Citing the “largest incursion into local home rule authority” since the adoption of the Florida Constitution in 1968, 25 local governments have filed suit seeking to block a new law that restricts local governments from regulating development.
They filed their request for declaratory and injunctive relief in Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County on Monday.
The measure, Senate Bill 180, sponsored by Pinellas County Republican state Sen. Nick DiCeglie, was originally intended to help people rebuild properties damaged by hurricanes. But thanks to a late amendment, it goes way beyond that, with two sections in particular drawing the concern of local governments…