Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H4061: Hillsborough County
Status: Chaptered, July 1, 2026
Creates Land Reserve Stewardship District; establishes compliance with minimum requirements for creation of independent special district; establishes legal boundaries of district; provides for jurisdiction & charter & governing board; provides method for transition of board from landowner control to control by resident electors of district; provides for district manager, district employees, district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides general powers of district; provides special powers of district to plan, finance, & provide community infrastructure & services within district; provides for bonds, borrowing, trust agreements, future ad valorem taxation, special assessments, issuance of certificates of indebtedness & tax liens; provides requirements for termination, contraction, or expansion of district; authorizes mergers; provides for required notices to purchasers of residential units within district; provides for referendum.
What the bill says
An act relating to Hillsborough County; creating the Land Reserve Stewardship District; providing a short title, legislative findings and intent, definitions, and policy; establishing compliance with minimum requirements for creation of an independent special district; providing for creation and establishment of the district; establishing the legal boundaries of the district; providing for the jurisdiction and charter of the district; providing for a governing board; providing for membership, election, and terms of office; providing for meetings; providing administrative duties of the board…
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
An act relating to Hillsborough County; creating the Land Reserve Stewardship District; providing a short title, legislative findings and intent, definitions, and policy; establishing compliance with minimum requirements for creation of an independent special district; providing for creation and establishment of the district; establishing the legal boundaries of the district; providing for the jurisdiction and charter of the district; providing for a governing board; providing for membership, election, and terms of office; providing for meetings; providing administrative duties of the board; providing a method for transition of the board from landowner control to control by the resident electors of the district; providing for a district manager and district employees; providing for a district treasurer, selection of a public depository, and district budgets and financial reports; providing for disclosure of public information; providing the general powers of the district; providing the special powers of the district to plan, finance, and provide community infrastructure and services within the district; providing for bonds; providing for borrowing; providing for trust agreements; providing for future ENROLLED CS/HB 4061 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb4061 -01-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES ad valorem taxation; providing for special assessments; providing for issuance of certificates of indebtedness; providing for tax liens; providing for payment of taxes and redemption of tax liens by the …