Florida Senate - 2026 SB By Senator Osgood 32-01172-26 2026734__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to powers of neighborhood improvement districts; amending s. 163.514, F.S.; authorizing a neighborhood improvement district to plan, finance, or complete structural safety or building compliance improvements if approved by a majority vote of the district’s residents or by a certain advisory council; 7 providing an effective date. 8

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10

Section 1. Present subsection (17) of

section 163.514, 12 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (18), and a new subsection (17) is added to that section, to read: 14 163.514 Powers of neighborhood improvement districts.—15 Unless prohibited by ordinance, the board of any district shall be empowered to: 17

(17) Plan, finance, or complete structural safety or building compliance improvements, including improvements required under state or local structural recertification programs, if such improvements are approved by: 21

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a) A majority vote of the district’s residents; or 22

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b) An advisory council composed of residents of the district, if such a council has been established by local ordinance pursuant to s. 163.506. 25

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 26