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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Gaetz) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete everything after the enacting clause

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and insert:

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     Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Mike McHugh Act."

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     Section 2.  Section 380.0657, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     380.0657 Expedited permitting process for economic

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development projects.--

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     (1) The Department of Environmental Protection and, as

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appropriate, the water management districts created under chapter

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373 shall adopt programs to expedite the processing of wetland

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resource and environmental resource permits for economic

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development projects that have been identified by a municipality

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or county as meeting the definition of target industry businesses

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under s. 288.106, with the exception of those projects requiring

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approval by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement

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Trust Fund.

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     (2) A municipality or county shall provide an identified

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business with a municipal or county commission resolution

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identifying the business as a targeted industry business.

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     (3) A mandatory preapplication review process is required

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to reduce permitting conflicts by providing guidance to

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applicants regarding the permits needed from each agency and

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governmental entity, site planning and development, site

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suitability and limitations, facility design, and steps the

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applicant can take to ensure expeditious permit application

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review.

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     (4) A permit application must be approved or denied within

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45 days after receipt of the original application, the last item

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of timely requested additional material, or the applicant's

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written request to begin processing the permit application.

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     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete everything before the enacting clause

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and insert:

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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to economic development projects;

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providing a short title; creating s. 380.0657, F.S.;

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requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and

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water management districts to adopt programs to expedite

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the processing of permits for certain economic development

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projects; providing an exception; requiring a municipality

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or county to identify certain businesses by resolution;

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requiring a preapplication review; requiring that a permit

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application be approved or denied within a certain period;

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providing an effective date.

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