Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (182562) for CS for SB 1628
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
    6  253.034, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         253.034 State-owned lands; uses.—
    8         (5) Each manager of conservation lands shall submit to the
    9  Division of State Lands a land management plan at least every 10
   10  years in a form and manner prescribed by rule by the board and
   11  in accordance with the provisions of s. 259.032. Each manager of
   12  conservation lands shall also update a land management plan
   13  whenever the manager proposes to add new facilities or make
   14  substantive land use or management changes that were not
   15  addressed in the approved plan, or within 1 year of the addition
   16  of significant new lands. Each manager of nonconservation lands
   17  shall submit to the Division of State Lands a land use plan at
   18  least every 10 years in a form and manner prescribed by rule by
   19  the board. The division shall review each plan for compliance
   20  with the requirements of this subsection and the requirements of
   21  the rules established by the board pursuant to this section. All
   22  land use plans, whether for single-use or multiple-use
   23  properties, shall include an analysis of the property to
   24  determine if any significant natural or cultural resources are
   25  located on the property. Such resources include archaeological
   26  and historic sites, state and federally listed plant and animal
   27  species, and imperiled natural communities and unique natural
   28  features. If such resources occur on the property, the manager
   29  shall consult with the Division of State Lands and other
   30  appropriate agencies to develop management strategies to protect
   31  such resources. Land use plans shall also provide for the
   32  control of invasive nonnative plants and conservation of soil
   33  and water resources, including a description of how the manager
   34  plans to control and prevent soil erosion and soil or water
   35  contamination. Land use plans submitted by a manager shall
   36  include reference to appropriate statutory authority for such
   37  use or uses and shall conform to the appropriate policies and
   38  guidelines of the state land management plan. Plans for managed
   39  areas larger than 1,000 acres shall contain an analysis of the
   40  multiple-use potential of the property, which analysis shall
   41  include the potential of the property to generate revenues to
   42  enhance the management of the property. Additionally, the plan
   43  shall contain an analysis of the potential use of private land
   44  managers to facilitate the restoration or management of these
   45  lands. In those cases where a newly acquired property has a
   46  valid conservation plan that was developed by a soil and
   47  conservation district, such plan shall be used to guide
   48  management of the property until a formal land use plan is
   49  completed.
   50         (f) In developing land management plans, at least one
   51  public hearing shall be held in any one each affected county.
   52         Section 2. Subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
   53  259.1052, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   54         259.1052 Babcock Crescent B Ranch Florida Forever
   55  acquisition; conditions for purchase.—
   56         (3) The Legislature recognizes that the acquisition of the
   57  state’s portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch represents a
   58  unique opportunity to assist in preserving the largest private
   59  and undeveloped single-ownership tract of land in Charlotte
   60  County. The Legislature further recognizes Lee County as a
   61  partner in the acquisition of the ranch. Upon the termination or
   62  expiration of the management agreement, Lee County will retain
   63  ownership and assume responsibility for management of the Lee
   64  County portion of the acquisition. Lee County and the lead
   65  manager may enter into an agreement for management of the Lee
   66  County property.
   67         (4) This section authorizes the acquisition of the state’s
   68  portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch in order to protect and
   69  preserve for future generations the scientific, scenic,
   70  historic, and natural values of the ranch, including rivers and
   71  ecosystems; to protect and preserve the archaeological,
   72  geological, and cultural resources of the ranch; to provide for
   73  species recovery; and to provide opportunities for public
   74  recreation compatible with the working ranch and agricultural
   75  activities conducted on the property.
   76         (5) The Florida Forest Service of Fish and Wildlife
   77  Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and
   78  Consumer Services shall, with the cooperation of the Fish and
   79  Wildlife Conservation Commission, be the lead managing agency
   80  agencies responsible for the management of Babcock Crescent B
   81  Ranch.
   82         Section 3. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2),
   83  and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 259.10521,
   84  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   85         259.10521 Citizen support organization; use of property.—
   86         (1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, the
   87  “citizen support organization” means an organization that is:
   88         (a) A Florida corporation not for profit incorporated under
   89  the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by the Department of
   90  State;
   91         (b) Organized and operated to conduct programs and
   92  activities in the best interest of the state; raise funds;
   93  request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money;
   94  acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name,
   95  securities, funds, objects of value, or other property, real or
   96  personal; and make expenditures to or for the direct or indirect
   97  benefit of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch Preserve;
   98         (c) Determined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   99  Commission and the Florida Forest Service within the Department
  100  of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be consistent with the
  101  goals of the state in acquiring the ranch and in the best
  102  interests of the state; and
  103         (d) Approved in writing by the Fish and Wildlife
  104  Conservation Commission and the Florida Forest Service to
  105  operate for the direct or indirect benefit of the ranch and in
  106  the best interest of the state. Such approval shall be given in
  107  a letter of agreement from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  108  Commission and the Florida Forest Service. Only one citizen
  109  support organization may be created to operate for the direct or
  110  indirect benefit of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch Preserve.
  111         (2) USE OF PROPERTY.—
  112         (a) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the
  113  Florida Forest Service may permit, without charge, appropriate
  114  use of fixed property and facilities of the Babcock Crescent B
  115  Ranch Preserve by a citizen support organization, subject to the
  116  provisions of this section. Such use must be directly in keeping
  117  with the approved purposes of the citizen support organization
  118  and may not be made at times or places that would unreasonably
  119  interfere with recreational opportunities for the general
  120  public.
  121         (3) PARTNERSHIPS.—
  122         (a) The Legislature recognizes that the Babcock Crescent B
  123  Ranch Preserve will need a variety of facilities to enhance its
  124  public use and potential. Such facilities include, but are not
  125  limited to, improved access, camping areas, picnic shelters,
  126  management facilities, and environmental education facilities.
  127  The need for such facilities may exceed the ability of the state
  128  to provide such facilities in a timely manner with moneys
  129  available. The Legislature finds it to be in the public interest
  130  to provide incentives for partnerships with private
  131  organizations with the intent of producing additional revenue to
  132  help enhance the use and potential of the ranch.
  133         Section 4. Section 259.1053, Florida Statutes, is amended
  134  to read:
  135         259.1053 Babcock Ranch Preserve; Babcock Ranch, Inc.;
  136  creation; membership; organization; meetings.—
  137         (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Babcock
  138  Ranch Preserve Act.”
  139         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  140         (a) “Babcock Ranch Preserve” and “preserve” mean the lands
  141  and facilities acquired in the purchase of the Babcock Crescent
  142  B Ranch, as provided in s. 259.1052.
  143         (b) “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” and “corporation” mean the not
  144  for-profit corporation created under this section to operate and
  145  manage the Babcock Ranch Preserve as a working ranch.
  146         (c) “Board of directors” means the governing board of the
  147  not-for-profit corporation created under this section.
  148         (b)(d) “Commission” means the Fish and Wildlife
  149  Conservation Commission.
  150         (c)(e) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of
  151  Agriculture.
  152         (d)(f) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and
  153  Consumer Services.
  154         (e)(g) “Executive director” means the Executive Director of
  155  the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  156         (f)(h) “Financially self-sustaining” means having
  157  management and operation expenditures not more than the revenues
  158  collected from fees and other receipts for resource use and
  159  development and from interest and invested funds.
