| 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; requiring municipalities and counties to |
| 8 | identify certain businesses by commission resolution; |
| 9 | providing a timeframe for permit application approval or |
| 10 | denial; providing that the issuance of certain notice |
| 11 | constitutes compliance; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Section 380.0657, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 380.0657 Expedited permitting process for economic |
| 18 | development projects.--The Department of Environmental |
| 19 | Protection and, as appropriate, the water management districts |
| 20 | created by chapter 373 shall adopt programs to expedite the |
| 21 | processing of wetland resource and environmental resource |
| 22 | permits for economic development projects that have been |
| 23 | identified by a municipality or county as meeting the definition |
| 24 | of target industry businesses under s. 288.106. A municipality |
| 25 | or county shall provide an identified business with a city or |
| 26 | county commission resolution identifying the business as a |
| 27 | targeted industry business for the purposes of this section. |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the 90-day time period under s. 120.60, permit |
| 29 | applications pursuant to this section shall be approved or |
| 30 | denied within 30 days after receipt of a completed application. |
| 31 | The issuance of a notice of intent by a water management |
| 32 | district to approve or deny a permit application shall be deemed |
| 33 | in compliance with the timeframe. |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |