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Florida League of Cities

Property Rights Attorney Fees and Costs (Monitor) 

SB 702 (Martin) defines the term “property rights” to include use rights, ingress and egress rights, and those rights incident to land bordering upon navigable waters. In a civil action brought against the owner of a parcel of real property to resolve a dispute concerning these property rights, the bill would require the award of prevailing party attorney fees if the prevailing defendant made improvements in substantial compliance with, or in reliance on, environmental or regulatory approvals or permits issued by a political subdivision or a state agency. (Cruz)