  160         (g) “Florida Forest Service” means the Florida Forest
  161  Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  162         (i) “Management and operating expenditures” means expenses
  163  of the corporation, including, but not limited to, salaries and
  164  benefits of officers and staff, administrative and operating
  165  expenses, costs of improvements to and maintenance of lands and
  166  facilities of the Babcock Ranch Preserve, and other similar
  167  expenses. Such expenditures shall be made from revenues
  168  generated from the operation of the ranch and not from funds
  169  appropriated by the Legislature except as provided in this
  170  section.
  171         (j) “Member” means a person appointed to the board of
  172  directors of the not-for-profit corporation created under this
  173  section.
  174         (h)(k) “Multiple use” means the management of all of the
  175  renewable surface resources of the Babcock Ranch Preserve to
  176  best meet the needs of the public, including the use of the land
  177  for some or all of the renewable surface resources or related
  178  services over areas large enough to allow for periodic
  179  adjustments in use to conform to the changing needs and
  180  conditions of the preserve while recognizing that a portion of
  181  the land will be used for some of the renewable surface
  182  resources available on that land. The goal of multiple use is
  183  the harmonious and coordinated management of the renewable
  184  surface resources without impairing the productivity of the land
  185  and considering the relative value of the renewable surface
  186  resources, and not necessarily a combination of uses to provide
  187  the greatest monetary return or the greatest unit output.
  188         (i)(l) “Sustained yield of the renewable surface resources”
  189  means the achievement and maintenance of a high level of annual
  190  or regular periodic output of the various renewable surface
  191  resources of the preserve without impairing the productivity of
  192  the land.
  193         (3) CREATION OF BABCOCK RANCH PRESERVE.—
  194         (a) Upon the date of acquisition of the Babcock Crescent B
  195  Ranch, there is created the Babcock Ranch Preserve, which shall
  196  be managed in accordance with the purposes and requirements of
  197  this section.
  198         (b) The preserve is established to protect and preserve the
  199  environmental, agricultural, scientific, scenic, geologic,
  200  watershed, fish, wildlife, historic, cultural, and recreational
  201  values of the preserve, and to provide for the multiple use and
  202  sustained yield of the renewable surface resources within the
  203  preserve consistent with this section.
  204         (c) Babcock Ranch, Inc., and its officers and employees
  205  shall participate in the management of the Babcock Ranch
  206  Preserve in an advisory capacity only until the management
  207  agreement referenced in paragraph (11)(a) is terminated or
  208  expires.
  209         (c)(d)Nothing in This section does not shall preclude
  210  Babcock Ranch, Inc., prior to assuming management and operation
  211  of the preserve and thereafter, from allowing the use of common
  212  varieties of mineral materials such as sand, stone, and gravel
  213  for construction and maintenance of roads and facilities within
  214  the preserve.
  215         (d)(e)Nothing in This section does not affect shall be
  216  construed as affecting the constitutional responsibilities of
  217  the commission in the exercise of its regulatory and executive
  218  power with respect to wild animal life and freshwater aquatic
  219  life, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping
  220  within the preserve.
  221         (e)(f)Nothing in This section does not shall be construed
  222  to interfere with or prevent the implementation of ability of
  223  Babcock Ranch, Inc., to implement agricultural practices
  224  authorized by the agricultural land use designations established
  225  in the local comprehensive plans of either Charlotte County or
  226  Lee County as those plans apply to the Babcock Ranch Preserve.
  227         (g) To clarify the responsibilities of the lead managing
  228  agencies and the not-for-profit corporation created under this
  229  section, the lead managing agencies are directed to establish a
  230  range of resource protection values for the Babcock Ranch
  231  Preserve, and the corporation shall establish operational
  232  parameters to conduct the business of the ranch within the range
  233  of values. The corporation shall establish a range of
  234  operational values for conducting the business of the ranch, and
  235  the lead managing agencies providing ground support to the ranch
  236  outside of each agency’s jurisdictional responsibilities shall
  237  establish management parameters within that range of values.
  238         (f)(h)Nothing in This section does not shall preclude the
  239  maintenance and use of roads and trails or the relocation of
  240  roads in existence on the effective date of this section, or the
  241  construction, maintenance, and use of new trails, or any
  242  motorized access necessary for the administration of the land
  243  contained within the preserve, including motorized access
  244  necessary for emergencies involving the health or safety of
  245  persons within the preserve.
  246         (i) The Division of State Lands of the Department of
  247  Environmental Protection shall perform staff duties and
  248  functions for Babcock Ranch, Inc., the not-for-profit
  249  corporation created under this section, until such time as the
  250  corporation organizes to elect officers, file articles of
  251  incorporation, and exercise its powers and duties.
  252         (4) CREATION OF BABCOCK RANCH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.—
  253         (a) The purpose of the Babcock Ranch Advisory Group is to
  254  assist the department by providing guidance and advice
  255  concerning the management and stewardship of the Babcock Ranch
  256  Preserve.
  257         (b) The commissioner shall, with advice from the Governor
  258  and Cabinet, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and
  259  Charlotte and Lee Counties, appoint nine members to 5-year terms
  260  as follows:
  261         1. One member who has experience in sustainable management
  262  of forest lands for commodity purposes.
  263         2. One member who has experience in financial management,
  264  budget and program analysis, and small business operations.
  265         3. One member who has experience in the management of game
  266  and nongame wildlife and fish populations, including hunting,
  267  fishing, and other recreational activities.
  268         4. One member who has experience in domesticated livestock
  269  management, production, and marketing, including range
  270  management and livestock business management.
  271         5. One member who has experience in agriculture operations
  272  or forestry management.
  273         6. One member who has experience in hunting, fishing,
  274  nongame species management, or wildlife habitat management,
  275  restoration, and conservation.
  276         7. One member who has experience in public outreach and
  277  education.
  278         8. One member who is a resident of Lee County, to be
  279  appointed by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners.
  280         9. One member who is a resident of Charlotte County and
  281  active in an organization involved with the activities of the
  282  ranch.
  283  
  284  Vacancies will be filled in the same manner that the original
  285  appointment was made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall
  286  serve for the remainder of that term.
  287         (c) Members of the Babcock Ranch Advisory Group shall:
  288         1. Elect a chair and vice chair from among the group
  289  members.
  290         2. Meet regularly as determined by the chair.
  291         3. Serve without compensation, but with reimbursement for
  292  travel and per diem expenses.
  293         (a) Subject to filing articles of incorporation, there is
  294  created a not-for-profit corporation, to be known as Babcock
  295  Ranch, Inc., which shall be registered, incorporated, organized,
  296  and operated in compliance with the provisions of chapter 617,
  297  and which shall not be a unit or entity of state government. For
  298  purposes of sovereign immunity, the corporation shall be a
  299  corporation primarily acting as an instrumentality of the state
  300  but otherwise shall not be an agency within the meaning of s.
  301  20.03(11) or a unit or entity of state government.
  302         (b) The corporation is organized on a nonstock basis and
  303  shall operate in a manner consistent with its public purpose and
  304  in the best interest of the state.
  305         (c) Meetings and records of the corporation, its directors,
  306  advisory committees, or similar groups created by the
  307  corporation, including any not-for-profit subsidiaries, are
  308  subject to the public records provisions of chapter 119 and the
  309  public meetings and records provisions of s. 286.011.
  310         (5) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION.—In any conflict between a
  311  provision of this section and a provision of chapter 617, the
  312  provisions of this section shall prevail.
