Florida SB 548: Traffic Infraction Detectors

Bill Text

548 
Growth Management 
2026-01-22T05:26:51Z 
Providing requirements for coordination mechanisms that are required for certain agreements required as part of the intergovernmental coordination element of a comprehensive plan; requiring that certain interlocal agreements use a plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; requiring that certain capacity standards be specified in a certain impact fee study; requiring that a demonstrated-need study be accompanied by a certain declaration; prohibiting local governments, school districts, and special districts from using certain data for a specified purpose, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 548 

 By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator McClain 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to growth management; amending s. 
 3 163.3164, F.S.; defining the term “plan-based 
 4 methodology”; amending s. 163.3177, F.S.; providing 
 5 requirements for coordination mechanisms that are 
 6 required for certain agreements required as part of 
 7 the intergovernmental coordination element of a 
 8 comprehensive plan; amending s. 163.3180, F.S.; 
 9 requiring that certain interlocal agreements use a 
 10 plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; 
 11 prohibiting certain interlocal agreements from 
 12 extending beyond a specified date; deleting an 
 13 exception to an applicability provision relating to 
 14 concurrency; amending s. 163.31801, F.S.; defining the 
 15 term “extraordinary circumstances”; requiring that a 
 16 demonstrated-need study use a plan-based methodology 
 17 for a certain purpose; requiring that certain capacity 
 18 standards be specified in a certain impact fee study; 
 19 requiring that a demonstrated-need study be 
 20 accompanied by a certain declaration; requiring local 
 21 governments, school districts, and special districts 
 22 to use localized data for a certain purpose; 
 23 prohibiting local governments, school districts, and 
 24 special districts from using certain data for a 
 25 specified purpose; prohibiting local governments, 
 26 school districts, and special districts from including 
 27 certain deductions in certain impact fee increases and 
 28 from increasing impact fee rates beyond certain phase 
 29 in limitations by more than a specified percentage 
 30 within a certain timeframe; providing that a 
 31 prevailing petitioner is entitled to an impact fee 
 32 overpayment refund, with interest, under certain 
 33 circumstances; requiring local governments, school 
 34 districts, and special districts to issue such refunds 
 35 within a specified timeframe; providing that certain 
 36 prevailing petitioners are entitled to reasonable 
 37 attorney fees and costs; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; 
 38 conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective 
 39 date. 
 40 
 41 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 42 
 43 Section 1. Present subsections (39) through (54) of section 
 44 163.3164, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (40) 
 45 through (55), respectively, and a new subsection (39) is added 
 46 to that section, to read: 
 47 163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions.—As used in 
 48 this act: 
 49 (39) “Plan-based methodology” means a study methodology 
 50 that uses the most recent and localized data to project growth 
 51 within a jurisdiction over a 10-year period, anticipate capacity 
 52 impacts on relevant systems which will be created by the 
 53 projected growth, and establish a list of capital projects to be 
 54 constructed or purchased in a defined time period to mitigate 
 55 the anticipated capacity impacts as part of a new or updated 
 56 impact fee study. The capital projects identified in the study 
 57 and any necessary interlocal agreement must comport with the 
 58 requirements of s. 163.3177(6)(h). 
 59 Section 2. Paragraph (h) of subsection (6) of section 
 60 163.3177, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 61 163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive 
 62 plan; studies and surveys.— 
 63 (6) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1)-(5), 
 64 the comprehensive plan shall include the following elements: 
 65 (h)1. An intergovernmental coordination element showing 
 66 relationships and stating principles and guidelines to be used 
 67 in coordinating the adopted comprehensive plan with the plans of 
 68 school boards, regional water supply authorities, and other 
 69 units of local government providing services but not having 
 70 regulatory authority over the use of land, with the 
 71 comprehensive plans of adjacent municipalities, the county, 
 72 adjacent counties, or the region, with the state comprehensive 
 73 plan and with the applicable regional water supply plan approved 
 74 pursuant to s. 373.709, as the case may require and as such 
 75 adopted plans or plans in preparation may exist. This element of