Bill allowing businesses to sue local governments advances to DeSantis

The Capitolist ^ | May 4th 2023 | Caden DeLisa

[Jacquerie]

Both chambers in the Florida Capitol have approved a bill that grants businesses more leeway to file lawsuits against local governments and municipalities if their profit margins are affected by “unreasonable” ordinances.

The bill requires a local government to stop enforcing the ordinance being challenged if a lawsuit is permitted to proceed and mandates that the legal challenge is prioritized to make a decision as quickly as possible.

The measure also requires cities and counties to produce a “business impact estimate” prior to passing an ordinance to be published on the local government’s website and include economic forecasts and indicators.

[qaz123]

It would be wonderful if the Georgia legislature approved this with veto-proof numbers. Kemp couldn’t squash it.

And businesses would be allowed to sue the movie industry when they showed up to films scene for some ridiculous Netflix series.

[Brian Griffin]

As if we don’t have enough dubious lawsuits in Florida.

[Brian Griffin]

The legislature meets every year and could void the ordinance.

[Jacquerie]

<>The legislature meets every year and could void the ordinance.<>

Wow. Isn’t that just amazing?

[Clemenza]

My least favorite conservatives are “pro business” conservatives. Whores for mammon who don’t care about preserving western culture.

[CA Conservative]

So the state legislature should review every local ordinance, decide if it might negatively affect local businesses and then decide whether or not to void the ordinance? Not real practical. Do you know how many local governments there are in Florida? And why should a statewide body be reviewing local ordinances in the first place? It seems like this is a reasonable way to give business owners a way to expeditiously get onerous ordinances and regulations reviewed.