  313         (6) PURPOSE.—The purpose of Babcock Ranch, Inc., is to
  314  provide management and administrative services for the preserve,
  315  to establish and implement management policies that will achieve
  316  the purposes and requirements of this section, to cooperate with
  317  state agencies to further the purposes of the preserve, and to
  318  establish the administrative and accounting procedures for the
  319  operation of the corporation.
  320         (7) BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; REMOVAL; LIABILITY.—The corporation
  321  shall be governed by a nine-member board of directors who shall
  322  be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  323  Improvement Trust Fund; the executive director of the
  324  commission; the Commissioner of Agriculture; the Babcock Florida
  325  Company, a corporation registered to do business in the state,
  326  or its successors or assigns; the Charlotte County Board of
  327  County Commissioners; and the Lee County Board of County
  328  Commissioners in the following manner:
  329         (a)1. The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  330  Trust Fund shall appoint four members. One appointee shall have
  331  expertise in domesticated livestock management, production, and
  332  marketing, including range management and livestock business
  333  management. One appointee shall have expertise in the management
  334  of game and nongame wildlife and fish populations, including
  335  hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities. One
  336  appointee shall have expertise in the sustainable management of
  337  forest lands for commodity purposes. One appointee shall have
  338  expertise in financial management, budget and program analysis,
  339  and small business operations.
  340         2. The executive director shall appoint one member with
  341  expertise in hunting; fishing; nongame species management; or
  342  wildlife habitat management, restoration, and conservation.
  343         3. The commissioner shall appoint one member with expertise
  344  in agricultural operations or forestry management.
  345         4. The Babcock Florida Company, or its successors or
  346  assigns, shall appoint one member with expertise in the
  347  activities and management of the Babcock Ranch on the date of
  348  acquisition of the ranch by the state as provided under s.
  349  259.1052. This appointee shall serve on the board of directors
  350  only until the termination of or expiration of the management
  351  agreement attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain Agreement for
  352  Sale and Purchase approved by the Board of Trustees of the
  353  Internal Improvement Trust Fund on November 22, 2005, and by Lee
  354  County, a political subdivision of the state, on November 20,
  355  2005. Upon termination of or expiration of the management
  356  agreement, the person serving as the head of the property
  357  owners’ association, if any, required to be created under the
  358  agreement for sale and purchase shall serve as a member of the
  359  board of directors of Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  360         5. The Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners shall
  361  appoint one member who shall be a resident of the county and who
  362  shall be active in an organization concerned with the activities
  363  of the ranch.
  364         6. The Lee County Board of County Commissioners shall
  365  appoint one member who shall be a resident of the county and who
  366  shall have experience in land conservation and management. This
  367  appointee, or a successor appointee, shall serve as a member of
  368  the board of directors so long as the county participates in the
  369  state land management plan.
  370         (b) All members of the board of directors shall be
  371  appointed no later than 90 days following the initial
  372  acquisition of the Babcock Ranch by the state, and:
  373         1. Four members initially appointed by the Board of
  374  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall each serve
  375  a 4-year term.
  376         2. The remaining initial five appointees shall each serve a
  377  2-year term.
  378         3. Each member appointed thereafter shall serve a 4-year
  379  term.
  380         4. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which
  381  the original appointment was made, and a member appointed to
  382  fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of that term.
  383         5. No member may serve more than 8 years in consecutive
  384  terms.
  385         (c) With the exception of the Babcock Florida Company
  386  appointee, no member may be an officer, director, or shareholder
  387  in any entity that contracts with or receives funds from the
  388  corporation or its subsidiaries.
  389         (d) No member shall vote in an official capacity upon any
  390  measure that would inure to his or her special private gain or
  391  loss, that he or she knows would inure to the special private
  392  gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she is retained or
  393  to the parent organization or subsidiary of a principal by which
  394  he or she is retained, or that he or she knows would inure to
  395  the special private gain or loss of a relative or business
  396  associate of the member. Such member shall, prior to the vote
  397  being taken, publicly state the nature of his or her interest in
  398  the matter from which he or she is abstaining from voting and,
  399  no later than 15 days following the date the vote occurs, shall
  400  disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public record in
  401  a memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the
  402  minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in
  403  the minutes of the meeting.
  404         (e) Each member of the board of directors is accountable
  405  for the proper performance of the duties of office, and each
  406  member owes a fiduciary duty to the people of the state to
  407  ensure that funds provided in furtherance of this section are
  408  disbursed and used as prescribed by law and contract. Any
  409  official appointing a member may remove that member for
  410  malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence,
  411  permanent inability to perform official duties, unexcused
  412  absence from three consecutive meetings of the board, arrest or
  413  indictment for a crime that is a felony or misdemeanor involving
  414  theft or a crime of dishonesty, or pleading nolo contendere to,
  415  or being found guilty of, any crime.
  416         (f) Each member of the board of directors shall serve
  417  without compensation, but shall receive travel and per diem
  418  expenses as provided in s. 112.061 while in the performance of
  419  his or her duties.
  420         (g) No appointee shall be an employee of any governmental
  421  entity.
  422         (8) ORGANIZATION; MEETINGS.—
  423         (a)1. The board of directors shall annually elect a
  424  chairperson and a vice chairperson from among the board’s
  425  members. The members may, by a vote of five of the nine board
  426  members, remove a member from the position of chairperson or
  427  vice chairperson prior to the expiration of his or her term as
  428  chairperson or vice chairperson. His or her successor shall be
  429  elected to serve for the balance of the removed chairperson’s or
  430  vice chairperson’s term.
  431         2. The chairperson shall ensure that records are kept of
  432  the proceedings of the board of directors, and is the custodian
  433  of all books, documents, and papers filed with the board, the
  434  minutes of meetings of the board, and the official seal of the
  435  corporation.
  436         (b)1. The board of directors shall meet upon the call of
  437  the chairperson at least 3 times per year in Charlotte County or
  438  in Lee County.
  439         2. A majority of the members of the board of directors
  440  constitutes a quorum. Except as otherwise provided in this
  441  section, the board of directors may take official action by a
  442  majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum
  443  is present. Members may not vote by proxy.
  444         (9) POWERS AND DUTIES.—
  445         (a) The board of directors shall adopt articles of
  446  incorporation and bylaws necessary to govern its activities. The
  447  adopted articles of incorporation and bylaws must be approved by
  448  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
  449  prior to filing with the Department of State.
  450         (b) The board of directors shall review and approve any
  451  management plan developed pursuant to ss. 253.034 and 259.032
  452  for the management of lands in the preserve prior to the
  453  submission of that plan to the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  454  Improvement Trust Fund for approval and implementation.
  455         (c)1. Except for the constitutional powers of the
  456  commission as provided in s. 9, Art. IV of the State
  457  Constitution, the board of directors shall have all necessary
  458  and proper powers for the exercise of the authority vested in
  459  the corporation, including, but not limited to, the power to
  460  solicit and accept donations of funds, property, supplies, or
  461  services from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other
  462  public or private entities for the purposes of this section. All
  463  funds received by the corporation shall be deposited into the
  464  operating fund authorized under this section unless otherwise
  465  directed by the Legislature.
  466         2. The board of directors may not increase the number of
  467  its members.
  468         3. Except as necessary to manage and operate the preserve
  469  as a working ranch, the corporation may not purchase, take,
  470  receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise
  471  acquire, own, hold, improve, use, or otherwise deal in and with
  472  real property, or any interest therein, wherever situated.
  473         4. The corporation may not sell, convey, mortgage, pledge,
  474  lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any real
  475  property.
