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11  Representative(s) Bennett offered the following:
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17         Section 32.  Subsection (1) of section 163.3174,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         163.3174  Local planning agency.--
20         (1)  The governing body of each local government,
21  individually or in combination as provided in s. 163.3171,
22  shall designate and by ordinance establish a "local planning
23  agency," unless the agency is otherwise established by law.
24  Notwithstanding any special act to the contrary, all local
25  planning agencies or equivalent agencies that first review
26  rezoning and comprehensive plan amendments in each
27  municipality and county shall include a representative of the
28  school district appointed by the school board as a nonvoting
29  member of the local planning agency or equivalent agency to
30  attend those meetings at which the agency considers
31  comprehensive plan amendments and rezonings that would, if
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  1  approved, increase residential density on the property that is
  2  the subject of the application. However, this subsection does
  3  not prevent the governing body of the local government from
  4  granting voting status to the school board member. The
  5  governing body may designate itself as the local planning
  6  agency pursuant to this subsection with the addition of a
  7  nonvoting school board representative.  The governing body
  8  shall notify the state land planning agency of the
  9  establishment of its local planning agency. All local planning
10  agencies shall provide opportunities for involvement by
11  district school boards and applicable community college
12  boards, which may be accomplished by formal representation,
13  membership on technical advisory committees, or other
14  appropriate means. The local planning agency shall prepare the
15  comprehensive plan or plan amendment after hearings to be held
16  after public notice and shall make recommendations to the
17  governing body regarding the adoption or amendment of the
18  plan. The agency may be a local planning commission, the
19  planning department of the local government, or other
20  instrumentality, including a countywide planning entity
21  established by special act or a council of local government
22  officials created pursuant to s. 163.02, provided the
23  composition of the council is fairly representative of all the
24  governing bodies in the county or planning area; however:
25         (a)  If a joint planning entity is in existence on the
26  effective date of this act which authorizes the governing
27  bodies to adopt and enforce a land use plan effective
28  throughout the joint planning area, that entity shall be the
29  agency for those local governments until such time as the
30  authority of the joint planning entity is modified by law.
31         (b)  In the case of chartered counties, the planning
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  1  responsibility between the county and the several
  2  municipalities therein shall be as stipulated in the charter.
  3         Section 33.  Section 163.31776, Florida Statutes, is
  4  created to read:
  5         163.31776  Public schools interlocal agreement.--
  6         (1)(a)  The county and municipalities located within
  7  the geographic area of a school district shall enter into an
  8  interlocal agreement with the district school board which
  9  jointly establishes the specific ways in which the plans and
10  processes of the district school board and the local
11  governments are to be coordinated. The interlocal agreements
12  shall be submitted to the state land planning agency and the
13  Office of Educational Facilities and the SMART Schools
14  Clearinghouse in accordance with a schedule published by the
15  state land planning agency.
16         (b)  The schedule must establish staggered due dates
17  for submission of interlocal agreements that are executed by
18  both the local government and the district school board,
19  commencing on March 1, 2003, and concluding by December 1,
20  2004, and must set the same date for all governmental entities
21  within a school district. The schedule must begin with those
22  areas where both the number of districtwide capital-outlay
23  full-time-equivalent students equals 80 percent or more of the
24  current year's school capacity and the projected 5-year
25  student growth is 1,000 or greater, or where the projected
26  5-year student growth rate is 10 percent or greater.
27         (c)  If the student population has declined over the
28  5-year period preceding the due date for submittal of an
29  interlocal agreement by the local government and the district
30  school board, the local government and the district school
31  board may petition the state land planning agency for a waiver
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  1  of one or more requirements of subsection (2). The waiver must
  2  be granted if the procedures called for in subsection (2) are
  3  unnecessary because of the school district's declining school
  4  age population, considering the district's 5-year facilities
  5  work program prepared pursuant to s. 235.185. The state land
  6  planning agency may modify or revoke the waiver upon a finding
  7  that the conditions upon which the waiver was granted no
  8  longer exist. The district school board and local governments
  9  must submit an interlocal agreement within 1 year after
10  notification by the state land planning agency that the
11  conditions for a waiver no longer exist.
12         (d)  Interlocal agreements between local governments
13  and district school boards adopted pursuant to s. 163.3177
14  before the effective date of this section must be updated and
15  executed pursuant to the requirements of this section, if
16  necessary. Amendments to interlocal agreements adopted
17  pursuant to this section must be submitted to the state land
18  planning agency within 30 days after execution by the parties
19  for review consistent with this section. Local governments and
20  the district school board in each school district are
21  encouraged to adopt a single interlocal agreement in which all
22  join as parties. The state land planning agency shall assemble
23  and make available model interlocal agreements meeting the
24  requirements of this section and notify local governments and,
25  jointly with the Department of Education, the district school
26  boards of the requirements of this section, the dates for
27  compliance, and the sanctions for noncompliance. The state
28  land planning agency shall be available to informally review
29  proposed interlocal agreements. If the state land planning
30  agency has not received a proposed interlocal agreement for
31  informal review, the state land planning agency shall, at
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  1  least 60 days before the deadline for submission of the
  2  executed agreement, renotify the local government and the
  3  district school board of the upcoming deadline and the
  4  potential for sanctions.
  5         (2)  At a minimum, the interlocal agreement must
  6  address the following issues:
  7         (a)  A process by which each local government and the
  8  district school board agree and base their plans on consistent
  9  projections of the amount, type, and distribution of
10  population growth and student enrollment. The geographic
11  distribution of jurisdictionwide growth forecasts is a major
12  objective of the process.
13         (b)  A process to coordinate and share information
14  relating to existing and planned public school facilities,
15  including school renovations and closures, and local
16  government plans for development and redevelopment.
17         (c)  Participation by affected local governments with
18  the district school board in the process of evaluating
19  potential school closures, significant renovations to existing
20  schools, and new school site selection before land
21  acquisition. Local governments shall advise the district
22  school board as to the consistency of the proposed closure,
23  renovation, or new site with the local comprehensive plan,
24  including appropriate circumstances and criteria under which a
25  district school board may request an amendment to the
26  comprehensive plan for school siting.
