Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1940
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/31/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Brodeur)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 14.2031, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         14.2031Statewide Office of Resilience.—The Statewide
    8  Office of Resilience is established within the Executive Office
    9  of the Governor. The office shall be headed by a Chief
   10  Resilience Officer, who is appointed by and serves at the
   11  pleasure of the Governor.
   12         Section 2. Section 339.157, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         339.157Resilience action plan.—
   15         (1)The department shall develop a resilience action plan
   16  for the State Highway System based on current conditions and
   17  forecasted future events. The goals of the action plan are to do
   18  all of the following:
   19         (a)Recommend strategies to enhance infrastructure and the
   20  operational resilience of the State Highway System which may be
   21  incorporated into the transportation asset management plan.
   22         (b)Recommend design changes for retrofitting existing and
   23  constructing new state highway facilities.
   24         (c)Enhance partnerships for collaboration to address
   25  multijurisdictional resilience needs.
   26         (2)The resilience action plan must include all of the
   27  following components:
   28         (a)An assessment of the State Highway System to identify
   29  roadway facilities and drainage outfalls that may be subject to
   30  vulnerabilities associated with tidal, rainfall, the combination
   31  of tidal and rainfall, and storm surge flooding, including
   32  future projections of sea-level rise, using existing data for
   33  current and forecasted future events. As part of the assessment,
   34  the department shall do all of the following using the most up
   35  to-date National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   36  precipitation frequency and sea-level rise data:
   37         1.Synthesize historical and current infrastructure
   38  resilience issues statewide.
   39         2.Evaluate alternatives for retrofitting existing systems
   40  and infrastructure.
   41         3.Develop prioritization criteria for resilience project
   42  identification.
   43         4.Develop a prioritized resilience needs project list, in
   44  addition to existing projects within the work program, with the
   45  associated costs and timeline.
   46         5.Develop a statewide database identifying and documenting
   47  those assets vulnerable to current and future flooding. The
   48  department shall develop a cost estimate and schedule to enhance
   49  existing data to include site-specific details and existing
   50  criteria to improve the needs prioritization.
   51         (b)A systemic review of the department’s policies,
   52  procedures, manuals, tools, and guidance documents to identify
   53  revisions that will facilitate cost-effective improvements to
   54  address existing and future State Highway System infrastructure
   55  vulnerabilities associated with flooding and sea-level rise.
   56         (c)Provision of technical assistance to local agencies and
   57  modal partners on resilience issues related to the State Highway
   58  System and the deployment of local and regional solutions.
   59         (3)By June 20, 2023, the department shall submit the
   60  resilience action plan to the Governor, the President of the
   61  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Every
   62  third year on June 30 thereafter, the department shall submit a
   63  status report reviewing updates to the action plan and the
   64  associated implementation activities.
   65         Section 3. Section 380.093, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   66  read:
   67         380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive
   68  statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea level rise data
   69  set and assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea-Level Sea Level
   70  Rise Resilience Plan; regional resilience entities.—
   71         (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—
   72         (a) The Legislature recognizes that this the state is
   73  particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts from flooding
   74  resulting from increases in frequency and duration of rainfall
   75  events, storm surge from more frequent and severe weather
   76  systems, and sea-level sea level rise. Such adverse impacts pose
   77  economic, social, environmental, and public health and safety
   78  challenges to this the state. To most effectively address these
   79  challenges, funding should be allocated in a manner that
   80  prioritizes addressing the most significant risks.
   81         (b) The Legislature further recognizes that the adverse
   82  impacts of flooding and sea-level sea level rise affect coastal
   83  and inland communities all across the state. Consequently, a
   84  coordinated approach is necessary to maximize the benefit of
   85  efforts to address such impacts and to improve the state’s
   86  resilience to flooding and sea-level sea level rise.
   87         (c) The Legislature further recognizes that to effectively
   88  and efficiently address and prepare for the adverse impacts of
   89  flooding and sea-level sea level rise in this the state, it is
   90  necessary to conduct a comprehensive statewide assessment of the
   91  specific risks posed to this the state by flooding and sea-level
   92  sea level rise and develop a statewide coordinated approach to
   93  addressing such risks.
