| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to expedited permitting process for |
| 3 | economic development projects; creating s. 380.0657, F.S.; |
| 4 | requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and |
| 5 | water management districts to adopt programs to expedite |
| 6 | the processing of permits for certain economic development |
| 7 | projects; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Section 380.0657, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 12 | to read: |
| 13 | 380.0657 Expedited permitting process for economic |
| 14 | development projects.--The Department of Environmental |
| 15 | Protection and, as appropriate, the water management districts |
| 16 | created by chapter 373 shall adopt programs to expedite the |
| 17 | processing of wetland resource and environmental resource |
| 18 | permits for economic development projects that have been |
| 19 | identified by a municipality or county as meeting the definition |
| 20 | of target industry businesses under s. 288.106. |
| 21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |