Bill Text: FL S1314 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Growth Management
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Community Affairs [S1314 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1314-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1314 By Senator Evers 2-00167A-14 20141314__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to growth management; amending s. 3 163.3167, F.S.; requiring local governments to address 4 the protection of private property rights in their 5 comprehensive plans; amending s. 163.3177, F.S.; 6 requiring the comprehensive plan to include a property 7 rights element that addresses certain objectives; 8 requiring counties and municipalities to adopt land 9 development regulations consistent with the property 10 rights element; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 163.3167, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 163.3167 Scope of act.— 17 (9) Each local government shall address in its 18 comprehensive plan, as enumerated in this chapter:,19 (a) The water supply sources necessary to meet and achieve 20 the existing and projected water use demand for the established 21 planning period, considering the applicable plan developed 22 pursuant to s. 373.709; and 23 (b) The protection of private property rights. 24 Section 2. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (6) of 25 section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, to read: 26 163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive 27 plan; studies and surveys.— 28 (6) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1)-(5), 29 the comprehensive plan shall include the following elements: 30 (i) A property rights element that protects private 31 property rights, in recognition of the legitimate and often 32 competing public and private interests in land use regulations 33 and other government action. 34 1. The property rights element shall set forth the 35 principles, guidelines, standards, and strategies to guide the 36 local government’s decisions and program implementation with 37 respect to the following objectives: 38 a. Consideration of the impact to private property rights 39 of all proposed development orders, plan amendments, ordinances, 40 and other government decisions. 41 b. Encouragement of economic development. 42 c. Use of alternative, innovative solutions to provide 43 equal or better protection than the comprehensive plan. 44 d. Consideration of the degree of harm created by 45 noncompliance with the comprehensive plan’s provisions. 46 2. Each county and each municipality within the county 47 shall, within 1 year after adopting its property rights element, 48 adopt land development regulations consistent with this 49 paragraph. 50 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.