   94         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
   95         (a) “Critical asset” includes:
   96         1. Transportation assets and evacuation routes, including
   97  airports, bridges, bus terminals, ports, major roadways,
   98  marinas, rail facilities, and railroad bridges.
   99         2. Critical infrastructure, including wastewater treatment
  100  facilities and lift stations, stormwater treatment facilities
  101  and pump stations, drinking water facilities, water utility
  102  conveyance systems, electric production and supply facilities,
  103  solid and hazardous waste facilities, military installations,
  104  communications facilities, and disaster debris management sites.
  105         3. Critical community and emergency facilities, including
  106  schools, colleges, universities, community centers, correctional
  107  facilities, disaster recovery centers, emergency medical service
  108  facilities, emergency operation centers, fire stations, health
  109  care facilities, hospitals, law enforcement facilities, local
  110  government facilities, logistical staging areas, affordable
  111  public housing, risk shelter inventory, and state government
  112  facilities.
  113         4. Natural, cultural, and historical resources, including
  114  conservation lands, parks, shorelines, surface waters, wetlands,
  115  and historical and cultural assets.
  116         (b) “Department” means the Department of Environmental
  117  Protection.
  118         (c)“Preconstruction activities” means activities
  119  associated with a project which occur before construction
  120  begins, including, but not limited to, design of the project,
  121  permitting for the project, surveys, site development,
  122  solicitation, public hearings, local code amendments,
  123  establishing local funding sources, and easement acquisition.
  124         (d)“Regionally significant assets” means critical assets
  125  that support the needs of communities spanning multiple
  126  geopolitical jurisdictions, including, but not limited to,
  127  regional medical centers, emergency operations centers, regional
  128  utilities, major transportation hubs and corridors, airports,
  129  and seaports.
  130         (3) RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM.—
  131         (a) The Resilient Florida Grant Program is established
  132  within the department.
  133         (b) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide
  134  grants to a county or municipality to fund:
  135         1. The costs of community resilience planning and necessary
  136  data collection for such planning, including comprehensive plan
  137  amendments and necessary corresponding analyses that address the
  138  requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f).;
  139         2. Vulnerability assessments that identify or address risks
  140  of inland or coastal flooding and sea-level sea level rise.;
  141         3. The development of projects, plans, and policies that
  142  allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and sea
  143  level sea level rise.; and
  144         4.Preconstruction activities for projects to be submitted
  145  for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea-Level Rise
  146  Resilience Plan which are located in a municipality that has a
  147  population of 10,000 or fewer or a county that has a population
  148  of 50,000 or fewer, according to the most recent April 1
  149  population estimates posted on the Office of Economic and
  150  Demographic Research’s website projects to adapt critical assets
  151  to the effects of flooding and sea level rise.
  152         (c) A vulnerability assessment conducted pursuant to
  153  paragraph (b) must encompass the entire county or municipality;
  154  include all critical assets owned or maintained by the grant
  155  applicant; and use the most recent publicly available Digital
  156  Elevation Model and generally accepted analysis and modeling
  157  techniques. An assessment may encompass a smaller geographic
  158  area or include only a portion of the critical assets owned or
  159  maintained by the grant applicant with appropriate rationale and
  160  upon approval by the department. Locally collected elevation
  161  data may also be included as part of the assessment as long as
  162  it is submitted to the department pursuant to this paragraph.
  163         1. The assessment must include an analysis of the
  164  vulnerability of and risks to critical assets, including
  165  regionally significant assets, owned or managed by the county or
  166  municipality.
  167         2. Upon completion of a vulnerability assessment, the
  168  county or municipality shall submit to the department the
  169  following:
  170         a. A report detailing the findings of the assessment.
  171         b. All electronic mapping data used to illustrate flooding
  172  and sea-level sea level rise impacts identified in the
  173  assessment. When submitting such data, the county or
  174  municipality shall include:
  175         (I) Geospatial data in an electronic file format suitable
  176  for input to the department’s mapping tool.
  177         (II) Geographic information system data that has been
  178  projected into the appropriate Florida State Plane Coordinate
  179  System and that is suitable for the department’s mapping tool.
  180  The county or municipality must also submit metadata using
  181  standards prescribed by the department.
  182         c. A list of critical assets, including regionally
  183  significant assets, that are impacted by flooding and sea-level
  184  sea level rise.
  185         (d) A vulnerability assessment conducted pursuant to
  186  paragraph (b) must include all of the following, if applicable:
  187         1. Peril of flood comprehensive plan amendments that
  188  address the requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f), if the county or
  189  municipality is subject to such requirements and has not
  190  complied with such requirements as determined by the Department
  191  of Economic Opportunity.
  192         2. The depth of:
  193         a. Tidal flooding, including future high tide flooding,
  194  which must use thresholds published and provided by the
  195  department. To the extent practicable, the analysis should also
  196  geographically display the number of tidal flood days expected
  197  for each scenario and planning horizon.
  198         b. Current and future storm surge flooding using publicly
  199  available National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or
  200  Federal Emergency Management Agency storm surge data. The
  201  initial storm surge event used must equal or exceed the current
  202  100-year flood event. Higher frequency storm events may be
  203  analyzed to understand the exposure of a critical asset.
  204         c. To the extent practicable, rainfall-induced flooding
  205  using spatiotemporal analysis or existing hydrologic and
  206  hydraulic modeling results. Future boundary conditions should be
  207  modified to consider sea-level sea level rise and high tide
  208  conditions. Vulnerability assessments for noncoastal communities
  209  must include the depth of rainfall-induced flooding for a 100
  210  year storm and a 500-year storm, as defined by the applicable
  211  water management district or, if necessary, the appropriate
  212  federal agency. Projections of future rainfall conditions should
  213  be utilized, if available.
  214         d. To the extent practicable, compound flooding or the
  215  combination of tidal, storm surge, and rainfall-induced
  216  flooding.
  217         3. The following scenarios and standards:
  218         a. All analyses in the North American Vertical Datum of
  219  1988.
  220         b. At least two local sea-level sea level rise scenarios,
  221  which must include the 2017 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
  222  Administration intermediate-low and intermediate-high sea-level
  223  sea level rise projections.
  224         c. At least two planning horizons that include planning
  225  horizons for the years 2040 and 2070.
  226         d. Local sea-level sea level data that has been
  227  interpolated between the two closest National Oceanic and
  228  Atmospheric Administration tide gauges. Local sea-level sea
  229  level data may be taken from one such gauge if the gauge has a
  230  higher mean sea level. Data taken from an alternate tide gauge
  231  may be used with appropriate rationale and department approval,
  232  as long as it is publicly available or submitted to the
  233  department pursuant to paragraph (b).
  234         (4) COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE FLOOD VULNERABILITY AND SEA
  235  LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE DATA SET AND ASSESSMENT.—
  236         (a) By July 1, 2023 2022, the department shall complete the
  237  development of a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and
  238  sea-level sea level rise data set sufficient to conduct a
  239  comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea
  240  level rise assessment. In developing the data set, the
  241  department, in coordination with the Florida Flood Hub for
  242  Applied Research and Innovation, shall compile, analyze, and
  243  incorporate, as appropriate, information related to
  244  vulnerability assessments submitted to the department pursuant
  245  to subsection (3) or any previously completed assessments that
  246  meet the requirements of subsection (3).
  247         1. The Chief Science Officer shall, in coordination with
  248  necessary experts and resources, develop statewide sea-level sea
  249  level rise projections that incorporate temporal and spatial
  250  variability, to the extent practicable, for inclusion in the
  251  data set. This subparagraph does not supersede regionally
  252  adopted projections.
  253         2. The data set must include information necessary to
  254  determine the risks to inland and coastal communities,
  255  including, but not limited to, elevation, tidal levels, and
  256  precipitation.
  257         (b) By July 1, 2024 2023, the department shall complete a
  258  comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea
  259  level rise assessment that identifies inland and coastal
  260  infrastructure, geographic areas, and communities in this the
  261  state that are vulnerable to flooding and sea-level sea level
  262  rise and the associated risks.
  263         1. The department shall use the comprehensive statewide
  264  flood vulnerability and sea-level sea level rise data set to
  265  conduct the assessment.
  266         2. The assessment must incorporate local and regional
  267  analyses of vulnerabilities and risks, including, as
  268  appropriate, local mitigation strategies and postdisaster
  269  redevelopment plans.
  270         3. The assessment must include an inventory of critical
  271  assets, including regionally significant assets, that are
  272  essential for critical government and business functions,
  273  national security, public health and safety, the economy, flood
  274  and storm protection, water quality management, and wildlife
  275  habitat management, and must identify and analyze the
  276  vulnerability of and risks to such critical assets. When
  277  identifying critical assets for inclusion in the assessment, the
  278  department shall also take into consideration the critical
  279  assets identified by local governments and submitted to the
  280  department pursuant to subsection (3).
  281         (c) The department shall update the comprehensive statewide
  282  flood vulnerability and sea-level sea level rise data set and
  283  assessment every 5 years. The department may update the data set
  284  and assessment more frequently if it determines that updates are
  285  necessary to maintain the validity of the data set and
  286  assessment.
  287         (5) STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA-LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE
  288  RESILIENCE PLAN.—
  289         (a) By December 1, 2021, and each December 1 thereafter,
  290  the department shall develop a Statewide Flooding and Sea-Level
  291  Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan on a 3-year planning horizon and
  292  submit it to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
  293  Speaker of the House of Representatives. The plan must consist
  294  of ranked projects that address risks of flooding and sea-level
  295  sea level rise to coastal and inland communities in the state.
  296  All eligible projects submitted to the department under this
  297  section must be ranked and included in the plan. Each plan must
  298  include a detailed narrative overview describing how the plan
  299  was developed, including a description of the methodology used
  300  by the department to determine project eligibility, a
  301  description of the methodology used to rank projects, the
  302  specific scoring system used, the project proposal application
  303  form, a copy of each submitted project proposal application form
  304  with projects separated by “eligible” and “not eligible,” the
  305  total number of project proposals received and deemed eligible,
  306  the total funding requested, and the total funding requested for
  307  eligible projects.
  308         (b) The plan submitted by December 1, 2021, before the
  309  comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea
  310  level rise assessment is completed, will be a preliminary plan
  311  that includes projects that address addresses risks of flooding
  312  and sea-level sea level rise identified in available local
  313  government vulnerability assessments and projects submitted by
  314  water management districts which mitigate the risks of flooding
  315  or sea-level rise on water supplies or water resources of the
  316  state. The plan submitted by December 1, 2022, and the plan
  317  submitted by December 1, 2023, will be updates an update to the
  318  preliminary plan. The plan submitted by December 1, 2024 2023,
  319  and each plan submitted by December 1 thereafter, must shall
  320  address risks of flooding and sea-level sea level rise
  321  identified in the comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability
  322  and sea-level sea level rise assessment.
  323         (c) Each plan submitted by the department pursuant to this
  324  subsection must include the following information for each
  325  recommended project:
  326         1. A description of the project.
  327         2. The location of the project.
  328         3. An estimate of how long the project will take to
  329  complete.
  330         4. An estimate of the cost of the project.
  331         5. The cost-share percentage available for the project.
  332         6. A summary of the priority score assigned to the project.
  333         7. The project sponsor.
  334         (d)1. By September 1, 2021, and each September 1
  335  thereafter, the following entities counties and municipalities
  336  may submit to the department a list of proposed projects that
  337  address risks of flooding or sea-level sea level rise identified
  338  in vulnerability assessments that meet the requirements of
  339  subsection (3):.
  340         a.Counties.
  341         b.Municipalities.
