Florida HB 1051: Missing Persons

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community development districts; 2
amending s. 125.572, F.S.; providing that specified 3
provisions regarding synthetic turf do not apply to 4
community development districts enforcing deed 5
restrictions; amending s. 190.003, F.S.; revising the 6
definition of the term "compact, urban, mixed-use 7
district"; creating s. 190.0071, F.S.; providing 8
definitions; authorizing the removal of certain 9
members of the board of supervisors of a community 10
development district by recall; providing requirements 11
for the recall procedure; providing the grounds for 12
removal of elected members; providing requirements for 13
a recall petition; providing that the recall committee 14
and the member to be recalled are subject to specified 15
campaign financing requirements; providing 16
requirements for certain petitions and signatures; 17
providing requirements for filing signed petitions; 18
prohibiting the petition from being amended after it 19
is filed except in specified circumstances; requiring 20
the clerk to make certain notifications within a 21
specified timeframe; providing requirements for the 22
verification of signatures on a certain petition; 23
requiring the committee to pay in advance for such 24
verification; providing requirements for supervisors 25

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of elections when verifying signatures; requiring the 26
clerk to take specified actions if certain 27
determinations are made about the number of 28
signatures; authorizing an elector to remove his or 29
her name from certain petitions in a specified manner; 30
requiring the clerk to take certain actions in 31
response to such removal; providing requirements for a 32
Record of Recall Proceedings; providing requirements 33
for a recall referendum; requiring ballots at such 34
referendum meet certain specifications; authorizing a 35
recall referendum be canceled in certain 36
circumstances; requiring vacancies created by recall 37
to be filled in a specified manner; prohibiting 38
specified persons from being eligible for appointment 39
to the board of supervisors for a certain time period; 40
prohibiting certain actions related to the specified 41
petitions; providing penalties; amending s. 190.006, 42
F.S.; providing that certain board members of 43
community development districts are subject to 44
specified election recall provisions; providing an 45
effective date. 46
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 48
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 125.572, Florida 50

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Statutes, is amended to read: 51
125.572 Regulation of synthetic turf.— 52
(3)(a) Upon the Department of Environmental Protection 53
adopting rules pursuant to subsection (4), a local government 54
may not: 55
1.(a) Adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, order, 56
rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, a 57
property owner from installing synthetic turf that complies with 58
Department of Environmental Protection standards adopted 59
pursuant to this section which apply to single-family 60
residential property. 61
2.(b) Adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, order, 62
rule, or policy that regulates synthetic turf which is 63
inconsistent with the Department of Environmental Protection 64
standards adopted pursuant to this section which apply to 65
single-family residential property. 66
(b) This subsection does not apply to the adoption or 67
enforcement of any resolution, order, rule, or policy by a 68
community development district to enforce deed restrictions. 69
Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 190.003, Florida 70
Statutes, is amended to read: 71
190.003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 72
(7) "Compact, urban, mixed-use district" means a district 73
consisting of a maximum of 75 acres which is located within a 74
municipality, and within either a qualified opportunity zone 75

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designated by the United States Department of the Treasury 76
pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s. 1400Z-1 or a community redevelopment 77
area created pursuant to s. 163.356, which district that 78
consists of a maximum of 75 acres, and has development 79
entitlements of: 80
(a) At least 400,000 square feet of retail development and 81
500 residential units; or 82
(b) At least 250,000 square feet of commercial developmen