  476         5. The corporation may not purchase, take, receive,
  477  subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use,
  478  employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of or
  479  otherwise use and deal in and with, shares and other interests
  480  in, or obligations of, other domestic or foreign corporations,
  481  whether for profit or not for profit, associations,
  482  partnerships, or individuals, or direct or indirect obligations
  483  of the United States, or any other government, state, territory,
  484  government district, municipality, or any instrumentality
  485  thereof.
  486         6. The corporation may not lend money for its corporate
  487  purposes, invest and reinvest its funds, or take and hold real
  488  and personal property as security for the payment of funds lent
  489  or invested.
  490         7. The corporation may not merge with other corporations or
  491  other business entities.
  492         8. The corporation may not enter into any contract, lease,
  493  or other agreement related to the use of ground or surface
  494  waters located in, on, or through the preserve without the
  495  consent of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  496  Trust Fund and permits that may be required by the Department of
  497  Environmental Protection or the appropriate water management
  498  district under chapters 373 and 403.
  499         9. The corporation may not grant any easements in, on, or
  500  across the preserve. Any easements to be granted for the use of,
  501  access to, or ingress and egress across state property within
  502  the preserve must be executed by the Board of Trustees of the
  503  Internal Improvement Trust Fund as the owners of the state
  504  property within the preserve. Any easements to be granted for
  505  the use of, access to, or ingress and egress across property
  506  within the preserve titled in the name of a local government
  507  must be granted by the governing body of that local government.
  508         10. The corporation may not enter into any contract, lease,
  509  or other agreement related to the use and occupancy of the
  510  property within the preserve for a period greater than 10 years.
  511         (d) The members may, with the written approval of the
  512  commission and in consultation with the department, designate
  513  hunting, fishing, and trapping zones and may establish
  514  additional periods when no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall
  515  be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, and
  516  the protection and enhancement of nongame habitat and nongame
  517  species, as defined under s. 379.101.
  518         (e) The corporation shall have the sole and exclusive right
  519  to use the words “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” and any seal, emblem, or
  520  other insignia adopted by the members. Without the express
  521  written authority of the corporation, no person may use the
  522  words “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” as the name under which that person
  523  conducts or purports to conduct business, for the purpose of
  524  trade or advertisement, or in any manner that may suggest any
  525  connection with the corporation.
  526         (f) The corporation may from time to time appoint advisory
  527  committees to further any part of this section. The advisory
  528  committees shall be reflective of the expertise necessary for
  529  the particular function for which the committee is created, and
  530  may include public agencies, private entities, and not-for
  531  profit conservation and agricultural representatives.
  532         (g) State laws governing the procurement of commodities and
  533  services by state agencies, as provided in s. 287.057, shall
  534  apply to the corporation.
  535         (h) The corporation and its subsidiaries must provide equal
  536  employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race,
  537  color, religion, gender, national origin, age, handicap, or
  538  marital status.
  539         (10) OPERATING FUND, ANNUAL BUDGET, AUDIT, REPORTING
  540  REQUIREMENTS.—
  541         (a) The board of directors may establish and manage an
  542  operating fund to address the corporation’s unique cash-flow
  543  needs and to facilitate the management and operation of the
  544  preserve as a working ranch.
  545         (b) The board of directors shall provide for an annual
  546  financial audit of the corporate accounts and records to be
  547  conducted by an independent certified public accountant in
  548  accordance with rules adopted by the Auditor General under s.
  549  11.45(8). The audit report shall be submitted no later than 3
  550  months following the end of the fiscal year to the Auditor
  551  General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
  552  of Representatives, and the appropriate substantive and fiscal
  553  committees of the Legislature. The Auditor General, the Office
  554  of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and
  555  the substantive or fiscal committees of the Legislature to which
  556  legislation affecting the Babcock Ranch Preserve may be referred
  557  shall have the authority to require and receive from the
  558  corporation or from the independent auditor any records relative
  559  to the operation of the corporation.
  560         (c) Not later than January 15 of each year, Babcock Ranch,
  561  Inc., shall submit to the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  562  Improvement Trust Fund, the President of the Senate, the Speaker
  563  of the House of Representatives, the department, and the
  564  commission a comprehensive and detailed report of its
  565  operations, activities, and accomplishments for the prior year,
  566  including information on the status of the ecological, cultural,
  567  and financial resources being managed by the corporation, and
  568  benefits provided by the preserve to local communities. The
  569  report shall also include a section describing the corporation’s
  570  goals for the current year.
  571         (d) The board of directors shall prepare an annual budget
  572  with the goal of achieving a financially self-sustaining
  573  operation within 15 full fiscal years after the initial
  574  acquisition of the Babcock Ranch by the state. The department
  575  shall provide necessary assistance, including details as
  576  necessary, to the corporation for the timely formulation and
  577  submission of an annual legislative budget request for
  578  appropriations, if any, to support the administration,
  579  operation, and maintenance of the preserve. A request for
  580  appropriations shall be submitted to the department and shall be
  581  included in the department’s annual legislative budget request.
  582  Requests for appropriations shall be submitted to the department
  583  in time to allow the department to meet the requirements of s.
  584  216.023. The department may not deny a request or refuse to
  585  include in its annual legislative budget submission a request
  586  from the corporation for an appropriation.
  587         (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys
  588  received from donations or from management of the preserve shall
  589  be retained by the corporation in the operating fund and shall
  590  be available, without further appropriation, for the
  591  administration, preservation, restoration, operation and
  592  maintenance, improvements, repairs, and related expenses
  593  incurred with respect to properties being managed by the
  594  corporation. Except as provided in this section, moneys received
  595  by the corporation for the management of the preserve shall not
  596  be subject to distribution by the state. Upon assuming
  597  management responsibilities for the preserve, the corporation
  598  shall optimize the generation of income based on existing
  599  marketing conditions to the extent that activities do not
  600  unreasonably diminish the long-term environmental, agricultural,
  601  scenic, and natural values of the preserve, or the multiple-use
  602  and sustained-yield capability of the land.
  603         (f) All parties in contract with the corporation and all
  604  holders of leases from the corporation which are authorized to
  605  occupy, use, or develop properties under the management
  606  jurisdiction of the corporation must procure proper insurance as
  607  is reasonable or customary to insure against any loss in
  608  connection with the properties or with activities authorized in
  609  the leases or contracts.
  610         (11) COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS PLAN.—
  611         (a) A comprehensive business plan for the management and
  612  operation of the preserve as a working ranch and amendments to
  613  the business plan may be developed only with input from the
  614  department and the commission, and may be implemented by Babcock
  615  Ranch, Inc., only upon expiration of the management agreement
  616  attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain agreement for sale and
  617  purchase approved by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  618  Improvement Trust Fund on November 22, 2005, and by Lee County
  619  on November 20, 2005.
  620         (b) Any final decision of Babcock Ranch, Inc., to adopt or
  621  amend the comprehensive business plan or to approve any activity
  622  related to the management of the renewable surface resources of
  623  the preserve shall be made in sessions that are open to the
  624  public. The board of directors shall establish procedures for
  625  providing adequate public information and opportunities for
  626  public comment on the proposed comprehensive business plan for
  627  the preserve or for amendments to the comprehensive business
  628  plan adopted by the members.
  629         (c) Not less than 2 years prior to the corporation’s
  630  assuming management and operation responsibilities for the
  631  preserve, the corporation, with input from the commission and
  632  the department, must begin developing the comprehensive business
  633  plan to carry out the purposes of this section. To the extent
  634  consistent with these purposes, the comprehensive business plan
  635  shall provide for:
  636         1. The management and operation of the preserve as a
  637  working ranch;
  638         2. The protection and preservation of the environmental,
  639  agricultural, scientific, scenic, geologic, watershed, fish,
  640  wildlife, historic, cultural, and recreational values of the
  641  preserve;
  642         3. The promotion of high-quality hunting experiences for
  643  the public, with emphasis on deer, turkey, and other game
  644  species;
  645         4. Multiple use and sustained yield of renewable surface
  646  resources within the preserve;
  647         5. Public use of and access to the preserve for recreation;
  648  and
  649         6. The use of renewable resources and management
  650  alternatives that, to the extent practicable, benefit local
  651  communities and small businesses and enhance the coordination of
  652  management objectives with those on surrounding public or
  653  private lands. The use of renewable resources and management
  654  alternatives should provide cost savings to the corporation
  655  through the exchange of services, including, but not limited to,
  656  labor and maintenance of facilities, for resources or services
  657  provided to the corporation.
  658         (d) On or before the date on which title to the portion of
  659  the Babcock Crescent B Ranch being purchased by the state as
  660  provided in s. 259.1052 is vested in the Board of Trustees of
  661  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, Babcock Ranch Management,
  662  LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in this state,
  663  shall provide the commission and the department with the
  664  management plan and business plan in place for the operation of
  665  the ranch as of November 22, 2005, the date on which the board
  666  of trustees approved the purchase.
  667         (5)(12) MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVE; FEES.—
  668         (a) The department corporation shall assume all authority
  669  provided by this section to manage and operate the preserve as a
  670  working ranch upon the termination or expiration of the
  671  management agreement attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain
  672  Agreement for Sale and Purchase approved by the Board of
  673  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on November 22,
  674  2005, and by Lee County on November 20, 2005 a determination by
  675  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
  676  that the corporation is able to conduct business, and that
  677  provision has been made for essential services on the preserve,
  678  which, to the maximum extent practicable, shall be made no later
  679  than 60 days prior to the termination of the management
  680  agreement referenced in paragraph (11)(a).
  681         (b) Upon assuming management and operation of the preserve,
  682  the department corporation shall:
  683         1. With input from the commission and the department,
  684  Manage and operate the preserve and the uses thereof, including,
  685  but not limited to, the activities necessary to administer and
  686  operate the preserve as a working ranch; the activities
  687  necessary for the preservation and development of the land and
  688  renewable surface resources of the preserve; the activities
  689  necessary for interpretation of the history of the preserve on
  690  behalf of the public; the activities necessary for the
  691  management, public use, and occupancy of facilities and lands
  692  within the preserve; and the maintenance, rehabilitation,
  693  repair, and improvement of property within the preserve.;
  694         2. Develop programs and activities relating to the
  695  management of the preserve as a working ranch.;
  696         3. Negotiate directly with and enter into such agreements,
  697  leases, contracts, and other arrangements with any person, firm,
  698  association, organization, corporation, or governmental entity,
  699  including entities of federal, state, and local governments, as
  700  are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes and
  701  activities authorized by this section;
  702         3.4. Establish procedures for entering into lease
  703  agreements and other agreements for the use and occupancy of the
  704  facilities of the preserve. The procedures shall ensure
  705  reasonable competition and set guidelines for determining
  706  reasonable fees, terms, and conditions for such agreements.; and
  707         4.5. Assess reasonable fees for admission to, use of, and
  708  occupancy of the preserve to offset costs of operating the
  709  preserve as a working ranch. These fees are independent of fees
  710  assessed by the commission for the privilege of hunting,
  711  fishing, or pursuing outdoor recreational activities within the
  712  preserve, and shall be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund
  713  of the Florida Forest Service, subject to appropriation by the
  714  Legislature operating fund established by the board of directors
  715  under the authority provided under this section.
  716         (c) The commission, in cooperation with the department,
  717  shall:
  718         1. Establish and implement public hunting and other fish
  719  and wildlife management activities. Tier I and Tier II public
  720  hunting opportunities shall be provided consistent with the
  721  management plan and the recreation master plan.
  722         a. Tier I public hunting shall provide hunting
  723  opportunities similar to those offered on wildlife management
  724  areas with an emphasis on youth and family-oriented hunts.
  725         b. Tier II public hunting shall be provided specifically by
  726  fee-based permitting to ensure compatibility with livestock
  727  grazing and other essential agricultural operations on the
  728  preserve.
  729         2. Establish and administer permit fees for Tier II public
  730  hunting to capitalize on the value of hunting on portions of the
  731  preserve and to help ensure that the preserve is financially
  732  self-sufficient. The fees shall be deposited into the State Game
  733  Trust Fund of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to
  734  be used to offset the costs of providing public hunting and to
  735  support fish and wildlife management and other land management
  736  activities on the preserve.
  737         (d) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
  738  Fund or its designated agent may:
  739         1. Negotiate directly with, and enter into such agreements,
  740  leases, contracts, and other arrangements with, any person,
  741  firm, association, organization, corporation, or governmental
  742  entity, including entities of federal, state, and local
  743  governments, as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the
  744  purposes and activities authorized by this section.
  745         2. Grant privileges, leases, concessions, and permits for
  746  the use of land for the accommodation of visitors to the
  747  preserve; however, natural curiosities or objects of interest
  748  may not be granted, leased, or rented on terms that deny or
  749  interfere with free access to them by the public. Such grants,
  750  leases, and permits may be made and given without advertisement
  751  or securing competitive bids. Such grants, leases, or permits
  752  may not be assigned or transferred by any grantee without
  753  consent of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  754  Trust Fund or its designated agent.
  755         (13) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.—
  756         (a) Except for the powers of the commissioner provided in
  757  this section, and the powers of the commission provided in s. 9,
  758  Art. IV of the State Constitution, the preserve shall be managed
  759  by Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  760         (b) Officers and employees of Babcock Ranch, Inc., are
  761  private employees. At the request of the board of directors, the
  762  commission and the department may provide state employees for
  763  the purpose of implementing this section. Any state employees
  764  provided to assist the directors in implementing this section
  765  for more than 30 days shall be provided on a reimbursable basis.
  766  Reimbursement to the commission and the department shall be made
  767  from the corporation’s operating fund provided under this
  768  section and not from any funds appropriated to the corporation
  769  by the Legislature.
  770         (6)(14) DISSOLUTION OF BABCOCK RANCH, INC., AND BABCOCK
  771  RANCH ADVISORY GROUP.—
  772         (a) The corporation may be dissolved only by an act of the
  773  Legislature.
  774         (b) Upon dissolution of the corporation, the management
  775  responsibilities provided in this section shall revert to the
  776  commission and the department unless otherwise provided by the
  777  Legislature under the act dissolving Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  778         (a)(c) Upon dissolution of Babcock Ranch, Inc. the
  779  corporation, all of its statutory powers, duties, and functions;
  780  records, personnel, and property; and unexpended balances of
  781  appropriations, allocations, or other funds shall be transferred
  782  to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
  783  unless otherwise provided by law. Any cash balances of funds
  784  shall revert to the Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest
  785  Service General Revenue Fund or such other state fund as may be
  786  provided under the act dissolving Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  787         (b) The Babcock Ranch Advisory Group shall dissolve on June
  788  30, 2018, unless reenacted by the Legislature.