  342         c.Special districts, as defined in s. 189.012, which are
  343  responsible for the operation and maintenance of an airport or a
  344  seaport facility.
  345  
  346  For the plans submitted by December 1, 2021; December 1, 2022;
  347  and December 1, 2023, such entities may submit projects
  348  identified in existing vulnerability assessments which do not
  349  comply with subsection (3). A regional resilience entity may
  350  also submit such proposed projects to the department pursuant to
  351  this subparagraph on behalf of one or more member counties or
  352  municipalities.
  353         2. By September 1, 2021, and each September 1 thereafter,
  354  the following entities each water management district and flood
  355  control district may submit to the department a list of any
  356  proposed projects that mitigate the risks of flooding or sea
  357  level sea level rise on water supplies or water resources of
  358  this the state and a corresponding evaluation of each project:.
  359         a.Water management districts.
  360         b.Drainage districts.
  361         c.Erosion control districts.
  362         d.Flood control districts.
  363         3. Each project submitted to the department pursuant to
  364  this paragraph by a county, municipality, regional resilience
  365  entity, water management district, or flood control district for
  366  consideration by the department for inclusion in the plan must
  367  include:
  368         a. A description of the project.
  369         b. The location of the project.
  370         c. An estimate of how long the project will take to
  371  complete.
  372         d. An estimate of the cost of the project.
  373         e. The cost-share percentage available for the project.
  374         f. The project sponsor.
  375         (e) Each project included in the plan must have a minimum
  376  50 percent cost share unless the project assists or is within a
  377  financially disadvantaged small community. For purposes of this
  378  section, the term “financially disadvantaged small community”
  379  means:
  380         1. A municipality that has a population of 10,000 or fewer,
  381  according to the most recent April 1 population estimates posted
  382  on the Office of Economic and Demographic Research’s website,
  383  and a per capita annual income that is less than the state’s per
  384  capita annual income as shown in the most recent release from
  385  the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of
  386  Commerce that includes both measurements; or
  387         2. A county that has a population of 50,000 or fewer,
  388  according to the most recent April 1 population estimates posted
  389  on the Office of Economic and Demographic Research’s website,
  390  and a per capita annual income that is less than the state’s per
  391  capita annual income as shown in the most recent release from
  392  the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of
  393  Commerce that includes both measurements.
  394         (f) To be eligible for inclusion in the plan, a project
  395  must have been submitted by a county, municipality, regional
  396  resilience entity, water management district, or flood control
  397  district pursuant to paragraph (d) or must have been identified
  398  in the comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level
  399  sea level rise assessment, as applicable.
  400         (g) Expenses ineligible for inclusion in the plan include,
  401  but are not limited to, expenses associated with:
  402         1. Aesthetic vegetation.
  403         2. Recreational structures such as piers, docks, and
  404  boardwalks.
  405         3. Water quality components of stormwater and wastewater
  406  management systems, except for expenses to mitigate water
  407  quality impacts caused by the project or expenses related to
  408  water quality which are necessary to obtain a permit for the
  409  project.
  410         4. Maintenance and repair of over-walks.
  411         5. Park activities and facilities, except expenses to
  412  control flooding or erosion.
  413         6. Navigation construction, operation, and maintenance
  414  activities.
  415         7. Projects that provide only recreational benefits.
  416         (h) The department shall implement a scoring system for
  417  assessing each project eligible for inclusion in the plan
  418  pursuant to this subsection. The scoring system must include the
  419  following tiers and associated criteria:
  420         1. Tier 1 must account for 40 percent of the total score
  421  and consist of all of the following criteria:
  422         a. The degree to which the project addresses the risks
  423  posed by flooding and sea-level sea level rise identified in the
  424  local government vulnerability assessments or the comprehensive
  425  statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea level rise
  426  assessment, as applicable.
  427         b. The degree to which the project addresses risks to
  428  regionally significant assets.
  429         c. The degree to which the project reduces risks to areas
  430  with an overall higher percentage of vulnerable critical assets.