27         (d)  A process for determining the need for and timing
28  of onsite and offsite improvements to support new
29  construction, proposed expansion, or redevelopment of existing
30  schools. The process must address identification of the party
31  or parties responsible for the improvements.
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  1         (e)  A process for the school board to inform the local
  2  government regarding school capacity.  The capacity reporting
  3  must be consistent with laws and rules relating to measurement
  4  of school facility capacity and must also identify how the
  5  district school board will meet the public school demand based
  6  on the facilities work program adopted pursuant to s. 235.185.
  7         (f)  Participation of the local governments in the
  8  preparation of the annual update to the district school
  9  board's 5-year district facilities work program and
10  educational plant survey prepared pursuant to s. 235.185.
11         (g)  A process for determining where and how joint use
12  of either school board or local government facilities can be
13  shared for mutual benefit and efficiency.
14         (h)  A procedure for the resolution of disputes between
15  the district school board and local governments, which may
16  include the dispute-resolution processes contained in chapters
17  164 and 186.
18         (i)  An oversight process, including an opportunity for
19  public participation, for the implementation of the interlocal
20  agreement.
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22  A signatory to the interlocal agreement may elect not to
23  include a provision meeting the requirements of paragraph (e);
24  however, such a decision may be made only after a public
25  hearing on such election, which may include the public hearing
26  in which a district school board or a local government adopts
27  the interlocal agreement.  An interlocal agreement entered
28  into pursuant to this section must be consistent with the
29  adopted comprehensive plan and land development regulations of
30  any local government that is a signatory.
31         (3)(a)  The Office of Educational Facilities and SMART
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  1  Schools Clearinghouse shall submit any comments or concerns
  2  regarding the executed interlocal agreement to the state land
  3  planning agency within 30 days after receipt of the executed
  4  interlocal agreement. The state land planning agency shall
  5  review the executed interlocal agreement to determine whether
  6  the agreement is consistent with the requirements of
  7  subsection (2), the adopted local government comprehensive
  8  plan, and other requirements of law. Within 60 days after
  9  receipt of an executed interlocal agreement, the state land
10  planning agency shall publish a notice of intent in the
11  Florida Administrative Weekly and shall post a copy of the
12  notice on the agency's Internet site. The notice of intent
13  must state whether the interlocal agreement is consistent or
14  inconsistent with the requirements of subsection (2) and this
15  subsection, as appropriate.
16         (b)  The state land planning agency's notice is subject
17  to challenge under chapter 120; however, an affected person,
18  as defined in s. 163.3184(1)(a), has standing to initiate the
19  administrative proceeding and this proceeding is the sole
20  means available to challenge the consistency of an interlocal
21  agreement required by this section with the criteria contained
22  in subsection (2) and this subsection. In order to have
23  standing, each person must have submitted oral or written
24  comments, recommendations, or objections to the local
25  government or the school board before the adoption of the
26  interlocal agreement by the school board and local government.
27  The district school board and local governments are parties to
28  any such proceeding. In such proceeding, when the state land
29  planning agency finds the interlocal agreement to be
30  consistent with the criteria in subsection (2) and this
31  subsection, the interlocal agreement shall be determined to be
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  1  consistent with subsection (2) and this subsection if the
  2  local government's and school board's determination of
  3  consistency is fairly debatable. When the state planning
  4  agency finds the interlocal agreement to be inconsistent with
  5  the requirements of subsection (2) and this subsection, the
  6  local government's and school board's determination of
  7  consistency shall be sustained unless it is shown by a
  8  preponderance of the evidence that the interlocal agreement is
  9  inconsistent.
10         (c)  If the state land planning agency enters a final
11  order that finds that the interlocal agreement is inconsistent
12  with the requirements of subsection (2) or this subsection,
13  the state land planning agency shall forward the agreement to
14  the Administration Commission, which may impose sanctions
15  against the local government pursuant to s. 163.3184(11) and
16  may impose sanctions against the district school board by
17  directing the Department of Education to withhold from the
18  district school board an equivalent amount of funds for school
19  construction available pursuant to s. 235.187, s. 235.216, s.
20  235.2195, or s. 235.42.
21         (4)  If an executed interlocal agreement is not timely
22  submitted to the state land planning agency for review, the
23  state land planning agency shall, within 15 working days after
24  the deadline for submittal, issue to the local government and
25  the district school board a notice to show cause why sanctions
26  should not be imposed for failure to submit an executed
27  interlocal agreement by the deadline established by the
28  agency. The agency shall forward the notice and the responses
29  to the Administration Commission, which may enter a final
30  order citing the failure to comply and imposing sanctions
31  against the local government and district school board by
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  1  directing the appropriate agencies to withhold at least 5
  2  percent of state funds pursuant to s. 163.3184(11) and by
  3  directing the Department of Education to withhold from the
  4  district school board at least 5 percent of funds for school
  5  construction available pursuant to s. 235.187, s. 235.216, s.
  6  235.2195, or s. 235.42.
  7         (5)  Any local government transmitting a public school
  8  element to implement school concurrency pursuant to the
  9  requirements of s. 163.3180 before the effective date of this
10  section is not required to amend the element or any interlocal
11  agreement to conform with the provisions of this section if
12  the element is adopted prior to or within 1 year after the
13  effective date of this section and remains in effect.
14         (6)  Except as provided in subsection (7),
15  municipalities having no established need for a new school
16  facility and meeting the following criteria are exempt from
17  the requirements of subsections (1), (2), and (3):
18         (a)  The municipality has no public schools located
19  within its boundaries.
20         (b)  The district school board's 5-year facilities work
21  program and the long-term 10-year and 20-year work programs,
22  as provided in s. 235.185, demonstrate that no new school
23  facility is needed in the municipality. In addition, the
24  district school board must verify in writing that no new
25  school facility will be needed in the municipality within the
26  5-year and 10-year timeframes.