  789         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 388.261, Florida
  790  Statutes, is amended to read:
  791         388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod
  792  control; distribution priorities and limitations.—
  793         (2) Every county or district budgeting local funds to be
  794  used exclusively for the control of mosquitoes and other
  795  arthropods, under a plan submitted by the county or district and
  796  approved by the department, is shall be eligible to receive
  797  state funds and supplies, services, and equipment on a dollar
  798  for-dollar matching basis to the amount of local funds budgeted.
  799  If Should state funds appropriated by the Legislature are be
  800  insufficient to grant each county or district state funds on a
  801  dollar-for-dollar matching basis to the amount budgeted in local
  802  funds, the department shall distribute the funds as prescribed
  803  by rule. Such rules shall provide for up to 80 percent of the
  804  funds to be distributed to programs with local funds for
  805  mosquito control budgets of less than $1 million, if the county
  806  or district meets the eligibility requirements. The funds shall
  807  be distributed as equally as possible within the category of
  808  counties pursuant to this section. The remaining funds shall be
  809  distributed as prescribed by rule among the remaining counties
  810  to support mosquito control and to support research, education,
  811  and outreach prorate said state funds based on the amount of
  812  matchable local funds budgeted for expenditure by each county or
  813  district.
  814         Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 388.271, Florida
  815  Statutes, is amended to read:
  816         388.271 Prerequisites to participation.—
  817         (1) When state funds are involved, it is the duty of the
  818  department to guide, review, approve, and coordinate the
  819  activities of all county governments and special districts
  820  receiving state funds in furtherance of the goal of integrated
  821  arthropod control. Each county or district eligible to
  822  participate hereunder may begin participation on October 1 of
  823  any year by filing with the department not later than July 15 a
  824  tentative work plan and tentative detailed work plan budget
  825  providing for the control of arthropods. Following approval of
  826  the plan and budget by the department, two copies of the
  827  county’s or district’s certified budget based on the approved
  828  work plan and detailed work plan budget shall be submitted to
  829  the department by not later than September 30 15 following.
  830  State funds, supplies, and services shall be made available to
  831  such county or district by and through the department
  832  immediately upon release of funds by the Executive Office of the
  833  Governor.
  834         Section 7. Section 487.160, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  835  read:
  836         487.160 Records; report.—Licensed private applicators
  837  supervising 15 or more unlicensed applicators or mixer-loaders
  838  and licensed public applicators and licensed commercial
  839  applicators shall maintain records as the department may
  840  determine by rule with respect to the application of restricted
  841  pesticides, including, but not limited to, the type and quantity
  842  of pesticide, method of application, crop treated, and dates and
  843  location of application. Other licensed private applicators
  844  shall maintain records as the department may determine by rule
  845  with respect to the date, type, and quantity of restricted-use
  846  pesticides used. Licensees shall keep records for a period of 2
  847  years from date of the application of the pesticide to which the
  848  records refer, and shall furnish to the department a copy of the
  849  records upon written request by the department. Every third
  850  year, the department shall conduct a survey and compile a report
  851  on restricted-use pesticides in this state. This report shall
  852  include, but not be limited to, types and quantities of
  853  pesticides, methods of application, crops treated, and dates and
  854  locations of application; records of persons working under
  855  direct supervision; and reports of misuse, damage, or injury.
  856         Section 8. Section 534.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  857  read:
  858         534.083 Livestock hauler’s permit; display of permit on
  859  vehicle; bill of lading.—
  860         (1) No person shall engage in the business of transporting
  861  or hauling for hire livestock on any street or highway, as
  862  defined in s. 316.003(53), without first having applied for and
  863  obtained from the department a permit which shall expire on
  864  December 31 of each year. The information supplied by the
  865  applicant on the application for permit shall be certified under
  866  oath. Cost of the permit shall be $5 for each year or fraction
  867  thereof.
  868         (2) The department shall issue a metal tag or plate to
  869  every person or company required to obtain a permit to transport
  870  or haul for hire livestock, which shall bear the serial number
  871  of the permit. Such a tag or plate shall be issued for each
  872  vehicle used by the hauler.
  873         (3) The metal tag or plate required under this section
  874  shall be attached to each vehicle used for transporting or
  875  hauling livestock in a conspicuous place in an upright position
  876  on the rear of the vehicle. When livestock is transported in a
  877  trailer type vehicle propelled or drawn by a motor truck or
  878  tractor, each such trailer shall have the tag or plate attached
  879  to the rear of the trailer in a conspicuous place in an upright
  880  position, and it shall not be necessary to have a tag attached
  881  to the motor truck or tractor.
  882         (4) Persons engaged in the business of transporting or
  883  hauling livestock in the state shall, upon receiving such
  884  livestock for transportation, issue a waybill or bill of lading
  885  for all livestock transported or hauled by them, and such
  886  waybill or bill of lading shall accompany the shipment of
  887  livestock, with a copy thereof being furnished to the person
  888  delivering livestock to the hauler. The waybill or bill of
  889  lading shall show the place of origin and destination of the
  890  shipment, the name of the owner of the livestock, date and time
  891  of loading, name of person or company hauling the livestock, and
  892  the number of animals and a general description thereof. The
  893  waybill or bill of lading shall be signed by the person
  894  delivering the livestock to the hauler certifying that the
  895  information contained thereon is correct.
  896         Section 9. Subsection (28) of section 570.07, Florida
  897  Statutes, is amended to read:
  898         570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
  899  functions, powers, and duties.—The department shall have and
  900  exercise the following functions, powers, and duties:
  901         (28) For purposes of pollution control and the prevention
  902  of wildfires, to regulate open burning connected with pile
  903  burning as defined in s. 590.125(1) land-clearing, agricultural,
  904  or forestry operations.
  905         Section 10. Section 570.087, Florida Statutes, is created
  906  to read:
  907         570.087Best management practices for wildlife.—
  908         (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.—The Fish and Wildlife
  909  Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and
  910  Consumer Services have long recognized that agriculture provides
  911  a valuable benefit to the conservation and management of fish
  912  and wildlife in this state and have agreed to enter into a
  913  memorandum of agreement to develop and adopt by rule voluntary
  914  best management practices for this state’s agriculture industry
  915  which reflect the industry’s existing contribution to the
  916  conservation and management of freshwater aquatic life and wild
  917  animal life in this state.
  918         (2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  919  Services shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the
  920  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for the purpose of
  921  developing the best management practices contemplated by this
  922  section and their application on agricultural lands within this
  923  state. This agreement may allow for selected pilot projects in
  924  an effort to facilitate development of best management
  925  practices.
  926         (3) ADOPTION OF RULES.—The Department of Agriculture and
  927  Consumer Services has rulemaking authority to adopt rules
  928  establishing the best management practices contemplated by this
  929  section for this state’s agricultural industry. Such rules must
  930  incorporate provisions for a notice of intent to implement the
  931  practices and a system to assure the implementation of the
  932  practices, including recordkeeping requirements.
  933         (4) VOLUNTARY IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any law to
  934  the contrary, including s. 163.3162, the implementation of the
  935  best management practices contemplated by this section is
  936  voluntary. Except as specifically provided herein or in s. 9,
  937  Art. IV of the State Constitution, an agency, department, or
  938  district or any unit of local government may not adopt or
  939  enforce any ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or policy
  940  regarding the best management practices on land classified as
  941  agricultural land pursuant to s. 193.461.
