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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2238

    By Senators Diaz-Balart and Kirkpatrick





    37-28B-99                                           See HB 329

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to limerock mining; amending s.

  3         373.4149, F.S., relating to the Miami-Dade

  4         County Lake Belt Plan; providing legislative

  5         intent; revising description of land included

  6         in the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area;

  7         providing for local land use jurisdiction and

  8         for land use compatibility within the Lake Belt

  9         Area; requiring certain notice of mining

10         activities; revising membership of the

11         Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan Implementation

12         Committee; providing additional requirements

13         for Phase II of the Lake Belt Plan; extending

14         the existence of the implementation committee;

15         deleting requirement for development of a

16         comprehensive mitigation plan; creating s.

17         373.41492, F.S.; imposing a mitigation fee on

18         commercial extraction of limerock and sand from

19         the Lake Belt Area; providing an exemption;

20         providing procedures for collection, report,

21         and disposition of fees; providing for

22         enforcement and penalties; providing duties and

23         authority of the Department of Revenue;

24         providing for rules; providing for annual

25         indexed fee increases after a specified date;

26         providing purpose of fees for wetlands

27         mitigation and specifying uses; requiring

28         approval of expenditures by an interagency

29         committee; providing membership of the

30         committee; providing that payment of the fee

31         satisfies certain mitigation requirements;

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  1         providing for suspension of the fee under

  2         certain circumstances; requiring interagency

  3         committee reports to the South Florida Water

  4         Management District and the Legislature;

  5         amending ss. 373.4415, 378.4115, F.S.;

  6         correcting references to conform to the

  7         county's name change; providing severability;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 373.4149, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         373.4149  Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Plan.--

15         (1)  The Legislature hereby accepts and adopts the

16  recommendations contained in the Phase I Lake Belt Report and

17  Plan, known as the "Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Plan," dated

18  February 1997 and submitted by the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake

19  Belt Plan Implementation Committee. By adoption of the

20  Miami-Dade County Lake Plan it is not the intent of the

21  Legislature to preempt or preclude local comprehensive plans

22  or zoning in regards to other uses within the Miami-Dade

23  County Lake Belt Area.

24         (2)(a)  The Legislature recognizes that deposits of

25  limestone and sand suitable for production of construction

26  aggregates, cement, and road base materials are located in

27  limited areas of the state.

28         (b)  The Legislature recognizes that the deposit of

29  limestone available in South Florida is limited due to

30  urbanization to the east and the Everglades to the west.

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  1         (3)  The Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Area is that

  2  area bounded by the Florida Turnpike to the east, the

  3  Miami-Dade-Broward Dade-Broward County line to the north,

  4  Krome Avenue to the west and Tamiami Trail to the south

  5  together with the land south of Tamiami Trail in sections 5,

  6  6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, Township 54 South, Range 39 East, and in

  7  sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36, Township

  8  54 South, Range 38 East. less those portions of section 10,

  9  except the west one-half, section 11, except the northeast

10  one-quarter and the east one-half of the northwest

11  one-quarter, and tracts 38 through 41, and tracts 49 through

12  64 inclusive, section 13, except tracts 17 through 35 and

13  tracts 46 through 48, and section 14, except the west three

14  quarters, Township 54 South, Range 39 East, lying north of the

15  Miami Canal, sections 35 and 36 and the east one-half of

16  sections 24 and 25, Township 53 South, Range 39 East and

17  Government Lots 1 and 2, lying between Townships 53 and 54

18  South, Range 39 East and those portions of sections 1 and 2,

19  Township 54 South, Range 39 East, lying north of Tamiami

20  Trail.

21         (4)  The identification of the Miami-Dade County Lake

22  Belt Area shall not preempt local land use jurisdiction or the

23  use of land for other purposes by private land owners;

