Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 582
       
       
        
       By Senator Leek
       
       
       
       
       
       7-00629B-25                                            2025582__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to unlawful demolition of historical
    3         buildings and structures; amending s. 162.09, F.S.;
    4         authorizing a code enforcement board or special
    5         magistrate to impose a fine that exceeds certain
    6         limits for the unlawful demolition of certain
    7         historical buildings or structures under certain
    8         circumstances; providing that such fine may not exceed
    9         a certain percentage of just market valuation;
   10         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. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of
   15  section 162.09, Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         162.09 Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens.—
   17         (2)
   18         (e) For the demolition of a building or structure that is
   19  individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places
   20  as defined in s. 267.021 or is a contributing resource to a
   21  National Register-listed district, a code enforcement board or
   22  special magistrate may impose a fine that exceeds the limits of
   23  this subsection if the code enforcement board or special
   24  magistrate finds, based on competent substantial evidence, that
   25  the demolition of the building or structure was knowing and
   26  willful and was not permitted or the result of a natural
   27  disaster. A fine imposed pursuant to this paragraph may not
   28  exceed 20 percent of the fair or just market valuation of the
   29  property before demolition of the building or structure, as
   30  determined by the property appraiser.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.