- Tennis court
- Tree removal and trimming;
- Veneer, including aluminum or vinyl gutters, siding, soffit, or fascia; &
- Window and door installation.
Effective Date: upon becoming law.
Sponsor: Espositio/McClure/ Trumbell
Status: Monitor
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- Preempts regulation of residential tenancies & landlord-tenant relationship to state. Specifies that act supersedes certain local regulations. Revises how much notice is required to terminate certain tenancies. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Skidmore
Status: Monitor
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- Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit to certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; authorizes corporation to establish procedures, exercise powers, & prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; provides FHFC with certain powers & responsibilities relating to Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides requirements for program. Effective Date: July 1, 2023