27         (7)  At the time of the evaluation and appraisal
28  report, each exempt municipality shall assess the extent to
29  which it continues to meet the criteria for exemption under
30  subsection (6). If the municipality continues to meet these
31  criteria and the district school board verifies in writing
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  1  that no new school facilities will be needed within the 5-year
  2  and 10-year timeframes, the municipality shall continue to be
  3  exempt from the interlocal-agreement requirement. Each
  4  municipality exempt under subsection (6) must comply with the
  5  provisions of this section within 1 year after the district
  6  school board proposes, in its 5-year district facilities work
  7  program, a new school within the municipality's jurisdiction.
  8         Section 34.  Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section
  9  235.19, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
10         235.19  Site planning and selection.--
11         (1)  Before acquiring property for sites, each board
12  shall determine the location of proposed educational centers
13  or campuses for the board.  In making this determination, the
14  board shall consider existing and anticipated site needs and
15  the most economical and practicable locations of sites.  The
16  board shall coordinate with the long-range or comprehensive
17  plans of local, regional, and state governmental agencies to
18  assure the consistency compatibility of such plans with site
19  planning. Boards are encouraged to locate district educational
20  facilities schools proximate to urban residential areas to the
21  extent possible, and shall seek to collocate district
22  educational facilities schools with other public facilities,
23  such as parks, libraries, and community centers, to the extent
24  possible, and to encourage using elementary schools as focal
25  points for neighborhoods.
26         (2)  Each new site selected must be adequate in size to
27  meet the educational needs of the students to be served on
28  that site by the original educational facility or future
29  expansions of the facility through renovation or the addition
30  of relocatables. The Commissioner of Education shall prescribe
31  by rule recommended sizes for new sites according to
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  1  categories of students to be housed and other appropriate
  2  factors determined by the commissioner. Less-than-recommended
  3  site sizes are allowed if the board, by a two-thirds majority,
  4  recommends such a site and finds that it can provide an
  5  appropriate and equitable educational program on the site.
  6         (3)  Sites recommended for purchase, or purchased, in
  7  accordance with chapter 230 or chapter 240 must meet standards
  8  prescribed therein and such supplementary standards as the
  9  commissioner prescribes to promote the educational interests
10  of the students.  Each site must be well drained and suitable
11  for outdoor educational purposes as appropriate for the
12  educational program or collocated with facilities to serve
13  this purpose. As provided in s. 333.03, the site must not be
14  located within any path of flight approach of any airport.
15  Insofar as is practicable, the site must not adjoin a
16  right-of-way of any railroad or through highway and must not
17  be adjacent to any factory or other property from which noise,
18  odors, or other disturbances, or at which conditions, would be
19  likely to interfere with the educational program. To the
20  extent practicable, sites must be chosen which will provide
21  safe access from neighborhoods to schools.
22         Section 35.  Section 235.193, Florida Statutes, is
23  amended to read:
24         235.193  Coordination of planning with local governing
25  bodies.--
26         (1)  It is the policy of this state to require the
27  coordination of planning between boards and local governing
28  bodies to ensure that plans for the construction and opening
29  of public educational facilities are facilitated and
30  coordinated in time and place with plans for residential
31  development, concurrently with other necessary services. Such
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  1  planning shall include the integration of the educational
  2  plant survey and applicable policies and procedures of a board
  3  with the local comprehensive plan and land development
  4  regulations of local governing bodies.  The planning must
  5  include the consideration of allowing students to attend the
  6  school located nearest their homes when a new housing
  7  development is constructed near a county boundary and it is
  8  more feasible to transport the students a short distance to an
  9  existing facility in an adjacent county than to construct a
10  new facility or transport students longer distances in their
11  county of residence. The planning must also consider the
12  effects of the location of public education facilities,
13  including the feasibility of keeping central city facilities
14  viable, in order to encourage central city redevelopment and
15  the efficient use of infrastructure and to discourage
16  uncontrolled urban sprawl. In addition, all parties to the
17  planning process must consult with state and local road
18  departments to assist in implementing the Safe Paths to
19  Schools program administered by the Department of
20  Transportation.
21         (2)(a)  The school board, county, and nonexempt
22  municipalities located within the geographic area of a school
23  district shall enter into an interlocal agreement that jointly
24  establishes the specific ways in which the plans and processes
25  of the district school board and the local governments are to
26  be coordinated. The interlocal agreements shall be submitted
27  to the state land planning agency and the Office of
28  Educational Facilities and the SMART Schools Clearinghouse in
29  accordance with a schedule published by the state land
30  planning agency.
31         (b)  The schedule must establish staggered due dates
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  1  for submission of interlocal agreements that are executed by
  2  both the local government and the district school board,
  3  commencing on March 1, 2003, and concluding by December 1,
  4  2004, and must set the same date for all governmental entities
  5  within a school district. The schedule must begin with those
  6  areas where both the number of districtwide capital-outlay
  7  full-time-equivalent students equals 80 percent or more of the
  8  current year's school capacity and the projected 5-year
  9  student growth is 1,000 or greater, or where the projected
10  5-year student growth rate is 10 percent or greater.
11         (c)  If the student population has declined over the
12  5-year period preceding the due date for submittal of an
13  interlocal agreement by the local government and the district
14  school board, the local government and the district school
15  board may petition the state land planning agency for a waiver
16  of one or more of the requirements of subsection (3). The
17  waiver must be granted if the procedures called for in
18  subsection (3) are unnecessary because of the school
19  district's declining school-age population, considering the
20  district's 5-year facilities work program prepared pursuant to
21  s. 235.185. The state land planning agency may modify or
22  revoke the waiver upon a finding that the conditions upon
23  which the waiver was granted no longer exist. The district
24  school board and local governments must submit an interlocal
25  agreement within 1 year after notification by the state land
26  planning agency that the conditions for a waiver no longer
27  exist.
28         (d)  Interlocal agreements between local governments
29  and district school boards adopted pursuant to s. 163.3177
30  before the effective date of this subsection and subsections
31  (3)-(8) must be updated and executed pursuant to the
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  1  requirements of this subsection and subsections (3)-(8), if
  2  necessary. Amendments to interlocal agreements adopted
  3  pursuant to this subsection and subsections (3)-(8) must be
  4  submitted to the state land planning agency within 30 days
  5  after execution by the parties for review consistent with
  6  subsections (3) and (4). Local governments and the district
  7  school board in each school district are encouraged to adopt a
  8  single interlocal agreement in which all join as parties. The
  9  state land planning agency shall assemble and make available
10  model interlocal agreements meeting the requirements of this
11  subsection and subsections (3)-(8) and shall notify local
12  governments and, jointly with the Department of Education, the
13  district school boards of the requirements of this subsection
14  and subsections (3)-(8), the dates for compliance, and the
15  sanctions for noncompliance. The state land planning agency
16  shall be available to informally review proposed interlocal
17  agreements. If the state land planning agency has not received
18  a proposed interlocal agreement for informal review, the state
19  land planning agency shall, at least 60 days before the
20  deadline for submission of the executed agreement, renotify
21  the local government and the district school board of the
22  upcoming deadline and the potential for sanctions.
23         (3)  At a minimum, the interlocal agreement must
24  address the following issues:
25         (a)  A process by which each local government and the
26  district school board agree and base their plans on consistent
27  projections of the amount, type, and distribution of
28  population growth and student enrollment. The geographic
29  distribution of jurisdictionwide growth forecasts is a major
30  objective of the process.
31         (b)  A process to coordinate and share information
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  1  relating to existing and planned public school facilities,
  2  including school renovations and closures, and local
  3  government plans for development and redevelopment.
  4         (c)  Participation by affected local governments with
  5  the district school board in the process of evaluating
  6  potential school closures, significant renovations to existing
  7  schools, and new school site selection before land
  8  acquisition. Local governments shall advise the district
  9  school board as to the consistency of the proposed closure,
10  renovation, or new site with the local comprehensive plan,
11  including appropriate circumstances and criteria under which a
12  district school board may request an amendment to the
13  comprehensive plan for school siting.
14         (d)  A process for determining the need for and timing
15  of onsite and offsite improvements to support new
16  construction, proposed expansion, or redevelopment of existing
17  schools. The process shall address identification of the party
18  or parties responsible for the improvements.
19         (e)  A process for the school board to inform the local
20  government regarding school capacity.  The capacity reporting
21  must be consistent with laws and rules regarding measurement
22  of school facility capacity and must also identify how the
23  district school board will meet the public school demand based
24  on the facilities work program adopted pursuant to s. 235.185.
25         (f)  Participation of the local governments in the
26  preparation of the annual update to the school board's 5-year
27  district facilities work program and educational plant survey
28  prepared pursuant to s. 235.185.
29         (g)  A process for determining where and how joint use
30  of either school board or local government facilities can be
31  shared for mutual benefit and efficiency.
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  1         (h)  A procedure for the resolution of disputes between
  2  the district school board and local governments, which may
  3  include the dispute-resolution processes contained in chapters
  4  164 and 186.
  5         (i)  An oversight process, including an opportunity for
  6  public participation, for the implementation of the interlocal
  7  agreement.
  8
  9  A signatory to the interlocal agreement may elect not to
10  include a provision meeting the requirements of paragraph (e);
11  however, such a decision may be made only after a public
12  hearing on such election, which may include the public hearing
13  in which a district school board or a local government adopts
14  the interlocal agreement.  An interlocal agreement entered
15  into pursuant to this section must be consistent with the
16  adopted comprehensive plan and land development regulations of
17  any local government that is a signatory.
18         (4)(a)  The Office of Educational Facilities and SMART
19  Schools Clearinghouse shall submit any comments or concerns
20  regarding the executed interlocal agreement to the state land
21  planning agency within 30 days after receipt of the executed
22  interlocal agreement. The state land planning agency shall
23  review the executed interlocal agreement to determine whether
24  the agreement is consistent with the requirements of
25  subsection (3), the adopted local government comprehensive
26  plan, and other requirements of law. Within 60 days after
27  receipt of an executed interlocal agreement, the state land
28  planning agency shall publish a notice of intent in the
29  Florida Administrative Weekly and shall post a copy of the
30  notice on the agency's Internet site. The notice of intent
31  must state that the interlocal agreement is consistent or
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  1  inconsistent with the requirements of subsection (3) and this
  2  subsection as appropriate.
  3         (b)  The state land planning agency's notice is subject
  4  to challenge under chapter 120; however, an affected person,
  5  as defined in s. 163.3184(1)(a), has standing to initiate the
  6  administrative proceeding and this proceeding is the sole
  7  means available to challenge the consistency of an interlocal
  8  agreement required by this section with the criteria contained
  9  in subsection (3) and this subsection. In order to have
10  standing, each person must have submitted oral or written
11  comments, recommendations, or objections to the local
12  government or the school board before the adoption of the
13  interlocal agreement by the district school board and local
14  government. The district school board and local governments
15  are parties to any such proceeding. In such proceeding, when
16  the state land planning agency finds the interlocal agreement
17  to be consistent with the criteria in subsection (3) and this
18  subsection, the interlocal agreement must be determined to be
19  consistent with subsection (3) and this subsection if the
20  local government's and school board's determination of
21  consistency is fairly debatable. When the state land planning
22  agency finds the interlocal agreement to be inconsistent with
23  the requirements of subsection (3) and this subsection, the
24  local government's and school board's determination of
25  consistency shall be sustained unless it is shown by a
26  preponderance of the evidence that the interlocal agreement is
27  inconsistent.
28         (c)  If the state land planning agency enters a final
29  order that finds that the interlocal agreement is inconsistent
30  with the requirements of subsection (3) or this subsection,
31  the state land planning agency shall forward it to the
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  1  Administration Commission, which may impose sanctions against
  2  the local government pursuant to s. 163.3184(11) and may
  3  impose sanctions against the district school board by
  4  directing the Department of Education to withhold an
  5  equivalent amount of funds for school construction available
  6  pursuant to s. 235.187, s. 235.216, s. 235.2195, or s. 235.42.
