Bill Text: FL S1488 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Annexation Procedures for Municipalities
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary [S1488 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S1488-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Annexation Procedures for Municipalities
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary [S1488 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S1488-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1488 By Senator Clemens 31-01009A-17 20171488__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to annexation procedures for 3 municipalities; amending s. 171.0413, F.S.; revising 4 circumstances under which a municipality is prohibited 5 from annexing certain lands in contiguous, compact, or 6 unincorporated areas without getting consent from a 7 specified percent of landowners in the area; 8 specifying circumstances under which a vote of the 9 electors in the area to be annexed is not required; 10 providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 171.0413, 15 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 16 171.0413 Annexation procedures.—Any municipality may annex 17 contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory in the following 18 manner: 19 (5) If more than 70 percent of the land in an area proposed 20 to be annexed is owned by individuals, corporations, or legal 21 entitieswhich are not registered electors of such area, such 22 area shall not be annexed unless the owners of more than 50 23 percent of the land in such area consent to such annexation. 24 Such consent shall be obtained by the parties proposing the 25 annexation prior to the referendum to be held on the annexation. 26 (6) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), if the area 27 proposed to be annexed does not have any registered electors 28 that own property in the area to be annexed on the date the 29 ordinance isfinallyadopted, a vote of electors of the area 30 proposed to be annexed is not required. In addition to the 31 requirements of subsection (5), the area may not be annexed 32 unless the owners of more than 50 percent of the parcels of land 33 in the area proposed to be annexed consent to the annexation. If 34 the governing body of the annexing municipality does notchoose35tohold a referendumof the annexing municipalitypursuant to 36 subsection (2), then the consent of the property ownersproperty37owner consentsrequired pursuant to subsection (5) shall be 38 obtained by the parties proposing the annexation prior to the 39 final adoption of the ordinance, and the annexation ordinance 40 shall be effective upon becoming a law or as otherwise provided 41 in the ordinance. 42 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.