Stop Bad Development Bills

Stop Bad Development Bills

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This legislative session has been dubbed the "Session of Sprawl" due to the high number of bills that would limit local governments and citizens from fighting back against irresponsible development decisions. We need your help to kill these bills. 

Local Government Comprehensive Plans - HB 359/ SB 540

Currently, when a local government makes a bad change to a Comprehensive Plan (usually to allow more development), citizens can file a lawsuit to challenge that decision. Generally, at the conclusion of these lawsuits, each side pays for their own attorney. 

HB 359/ SB 540 entitled "Local Government Comprehensive Plans" would allow the ...

This legislative session has been dubbed the "Session of Sprawl" due to the high number of bills that would limit local governments and citizens from fighting back against irresponsible development decisions. We need your help to kill these bills. 

Local Government Comprehensive Plans - HB 359/ SB 540

Currently, when a local government makes a bad change to a Comprehensive Plan (usually to allow more development), citizens can file a lawsuit to challenge that decision. Generally, at the conclusion of these lawsuits, each side pays for their own attorney. 

HB 359/ SB 540 entitled "Local Government Comprehensive Plans" would allow the winning parties to recover their attorney fees from the losing parties in legal challenges to comprehensive plans and plan amendments. As you can imagine, developers' attorneys are usually very expensive. This would effectively eliminate planning challenges by citizens and public interest groups because, if they lose, they could be required to pay enormous legal costs incurred by deep-pocketed developers and local governments.

Bottom Line: This bill will make it prohibitively expensive for citizens to challenge irresponsible development decisions in court. 

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Tell DeSantis to VETO SB 540

SB 540, “Local Government Comprehensive Plans,” and its counterpart in the Florida House of Representatives, HB 359, rapidly moved through the legislative process and will soon be forwarded to Governor DeSantis for his signature. Help us stop this bad development bill by urging him to VETO SB 540.

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