24  provided, however, local comprehensive plans, zoning

25  regulations, development regulations, and other local

26  regulations shall accommodate limestone mining activities and

27  related operations, such as lake excavation, including use of

28  explosives, rock processing, cement, concrete and asphalt

29  products manufacturing, and ancillary activities, within the

30  rock mining supported and allowable areas of the Miami-Dade

31  County Lake Plan adopted by subsection (1). Rezonings or

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  1  amendments to local comprehensive plans concerning properties

  2  that are located within 1 mile of the Miami-Dade Lake Belt

  3  Area shall be compatible with limestone mining activities. No

  4  rezonings, variances, or amendments to local comprehensive

  5  plans for any residential purpose may be approved for any

  6  property located in sections 35 and 36 and the east one-half

  7  of sections 24 and 25, Township 53 South, Range 39 East until

  8  such time as there is no active mining within 2 miles of the

  9  property. This section does not preclude residential

10  development that complies with current regulations.

11         (5)  Beginning October 1, 1999, before the sale, lease,

12  or the issuance of a development order, including the approval

13  of a change in land use designation or zoning, for any real

14  property located inside the Miami-Dade Lake Belt Area or

15  within 2 miles of the boundary of the Miami-Dade Lake Belt

16  Area, the entity holding title to the real property is

17  required to submit a written affidavit of disclosure to

18  Miami-Dade County in a form prescribed by the county that is

19  suitable for recording:

20         (a)  Acknowledging the existence of limestone mining

21  activities involving the use of explosives within close

22  proximity of the real property proposed to be sold, leased,

23  used, or developed;

24         (b)  Agreeing to provide copies of the affidavit of

25  disclosure to all subsequent parties to whom whole or part

26  interest in the real property is transferred, by sale, lease,

27  or any other means; and

28         (c)  Acknowledging potential civil liability, as well

29  as fines and penalties that could result from failure to

30  provide disclosure under this section.

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  1  Failure to substantially comply with the provisions of this

  2  subsection makes the sale of the real property or interest

  3  therein voidable at the purchaser's option for a period of 7

  4  years from the date of the affidavit of disclosure.

  5         (6)(4)  The Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Plan

  6  Implementation Committee shall be appointed by the governing

  7  board of the South Florida Water Management District to

  8  develop a strategy for the design and implementation of the

  9  Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Plan. The committee shall

10  consist of the chair of the governing board of the South

11  Florida Water Management District, who shall serve as chair of

12  the committee, the policy director of Environmental and Growth

13  Management in the office of the Governor, the secretary of the

14  Department of Environmental Protection, the director of the

15  Division of Resource Management or its successor division

16  within the Department of Environmental Protection, the

17  director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

18  Development within the office of the Governor, the secretary

19  of the Department of Community Affairs, the executive director

20  of the Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, the director of

21  the Department of Environmental Resource Management of

22  Miami-Dade Dade County, the director of the Miami-Dade Dade

23  County Water and Sewer Department, the Director of Planning in

24  Miami-Dade Dade County, a representative of the Friends of the

25  Everglades, a representative of the Florida Audubon Society, a

26  representative of the Florida chapter of the Sierra Club, four

27  representatives a representative of the nonmining private

28  landowners within the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Area,

29  and four representatives from the limestone mining industry to

30  be appointed by the governing board of the South Florida Water

31  Management District. Two ex officio seats on the committee

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  1  will be filled by one member of the Florida House of

  2  Representatives to be selected by the Speaker of the House of

  3  Representatives from among representatives whose districts, or

  4  some portion of whose districts, are included within the

  5  geographical scope of the committee as described in subsection

  6  (3), and one member of the Florida Senate to be selected by

  7  the President of the Senate from among senators whose

  8  districts, or some portion of whose districts, are included

  9  within the geographical scope of the committee as described in

10  subsection (3).  The committee may appoint other ex officio

11  members, as needed, by a majority vote of all committee

12  members.  A committee member may designate in writing an

13  alternate member who, in the member's absence, may participate

14  and vote in committee meetings.

15         (7)(5)  The committee shall develop Phase II of the

16  Lake Belt Plan which shall:

17         (a)  Include a detailed master plan to further

18  implementation;

19         (b)  Consider the feasibility of a common mitigation

20  plan for nonrock mining uses, including a nonrock mining

21  mitigation fee. Any mitigation fee shall be for the limited

22  purpose of offsetting the loss of wetland functions and values

23  and not as a revenue source for other purposes.

24         (c)(b)  Further address compatible land uses,

25  opportunities, and potential conflicts;

26         (d)(c)  Provide for additional wellfield protection;

27         (e)(d)  Provide measures to prevent the

28  reclassification of the Northwest Miami-Dade Dade County wells

29  as groundwater under the direct influence of surface water;.

30         (f)(e)  Secure additional funding sources; and

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  1         (g)(f)  Consider the need to establish a land

  2  authority; and.

  3         (h)  Analyze the hydrological impacts resulting from

  4  the future mining included in the Lake Belt Plan and recommend

  5  appropriate mitigation measures, if needed, to be incorporated

  6  into the Lake Belt Mitigation Plan.

  7         (8)(6)  The committee shall remain in effect until

  8  January 1, 2002 2001, and shall meet as deemed necessary by

  9  the chair. The committee shall monitor and direct progress

10  toward developing and implementing the plan. The committee

11  shall submit progress reports to the governing board of the

12  South Florida Water Management District and the Legislature by

13  December 31 of each year. These reports shall include a

14  summary of the activities of the committee, updates on all

15  ongoing studies, any other relevant information gathered

16  during the calendar year, and the committee recommendations

17  for legislative and regulatory revisions. The committee shall

18  submit a Phase II report and plan to the governing board of

19  the South Florida Water Management District and the

20  Legislature by December 31, 2000, to supplement the Phase I

21  report submitted on February 28, 1997. The Phase II report

22  must include the detailed master plan for the Miami-Dade Dade

23  County Lake Belt Area together with the final reports on all

24  studies, the final recommendations of the committee, the

25  status of implementation of Phase I recommendations and other

26  relevant information, and the committee's recommendation for

27  legislative and regulatory revisions.

28         (9)(7)  The committee shall report to the governing

29  board of the South Florida Water Management District

30  semiannually.

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  1         (10)(8)  In carrying out its work, the committee shall

  2  solicit comments from scientific and economic advisors and

  3  governmental, public, and private interests. The committee

  4  shall provide meeting notes, reports, and the strategy

  5  document in a timely manner for public comment.

  6         (11)(9)  The committee is authorized to seek from the

  7  agencies or entities represented on the committee any grants

  8  or funds necessary to enable it to carry out its charge.

  9         (10)  The Department of Environmental Protection, in

10  conjunction with the South Florida Water Management District

11  and the Dade County Department of Environmental Resources

12  Management, is directed to develop a comprehensive mitigation

13  plan for the Dade County Lake Belt Plan, subject to approval

14  by the Legislature, which offsets the loss of wetland

15  functions and values resulting from rock mining in

16  mining-supported and allowable areas.

17         (12)(11)  The secretary of the Department of

18  Environmental Protection, the secretary of the Department of

19  Community Affairs, the secretary of the Department of

20  Transportation, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the executive

21  director of the Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, and the

22  executive director of the South Florida Water Management

23  District may enter into agreements with landowners,

24  developers, businesses, industries, individuals, and

25  governmental agencies as necessary to effectuate the

26  provisions of this section.

27         (13)(12)(a)  All agencies of the state shall review the

28  status of their landholdings within the boundaries of the

29  Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt. Those lands for which no

30  present or future use is identified must be made available,

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  1  together with other suitable lands, to the committee for its

  2  use in carrying out the objectives of this act.

  3         (b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that lands

  4  provided to the committee be used for land exchanges to

  5  further the objectives of this act.

