Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1686
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/24/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Wright) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 127 - 144
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) The state land planning agency may recommend to the
    6  Administration Commission the removal of the designation of the
    7  Brevard Barrier Island Area as an area of critical state concern
    8  if the agency determines that all local land development
    9  regulations and local comprehensive plans and the administration
   10  of such regulations and plans are adequate to protect the
   11  Brevard Barrier Island Area, continue to carry out the
   12  legislative intent expressed in subsection (3), and are in
   13  compliance with the principles for guiding development specified
   14  in subsection (5). If the commission concurs with the
   15  recommendation to remove the designation, it must, within 45
   16  days after receipt of the recommendation, initiate rulemaking to
   17  remove the designation.
   18         (b) Beginning November 30, 2030, the state land planning
   19  agency shall annually submit a written report to the
   20  Administration Commission describing the progress of the Brevard
   21  Barrier Island Area toward implementing the guiding principles
   22  for development specified in subsection (5) and achieving the
   23  legislative intent expressed in subsection (3). The agency shall
   24  recommend removing the designation of the Brevard Barrier Island
   25  Area as an area of critical state concern to the commission if
   26  it determines that:
   27         1. Adequate restoration and renourishment programs are in
   28  place to preserve the beaches and dunes of the southern barrier
   29  island in Brevard County for nesting sea turtles;
   30         2. Seagrass replanting in the Indian River Lagoon extending
   31  the length of the Brevard Barrier Island Area is in a
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 9
   36  and insert:
   37         the designation upon the recommendation of the state
   38         land planning agency; requiring the Administration
   39         Commission to initiate rulemaking within a specified
   40         timeframe under certain circumstances; requiring the
   41         state land planning agency to submit an annual report
   42         to the commission; providing requirements for the
   43         report; providing an effective date.