How it works
Ask. Read the citation. Verify in under a minute.
CDDStream answers Florida CDD questions through a four-step pipeline: an intake check that refuses out-of-scope questions, a hybrid search across your district’s documents and Florida Chapter 190 and related CDD statutes, an answer grounded in the exact passage and section number from the source, and a verification pass that flags any borderline match before the answer ships. The citation is the answer; the narrative is supporting context.
- step 01
Intake check
Before any document search, CDDStream checks whether your question is something the system is designed to answer. Out-of-scope questions get redirected to the appropriate professional:
- -Legal interpretation questions are redirected to the district’s counsel.
- -Questions applying rules to specific situations are refused.
- -Tax or financial questions are redirected to a CPA.
- -Safety emergencies are redirected to 911.
- step 02
Document and statute search
CDDStream searches the district’s document library (budgets, minutes, assessment schedules, rules of procedure) and Florida Statutes Chapter 190 plus related CDD chapters (189, 197, 218, 119, 286, 112 Part III), using hybrid semantic + keyword retrieval. Top candidates are rescored against your question’s intent. Every substantive answer comes with the exact passage, section number, and quoted text.
F.S. 190.008(2)(a)
“The board shall cause to be prepared and adopt a budget, which shall provide the board with a comprehensive overview of the estimated revenues and expenses for the upcoming fiscal year.”
Florida Chapter 190 / Budget / Verified against the current enrolled bill
- step 03
Citation-grounded answer
The model writes an answer only when it has identified specific clauses to ground each claim. Every claim names the source document and the cited passage. The displayed quote is character-for-character from the source. Before you ever see a response, CDDStream checks that every cited quote actually appears in the named source document.
- step 04
Refusal when the corpus is silent
If neither the district’s documents nor CDD statutes contain a clear answer, CDDStream refuses rather than guesses. Questions asking for legal interpretation or the application of a rule to a specific situation get redirected to the district’s counsel.
What CDD statutes does CDDStream cover?
Florida CDD law centers on Chapter 190 (the Uniform Community Development District Act), which defines district creation, board-of-supervisors elections, general and special powers, budget adoption, bond issuance, and assessment authority. CDDStream also indexes the CDD-relevant sections of Chapter 189 (special district accountability, including the 189.069 website mandate), Chapter 197 (non-ad-valorem assessment collection via the tax bill), Chapter 218 (local government audit and investment requirements), Chapter 119 (public records), Chapter 286 (Sunshine Law, open meetings), and Chapter 112 Part III (ethics and financial disclosure for public officers). The canonical text is at flsenate.gov / Laws / Statutes / Chapter 190.
A note on citation accuracy.
The system aims for the source quote to ground the cited claim word-for-word. In the small number of cases where the verification check finds the quote is a borderline match for the cited section number, the answer is logged with a verification flag for review. We disclose this rather than imply 100% match accuracy.