  7         (5)  If an executed interlocal agreement is not timely
  8  submitted to the state land planning agency for review, the
  9  state land planning agency shall, within 15 working days after
10  the deadline for submittal, issue to the local government and
11  the district school board a notice to show cause why sanctions
12  should not be imposed for failure to submit an executed
13  interlocal agreement by the deadline established by the
14  agency. The agency shall forward the notice and the responses
15  to the Administration Commission, which may enter a final
16  order citing the failure to comply and imposing sanctions
17  against the local government and district school board by
18  directing the appropriate agencies to withhold at least 5
19  percent of state funds pursuant to s. 163.3184(11) and by
20  directing the Department of Education to withhold from the
21  district school board at least 5 percent of funds for school
22  construction available pursuant to s. 235.187, s. 235.216, s.
23  235.2195, or s. 235.42.
24         (6)  Any local government transmitting a public school
25  element to implement school concurrency pursuant to the
26  requirements of s. 163.3180 before the effective date of this
27  section is not required to amend the element or any interlocal
28  agreement to conform with the provisions of subsections
29  (2)-(5), this subsection, and subsections (7) and (8) if the
30  element is adopted prior to or within 1 year after the
31  effective date of subsections (2)-(5), this subsection, and
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  1  subsections (7) and (8) and remains in effect.
  2         (7)  Except as provided in subsection (8),
  3  municipalities having no established need for a new facility
  4  and meeting the following criteria are exempt from the
  5  requirements of subsections (2), (3), and (4):
  6         (a)  The municipality has no public schools located
  7  within its boundaries.
  8         (b)  The district school board's 5-year facilities work
  9  program and the long-term 10-year and 20-year work programs,
10  as provided in s. 235.185, demonstrate that no new school
11  facility is needed in the municipality. In addition, the
12  district school board must verify in writing that no new
13  school facility will be needed in the municipality within the
14  5-year and 10-year timeframes.
15         (8)  At the time of the evaluation and appraisal
16  report, each exempt municipality shall assess the extent to
17  which it continues to meet the criteria for exemption under
18  subsection (7). If the municipality continues to meet these
19  criteria and the district school board verifies in writing
20  that no new school facilities will be needed within the 5-year
21  and 10-year timeframes, the municipality shall continue to be
22  exempt from the interlocal-agreement requirement. Each
23  municipality exempt under subsection (7) must comply with the
24  provisions of subsections (2)-(7) and this subsection within 1
25  year after the district school board proposes, in its 5-year
26  district facilities work program, a new school within the
27  municipality's jurisdiction.
28         (9)(2)  A school board and the local governing body
29  must share and coordinate information related to existing and
30  planned public school facilities; proposals for development,
31  redevelopment, or additional development; and infrastructure
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  1  required to support the public school facilities, concurrent
  2  with proposed development. A school board shall use
  3  information produced by the demographic, revenue, and
  4  education estimating conferences pursuant to s. 216.136
  5  Department of Education enrollment projections when preparing
  6  the 5-year district facilities work program pursuant to s.
  7  235.185, as modified and agreed to by the local governments,
  8  when provided by interlocal agreement, and the Office of
  9  Educational Facilities and SMART Schools Clearinghouse, in and
10  a school board shall affirmatively demonstrate in the
11  educational facilities report consideration of local
12  governments' population projections, to ensure that the 5-year
13  work program not only reflects enrollment projections but also
14  considers applicable municipal and county growth and
15  development projections. The projections must be apportioned
16  geographically with assistance from the local governments
17  using local government trend data and the school district
18  student enrollment data. A school board is precluded from
19  siting a new school in a jurisdiction where the school board
20  has failed to provide the annual educational facilities report
21  for the prior year required pursuant to s. 235.194 unless the
22  failure is corrected.
23         (10)(3)  The location of public educational facilities
24  shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the
25  appropriate local governing body developed under part II of
26  chapter 163 and consistent with the plan's implementing land
27  development regulations, to the extent that the regulations
28  are not in conflict with or the subject regulated is not
29  specifically addressed by this chapter or the State Uniform
30  Building Code, unless mutually agreed by the local government
31  and the board.
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  1         (11)(4)  To improve coordination relative to potential
  2  educational facility sites, a board shall provide written
  3  notice to the local government that has regulatory authority
  4  over the use of the land consistent with an interlocal
  5  agreement entered into pursuant to subsections (2)-(8) at
  6  least 60 days prior to acquiring or leasing property that may
  7  be used for a new public educational facility.  The local
  8  government, upon receipt of this notice, shall notify the
  9  board within 45 days if the site proposed for acquisition or
10  lease is consistent with the land use categories and policies
11  of the local government's comprehensive plan.  This
12  preliminary notice does not constitute the local government's
13  determination of consistency pursuant to subsection (12) (5).
14         (12)(5)  As early in the design phase as feasible and
15  consistent with an interlocal agreement entered into pursuant
16  to subsections (2)-(8), but no later than 90 days before
17  commencing construction, the district school board shall in
18  writing request a determination of consistency with the local
19  government's comprehensive plan. but at least before
20  commencing construction of a new public educational facility,
21  The local governing body that regulates the use of land shall
22  determine, in writing within 45 90 days after receiving the
23  necessary information and a school board's request for a
24  determination, whether a proposed public educational facility
25  is consistent with the local comprehensive plan and consistent
26  with local land development regulations, to the extent that
27  the regulations are not in conflict with or the subject
28  regulated is not specifically addressed by this chapter or the
29  State Uniform Building Code, unless mutually agreed. If the
30  determination is affirmative, school construction may commence
31  proceed and further local government approvals are not
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  1  required, except as provided in this section. Failure of the
  2  local governing body to make a determination in writing within
  3  90 days after a school board's request for a determination of
  4  consistency shall be considered an approval of the school
  5  board's application.
  6         (13)(6)  A local governing body may not deny the site
  7  applicant based on adequacy of the site plan as it relates
  8  solely to the needs of the school. If the site is consistent
  9  with the comprehensive plan's future land use policies and
10  categories in which public schools are identified as allowable
11  uses, the local government may not deny the application but it
12  may impose reasonable development standards and conditions in
13  accordance with s. 235.34(1) and consider the site plan and
14  its adequacy as it relates to environmental concerns, health,
15  safety and welfare, and effects on adjacent property.
