Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1686
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/27/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Wright)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 67 - 85
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) Establish a land use management system that protects
    6  the natural environment of the southern Brevard Barrier Island
    7  Area.
    8         (b) Establish a land use management system that promotes
    9  orderly and balanced growth in accordance with the capacity of
   10  existing public facilities and services.
   11         (c) Protect and improve the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem,
   12  including improving water quality of the Brevard Barrier Island
   13  Area through federal, state, and local funding of water quality
   14  improvement projects.
   15         (d) Ensure that the population of the Brevard Barrier
   16  Island can be safely evacuated in the event of a hurricane.
   17         (4) DESIGNATION.—The Brevard Barrier Island Area, as
   18  described in this subsection, is designated as an area of
   19  critical state concern. The Brevard Barrier Island Area is that
   20  portion of Brevard County bounded on the north by the southern
   21  boundary of the Town of Melbourne Beach, on the east by the
   22  Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Indian River, and on the
   23  south by the southern boundary of Sebastian Inlet State