  942         Section 11. Section 570.64, Florida Statutes, is created to
  943  read:
  944         570.64 Division of Food, Nutrition, and Wellness.—
  945         (1) The duties of the Division of Food, Nutrition, and
  946  Wellness include, but are not limited to, administering and
  947  enforcing the powers and responsibilities of the division
  948  prescribed in chapter 595 and the rules adopted thereunder.
  949         (2) The director of the division shall be appointed by, and
  950  serve at the pleasure of, the commissioner. The director shall
  951  supervise, direct, and coordinate activities of the division,
  952  exercise such powers and duties as authorized by the
  953  commissioner, enforce the provisions of chapter 595 and the
  954  rules adopted thereunder, and any other powers and duties as
  955  authorized by the department.
  956         Section 12. Section 570.902, Florida Statutes, is amended
  957  to read:
  958         570.902 Definitions; ss. 570.902 and 570.903.—For the
  959  purpose of this section ss. 570.902 and s. 570.903:
  960         (1) “Designated program” means the specific departmental
  961  program which a direct-support organization has been created to
  962  support.
  963         (2) “Direct-support organization” or “organization” means
  964  an organization which is a Florida corporation not for profit
  965  incorporated under the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by
  966  the department to operate for the benefit of a museum or a
  967  specific departmental program.
  968         (3) “Museum” means the Florida Agricultural Museum which is
  969  designated as the museum for agriculture and rural history of
  970  the State of Florida.
  971         Section 13. Section 570.903, Florida Statutes, is amended
  972  to read:
  973         570.903 Direct-support organization.—
  974         (1) The department may authorize When the Legislature
  975  authorizes the establishment of a direct-support organizations
  976  organization to provide assistance, funding, and promotional
  977  support for the museums, the Florida Agriculture in the
  978  Classroom Program, the Florida State Collection of Arthropods,
  979  the Friends of the Florida State Forests Program of the Florida
  980  Forest Service, the Forestry Arson Alert Program, and other
  981  programs of the department., The following provisions shall
  982  govern the creation, use, powers, and duties of the direct
  983  support organizations organization:
  984         (a) The department shall enter into a memorandum or letter
  985  of agreement with the direct-support organization, which shall
  986  specify the approval of the department, the powers and duties of
  987  the direct-support organization, and rules with which the
  988  direct-support organization must comply.
  989         (b) The department may authorize permit, without charge,
  990  appropriate use of property, facilities, and personnel of the
  991  department by the a direct-support organization, subject to ss.
  992  570.902 and 570.903. The use shall be for directly in keeping
  993  with the approved purposes of the direct-support organization
  994  and may not be made at times or places that would unreasonably
  995  interfere with opportunities for the general public to use
  996  department facilities for established purposes.
  997         (c) The department shall prescribe by agreement contract or
  998  by rule conditions with which the a direct-support organization
  999  must comply in order to use property, facilities, or personnel
 1000  of the department or museum. Such conditions rules shall provide
 1001  for budget and audit review and oversight by the department.
 1002         (d) The department may not authorize permit the use of
 1003  property, facilities, or personnel of the museum, department, or
 1004  designated program by the a direct-support organization that
 1005  does not provide equal employment opportunities to all persons
 1006  regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national
 1007  origin.
 1008         (2)(a) The direct-support organization may shall be
 1009  empowered to conduct programs and activities; raise funds;
 1010  request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money;
 1011  acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name,
 1012  securities, funds, objects of value, or other property, real or
 1013  personal; and make expenditures to or for the direct or indirect
 1014  benefit of the museum or designated program.
 1015         (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 287.057, the
 1016  direct-support organization may enter into contracts or
 1017  agreements with or without competitive bidding for the
 1018  restoration of objects, historical buildings, and other
 1019  historical materials or for the purchase of objects, historical
 1020  buildings, and other historical materials which are to be added
 1021  to the collections of the museum, or benefit the designated
 1022  program. However, before the direct-support organization may
 1023  enter into a contract or agreement without competitive bidding,
 1024  the direct-support organization shall file a certification of
 1025  conditions and circumstances with the internal auditor of the
 1026  department justifying each contract or agreement.
 1027         (b)(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 287.025(1)(e),
 1028  the direct-support organization may enter into contracts to
 1029  insure property of the museum or designated programs and may
 1030  insure objects or collections on loan from others in satisfying
 1031  security terms of the lender.
 1032         (3) The direct-support organization shall provide for an
 1033  annual financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.
 1034         (4) A department employee, direct-support organization or
 1035  museum employee, volunteer, or director, or Neither a designated
 1036  program or a museum, nor a nonprofit corporation trustee or
 1037  employee may not:
 1038         (a) Receive a commission, fee, or financial benefit in
 1039  connection with the sale or exchange of real or personal
 1040  property or historical objects or properties to the direct
 1041  support organization, the museum, or the designated program; or
 1042         (b) Be a business associate of any individual, firm, or
 1043  organization involved in the sale or exchange of real or
 1044  personal property to the direct-support organization, the
 1045  museum, or the designated program.
 1046         (5) All moneys received by the direct-support organization
 1047  shall be deposited into an account of the direct-support
 1048  organization and shall be used by the organization in a manner
 1049  consistent with the goals of the museum or designated program.
 1050         (6) The identity of a donor or prospective donor who
 1051  desires to remain anonymous and all information identifying such
 1052  donor or prospective donor are confidential and exempt from the
 1053  provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
 1054  Constitution.
 1055         (7) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner’s
 1056  designee, may serve on the board of trustees and the executive
 1057  committee of any direct-support organization established to
 1058  benefit the museum or any designated program.
 1059         (8) The department may terminate its agreement with a
 1060  direct-support organization at any time if the department
 1061  determines that the direct-support organization no longer meets
 1062  the objectives of this section The department shall establish by
 1063  rule archival procedures relating to museum artifacts and
 1064  records. The rules shall provide procedures which protect the
 1065  museum’s artifacts and records equivalent to those procedures
 1066  which have been established by the Department of State under
 1067  chapters 257 and 267.
 1068         (9) Upon termination of the direct-support organization,
 1069  the assets of the direct-support organization shall be
 1070  distributed pursuant to its articles of incorporation or by-laws
 1071  or, if not provided for, to the department.
