| 1 | Representative Holder offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 55-56, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 161.041, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 161.041 Permits required.-- |
| 8 | (5) The reopening or maintaining of any coastal barrier |
| 9 | beach inlet to promote commercial and recreational uses of |
| 10 | coastal waters and their resources constitutes a valid public |
| 11 | purpose of a governmental entity and shall be presumed to be in |
| 12 | the public interest. The department shall permit such reopening |
| 13 | or maintenance of inlets under s. 161.055 upon demonstration by |
| 14 | the governmental entity of its financial ability and commitment |
| 15 | to mitigate impacts to the coastal systems and natural resources |
| 16 | consistent with chapter 161 and part IV of chapter 373 and fund |
| 17 | a long-term sand management program designed to mitigate impacts |
| 18 | on adjacent sandy beaches consistent with s. 161.142. For the |
| 19 | purposes of this subsection, "reopening" means the creation of |
| 20 | an inlet on a coastal barrier island or between two coastal |
| 21 | barrier islands, upon demonstration that an inlet previously |
| 22 | existed, but no longer exists, on or between such coastal |
| 23 | barrier islands and is not limited to inlet recreation within |
| 24 | the same location or with the same configuration as the |
| 25 | preexisting inlet. |
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| 29 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 30 | Remove line 2 and insert: |
| 31 | An act relating to environmental permitting; amending s. |
| 32 | 161.041, F.S.; providing that the reopening or maintaining |
| 33 | of any coastal barrier beach inlet to promote commercial |
| 34 | and recreational uses of coastal waters and their |
| 35 | resources is a valid public purpose; requiring the |
| 36 | Department of Environmental Protection to permit such |
| 37 | activities under specified conditions; providing |
| 38 | requirements for governmental entities; defining the term |
| 39 | "reopening"; amending s. |