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CS/SB 1388: Special Districts

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Stargel

Special Districts; Revising legislative intent with respect to the Uniform Special District Accountability Act to include independent and dependent special districts; specifying the Legislature’s authority to create dependent special districts by special act; requiring a newly created dependent special district, and authorizing an existing dependent special district, to identify the district as dependent in its charter; specifying that local general-purpose governments may review certain special districts, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/25/2015 Senate • Filed
3/2/2015 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy -SJ 131
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 131
3/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/31/15, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
3/31/2015 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 317
4/1/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 321
4/2/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development -SJ 317
4/3/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/08/15, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
4/8/2015 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 373
• Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 373
4/10/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/15/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/15/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 425
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 425
4/16/2015 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/15
4/22/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 474
• Amendment(s) adopted (345974) -SJ 474
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 476
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/23/2015 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 580
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 580
4/23/2015 House • In Messages
4/28/2015 House • Died in Messages