16  Standards and conditions may not be imposed which conflict
17  with those established in this chapter or the Florida State
18  Uniform Building Code, unless mutually agreed and consistent
19  with the interlocal agreement required by subsections (2)-(8).
20         (14)(7)  This section does not prohibit a local
21  governing body and district school board from agreeing and
22  establishing an alternative process for reviewing a proposed
23  educational facility and site plan, and offsite impacts,
24  pursuant to an interlocal agreement adopted in accordance with
25  subsections (2)-(8).
26         (15)(8)  Existing schools shall be considered
27  consistent with the applicable local government comprehensive
28  plan adopted under part II of chapter 163. The collocation of
29  a new proposed public educational facility with an existing
30  public educational facility, or the expansion of an existing
31  public educational facility is not inconsistent with the local
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  1  comprehensive plan, if the site is consistent with the
  2  comprehensive plan's future land use policies and categories
  3  in which public schools are identified as allowable uses, and
  4  levels of service adopted by the local government for any
  5  facilities affected by the proposed location for the new
  6  facility are maintained. If a board submits an application to
  7  expand an existing school site, the local governing body may
  8  impose reasonable development standards and conditions on the
  9  expansion only, and in a manner consistent with s. 235.34(1).
10  Standards and conditions may not be imposed which conflict
11  with those established in this chapter or the Florida State
12  Uniform Building Code, unless mutually agreed. Local
13  government review or approval is not required for:
14         (a)  The placement of temporary or portable classroom
15  facilities; or
16         (b)  Proposed renovation or construction on existing
17  school sites, with the exception of construction that changes
18  the primary use of a facility, includes stadiums, or results
19  in a greater than 5 percent increase in student capacity, or
20  as mutually agreed, pursuant to an interlocal agreement
21  adopted in accordance with subsections (2)-(8).
22         Section 36.  Nothing in sections 163.3174, 235.19, and
23  235.193, Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, and section
24  163.31776, Florida Statutes, as created by this act is
25  intended to affect the outcome of any litigation pending as of
26  the effective date of the act, including future appeals.  It
27  is further the intent of the Legislature that this act shall
28  not serve as legal authority in support of any party to such
29  litigation and appeals.
30         Section 37.  The Legislature finds that the integration
31  of the growth management system and the planning of public
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  1  educational facilities is a matter of great public importance.
  2         Section 38.  Section 163.3215, Florida Statutes, is
  3  amended to read:
  4         163.3215  Standing to enforce local comprehensive plans
  5  through development orders.--
  6         (1)  Subsections (3) and (4) provide the exclusive
  7  methods for an aggrieved or adversely affected party to appeal
  8  and challenge the consistency of a development order with a
  9  comprehensive plan adopted under this part. The local
10  government that issues the development order is to be named as
11  a respondent in all proceedings under this section. Subsection
12  (3) shall not apply to development orders for which a local
13  government has established a process consistent with the
14  requirements of subsection (4). A local government may decide
15  which types of development orders will proceed under
16  subsection (4). Subsection (3) shall apply to all other
17  development orders that are not subject to subsection (4).
18         (2)  As used in this section, the term "aggrieved or
19  adversely affected party" means any person or local government
20  that will suffer an adverse effect to an interest protected or
21  furthered by the local government comprehensive plan,
22  including interests related to health and safety, police and
23  fire protection service systems, densities or intensities of
24  development, transportation facilities, health care
25  facilities, equipment or services, and environmental or
26  natural resources.  The alleged adverse interest may be shared
27  in common with other members of the community at large but
28  must exceed in degree the general interest in community good
29  shared by all persons. The term includes the owner, developer,
30  or applicant for a development order.
31         (3)(1)  Any aggrieved or adversely affected party may
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  1  maintain a de novo an action for declaratory, injunctive, or
  2  other relief against any local government to challenge any
  3  decision of such local government granting or denying an
  4  application for, or to prevent such local government from
  5  taking any action on, a development order, as defined in s.
  6  163.3164, which materially alters the use or density or
  7  intensity of use on a particular piece of property which that
  8  is not consistent with the comprehensive plan adopted under
  9  this part. The de novo action must be filed no later than 30
10  days following rendition of a development order or other
11  written decision, or when all local administrative appeals, if
12  any, are exhausted, whichever occurs later.
13         (2)  "Aggrieved or adversely affected party" means any
14  person or local government which will suffer an adverse effect
15  to an interest protected or furthered by the local government
16  comprehensive plan, including interests related to health and
17  safety, police and fire protection service systems, densities
18  or intensities of development, transportation facilities,
19  health care facilities, equipment or services, or
20  environmental or natural resources.  The alleged adverse
21  interest may be shared in common with other members of the
22  community at large, but shall exceed in degree the general
23  interest in community good shared by all persons.
24         (3)(a)  No suit may be maintained under this section
25  challenging the approval or denial of a zoning, rezoning,
26  planned unit development, variance, special exception,
27  conditional use, or other development order granted prior to
28  October 1, 1985, or applied for prior to July 1, 1985.
29         (b)  Suit under this section shall be the sole action
30  available to challenge the consistency of a development order
31  with a comprehensive plan adopted under this part.
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  1         (4)  If a local government elects to adopt or has
  2  adopted an ordinance establishing, at a minimum, the
  3  requirements listed in this subsection, the sole method by
  4  which an aggrieved and adversely affected party may challenge
  5  any decision of local government granting or denying an
  6  application for a development order, as defined in s.
  7  163.3164, which materially alters the use or density or
  8  intensity of use on a particular piece of property, on the
  9  basis that it is not consistent with the comprehensive plan
10  adopted under this part, is by an appeal filed by a petition
11  for writ of certiorari filed in circuit court no later than 30
12  days following rendition of a development order or other
13  written decision of the local government, or when all local
14  administrative appeals, if any, are exhausted, whichever
15  occurs later. An action for injunctive or other relief may be
16  joined with the petition for certiorari. Principles of
17  judicial or administrative res judicata and collateral
18  estoppel apply to these proceedings. Minimum components of the
19  local process are as follows:
20         (a)  The local process must make provision for notice
21  of an application for a development order that materially
22  alters the use or density or intensity of use on a particular
23  piece of property, including notice by publication or mailed
24  notice consistent with the provisions of s. 166.041(3)(c)2.b.
