Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 580
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
       Appropriations (Smith) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 19 and 20
    4  insert:
    5         (6) Notwithstanding any law, ordinance, or resolution to
    6  the contrary, a county, municipality, or special district may
    7  not increase any existing impact fees or impose any new impact
    8  fees. However, this subsection does not affect impact fees
    9  pledged or obligated to the retirement of debt, impact fee
   10  increases that were previously enacted by law, ordinance, or
   11  resolution and phased in over time or included a consumer price
   12  index or other yearly escalator, or impact fees for water or
   13  wastewater facilities. This subsection expires July 1, 2011.
   14  Effective July 1, 2009, and until this subsection expires, each
   15  local government shall conduct a review of its existing impact
   16  fees to determine compliance with this section and the judicial
   17  standards for a valid impact fee. Before July 1, 2011, local
   18  governments shall reduce and make other adjustments to existing
   19  impact fees as may be necessary to comply with this section and
   20  the judicial standards.
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   22  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   23         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 11
   25  and insert:
   26         Section 1. Subsections (5) and (6) are added to section
   27  163.31801,
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30         And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 7
   32  and insert:
   33         prohibiting any county, municipality, or special
   34         district from increasing existing impact fees or
   35         imposing new impact fees; providing exceptions;
   36         providing for the expiration of such prohibition;
   37         requiring that each local government conduct a review
   38         of its existing impact fees to determine compliance;
   39         requiring that local governments reduce and make other
   40         adjustments to existing impact fees as necessary;
   41         providing an effective date.