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FL Stat § 163.345 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.345 - Encouragement of private enterprise.

163.345 Encouragement of private enterprise.—(1) Any county or municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this part, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county or municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community redevelopment area by private enterprise. Any county or municipality shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under this part, including the formulation of a workable program; the approval of community redevelopment plans, communitywide plans or programs for community redevelopment, and general neighborhood redevelopment plans (consistent with the general plan of the county or municipality); the development and implementation of community policing innovations; the exercise of its zoning powers; the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements; the development of affordable housing; the disposition of any property acquired, subject to the limitations of s. 73.013; and the provision of necessary public improvements.(2) In giving consideration to the objectives outlined in subsection (1), the county or municipality shall consider making available the incentives provided under the Florida Enterprise Zone Act and chapter 420.History.—s. 4, ch. 69-305; s. 4, ch. 83-231; s. 2, ch. 94-236; s. 2, ch. 98-314; s. 26, ch. 2001-60; s. 12, ch. 2005-287; s. 8, ch. 2006-11.
FL Stat § 163.346 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.346 - Notice to taxing authorities.

163.346 Notice to taxing authorities.—Before the governing body adopts any resolution or enacts any ordinance required under s. 163.355, s. 163.356, s. 163.357, or s. 163.387; creates a community redevelopment agency; approves, adopts, or amends a community redevelopment plan; or issues redevelopment revenue bonds under s. 163.385, the governing body must provide public notice of such proposed action pursuant to s. 125.66(2) or s. 166.041(3)(a) and, at least 15 days before such proposed action, mail by registered mail a notice to each taxing authority which levies ad valorem taxes on taxable real property contained within the geographic boundaries of the redevelopment area.History.—s. 8, ch. 84-356; s. 2, ch. 93-286; s. 13, ch. 95-310.
FL Stat § 163.350 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.350 - Workable program.

163.350 Workable program.—Any county or municipality for the purposes of this part may formulate for the county or municipality a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed community rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, to provide housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible county or municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. Such workable program may include provision for the prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the county or municipality which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements, encouraging voluntary rehabilitation, and compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; the development of affordable housing; the implementation of community policing innovations; and the clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.History.—s. 5, ch. 69-305; s. 3, ch. 84-356; s. 3, ch. 94-236; s. 3, ch. 98-314.
FL Stat § 163.353 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.353 - Power of taxing authority to tax or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund in order to preserve and enhance the tax base of the authority.

163.353 Power of taxing authority to tax or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund in order to preserve and enhance the tax base of the authority.—Notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, the purposes for which a taxing authority may levy taxes or appropriate funds to a redevelopment trust fund include the preservation and enhancement of the tax base of such taxing authority and the furthering of the purposes of such taxing authority as provided by law.History.—s. 21, ch. 84-356.
FL Stat § 163.355 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.355 - Finding of necessity by county or municipality.

163.355 Finding of necessity by county or municipality.—No county or municipality shall exercise the community redevelopment authority conferred by this part until after the governing body has adopted a resolution, supported by data and analysis, which makes a legislative finding that the conditions in the area meet the criteria described in s. 163.340(7) or (8). The resolution must state that:(1) One or more slum or blighted areas, or one or more areas in which there is a shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, exist in such county or municipality; and(2) The rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas, including, if appropriate, the development of housing which residents of low or moderate income, including the elderly, can afford, is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county or municipality.History.—s. 6, ch. 69-305; s. 4, ch. 84-356; s. 4, ch. 94-236; s. 3, ch. 2002-294.
FL Stat § 163.358 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.358 - Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.

163.358 Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.—Each county and municipality has all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including those powers granted under s. 163.370. A county or municipality may delegate such powers to a community redevelopment agency created under s. 163.356, except the following, which continue to vest in the governing body of the county or municipality:(1) The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area, or combination thereof; to designate such area as appropriate for community redevelopment; and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto.(2) The power to grant final approval to community redevelopment plans and modifications thereof.(3) The power to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds as set forth in s. 163.385.(4) The power to approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal of property as provided in s. 163.370(4) and the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss as provided in s. 163.370(4).(5) The power to approve the development of community policing innovations.(6) The power of eminent domain.History.—s. 2, ch. 77-391; s. 70, ch. 81-259; s. 7, ch. 84-356; s. 34, ch. 91-45; s. 5, ch. 98-314; s. 9, ch. 2006-11.
FL Stat § 163.365 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.365 - Neighborhood and communitywide plans.