25  and c. and s. 125.66(4)(b)2. and 3., and must require
26  prominent posting at the job site. The notice must be given
27  within 10 days after the filing of an application for
28  development order; however, notice under this subsection is
29  not required for an application for a building permit or any
30  other official action of local government which does not
31  materially alter the use or density or intensity of use on a
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  1  particular piece of property. The notice must clearly
  2  delineate that an aggrieved or adversely affected person has
  3  the right to request a quasi-judicial hearing before the local
  4  government for which the application is made, must explain the
  5  conditions precedent to the appeal of any development order
  6  ultimately rendered upon the application, and must specify the
  7  location where written procedures can be obtained that
  8  describe the process, including how to initiate the
  9  quasi-judicial process, the timeframes for initiating the
10  process, and the location of the hearing. The process may
11  include an opportunity for an alternative dispute resolution.
12         (b)  The local process must provide a clear point of
13  entry consisting of a written preliminary decision, at a time
14  and in a manner to be established in the local ordinance, with
15  the time to request a quasi-judicial hearing running from the
16  issuance of the written preliminary decision; the local
17  government, however, is not bound by the preliminary decision.
18  A party may request a hearing to challenge or support a
19  preliminary decision.
20         (c)  The local process must provide an opportunity for
21  participation in the process by an aggrieved or adversely
22  affected party, allowing a reasonable time for the party to
23  prepare and present a case for the quasi-judicial hearing.
24         (d)  The local process must provide, at a minimum, an
25  opportunity for the disclosure of witnesses and exhibits prior
26  to hearing and an opportunity for the depositions of witnesses
27  to be taken.
28         (e)  The local process may not require that a party be
29  represented by an attorney in order to participate in a
30  hearing.
31         (f)  The local process must provide for a
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  1  quasi-judicial hearing before an impartial special master who
  2  is an attorney who has at least 5 years' experience and who
  3  shall, at the conclusion of the hearing, recommend written
  4  findings of fact and conclusions of law.  The special master
  5  shall have the power to swear witnesses and take their
  6  testimony under oath, to issue subpoenas and other orders
  7  regarding the conduct of the proceedings, and to compel entry
  8  upon the land.  The standard of review applied by the special
  9  master in determining whether a proposed development order is
10  consistent with the comprehensive plan shall be strict
11  scrutiny in accordance with Florida law.
12         (g)  At the quasi-judicial hearing, all parties must
13  have the opportunity to respond, to present evidence and
14  argument on all issues involved which are related to the
15  development order, and to conduct cross-examination and submit
16  rebuttal evidence. Public testimony must be allowed.
17         (h)  The local process must provide for a duly noticed
18  public hearing before the local government at which public
19  testimony is allowed. At the quasi-judicial hearing, the local
20  government is bound by the special master's findings of fact
21  unless the findings of fact are not supported by competent
22  substantial evidence. The governing body may modify the
23  conclusions of law if it finds that the special master's
24  application or interpretation of law is erroneous. The
25  governing body may make reasonable legal interpretations of
26  its comprehensive plan and land development regulations
27  without regard to whether the special master's interpretation
28  is labeled as a finding of fact or a conclusion of law. The
29  local government's final decision must be reduced to writing,
30  including the findings of fact and conclusions of law, and is
31  not considered rendered or final until officially date-stamped
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    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
  1  by the city or county clerk.
  2         (i)  An ex parte communication relating to the merits
  3  of the matter under review may not be made to the special
  4  master. An ex parte communication relating to the merits of
  5  the matter under review may not be made to the governing body
  6  after a time to be established by the local ordinance, which
  7  time must be no later than receipt of the special master's
  8  recommended order by the governing body.
  9         (j)  At the option of the local government, the process
10  may require actions to challenge the consistency of a
11  development order with land development regulations to be
12  brought in the same proceeding.
13         (4)  As a condition precedent to the institution of an
14  action pursuant to this section, the complaining party shall
15  first file a verified complaint with the local government
16  whose actions are complained of setting forth the facts upon
17  which the complaint is based and the relief sought by the
18  complaining party.  The verified complaint shall be filed no
19  later than 30 days after the alleged inconsistent action has
20  been taken.  The local government receiving the complaint
21  shall respond within 30 days after receipt of the complaint.
22  Thereafter, the complaining party may institute the action
23  authorized in this section.  However, the action shall be
24  instituted no later than 30 days after the expiration of the
25  30-day period which the local government has to take
26  appropriate action.  Failure to comply with this subsection
27  shall not bar an action for a temporary restraining order to
28  prevent immediate and irreparable harm from the actions
29  complained of.
30         (5)  Venue in any cases brought under this section
31  shall lie in the county or counties where the actions or
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  1  inactions giving rise to the cause of action are alleged to
  2  have occurred.
  3         (6)  The signature of an attorney or party constitutes
  4  a certificate that he or she has read the pleading, motion, or
  5  other paper and that, to the best of his or her knowledge,
  6  information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it is
  7  not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or
  8  to cause unnecessary delay or for economic advantage,
  9  competitive reasons or frivolous purposes or needless increase
10  in the cost of litigation.  If a pleading, motion, or other
11  paper is signed in violation of these requirements, the court,
12  upon motion or its own initiative, shall impose upon the
13  person who signed it, a represented party, or both, an
14  appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the
15  other party or parties the amount of reasonable expenses
16  incurred because of the filing of the pleading, motion, or
17  other paper, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
18         (7)  In any proceeding action under subsection (3) or
19  subsection (4) this section, no settlement shall be entered
20  into by the local government unless the terms of the
21  settlement have been the subject of a public hearing after
22  notice as required by this part.
