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CS/CS/SB 824: Mitigation

GENERAL BILL by Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; Transportation ; Dean ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

Mitigation ; Revising legislative intent to encourage the use of other mitigation options that satisfy state and federal requirements; providing the Department of Transportation or a transportation authority the option of participating in a mitigation project; requiring a transportation authority that chooses to participate in the program to submit lists of its projects in the adopted work program to the water management districts; requiring a list rather than a survey of threatened or endangered species and species of special concern affected by a proposed project; providing conditions for the release of certain environmental mitigation funds; prohibiting a mitigation plan from being implemented unless the plan is submitted to and approved, in part or in its entirety, by the Department of Environmental Protection, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174) -SJ 1248
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Transportation (TR)
  2. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (BTA)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/3/2011 Senate • Filed
12/5/2011 Senate • Referred to Transportation; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget -SJ 69
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 69
1/13/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/19/12, 8:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
1/19/2012 Senate • CS by Transportation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 264
1/23/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/24/2012 Senate • Now in Environmental Preservation and Conservation -SJ 264
• CS by Transportation read 1st time -SJ 270
1/25/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/30/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 301
1/31/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation read 1st time -SJ 305
2/1/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 301
2/3/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 328
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
2/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, 02/28/12, 2:15 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2/28/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
2/29/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 721
3/6/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 874
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 874
3/8/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/12 -SJ 962
3/9/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 1248
• Amendment(s) adopted (296882, 302310, 537664, 613082) -SJ 1248
• Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 599 -SJ 1248
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174) -SJ 1248