Florida Senate - 2012                              CS for SB 440
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       578-01521-12                                           2012440c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to initiatives and referenda; amending
    3         s. 163.3167, F.S.; authorizing a local government to
    4         retain certain initiatives or referendum processes
    5         which were in effect as of a specified date; providing
    6         an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 163.3167, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         163.3167 Scope of act.—
   13         (8) An initiative or referendum process in regard to any
   14  development order or in regard to any local comprehensive plan
   15  amendment or map amendment is prohibited. However, any local
   16  government charter provision that was in effect as of June 1,
   17  2011, for an initiative or referendum process in regard to
   18  development orders or in regard to local comprehensive plan
   19  amendments or map amendments, may be retained and implemented.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.