23         (8)  In any proceeding suit under subsection (3) or
24  subsection (4) this section, the Department of Legal Affairs
25  may intervene to represent the interests of the state.
26         (9)  Neither subsection (3) nor subsection (4) relieves
27  the local government of its obligations to hold public
28  hearings as required by law.
29         Section 39.  Subsection (6) is added to section
30  163.3194, Florida Statutes to read:
31         163.3194  Legal status of comprehensive plan.--
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  1         (1)(a)  After a comprehensive plan, or element or
  2  portion thereof, has been adopted in conformity with this act,
  3  all development undertaken by, and all actions taken in regard
  4  to development orders by, governmental agencies in regard to
  5  land covered by such plan or element shall be consistent with
  6  such plan or element as adopted.
  7         (b)  All land development regulations enacted or
  8  amended shall be consistent with the adopted comprehensive
  9  plan, or element or portion thereof, and any land development
10  regulations existing at the time of adoption which are not
11  consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan, or element or
12  portion thereof, shall be amended so as to be consistent.  If
13  a local government allows an existing land development
14  regulation which is inconsistent with the most recently
15  adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, to
16  remain in effect, the local government shall adopt a schedule
17  for bringing the land development regulation into conformity
18  with the provisions of the most recently adopted comprehensive
19  plan, or element or portion thereof.  During the interim
20  period when the provisions of the most recently adopted
21  comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, and the
22  land development regulations are inconsistent, the provisions
23  of the most recently adopted comprehensive plan, or element or
24  portion thereof, shall govern any action taken in regard to an
25  application for a development order.
26         (2)  After a comprehensive plan for the area, or
27  element or portion thereof, is adopted by the governing body,
28  no land development regulation, land development code, or
29  amendment thereto shall be adopted by the governing body until
30  such regulation, code, or amendment has been referred either
31  to the local planning agency or to a separate land development
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  1  regulation commission created pursuant to local ordinance, or
  2  to both, for review and recommendation as to the relationship
  3  of such proposal to the adopted comprehensive plan, or element
  4  or portion thereof. Said recommendation shall be made within a
  5  reasonable time, but no later than within 2 months after the
  6  time of reference.  If a recommendation is not made within the
  7  time provided, then the governing body may act on the
  8  adoption.
  9         (3)(a)  A development order or land development
10  regulation shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if
11  the land uses, densities or intensities, and other aspects of
12  development permitted by such order or regulation are
13  compatible with and further the objectives, policies, land
14  uses, and densities or intensities in the comprehensive plan
15  and if it meets all other criteria enumerated by the local
16  government.
17         (b)  A development approved or undertaken by a local
18  government shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if
19  the land uses, densities or intensities, capacity or size,
20  timing, and other aspects of the development are compatible
21  with and further the objectives, policies, land uses, and
22  densities or intensities in the comprehensive plan and if it
23  meets all other criteria enumerated by the local government.
24         (4)(a)  A court, in reviewing local governmental action
25  or development regulations under this act, may consider, among
26  other things, the reasonableness of the comprehensive plan, or
27  element or elements thereof, relating to the issue justiciably
28  raised or the appropriateness and completeness of the
29  comprehensive plan, or element or elements thereof, in
30  relation to the governmental action or development regulation
31  under consideration.  The court may consider the relationship
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  1  of the comprehensive plan, or element or elements thereof, to
  2  the governmental action taken or the development regulation
  3  involved in litigation, but private property shall not be
  4  taken without due process of law and the payment of just
  5  compensation.
  6         (b)  It is the intent of this act that the
  7  comprehensive plan set general guidelines and principles
  8  concerning its purposes and contents and that this act shall
  9  be construed broadly to accomplish its stated purposes and
10  objectives.
11         (5)  The tax-exempt status of lands classified as
12  agricultural under s. 193.461 shall not be affected by any
13  comprehensive plan adopted under this act as long as the land
14  meets the criteria set forth in s. 193.461.
15         (6)  If a proposed solid waste management facility is
16  permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection to
17  receive materials from the construction or demolition of a
18  road or other transportation facility, a local government may
19  not deny an application for a development approval for a
20  requested land use that would accommodate such a facility,
21  provided the local government previously approved a land use
22  classification change to a local comprehensive plan or
23  approved a rezoning to a category allowing such land use on
24  the parcel, and the requested land use was disclosed during
25  the previous comprehensive plan or rezoning hearing as being
26  an express purpose of the land use changes.
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  1  insert:
  2         amending s. 163.3174, F.S.; requiring that the
  3         membership of all local planning agencies or
  4         equivalent agencies that review comprehensive
  5         plan amendments and rezonings include a
  6         nonvoting representative of the district school
  7         board; creating s. 163.31776, F.S.; requiring
  8         certain local governments and school boards to
  9         enter into a public schools interlocal
10         agreement; providing a schedule; providing for
11         the content of the interlocal agreement;
12         providing a waiver procedure associated with
13         school districts having decreasing student
14         population; providing a procedure for adoption
15         and administrative challenge; providing
16         sanctions for the failure to enter an
17         interlocal agreement; amending s. 235.19, F.S.;
18         revising certain site planning and selection
19         criteria; amending s. 235.193, F.S.; requiring
20         school districts to enter certain interlocal
21         agreements with local governments; providing a
22         schedule; providing for the content of the
23         interlocal agreement; providing a waiver
24         procedure associated with school districts
25         having decreasing student population; providing
26         a procedure for adoption and administrative
27         challenge; providing sanctions for failure to
28         enter an agreement; providing legislative
29         intent as to pending litigation and associated
30         appeals; providing a legislative finding that
31         the act is a matter of great public importance;
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  1         amending s. 163.3215, F.S.; revising the
  2         methods for challenging the consistency of a
  3         development order with a comprehensive plan;
  4         redefining the term "aggrieved or adversely
  5         affected party"; amending s. 163.3194, F.S.;
  6         providing that a local government shall not
  7         deny an application for a development approval
  8         for a requested land use for certain approved
  9         solid waste management facilities that have
10         previously received a land use classification
11         change allowing the requested land use on the
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