Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 852
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-01130-09                                            2009852__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to expedited permitting process for
    3         economic development projects; providing a short
    4         title; creating s. 380.0657, F.S.; requiring the
    5         Department of Environmental Protection and water
    6         management districts to adopt programs to expedite the
    7         processing of permits for certain economic development
    8         projects; providing an exception; requiring
    9         municipalities and counties to identify certain
   10         businesses by commission resolution; requiring a
   11         preapplication review; providing a timeframe for
   12         permit application approval or denial; providing an
   13         effective date.
   14         
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Mike McHugh Act.”
   18         Section 2. Section 380.0657, Florida Statutes, is created
   19  to read:
   20         380.0657 Expedited permitting process for economic
   21  development projects.—
   22         (1) The Department of Environmental Protection and, as
   23  appropriate, the water management districts created under
   24  chapter 373 shall adopt programs to expedite the processing of
   25  wetland resource and environmental resource permits for economic
   26  development projects that have been identified by a municipality
   27  or county as meeting the definition of target industry
   28  businesses under s. 288.106, with the exception of those
   29  projects requiring approval by the Board of Trustees of the
   30  Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
   31         (2) A municipality or county shall provide an identified
   32  business with a city or county commission resolution identifying
   33  the business as a targeted industry business.
   34         (3) A mandatory preapplication review process shall be
   35  required to reduce permitting conflicts by providing guidance to
   36  applicants regarding the permits needed from each agency and
   37  governmental entity, site planning and development, site
   38  suitability and limitations, facility design, and steps the
   39  applicant can take to ensure expeditious permit application
   40  review.
   41         (4) A permit application shall be approved or denied within
   42  45 days after receipt of the original application, the last item
   43  of timely requested additional material, or the applicant's
   44  written request to begin processing the permit application.
   45         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.