| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to expedited permitting process for |
| 3 | economic development projects; providing a short title; |
| 4 | creating s. 380.0657, F.S.; requiring the Department of |
| 5 | Environmental Protection and water management districts to |
| 6 | adopt programs to expedite the processing of permits for |
| 7 | certain economic development projects; requiring |
| 8 | municipalities and counties to identify certain businesses |
| 9 | by commission resolution; providing a timeframe for permit |
| 10 | application approval or denial; providing an effective |
| 11 | date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Mike McHugh Act." |
| 16 | Section 2. Section 380.0657, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 17 | to read: |
| 18 | 380.0657 Expedited permitting process for economic |
| 19 | development projects.--The Department of Environmental |
| 20 | Protection and, as appropriate, the water management districts |
| 21 | created under chapter 373 shall adopt programs to expedite the |
| 22 | processing of wetland resource and environmental resource |
| 23 | permits for economic development projects that have been |
| 24 | identified by a municipality or county as meeting the definition |
| 25 | of target industry businesses under s. 288.106. A municipality |
| 26 | or county shall provide an identified business with a city or |
| 27 | county commission resolution identifying the business as a |
| 28 | targeted industry business for the purposes of this section. |
| 29 | Permit applications pursuant to this section shall be approved |
| 30 | or denied within 30 days after receipt of the original |
| 31 | application, the last item of timely requested additional |
| 32 | material, or the applicant's written request to begin processing |
| 33 | the permit application. |
| 34 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |