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By the Committee on Natural Resources; and Senator Brown-Waite
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Florida Coastal
3 Management Program; amending ss. 308.205,
4 380.24, 380.285, F.S.; transferring all powers
5 and duties, and functions of the Florida
6 Coastal Management Program from the Department
7 of Community Affairs to the Department of
8 Environmental Protection; conforming provisions
9 to changes made by the act; providing an
10 effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 380.205, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 380.205 Definitions.--As used in ss. 380.21-380.24:
17 (1) "Department" means the Department of Environmental
18 Protection Community Affairs.
19 Section 2. Section 380.24, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 380.24 Local government participation.--Units of local
22 government abutting the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean,
23 or which include or are contiguous to waters of the state
24 where marine species of vegetation listed by rule as ratified
25 in s. 373.4211 constitute the dominant plant community, shall
26 develop a coastal zone protection element pursuant to s.
27 163.3177. Such units of local government shall be eligible to
28 receive technical assistance from the state in preparing
29 coastal zone protection elements and shall be the only units
30 of local government eligible to apply to the department for
31 available financial assistance. Local government participation
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1 in the coastal management program authorized by this act shall
2 be voluntary. All permitting and enforcement of
3 dredged-material management and other related activities
4 subject to permit under the provisions of chapters 161 and 253
5 and part IV of chapter 373 for deepwater ports identified in
6 s. 403.021(9)(b) shall be done through the department of
7 Environmental Protection consistent with the provisions of s.
8 403.021(9).
9 Section 3. Section 380.285, Florida Statutes, is
10 amended to read:
11 380.285 Lighthouses; study; preservation; funding.--
12 (1) The Coastal Management Program of the Department
13 of Environmental Protection Community Affairs and the Division
14 of Historical Resources of the Department of State shall
15 undertake a study of the lighthouses in the state. The study
16 must determine the location, ownership, condition, and
17 historical significance of all lighthouses in the state and
18 ensure that all historically significant lighthouses are
19 nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic
20 Places. The study must assess the condition and restoration
21 needs of historic lighthouses and develop plans for
22 appropriate future public access and use. The Coastal
23 Management Program and the Division of Historical Resources
24 shall take a leadership role in implementing plans to
25 stabilize lighthouses and associated structures and to
26 preserve and protect them from future deterioration. When
27 possible, the lighthouses and associated buildings should be
28 made available to the public for educational and recreational
29 purposes. The Department of Environmental Protection Community
30 Affairs should consider these responsibilities to be a
31 priority of the Florida Coastal Management Program, and
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1 implementation of this act should be a priority in the use of
2 coastal management funds.
3 (2) The Department of Environmental Protection
4 Community Affairs and the Department of State shall request in
5 their annual legislative budget requests funding necessary to
6 carry out the duties and responsibilities specified in this
7 act. Funds for the rehabilitation of lighthouses should be
8 allocated through matching grants-in-aid to state and local
9 government agencies and to nonprofit organizations. The
10 Department of Environmental Protection Community Affairs may
11 assist the Division of Historical Resources in projects to
12 accomplish lighthouse identification, assessment, restoration,
13 and interpretation.
14 Section 4. All powers, duties, functions, rules,
15 records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of
16 appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the Florida
17 Coastal Management Program as provided for in sections 380.20
18 through 380.285, Florida Statutes, currently assigned to and
19 administered by the Department of Community Affairs are
20 transferred by a type two transfer, as defined in section
21 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Department of Environmental
22 Protection.
23 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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25 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26 Senate Bill 1064
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28 The committee substitute (CS) deletes the original provisions
of the bill and transfers the Florida Coastal Management
29 Program from the Department of Community Affairs to the
Department of Environmental Protection by a type two transfer,
30 pursuant to s. 20.06(2), F.S. The CS conforms statutes to the
transfer, requires the Department of Environmental Protection
31 to coordinate with the Department of State in matters relating
to lighthouse preservation, and takes effect July 1, 2002.
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