HB 0651 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to environmental protection; providing a
3	popular name; providing for remediation of contaminated
4	sites in counties and municipalities; authorizing the
5	Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules and
6	issue orders; providing for enforcement; providing for
7	control in the event of conflict of provisions; providing
8	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. This act shall be known by the popular name the
13	"Public Resource Protection Act."
14	Section 2. Counties and municipalities that own sites with
15	soil or water contamination shall remediate such sites to the
16	same extent as is required for brownfield sites under s. 376.81,
17	Florida Statutes.
18	Section 3. The Department of Environmental Protection may
19	adopt such rules and issue such orders as may be necessary to
20	carry out the provisions of this act.
21	Section 4. The provisions of this act may be enforced
22	pursuant to ss. 120.69, 120.695, 376.83, 403.141, 403.161, and
23	403.412, Florida Statutes.
24	Section 5. If any provision of this act or of the rules
25	adopted pursuant to this act is in conflict with any other
26	provision, limitation, or restriction which is now in effect
27	under any law of this state or any ordinance of a local
28	government, political subdivision, or municipality, or any rule
29	or regulation adopted thereunder, the provisions of this act or
30	of the rules adopted pursuant to this act shall control;
31	provided, however, that a local government, political
32	subdivision, or municipality is not prohibited from adopting and
33	enforcing more stringent provisions.
34	Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.