Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1504
       
       
       
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       2-01143-12                                            20121504__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to eminent domain; creating s. 73.025,
    3         F.S.; providing that any entity having the right to
    4         exercise the power of eminent domain may file a
    5         petition to acquire private property for public use by
    6         condemnation within a specified period after the date
    7         of an administrative determination to acquire the
    8         property; providing that if such a petition is not
    9         filed within the specified period, it is barred for a
   10         specified period; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 73.025, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         73.025 Petitions to acquire property; limitations period;
   17  petitions barred after failure to file.—
   18         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any entity
   19  having the right to exercise the power of eminent domain may
   20  file a petition to acquire private property for public use by
   21  condemnation within 5 years after the date of an administrative
   22  determination to acquire the property.
   23         (2) If a petition for condemnation is not filed within the
   24  period provided in subsection (1), the entity may not pursue
   25  condemnation proceedings in regard to the subject property for a
   26  period of 5 years after the expiration of the 5-year period
   27  provided in subsection (1).
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.