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HB 7013 and SB 1058 Special Districts
HB 7013 and SB 1058 dealing with special districts were filed during this year’s legislative session. The bills propose changes to both independent and dependent special districts, with some specific CRA impacts found therein. The bills would:
- Require all special districts to adopt goals and objectives, as well as performance measures and standards to determine if those goals and objectives are being achieved
- Revise the criteria for declaring a special district inactive to include: any independent special district or CRA that has reported no revenue, no expenditures, and no debt pursuant to current reporting requirements for at least five consecutive fiscal years beginning no earlier than October 1, 2018
- Provide that a special district declared inactive may only expend funds as necessary to service outstanding debt and to meet the requirements of existing bond covenants and contractual obligations
- Revise notice and procedures for proposed declaration of inactive status
HB 1177 and SB 1110 Land Development
The bills provide that the powers and responsibilities of counties under the Community Planning Act include evaluating transportation impacts, applying concurrency, or assessing any fee related to transportation improvements. The bills also provide that counties and municipalities, notwithstanding any other provision of general law, exclusively hold the powers and responsibilities assigned to those units of government under the Community Planning Act.
HB 1307 and SB 1552 Housing Developments
The bills revise the definition of “urban infill,” among other provisions relating to FDEP, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and other state agencies.
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