| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Nassau County; providing that certain |
| 3 | single-family docks located in the Nassau River-St. Johns |
| 4 | River Marshes Aquatic Preserve must meet specified |
| 5 | criteria; authorizing the Department of Environmental |
| 6 | Protection to take action against owners of docks that do |
| 7 | not meet such criteria after a specified date; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Existing single-family docks constructed or |
| 13 | permitted for construction prior to June 1, 2009, that are |
| 14 | located in the Nassau River-St. Johns River Marshes Aquatic |
| 15 | Preserve within Nassau County shall: |
| 16 | (1) Be exempt from the need to obtain a permit under part |
| 17 | IV of chapter 373, Florida Statutes, for the existing dock. |
| 18 | (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 258, Florida |
| 19 | Statutes, and rule 18-20, Florida Administrative Code, be |
| 20 | allowed to retain a terminal platform, as defined in rule 18-20, |
| 21 | Florida Administrative Code, without regard to the cumulative |
| 22 | total deck and roof area, provided that by December 31, 2010, |
| 23 | the owner of the riparian parcel associated with the dock |
| 24 | applies for a letter of consent to use sovereignty submerged |
| 25 | lands from the Department of Environmental Protection acting on |
| 26 | behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement |
| 27 | Trust fund. A letter of consent shall be issued once applicable |
| 28 | criteria of this section are met. |
| 29 | (3) Be maintained, repaired, or replaced within a |
| 30 | footprint the same as or smaller than the footprint of the |
| 31 | current structure in accordance with rule 18-21.004(7)(h), |
| 32 | Florida Administrative Code. This subsection does not prohibit |
| 33 | an owner from demolishing or removing such a dock. |
| 34 | Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to |
| 35 | prevent the Department of Environmental Protection from taking |
| 36 | enforcement action against the owner of the riparian parcel |
| 37 | associated with a dock that does not meet the criteria of |
| 38 | section 1 after December 31, 2010. |
| 39 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |