| APA Florida Bill Tracking Report February 6, 2009 |
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| Expedited Permitting Process for Economic Development Projects: Designates act "Mike McHugh Act"; requires DEP & water management districts to adopt programs to expedite processing of permits for certain economic development projects; requires municipalities & counties to identify certain businesses by commission resolution; provides timeframe for permit application approval or denial. Effective Date: July 1, 2009 |
| 12/8/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 12/30/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Governmental Affairs Policy Committee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee; General Government Policy Council; Policy Council |
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| Affordable Housing: Revises & provides provisions relating to affordable housing; provides for assessment of property receiving low-income housing tax credit; defines term "community land trust"; provides for assessment of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels on land owned by community land trust & used to provide affordable housing; provides for conveyance of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels subject to certain conditions; specifies criteria to be used in arriving at just valuation of structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel; provides additional criteria for determining whether certain affordable housing property owned by certain exempt organizations is entitled to exemption; provides ad valorem taxation exemption for certain purposes; subjects certain organizations to ad valorem taxation under certain circumstances; removes provision requiring Florida Housing Finance Corporation to transfer certain funds to General Revenue Fund; provides corporation with certain powers & limitations; provides for disbursement of certain Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot Program funds; provides certain governmental entities with powers & duties; revises provisions relating to local housing assistance plans; revises appointments to local affordable housing advisory committee; ... Effective Date: July 1, 2009 |
| 12/23/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 1/22/2009 | HOUSE Referred to Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee; Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council; Finance & Tax Council; Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Committee; Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development |
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| Florida Springs Protection Act [EPSC]; Requires the DEP to delineate the springsheds of specified springs. Requires the DEP to adopt spring protection zones by secretarial order and to adopt total maximum daily loads and basin management action plans for spring systems. Provides effluent requirements for domestic wastewater treatment facilities. Requires certain local governments to adopt a springs protection element as one of the required elements of the comprehensive plan, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 12/3/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/17/2008 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Health Regulation; General Government Appropriations |
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| Department of Transportation [CPSC]; Directs the department to maintain specified training programs for employees and prospective employees. Eliminates the requirement for annual updating of the Florida Transportation Plan. Deletes the requirement to develop a short-range component of the plan. Amends provisions relating to proposed turnpike projects, the Transportation Regional Incentive Program, and the Enhanced Bridge Program for Sustainable Transportation, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 12/3/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/17/2008 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Community Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| State Housing Trust Fund [EPSC]; Revises provisions governing the distribution of a portion of the proceeds of the excise tax on documents to the State Housing Trust Fund. Provides for the annual appropriation of a portion of the taxes distributed to the State Housing Trust Fund for specified uses conforming to the purposes for which the fund was created. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 12/10/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/17/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| Department of Community Affairs [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to the Department of Community Affairs. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Growth Management [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to growth management. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Department of Community Affairs [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to the Department of Community Affairs. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Growth Management [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to growth management. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Affordable Housing [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to affordable housing. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Affordable Housing [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to affordable housing. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/15/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/15/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Water Resources: Revises principles of Florida-friendly landscape; deletes references to "xeriscape"; revises eligibility criteria for certain WMD incentive programs; requires certain local government ordinances & amendments to incorporate specified landscape irrigation & design standards & identify specified invasive exotic plant species; requires WMDs to consult with additional entities for activities relating to Florida-friendly landscaping practices; specifies U.F.'s Yards and Neighborhoods extension program or similar program as primary resource for delivery of educational programs relating to such practices; provides that certain regulations prohibiting implementation of Florida-friendly landscape or conflicting with provisions governing permitting of consumptive uses of water are prohibited; revises application requirements for water well contractor licensure; requires applicants to provide specified documentation. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
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| 1/22/2009 | HOUSE Filed |
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| Impact Fees/Moratorium on Imposition or Collection [EPSC]; Provides for a
3-year moratorium on the imposition or collection of impact fees by a
county or municipality. Provides for future expiration of the
moratorium. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 1/12/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/23/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| Affordable Housing for Seniors: Revises provisions relating to elements of local comprehensive plans to include element for affordable housing for seniors; provides for disposition of real property by local government for development of affordable housing. Effective Date: July 1, 2009 |
| 1/28/2009 | HOUSE Filed |
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| Department of Community Affairs [EPSC]; Expresses the legislative intent to abolish the Department of Community Affairs and provide for the reorganization of its services among other agencies. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/14/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/23/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Coastal Management [EPSC]; Includes certain port-related industrial or commercial project facilities within the list of facilities that are not developments of regional impact under certain circumstances. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 1/21/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/30/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce; Transportation; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Affordable Housing for Seniors [EPSC]; Revises provisions relating to the elements of local comprehensive plans to include an element for affordable housing for seniors. Provides for the disposition of real property by a local government for the development of affordable housing. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 1/22/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/30/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Transportation [CPSC]; Requires the DOT to conduct a study of transportation alternatives for the Interstate 95 corridor. Provides for the salary and benefits of the executive director of the Florida Transportation Commission to be set in accordance with the Senior Management Service. Provides that certain port-related facilities may not be designated as developments of regional impact under certain circumstances, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/26/2009 | SENATE Filed (Formerly PCB 7014) |
| 2/5/2009 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Community Affairs; Education Pre-K - 12; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| Affordable Housing [WPSC]; Allows certain counties to use certain tax revenues for workforce, affordable, and employee housing. Provides limitations on the Florida Housing Finance Corporation's access to the state allocation pool. Provides for the assessment of property receiving the low-income housing tax credit. Provides for the disbursement of certain Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot Program funds that were awarded but have been declined or returned, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 1/29/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/5/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| Affordable Housing [WPSC]; Provides for the assessment of property receiving the low-income housing tax credit. Provides for the assessment of structural improvements, condominium parcels, and cooperative parcels on land owned by a community land trust and used to provide affordable housing. Specifies the criteria to be used in arriving at just valuation of a structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 1/29/2009 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/5/2009 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means |
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| Public Transit; Provides definitions relating to commuter rail service, rail corridors, and railroad operation for purposes of the rail program within the Department of Transportation. Revises the time period within which the department must revise the rail system plan and requires a report. Authorizes the department to indemnify and hold harmless a railroad company when the department acquires a rail corridor from the company, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 2/3/2009 | SENATE Filed |
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| Growth Management; Redefines the term "financial feasibility" to provide for school facilities that do not meet concurrency requirements in a particular year. Revises provisions relating to the concurrency requirements for public facilities and transportation facilities. Revises provisions relating to the creation of transportation concurrency backlog authorities. Revises provisions relating to the preapplication procedures for developments of regional impact, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 2/4/2009 | SENATE Filed |
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| Discretionary Surtax on Documents; Deletes provisions relating to
funding housing assistance for low-income and moderate-income families. Authorizes counties to levy a discretionary surtax on documents for the purpose of financing school and transportation facilities. Increases the types of documents to which the surtax applies to include documents relating to single-family residences. Requires counties that levy the discretionary surtax to reduce certain impact fees, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 2/5/2009 | SENATE Filed |
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| My Safe Florida Home Program; Authorizes condominium unit owners to apply for program grants to retrofit their properties to make them less vulnerable to hurricane damage. Provides funding and additional legislative intent. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009. |
| 2/5/2009 | SENATE Filed |
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