  431         d. The degree to which the project contributes to existing
  432  flooding mitigation projects that reduce upland damage costs by
  433  incorporating new or enhanced structures or restoration and
  434  revegetation projects.
  435         2. Tier 2 must account for 30 percent of the total score
  436  and consist of all of the following criteria:
  437         a. The degree to which flooding and erosion currently
  438  affect the condition of the project area.
  439         b. The overall readiness of the project to proceed in a
  440  timely manner, considering the project’s readiness for the
  441  construction phase of development, the status of required
  442  permits, the status of any needed easement acquisition, and the
  443  availability of local funding sources.
  444         c. The environmental habitat enhancement or inclusion of
  445  nature-based options for resilience, with priority given to
  446  state or federal critical habitat areas for threatened or
  447  endangered species.
  448         d. The cost-effectiveness of the project.
  449         3. Tier 3 must account for 20 percent of the total score
  450  and consist of all of the following criteria:
  451         a. The availability of local, state, and federal matching
  452  funds, considering the status of the funding award, and federal
  453  authorization, if applicable.
  454         b. Previous state commitment and involvement in the
  455  project, considering previously funded phases, the total amount
  456  of previous state funding, and previous partial appropriations
  457  for the proposed project.
  458         c. The exceedance of the flood-resistant construction
  459  requirements of the Florida Building Code and applicable flood
  460  plain management regulations.
  461         4. Tier 4 must account for 10 percent of the total score
  462  and consist of all of the following criteria:
  463         a. The proposed innovative technologies designed to reduce
  464  project costs and provide regional collaboration.
  465         b. The extent to which the project assists financially
  466  disadvantaged communities.
  467         (i) The total amount of funding proposed for each year of
  468  the plan may not be less than exceed $100 million. Upon review
  469  and subject to appropriation, the Legislature shall approve
  470  funding for the projects as specified in the plan. Multiyear
  471  projects that receive funding for the first year of the project
  472  must be included in subsequent plans and funded until the
  473  project is complete, provided that the project sponsor has
  474  complied with all contractual obligations and funds are
  475  available.
  476         (j) The department shall initiate rulemaking by August 1,
  477  2021, to implement this section.
  478         (6) REGIONAL RESILIENCE ENTITIES.—Subject to specific
  479  legislative appropriation, the department may provide funding
  480  for the following purposes to regional entities that are
  481  established by general purpose local governments and whose
  482  responsibilities include planning for the resilience needs of
  483  communities and coordinating intergovernmental solutions to
  484  mitigate adverse impacts of flooding and sea-level sea level
  485  rise:
  486         (a) Providing technical assistance to counties and
  487  municipalities.
  488         (b) Coordinating multijurisdictional vulnerability
  489  assessments.
  490         (c) Developing project proposals to be submitted for
  491  inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea-Level Sea Level Rise
  492  Resilience Plan.
  493         Section 4. Section 380.0933, Florida Statutes, is amended
  494  to read:
  495         380.0933 Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and
  496  Innovation.—
  497         (1) The Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and
  498  Innovation is established within the University of South Florida
  499  College of Marine Science to coordinate efforts between the
  500  academic and research institutions of the state. The University
  501  of South Florida College of Marine Science or its successor
  502  entity will serve as the lead institution and engage other
  503  academic and research institutions, private partners, and
  504  financial sponsors to coordinate efforts to support applied
  505  research and innovation to address the flooding and sea-level
  506  sea level rise challenges of this the state.
  507         (2) The hub shall, at a minimum:
  508         (a) Organize existing data needs for a comprehensive
  509  statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level sea level rise
  510  analysis and perform a gap analysis to determine data needs.
  511         (b) Develop statewide open source hydrologic models for
  512  physically based flood frequency estimation and real-time
  513  forecasting of floods, including hydraulic models of floodplain
  514  inundation mapping, real-time compound and tidal flooding
  515  forecasts, future groundwater elevation conditions, and economic
  516  damage and loss estimates.
  517         (c) Coordinate research funds from the state, the federal
  518  government, or other funding sources for related hub activities
  519  across all participating entities.