  6         Section 2.  Section 373.41492, Florida Statutes, is

  7  created to read:

  8         373.41492  Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan;

  9  mitigation for mining activities within the Miami-Dade County

10  Lake Belt.--

11         (1)  The Legislature finds that the impact of mining

12  within the rock mining supported and allowable areas of the

13  Miami-Dade County Lake Plan adopted by s. 373.4149(1) can best

14  be offset by a mitigation plan that is designated the "Lake

15  Belt Mitigation Plan."  The per-ton mitigation fee assessed on

16  limestone sold from the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area and

17  sections 10, 11, 13, 14, Township 52 South, Range 39 East, and

18  sections 24, 25, 35, and 36, Township 53 South, Range 39 East,

19  shall be used for acquiring environmentally sensitive lands

20  and for restoration, maintenance, and other environmental

21  purposes. It is the intent of the Legislature that the per-ton

22  mitigation fee shall not be a revenue source for purposes

23  other than enumerated herein. Further, the Legislature finds

24  that the public benefit of a sustainable supply of limestone

25  construction materials for public and private projects

26  requires a coordinated approach to permitting activities on

27  wetlands within Miami-Dade County in order to provide the

28  certainty necessary to encourage substantial and continued

29  investment in the limestone processing plant and equipment

30  required to efficiently extract the limestone resource. It is

31  the intent of the Legislature that the Lake Belt Mitigation

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  1  Plan satisfy all local, state, and federal requirements for

  2  mining activity within the rock mining supported and allowable

  3  areas.

  4         (2)  To provide for the mitigation of wetland resources

  5  lost to mining activities within the Miami-Dade County Lake

  6  Belt Plan, effective October 1, 1999, a mitigation fee is

  7  imposed on each ton of limerock and sand extracted by any

  8  person who engages in the business of extracting limerock or

  9  sand from within the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area and

10  sections 10, 11, 13, 14, Township 52 South, Range 39 East, and

11  sections 24, 25, 35, and 36, Township 53 South, Range 39 East.

12  The mitigation fee is at the rate of 5 cents for each ton of

13  limerock and sand sold from within the properties where the

14  fee applies in raw, processed, or manufactured form,

15  including, but not limited to, sized aggregate, asphalt,

16  cement, concrete, and other limerock and concrete products.

17  Any limerock or sand that is used within the mine from which

18  the limerock or sand is extracted is exempt from the fee. The

19  amount of the mitigation fee imposed under this section must

20  be stated separately on the invoice provided to the purchaser

21  of the limerock product from the limerock miner, or its

22  subsidiary or affiliate, for which the mitigation fee applies.

23  The limerock miner, or its subsidiary or affiliate, who sells

24  the limerock product shall collect the mitigation fee and

25  forward the proceeds of the fee to the Department of Revenue

26  on or before the 20th day of the month following the calendar

27  month in which the sale occurs.

28         (3)  The mitigation fee imposed by this section must be

29  reported to the Department of Revenue. Payment of the

30  mitigation fee must be accompanied by a form prescribed by the

31  Department of Revenue. The proceeds of the fee, less

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  1  administrative costs, must be transferred by the Department of

  2  Revenue to the South Florida Water Management District and

  3  deposited into the Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund. As used in

  4  this section, the term "proceeds of the fee" means all funds

  5  collected and received by the Department of Revenue under this

  6  section, including interest and penalties on delinquent

  7  mitigation fees. The amount deducted for administrative costs

  8  may not exceed 3 percent of the total revenues collected under

  9  this section and may equal only those administrative costs

10  reasonably attributable to the mitigation fee.

11         (4)(a)  The Department of Revenue shall administer,

12  collect, and enforce the mitigation fee authorized under this

13  section in accordance with the procedures used to administer,

14  collect, and enforce the general sales tax imposed under

15  chapter 212. The provisions of chapter 212 with respect to the

16  authority of the Department of Revenue to audit and make

17  assessments, the keeping of books and records, and the

18  interest and penalties imposed on delinquent fees apply to

19  this section. The fee may not be included in computing

20  estimated taxes under s. 212.11, and the dealer's credit for

21  collecting taxes or fees provided for in s. 212.12 does not

22  apply to the mitigation fee imposed by this section.

