| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to coastal management; amending s. |
| 3 | 163.3178, F.S.; including certain port-related industrial |
| 4 | or commercial project facilities within the list of |
| 5 | facilities that are not developments of regional impact |
| 6 | under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 163.3178, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 163.3178 Coastal management.-- |
| 13 | (3) Expansions to port harbors, spoil disposal sites, |
| 14 | navigation channels, turning basins, harbor berths, and other |
| 15 | related inwater harbor facilities of ports listed in s. |
| 16 | 403.021(9); port transportation facilities and projects listed |
| 17 | in s. 311.07(3)(b); and intermodal transportation facilities |
| 18 | identified pursuant to s. 311.09(3); and facilities determined |
| 19 | by the Department of Community Affairs and the applicable |
| 20 | general-purpose government to be port-related industrial or |
| 21 | commercial projects that are located within or within 3 miles of |
| 22 | a port master plan area and that rely upon the use of port and |
| 23 | intermodal transportation facilities shall not be developments |
| 24 | of regional impact where such expansions, projects, or |
| 25 | facilities are consistent with comprehensive master plans that |
| 26 | are in compliance with this section. |
| 27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |