Senate Bill 0668
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 668
By Senator Bronson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to rulemaking authority
3 regarding seawalls (RAB); amending s. 403.813,
4 F.S.; limiting a permit exemption for the
5 construction of seawalls in specified
6 circumstances; requiring the restoration and
7 repair of specified seawalls to meet specified
8 criteria; 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. Paragraphs (e), (i), and (o) of subsection
13 (2) of section 403.813, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 403.813 Permits issued at district centers;
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16 (2) No permit under this chapter, chapter 373, chapter
17 61-691, Laws of Florida, or chapter 25214 or chapter 25270,
18 1949, Laws of Florida, shall be required for activities
19 associated with the following types of projects; however,
20 nothing in this subsection relieves an applicant from any
21 requirement to obtain permission to use or occupy lands owned
22 by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
23 Fund or any water management district in its governmental or
24 proprietary capacity or from complying with applicable local
25 pollution control programs authorized under this chapter or
26 other requirements of county and municipal governments:
27 (e) The restoration of seawalls at their previous
28 locations or upland of, or within 1 foot waterward of, their
29 previous locations. However, this shall not affect the
30 permitting requirements of chapter 161, and department rules
31 shall clearly indicate that this exception does not constitute
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1 an exception from the permitting requirements of chapter 161.
2 Restoration and repair must be performed using the criteria
3 set forth in s. 373.414(5).
4 (i) The construction of private docks and seawalls in
5 artificially created waterways where such construction will
6 not violate existing water quality standards, impede
7 navigation, or affect flood control. This exemption does not
8 apply to the construction of vertical seawalls in estuaries or
9 lagoons unless the proposed construction is within an existing
10 man-made canal where the shoreline is currently occupied in
11 whole or part by vertical seawalls.
12 (o) The construction of private seawalls in wetlands
13 or other surface waters of the state where such construction
14 is between and adjoins at both ends existing seawalls, follows
15 a continuous and uniform seawall construction line with the
16 existing seawalls, is no more than 150 feet in length, and
17 does not violate existing water quality standards, impede
18 navigation, or affect flood control. However, in estuaries
19 and lagoons the construction of vertical seawalls is limited
20 to the circumstances and purposes stated in section
21 373.414(5)(b)1.-4. This paragraph does this shall not affect
22 the permitting requirements of chapter 161, and department
23 rules must shall clearly indicate that this exception does not
24 constitute an exception from the permitting requirements of
25 chapter 161.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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3 Limits the permit exemption for the construction of
seawalls and requires the restoration and repair of
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