23         (b)  In administering this section, the Department of

24  Revenue may employ persons and incur expenses for which funds

25  are appropriated by the Legislature. The Department of Revenue

26  shall adopt rules and prescribe and publish forms necessary to

27  administer this section. The Department of Revenue shall

28  establish audit procedures and may assess delinquent fees.

29         (5)  Beginning January 1, 2001, and each January 1

30  thereafter, the per-ton mitigation fee shall be increased by

31  2.1 percentage points, plus a cost growth index. The cost

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  1  growth index shall be the percentage change in the weighted

  2  average of the Employment Cost Index for All Civilian Workers

  3  (ecu 10001I), issued by the United States Department of Labor

  4  for the most recent 12-month period ending on September 30,

  5  and the percentage change in the Producer Price Index for All

  6  Commodities (WPU 00000000), issued by the United States

  7  Department of Labor for the most recent 12-month period ending

  8  on September 30, compared to the weighted average of these

  9  indices for the previous year. The weighted average shall be

10  calculated as 0.6 times the percentage change in the

11  Employment Cost Index for All Civilian Workers (ecu 10001I),

12  plus 0.4 times the percentage change in the Producer Price

13  Index for All Commodities (WPU 00000000). If either index is

14  discontinued, it shall be replaced by its successor index, as

15  identified by the United States Department of Labor.

16         (6)(a)  The proceeds of the mitigation fee must be used

17  to conduct mitigation activities that are appropriate to

18  offset the loss of the value and functions of wetlands as a

19  result of mining activities and must be used in a manner

20  consistent with the recommendations contained in the reports

21  submitted to the Legislature by the Miami-Dade County Lake

22  Belt Plan Implementation Committee and adopted under s.

23  373.4149. Such mitigation may include the purchase,

24  enhancement, restoration, and management of wetlands and

25  uplands, the purchase of mitigation credit from a permitted

26  mitigation bank, and any structural modifications to the

27  existing drainage system to enhance the hydrology of the

28  Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area. Funds may also be used to

29  reimburse other funding sources, including the Save Our Rivers

30  Land Acquisition Program and the Internal Improvement Trust

31  Fund, for the purchase of lands that were acquired in areas

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  1  appropriate for mitigation due to rock mining and to reimburse

  2  governmental agencies that exchanged land under s. 373.4149

  3  for mitigation due to rockmining.

  4         (b)  Expenditures must be approved by an interagency

  5  consists of representatives from each of the following:  the

  6  Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resource

  7  Management, the Department of Environmental Protection, the

  8  South Florida Water Management District, and the Game and

  9  Fresh Water Fish Commission. In addition, the limerock mining

10  industry shall select a representative to serve as a nonvoting

11  member of the interagency committee. At the discretion of the

12  committee, additional members may be added to represent

13  federal regulatory, environmental, and fish and wildlife

14  agencies.

15         (7)  Payment of the fee imposed by this section

16  satisfies the mitigation requirements imposed under ss.

17  373.403-373.439 and any applicable county ordinance for loss

18  of the value and functions from mining of the wetlands

19  identified as rockmining supported and allowable areas of the

20  Miami-Dade County Lake Plan adopted by s. 373.4149(1). In

21  addition, it is the intent of the Legislature that the payment

22  of the mitigation fee imposed by this section satisfy all

23  federal mitigation requirements for the wetlands mined.

24         (8)  If a general permit by the United States Army

25  Corps of Engineers, or an appropriate long-term permit for

26  mining, consistent with the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan,

27  this section, and ss. 373.4149, 373.4415, and 378.4115 is not

28  issued on or before September 30, 2000, the fee imposed by

29  this section is suspended until revived by the Legislature.