163.365 Neighborhood and communitywide plans.—(1) Any municipality or county or any public body authorized to perform planning work may prepare a general neighborhood redevelopment plan for a community redevelopment area or areas, together with any adjoining areas having specially related problems, which may be of such scope that redevelopment activities may have to be carried out in stages. Such plans may include, but not be limited to, a preliminary plan which:(a) Outlines the community redevelopment activities proposed for the area involved;(b) Provides a framework for the preparation of community redevelopment plans; and(c) Indicates generally the land uses, population density, building coverage, prospective requirements for rehabilitation and improvement of property and portions of the area contemplated for clearance and redevelopment.A general neighborhood redevelopment plan shall, in the determination of the governing body, conform to the general plan of the locality as a whole and the workable program of the county or municipality.(2) Any county or municipality or any public body authorized to perform planning work may prepare or complete a communitywide plan or program for community redevelopment which shall conform to the general plan for the development of the county or municipality as a whole and may include, but not be limited to, identification of slum or blighted areas, measurement of blight, determination of resources needed and available to renew such areas, identification of potential project areas and types of action contemplated, including the development of affordable housing if needed and appropriate for the area, and scheduling of community redevelopment activities.(3) Authority is hereby vested in every county and municipality to prepare, adopt, and revise from time to time a general plan for the physical development of the county or municipality as a whole (giving due regard to the environs and metropolitan surroundings), to establish and maintain a planning commission for such purpose and related county or municipal planning activities, and to make available and to appropriate necessary funds therefor.History.—s. 8, ch. 69-305; s. 7, ch. 94-236.
FL Stat § 163.367 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.367 - Public officials, commissioners, and employees subject to code of ethics.

163.367 Public officials, commissioners, and employees subject to code of ethics.—(1) The officers, commissioners, and employees of a community redevelopment agency created by, or designated pursuant to, s. 163.356 or s. 163.357 are subject to part III of chapter 112, and commissioners also must comply with the ethics training requirements as imposed in s. 112.3142.(2) If any such official, commissioner, or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding 2 years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he or she knows is included or planned to be included in a community redevelopment area, he or she shall immediately disclose this fact in the manner provided in part III of chapter 112. Any disclosure required to be made by this section shall be made prior to taking any official action pursuant to this section.(3) No commissioner or other officer of any community redevelopment agency, board, or commission exercising powers pursuant to this part shall hold any other public office under the county or municipality other than his or her commissionership or office with respect to such community redevelopment agency, board, or commission.History.—s. 6, ch. 77-391; s. 76, ch. 79-400; s. 8, ch. 83-231; s. 905, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2019-163.
FL Stat § 163.371 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.371 - Reporting requirements.

163.371 Reporting requirements.—(1) By January 1, 2020, each community redevelopment agency shall publish on its website digital maps that depict the geographic boundaries and total acreage of the community redevelopment agency. If any change is made to the boundaries or total acreage, the agency shall post updated map files on its website within 60 days after the date such change takes effect.(2) Beginning March 31, 2020, and not later than March 31 of each year thereafter, a community redevelopment agency shall file an annual report with the county or municipality that created the agency and publish the report on the agency’s website. The report must include the following information:(a) The most recent complete audit report of the redevelopment trust fund as required in s. 163.387(8). If the audit report for the previous year is not available by March 31, a community redevelopment agency shall publish the audit report on its website within 45 days after completion.(b) The performance data for each plan authorized, administered, or overseen by the community redevelopment agency as of December 31 of the reporting year, including the:1. Total number of projects started and completed and the estimated cost for each project.2. Total expenditures from the redevelopment trust fund.3. Original assessed real property values within the community redevelopment agency’s area of authority as of the day the agency was created.4. Total assessed real property values of property within the boundaries of the community redevelopment agency as of January 1 of the reporting year.5. Total amount expended for affordable housing for low-income and middle-income residents.(c) A summary indicating to what extent, if any, the community redevelopment agency has achieved the goals set out in its community redevelopment plan.History.—s. 5, ch. 2019-163.
FL Stat § 163.3755 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.3755 - Termination of community redevelopment agencies.