  520         (d) Establish community-based programs to improve flood
  521  monitoring and prediction along major waterways, including
  522  intracoastal waterways and coastlines, of this the state and to
  523  support ongoing flood research.
  524         (e) Coordinate with agencies, including, but not limited
  525  to, the Department of Environmental Protection and water
  526  management districts.
  527         (f) Share its resources and expertise.
  528         (g) Assist in the development of training and in the
  529  development of a workforce in this the state that is
  530  knowledgeable about flood and sea-level sea level rise research,
  531  prediction, and adaptation and mitigation strategies.
  532         (h) Develop opportunities to partner with other flood and
  533  sea-level sea level rise research and innovation leaders for
  534  sharing technology or research.
  535         (i) Conduct the activities under this subsection in
  536  cooperation with various local, state, and federal government
  537  entities as well as other flood and sea-level sea level rise
  538  research centers.
  539         (3) The hub must provide tidal and storm surge flooding
  540  data to counties and municipalities for vulnerability
  541  assessments that are conducted pursuant to s. 380.093(3). The
  542  hub must provide rainfall-induced and compound flooding data
  543  sets; however, more localized data or modeling may be used.
  544         (4) The hub shall employ an executive director.
  545         (5)(4) By July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter, the hub
  546  shall provide an annual comprehensive report to the Governor,
  547  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  548  Representatives that outlines its clearly defined goals and its
  549  efforts and progress on reaching such goals.
  550         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 472.0366, Florida
  551  Statutes, is amended to read:
  552         472.0366 Elevation certificates; requirements for surveyors
  553  and mappers.—
  554         (2) Beginning January 1, 2023 2017, a surveyor and mapper
  555  shall, within 30 days after completion, submit to the division a
  556  digital copy of each elevation certificate that he or she
  557  completes as outlined on the division’s website. The copy must
  558  be unaltered, except that the surveyor and mapper may redact the
  559  name of the property owner. The copy need not be signed and
  560  sealed when submitted to the division; however, an original
  561  signed and sealed copy must be retained in the surveyor and
  562  mapper’s records as prescribed by rule of the board.
  563         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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  566  And the title is amended as follows:
  567         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  568  and insert:
  569                        A bill to be entitled                      
  570         An act relating to statewide flooding and sea-level
  571         rise resilience; creating s. 14.2031, F.S.;
  572         establishing the Statewide Office of Resilience within
  573         the Executive Office of the Governor; providing for
  574         the appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer;
  575         creating s. 339.157, F.S.; requiring the Department of
  576         Transportation to develop a resilience action plan for
  577         the State Highway System; providing the goals and
  578         required components of the plan; requiring the
  579         department to submit the plan to the Governor and the
  580         Legislature by a specified date; requiring the plan to
  581         be updated every 3 years; providing requirements for
  582         the updated plan; amending s. 380.093, F.S.; defining
  583         terms; revising the projects the Department of
  584         Environmental Protection may fund within the Resilient
  585         Florida Grant Program; revising vulnerability
  586         assessment requirements for noncoastal communities;
  587         extending the dates by which the department must
  588         complete a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability
  589         and sea-level rise data set and assessment; requiring
  590         the data set to be developed in coordination with the
  591         Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation;
  592         requiring eligible projects submitted to the
  593         department to be ranked and included in the Statewide
  594         Flood and Sea-Level Rise Resilience Plan; revising the
  595         entities authorized to submit proposed projects by
  596         specified dates for the plan; amending s. 380.0933,
  597         F.S.; requiring the Florida Flood Hub for Applied
  598         Research and Innovation to provide tidal and storm
  599         surge flooding data to counties and municipalities for
  600         vulnerability assessments; amending s. 472.0366, F.S.;
  601         revising the effective date of a requirement that a
  602         surveyor and mapper submit a copy of completed
  603         elevation certificates to the Division of Emergency
  604         Management; requiring the surveyor and mapper to
  605         submit a digital copy of a completed elevation
  606         certificate to the division; providing an effective
  607         date.