(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.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations
Chapter 163 - Intergovernmental Programs
Part III - Community Redevelopment (Ss. 163.330-163.463)
163.335 - Findings and declarations of necessity.
163.345 - Encouragement of private enterprise.
163.346 - Notice to taxing authorities.
163.355 - Finding of necessity by county or municipality.
163.356 - Creation of community redevelopment agency.
163.357 - Governing body as the community redevelopment agency.
163.358 - Exercise of powers in carrying out community redevelopment and related activities.
163.360 - Community redevelopment plans.
163.361 - Modification of community redevelopment plans.
163.362 - Contents of community redevelopment plan.
163.365 - Neighborhood and communitywide plans.
163.367 - Public officials, commissioners, and employees subject to code of ethics.
163.370 - Powers; counties and municipalities; community redevelopment agencies.
163.371 - Reporting requirements.
163.3755 - Termination of community redevelopment agencies.
163.3756 - Inactive community redevelopment agencies.
163.380 - Disposal of property in community redevelopment area.
163.385 - Issuance of revenue bonds.
163.387 - Redevelopment trust fund.
163.390 - Bonds as legal investments.
163.395 - Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.
163.400 - Cooperation by public bodies.
163.410 - Exercise of powers in counties with home rule charters.
163.415 - Exercise of powers in counties without home rule charters.
163.430 - Powers supplemental to existing community redevelopment powers.
163.445 - Assistance to community redevelopment by state agencies.