Which act modified the Growth Management Act; strengthened the role, processes, and powers of the local gov'ts in comprehensive planning, streamlined planning process, reduced levels of review, reduced costs?

• A. Community Planning Act of 2011
• B. Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act
• C. Florida Growth Management Act of 1985
• D. Bert J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act of 1995

Answer: (A)

The question tests knowledge of Florida’s major reform to its growth management framework. The Community Planning Act of 2011 is the changes that reworked the Growth Management Act to place more responsibility and authority in local governments, streamline the planning process, reduce the levels of review, and lower costs. This reform shifted many planning decisions to localities, simplified procedures, and aimed to speed up development and planning while maintaining essential statewide goals.

The Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act laid the groundwork for local planning and development regulations, but it predates these reforms. The Florida Growth Management Act of 1985 established the initial framework, not the later streamlining. The Bert J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act deals with property rights protections and is not about modifying the growth management process itself.