30         (9)(a)  The interagency committee established in this

31  section shall annually prepare and submit to the governing

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  1  board of the South Florida Water Management District a report

  2  evaluating the mitigation costs and revenues generated by the

  3  mitigation fee.

  4         (b)  No sooner than January 31, 2010, and no more

  5  frequently than every 10 years thereafter, the interagency

  6  committee shall submit to the Legislature a report

  7  recommending any needed adjustments to the mitigation fee to

  8  ensure that the revenue generated reflects the actual costs of

  9  the mitigation.

10         Section 3.  Section 373.4415, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         373.4415  Role of Miami-Dade Dade County in processing

13  permits for limerock mining in Miami-Dade Dade County Lake

14  Belt.--The department and Miami-Dade Dade County shall

15  cooperate to establish and fulfill reasonable requirements for

16  the departmental delegation to the Miami-Dade Dade County

17  Department of Environmental Resource Management of authority

18  to implement the permitting program under ss. 373.403-373.439

19  for limerock mining activities within the geographic area of

20  the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt which was recommended for

21  mining in the report submitted to the Legislature in February

22  1997 by the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Plan

23  Implementation Committee under s. 373.4149. The delegation of

24  authority must be consistent with s. 373.441 and chapter

25  62-344, Florida Administrative Code. To further streamline

26  permitting within the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt, the

27  department and Miami-Dade Dade County are encouraged to work

28  with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to establish a

29  general permit under s. 404 of the Clean Water Act for

30  limerock mining activities within the geographic area of the

31  Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt consistent with the report

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  1  submitted in February 1997. Miami-Dade Dade County is further

  2  encouraged to seek delegation from the United States Army

  3  Corps of Engineers for the implementation of any such general

  4  permit. This section does not limit the authority of the

  5  department to delegate other responsibilities to Miami-Dade

  6  Dade County under this part.

  7         Section 4.  Section 378.4115, Florida Statutes, is

  8  amended to read:

  9         378.4115  County certification for limerock mining in

10  the Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt.--The department and

11  Miami-Dade Dade County shall cooperate to establish and

12  fulfill reasonable requirements for the departmental

13  certification of the Miami-Dade Dade County Department of

14  Environmental Resource Management to implement the reclamation

15  program under ss. 378.401-378.503 for limerock mining

16  activities within the geographic area of the Miami-Dade Dade

17  County Lake Belt which was recommended for mining in the

18  report submitted to the Legislature in February 1997 by the

19  Miami-Dade Dade County Lake Belt Plan Implementation Committee

20  under s. 373.4149. The delegation of implementing authority

21  must be consistent with s. 378.411 and chapter 62C-36, Florida

22  Administrative Code. Further, the reclamation program shall

23  maximize the efficient mining of limestone and the littoral

24  area surrounding the lake excavations shall not be required to

25  be greater than 100 feet average in width.

26         Section 5.  If any provision of this act or the

27  application thereof to any person or circumstance is held

28  invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or

29  applications of the act which can be given effect without the

30  invalid provision or application, and to this end the

31  provisions of this act are declared severable.

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  1         Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Excludes a described area from the Miami-Dade County Lake
  7    Belt Area. Provides for compatibility of land uses within
      the Lake Belt Area with limerock mining activities.
  8    Requires local government to provide public notice of the
      location of limerock mining activities. Increases the
  9    number of nonmining private landowner members of the
      Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan Implementation Committee
10    and continues the committee's existence until January 1,
      2002. Provides additional requirements for Phase II of
11    the Lake Belt Plan. Imposes a wetlands mitigation fee on
      the commercial extraction of limerock and sand from the
12    Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area, to be collected,
      administered, and enforced by the Department of Revenue,
13    for use in offsetting the effects of limerock mining
      within the Lake Belt Area by acquiring environmentally
14    sensitive lands and for restoration, maintenance, and
      other environmental purposes. Provides for annual fee
15    increases beginning January 1, 2001. Provides for
      suspension of the fee under certain circumstances. (See
16    bill for details.)

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