Senate Bill sb2176
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 2176
By Senator Bennett
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to inland navigation districts;
3 amending s. 374.975, F.S.; including the
4 right-of-way and channel of the intracoastal
5 waterway and other designated public navigation
6 channels within certain exclusions from aquatic
7 preserves; authorizing the districts to use
8 state lands under water for certain purposes;
9 amending s. 374.976, F.S.; adding nonmember
10 counties that contain any part of the
11 intracoastal waterway within their boundaries
12 to the list of governmental entities with which
13 a district can aid and cooperate; providing an
14 effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 374.975, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 374.975 Inland navigation districts; legislative
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22 (1) The Legislature hereby recognizes the continuing
23 need for inland navigation districts to undertake programs
24 necessary to accomplish the purposes of construction,
25 maintenance, and operation of Florida's inland waterways
26 pursuant to s. 107 of the federal River and Harbor Act of 1960
27 (33 U.S.C. s. 577). To accomplish the purposes of
28 construction, operation, and maintenance of inland waterways,
29 the right-of-way and channel of the intracoastal waterway and
30 any other public navigation channel designated by the district
31 are included within the exclusion in s. 258.40(2), and the
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1 navigation districts may use state lands under water which are
2 necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
3 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
4 374.976, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
5 374.976 Authority to address impacts of waterway
6 development projects.--
7 (1) Each inland navigation district is empowered and
8 authorized to undertake programs intended to alleviate the
9 problems associated with its waterway or waterways, including,
10 but not limited to, the following:
11 (c) The district is authorized to aid and cooperate
12 with the Federal Government, the state, member counties,
13 nonmember counties within which any part of the intracoastal
14 waterway is located, and local governments within the district
15 in planning and carrying out public navigation, local and
16 regional anchorage management, beach renourishment, public
17 recreation, inlet management, environmental education, and
18 boating safety projects, directly related to the waterways.
19 The district is also authorized to enter into cooperative
20 agreements with the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
21 state, and member counties, and to covenant in any such
22 cooperative agreement to pay part of the costs of acquisition,
23 planning, development, construction, reconstruction,
24 extension, improvement, operation, and maintenance of such
25 projects.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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3 Allows an inland navigation district to aid and cooperate
with certain nonmember counties. Includes the
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