Amendment
Bill No. HB 73

Amendment No. 534905

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Schenck offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between lines 44 and 45, insert:
5	(5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, permit
6	applications for projects to be located in a charter county that
7	has a population of 1.2 million or more and has entered into a
8	delegation agreement with the Department of Environmental
9	Protection or the applicable water management district to
10	process environmental resource permits, wetland resource
11	management permits, or surface water management permits pursuant
12	to chapter 373 are eligible for expedited permitting under this
13	section only upon designation by resolution of the charter
14	county's governing board. Before the governing board decides
15	that a project is eligible for expedited permitting, it may
16	require the county's economic development agency, or such other
17	agency that provides advice to the governing board on economic
18	matters, to review and recommend whether the project meets the
19	definition of a target industry business as defined in s.
20	288.106 and to identify the tangible benefits and impacts of the
21	project. The governing board's decision shall be made without
22	consideration of the project's geographic location within the
23	charter county. If the governing board designates the project as
24	a target industry business, the permit application for the
25	project shall be approved or denied within the timeframe
26	provided in subsection (4).
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30	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
31	Remove line 11 and insert:
32	for permit application approval or denial; providing that
33	projects designated as target industry businesses and
34	located in charter counties that meet certain criteria are
35	eligible for expedited permitting; providing an

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