Bill Text: FL S1804 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Growth Management
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Education Pre-K - 12; Budget -SJ 540 [S1804 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-S1804-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1804 By Senator Diaz de la Portilla 36-01647-11 20111804__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to growth management; amending s. 3 163.3180, F.S.; requiring that charter schools be a 4 permitted mitigation option for purposes of meeting 5 concurrency requirements; amending s. 163.3187, F.S.; 6 providing that an amendment to a comprehensive plan 7 that affects acreage of 10 acres or less is a small 8 scale development amendment, notwithstanding any 9 restrictive covenant; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; 10 removing the funding cap for the State Housing Trust 11 Fund and the Local Government Housing Trust Fund; 12 prohibiting residual funds deposited in the State 13 Housing Trust Fund and the Local Government Housing 14 Trust Fund from being transferred to the General 15 Revenue Fund; providing an effective date. 16 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 19 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (13) of section 20 163.3180, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 21 163.3180 Concurrency.— 22 (13) School concurrency shall be established on a 23 districtwide basis and shall include all public schools in the 24 district and all portions of the district, whether located in a 25 municipality or an unincorporated area unless exempt from the 26 public school facilities element pursuant to s. 163.3177(12). 27 The application of school concurrency to development shall be 28 based upon the adopted comprehensive plan, as amended. All local 29 governments within a county, except as provided in paragraph 30 (f), shall adopt and transmit to the state land planning agency 31 the necessary plan amendments, along with the interlocal 32 agreement, for a compliance review pursuant to s. 163.3184(7) 33 and (8). The minimum requirements for school concurrency are the 34 following: 35 (e) Availability standard.—Consistent with the public 36 welfare, a local government may not deny an application for site 37 plan, final subdivision approval, or the functional equivalent 38 for a development or phase of a development authorizing 39 residential development for failure to achieve and maintain the 40 level-of-service standard for public school capacity in a local 41 school concurrency management system where adequate school 42 facilities will be in place or under actual construction within 43 3 years after the issuance of final subdivision or site plan 44 approval, or the functional equivalent. School concurrency is 45 satisfied if the developer executes a legally binding commitment 46 to provide mitigation proportionate to the demand for public 47 school facilities to be created by actual development of the 48 property, including, but not limited to, the options described 49 in subparagraph 1. Options for proportionate-share mitigation of 50 impacts on public school facilities must be established in the 51 public school facilities element and the interlocal agreement 52 pursuant to s. 163.31777. 53 1. Appropriate mitigation options include the contribution 54 of land; the construction, expansion, or payment for land 55 acquisition or construction of a public school facility; the 56 construction of a charter school that complies with the 57 requirements of s. 1002.33(18); or the creation of mitigation 58 banking based on the construction of a public school facility in 59 exchange for the right to sell capacity credits. Such options 60 must include execution by the applicant and the local government 61 of a development agreement that constitutes a legally binding 62 commitment to pay proportionate-share mitigation for the 63 additional residential units approved by the local government in 64 a development order and actually developed on the property, 65 taking into account residential density allowed on the property 66 prior to the plan amendment that increased the overall 67 residential density. The district school board must be a party 68 to such an agreement. As a condition of its entry into such a 69 development agreement, the local government may require the 70 landowner to agree to continuing renewal of the agreement upon 71 its expiration. 72 2. If the education facilities plan and the public 73 educational facilities element authorize a contribution of land; 74 the construction, expansion, or payment for land acquisition; 75 the construction or expansion of a public school facility, or a 76 portion thereof; or the construction of a charter school that 77 complies with the requirements of s. 1002.33(18), as 78 proportionate-share mitigation, the local government shall 79 credit such a contribution, construction, expansion, or payment 80 toward any other impact fee or exaction imposed by local 81 ordinance for the same need, on a dollar-for-dollar basis at 82 fair market value. 83 3. Any proportionate-share mitigation must be directed by 84 the school board toward a school capacity improvement identified 85 in a financially feasible 5-year district work plan that 86 satisfies the demands created by the development in accordance 87 with a binding developer’s agreement. 88 4. If a development is precluded from commencing because 89 there is inadequate classroom capacity to mitigate the impacts 90 of the development, the development may nevertheless commence if 91 there are accelerated facilities in an approved capital 92 improvement element scheduled for construction in year four or 93 later of such plan which, when built, will mitigate the proposed 94 development, or if such accelerated facilities will be in the 95 next annual update of the capital facilities element, the 96 developer enters into a binding, financially guaranteed 97 agreement with the school district to construct an accelerated 98 facility within the first 3 years of an approved capital 99 improvement plan, and the cost of the school facility is equal 100 to or greater than the development’s proportionate share. When 101 the completed school facility is conveyed to the school 102 district, the developer shall receive impact fee credits usable 103 within the zone where the facility is constructed or any 104 attendance zone contiguous with or adjacent to the zone where 105 the facility is constructed. 106 5. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a local 107 government to deny a development permit or its functional 108 equivalent pursuant to its home rule regulatory powers, except 109 as provided in this part. 110 6. The use of a charter school as a mitigation option under 111 this paragraph shall always be permitted. 112 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 113 163.3187, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 114 163.3187 Amendment of adopted comprehensive plan.— 115 (1) Amendments to comprehensive plans adopted pursuant to 116 this part may be made not more than two times during any 117 calendar year, except: 118 (c) Any local government comprehensive plan amendments 119 directly related to proposed small scale development activities 120 may be approved without regard to statutory limits on the 121 frequency of consideration of amendments to the local 122 comprehensive plan. A small scale development amendment may be 123 adopted only under the following conditions: 124 1. The proposed amendment involves a use of 10 acres or 125 less, notwithstanding any restrictive covenant that may affect 126 the land,fewerand: 127 a. The cumulative annual effect of the acreage for all 128 small scale development amendments adopted by the local 129 government shall not exceed: 130 (I) A maximum of 120 acres in a local government that 131 contains areas specifically designated in the local 132 comprehensive plan for urban infill, urban redevelopment, or 133 downtown revitalization as defined in s. 163.3164, urban infill 134 and redevelopment areas designated under s. 163.2517, 135 transportation concurrency exception areas approved pursuant to 136 s. 163.3180(5), or regional activity centers and urban central 137 business districts approved pursuant to s. 380.06(2)(e); 138 however, amendments under this paragraph may be applied to no 139 more than 60 acres annually of property outside the designated 140 areas listed in this sub-sub-subparagraph. Amendments adopted 141 pursuant to paragraph (k) shall not be counted toward the 142 acreage limitations for small scale amendments under this 143 paragraph. 144 (II) A maximum of 80 acres in a local government that does 145 not contain any of the designated areas set forth in sub-sub 146 subparagraph (I). 147 (III) A maximum of 120 acres in a county established 148 pursuant to s. 9, Art. VIII of the State Constitution. 149 b. The proposed amendment does not involve the same 150 property granted a change within the prior 12 months. 151 c. The proposed amendment does not involve the same owner’s 152 property within 200 feet of property granted a change within the 153 prior 12 months. 154 d. The proposed amendment does not involve a text change to 155 the goals, policies, and objectives of the local government’s 156 comprehensive plan, but only proposes a land use change to the 157 future land use map for a site-specific small scale development 158 activity. 159 e. The property that is the subject of the proposed 160 amendment is not located within an area of critical state 161 concern, unless the project subject to the proposed amendment 162 involves the construction of affordable housing units meeting 163 the criteria of s. 420.0004(3), and is located within an area of 164 critical state concern designated by s. 380.0552 or by the 165 Administration Commission pursuant to s. 380.05(1). Such 166 amendment is not subject to the density limitations of sub 167 subparagraph f., and shall be reviewed by the state land 168 planning agency for consistency with the principles for guiding 169 development applicable to the area of critical state concern 170 where the amendment is located and shall not become effective 171 until a final order is issued under s. 380.05(6). 172 f. If the proposed amendment involves a residential land 173 use, the residential land use has a density of 10 units or less 174 per acre or the proposed future land use category allows a 175 maximum residential density of the same or less than the maximum 176 residential density allowable under the existing future land use 177 category, except that this limitation does not apply to small 178 scale amendments involving the construction of affordable 179 housing units meeting the criteria of s. 420.0004(3) on property 180 which will be the subject of a land use restriction agreement, 181 or small scale amendments described in sub-sub-subparagraph 182 a.(I) that are designated in the local comprehensive plan for 183 urban infill, urban redevelopment, or downtown revitalization as 184 defined in s. 163.3164, urban infill and redevelopment areas 185 designated under s. 163.2517, transportation concurrency 186 exception areas approved pursuant to s. 163.3180(5), or regional 187 activity centers and urban central business districts approved 188 pursuant to s. 380.06(2)(e). 189 2.a. A local government that proposes to consider a plan 190 amendment pursuant to this paragraph is not required to comply 191 with the procedures and public notice requirements of s. 192 163.3184(15)(c) for such plan amendments if the local government 193 complies with the provisions in s. 125.66(4)(a) for a county or 194 in s. 166.041(3)(c) for a municipality. If a request for a plan 195 amendment under this paragraph is initiated by other than the 196 local government, public notice is required. 197 b. The local government shall send copies of the notice and 198 amendment to the state land planning agency, the regional 199 planning council, and any other person or entity requesting a 200 copy. This information shall also include a statement 201 identifying any property subject to the amendment that is 202 located within a coastal high-hazard area as identified in the 203 local comprehensive plan. 204 3. Small scale development amendments adopted pursuant to 205 this paragraph require only one public hearing before the 206 governing board, which shall be an adoption hearing as described 207 in s. 163.3184(7), and are not subject to the requirements of s. 208 163.3184(3)-(6) unless the local government elects to have them 209 subject to those requirements. 210 4. If the small scale development amendment involves a site 211 within an area that is designated by the Governor as a rural 212 area of critical economic concern under s. 288.0656(7) for the 213 duration of such designation, the 10-acre limit listed in 214 subparagraph 1. shall be increased by 100 percent to 20 acres. 215 The local government approving the small scale plan amendment 216 shall certify to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic 217 Development that the plan amendment furthers the economic 218 objectives set forth in the executive order issued under s. 219 288.0656(7), and the property subject to the plan amendment 220 shall undergo public review to ensure that all concurrency 221 requirements and federal, state, and local environmental permit 222 requirements are met. 223 Section 3. Subsections (9), (10), (13), and (17) of section 224 201.15, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 225 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.—All taxes collected 226 under this chapter are subject to the service charge imposed in 227 s. 215.20(1). Prior to distribution under this section, the 228 Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the 229 costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by 230 this chapter. Such costs and the service charge may not be 231 levied against any portion of taxes pledged to debt service on 232 bonds to the extent that the costs and service charge are 233 required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds. After 234 distributions are made pursuant to subsection (1), all of the 235 costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by 236 this chapter and the service charge shall be available and 237 transferred to the extent necessary to pay debt service and any 238 other amounts payable with respect to bonds authorized before 239 January 1, 2010, secured by revenues distributed pursuant to 240 subsection (1). All taxes remaining after deduction of costs and 241 the service charge shall be distributed as follows: 242 (9) Seven and fifty-three one-hundredthsThe lesser of7.53243 percent of the remaining taxesor $107 million in each fiscal244yearshall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the 245 State Housing Trust Fund and used as follows: 246 (a) Half of that amount shall be used for the purposes for 247 which the State Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by 248 law. 249 (b) Half of that amount shall be paid into the State 250 Treasury to the credit of the Local Government Housing Trust 251 Fund and used for the purposes for which the Local Government 252 Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. 253 (10) Eight and two-thirdsThe lesser of8.66percent of the 254 remaining taxesor $136 million in each fiscal yearshall be 255 paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing 256 Trust Fund and used as follows: 257 (a) Twelve and one-half percent of that amount shall be 258 deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund and be expended by 259 the Department of Community Affairs and by the Florida Housing 260 Finance Corporation for the purposes for which the State Housing 261 Trust Fund was created and exists by law. 262 (b) Eighty-seven and one-half percent of that amount shall 263 be distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund and 264 used for the purposes for which the Local Government Housing 265 Trust Fund was created and exists by law. Funds from this 266 category may also be used to provide for state and local 267 services to assist the homeless. 268 (13) In each fiscal year that the remaining taxes exceed 269 collections in the prior fiscal year, the stated maximum dollar 270 amounts provided in subsections (2), (4), (6), and (7),(9), and271(10)shall each be increased by an amount equal to 10 percent of 272 the increase in the remaining taxes collected under this chapter 273 multiplied by the applicable percentage provided in those 274 subsections. 275 (17) After the distributions provided in the preceding 276 subsections, with the exception of subsections (9) and (10) any 277 remaining taxes shall be paid into the State Treasury to the 278 credit of the General Revenue Fund. 279 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. 280