163.3755 Termination of community redevelopment agencies.—(1) A community redevelopment agency in existence on October 1, 2019, shall terminate on the expiration date provided in the agency’s charter on October 1, 2019, or on September 30, 2039, whichever is earlier, unless the governing body of the county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency approves its continued existence by a majority vote of the members of the governing body.(2)(a) If the governing body of the county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency does not approve its continued existence by a majority vote of the governing body members, a community redevelopment agency with outstanding bonds as of October 1, 2019, that do not mature until after the termination date of the agency or September 30, 2039, whichever is earlier, remains in existence until the date the bonds mature.(b) A community redevelopment agency operating under this subsection on or after September 30, 2039, may not extend the maturity date of any outstanding bonds.(c) The county or municipality that created the community redevelopment agency must issue a new finding of necessity limited to timely meeting the remaining bond obligations of the community redevelopment agency.History.—s. 6, ch. 2019-163.
FL Stat § 163.3756 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.3756 - Inactive community redevelopment agencies.

163.3756 Inactive community redevelopment agencies.—(1) The Legislature finds that a number of community redevelopment agencies continue to exist, but do not report any revenues, expenditures, or debt in the annual reports they file with the Department of Financial Services pursuant to s. 218.32.(2)(a) A community redevelopment agency that has reported no revenue, no expenditures, and no debt under s. 189.016(9) or s. 218.32 for 6 consecutive fiscal years beginning no earlier than October 1, 2016, must be declared inactive by the Department of Economic Opportunity, which shall notify the agency of the declaration. If the agency does not have board members or an agent, the notice of the declaration of inactive status must be delivered to the county or municipal governing board or commission that created the agency.(b) The governing board of a community redevelopment agency that is declared inactive under this section may seek to invalidate the declaration by initiating proceedings under s. 189.062(5) within 30 days after the date of the receipt of the notice from the Department of Economic Opportunity.(3) A community redevelopment agency that is declared inactive under this section may expend funds from the redevelopment trust fund only as necessary to service outstanding bond debt. The agency may not expend other funds in the absence of an ordinance of the local governing body that created the agency which consents to the expenditure of such funds.(4) The provisions of s. 189.062(2) and (4) do not apply to a community redevelopment agency that has been declared inactive under this section.(5) The provisions of this section are cumulative to the provisions of s. 189.062. To the extent the provisions of this section conflict with the provisions of s. 189.062, this section prevails.(6) The Department of Economic Opportunity shall maintain on its website a separate list of community redevelopment agencies declared inactive under this section.History.—s. 7, ch. 2019-163.
FL Stat § 163.390 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.390 - Bonds as legal investments.

163.390 Bonds as legal investments.—All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a county or municipality pursuant to this part or by any community redevelopment agency vested with community redevelopment powers. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize all persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.History.—s. 13, ch. 69-305; s. 12, ch. 77-391; s. 16, ch. 84-356.
FL Stat § 163.395 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.395 - Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.

163.395 Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.—(1) All property of any county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this part are exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution; and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the same, nor shall judgment against the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency be a charge or lien upon such property. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this part by the county or municipality on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from community redevelopment.(2) The property of the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency acquired or held for the purposes of this part is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property is exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, or the state or any political subdivision thereof. However, such tax exemption will terminate when the county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a community redevelopment area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.History.—s. 14, ch. 69-305; s. 13, ch. 77-391; s. 17, ch. 84-356.
FL Stat § 163.405 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs|Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)|163.405 - Title of purchaser.

163.405 Title of purchaser.—Any instrument executed by any county, municipality, or community redevelopment agency and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this part shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this part insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.History.—s. 16, ch. 69-305; s. 15, ch. 77-391.