 1072         Section 14. Subsection (3) of section 576.051, Florida
 1073  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1074         576.051 Inspection, sampling, analysis.—
 1075         (3) The official analysis shall be made from the official
 1076  sample. The department, before making the official analysis,
 1077  shall take a sufficient portion from the official sample for
 1078  check analysis and place that portion in a bottle sealed and
 1079  identified by number, date, and the preparer’s initials. The
 1080  official check sample shall be kept until the analysis of the
 1081  official sample is completed. However, the licensee may obtain
 1082  upon request a portion of the official check sample. Upon
 1083  completion of the analysis of the official sample, a true copy
 1084  of the fertilizer analysis report shall be mailed to the
 1085  licensee of the fertilizer from whom the official sample was
 1086  taken and to the dealer or agent, if any, and purchaser, if
 1087  known. This fertilizer analysis report shall show all
 1088  determinations of plant nutrient and pesticides. If the official
 1089  analysis conforms with the provisions of this law, the official
 1090  check sample may be destroyed. If the official analysis does not
 1091  conform with the provisions of this law, the official check
 1092  sample shall be retained for a period of 90 days from the date
 1093  of the fertilizer analysis report of the official sample. If
 1094  within that time the licensee of the fertilizer from whom the
 1095  official sample was taken, upon receipt of the fertilizer
 1096  analysis report, makes written demand for analysis of the
 1097  official check sample by a referee chemist, a portion of the
 1098  official check sample sufficient for analysis shall be sent to a
 1099  referee chemist who is mutually acceptable to the department and
 1100  the licensee for analysis at the expense of the licensee. The
 1101  referee chemist, upon completion of the analysis, shall forward
 1102  to the department and to the licensee a fertilizer analysis
 1103  report bearing a proper identification mark or number; and the
 1104  fertilizer analysis report shall be verified by an affidavit of
 1105  the person making the analysis. If the results reported on the
 1106  fertilizer analysis report agree within the matching criteria
 1107  defined in department rule checks within three-tenths of 1
 1108  actual percent with the department’s analysis on each element
 1109  for which analysis was made, the mean average of the two
 1110  analyses shall be accepted as final and binding on all
 1111  concerned. However, if the referee’s fertilizer analysis report
 1112  results do not agree within the matching criteria defined in
 1113  department rule with shows a variation of greater than three
 1114  tenths of 1 actual percent from the department’s analysis in any
 1115  one or more elements for which an analysis was made, upon demand
 1116  of either the department or the licensee from whom the official
 1117  sample was taken, a portion of the official check sample
 1118  sufficient for analysis shall be submitted to a second referee
 1119  chemist who is mutually acceptable to the department and to the
 1120  licensee from whom the official sample was taken, at the expense
 1121  of the party or parties requesting the referee analysis. If no
 1122  demand is made for an analysis by a second referee chemist, the
 1123  department’s fertilizer analysis report shall be accepted as
 1124  final and binding on all concerned. The second referee chemist,
 1125  upon completion of the analysis, shall make a fertilizer
 1126  analysis report as provided in this subsection for the first
 1127  referee chemist. The mean average of the two analyses nearest in
 1128  conformity to each other shall be accepted as final and binding
 1129  on all concerned.
 1130         Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 576.061, Florida
 1131  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1132         576.061 Plant nutrient investigational allowances,
 1133  deficiencies, and penalties.—
 1134         (1) A commercial fertilizer is deemed deficient if the
 1135  analysis of any nutrient is below the guarantee by an amount
 1136  exceeding the investigational allowances. The department shall
 1137  adopt rules, which shall take effect on July 1, 2014, that
 1138  establish the investigational allowances used to determine
 1139  whether a fertilizer is deficient in plant food.
 1140         (a) Effective July 1, 2014, this paragraph and paragraphs
 1141  (b)-(f) are repealed. Until July 1, 2014, investigational
 1142  Investigational allowances are set as follows:
 1143         (b)(a)Primary plant nutrients; investigational
 1144  allowances.—
 1145  GuaranteedPercent   TotalNitrogenPercentAvailablePhosphatePercentPotashPercent  
 1146                      
 1147  04 or less          0.49            0.67              0.41           
 1148  05                  0.51            0.67              0.43           
 1149  06                  0.52            0.67              0.47           
 1150  07                  0.54            0.68              0.53           
 1151  08                  0.55            0.68              0.60           
 1152  09                  0.57            0.68              0.65           
 1153  10                  0.58            0.69              0.70           
 1154  12                  0.61            0.69              0.79           
 1155  14                  0.63            0.70              0.87           
 1156  16                  0.67            0.70              0.94           
 1157  18                  0.70            0.71              1.01           
 1158  20                  0.73            0.72              1.08           
 1159  22                  0.75            0.72              1.15           
 1160  24                  0.78            0.73              1.21           
 1161  26                  0.81            0.73              1.27           
 1162  28                  0.83            0.74              1.33           
 1163  30                  0.86            0.75              1.39           
 1164  32 or more          0.88            0.76              1.44           
 1165  For guarantees not listed, calculate the appropriate value by
 1166  interpolation.
 1167         (c)(b)Nitrogen investigational allowances.—
 1168  Nitrogen Breakdown                Investigational AllowancesPercent 
 1169                                   
 1170  Nitrate nitrogen                                0.40                
 1171  Ammoniacal nitrogen                             0.40                
 1172  Water soluble nitrogenor urea nitrogen               0.40                
 1173  Water insoluble nitrogen                        0.30                
 1174  In no case may the investigational allowance exceed 50 percent
 1175  of the amount guaranteed.
 1176         (d)(c)Secondary and micro plant nutrients, total or
 1177  soluble.—
 1178  Element                        Investigational Allowances Percent   
 1179                               
 1180  Calcium                      0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1181  Magnesium                    0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1182  Sulfur (free and combined)   0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1183  Boron                        0.003 unit+15 percent of guarantee     
 1184  Cobalt                       0.0001 unit+30 percent of guarantee    
 1185  Chlorine                     0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1186  Copper                       0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1187  Iron                         0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1188  Manganese                    0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1189  Molybdenum                   0.0001 unit+30 percent of guarantee    
 1190  Sodium                       0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1191  Zinc                         0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1192  The maximum allowance for secondary and minor elements when
 1193  calculated in accordance with this section is 1 unit (1
 1194  percent). In no case, however, may the investigational allowance
 1195  exceed 50 percent of the amount guaranteed.
 1196         (e)(d)Liming materials and gypsum.—
 1197  Range Percent                 Investigational AllowancesPercent      
 1198                          
 1199  0-10                                        0.30                     
 1200  Over 10-25                                  0.40                     
 1201  Over 25                                     0.50                     
 1202         (f)(e)Pesticides in fertilizer mixtures.—An
 1203  investigational allowance of 25 percent of the guarantee shall
 1204  be allowed on all pesticides when added to custom blend
 1205  fertilizers.
 1206         Section 16. Subsection (2) of section 576.181, Florida
 1207  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1208         576.181 Administration; rules; procedure.—
 1209         (2) The department may adopt rules is authorized, by rule,
 1210  to implement, make specific, and interpret the provisions of
 1211  this chapter, and specifically to determine the composition and
 1212  uses of fertilizer as defined in this chapter, including, but
 1213  not limited to without limiting the foregoing general terms, the
 1214  taking and handling of samples, the establishment of
 1215  investigational allowances, deficiencies, matching criteria for
 1216  referee analysis, and penalties where not specifically provided
 1217  for in this chapter; to prohibit the sale or use in fertilizer
 1218  of any material proven to be detrimental to agriculture, public
 1219  health, or the environment, or of questionable value; to provide
 1220  for the incorporation into fertilizer of such other substances
 1221  as pesticides and proper labeling of such mixture; and to
 1222  prescribe the information which shall appear on the label other
 1223  than specifically set forth in this chapter.
 1224         Section 17. Section 585.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1225  read:
 1226         585.61 Animal disease diagnostic laboratory laboratories.—
 1227         (1) There is hereby created and established an animal
 1228  disease diagnostic laboratory in Osceola County and Suwannee
 1229  County. The laboratory complex in Osceola County is designated
 1230  as the “Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.”
 1231         (2) The construction and operation of all the laboratory
 1232  laboratories established by this section shall be under the
 1233  supervision and control of the department. It shall be the duty
 1234  of the department to operate the laboratory these laboratories
 1235  in an efficient manner so that any person who maintains animals
 1236  in this state may obtain prompt reliable diagnosis of animal
 1237  diseases, including any disease which may affect poultry eggs,
 1238  in this state, and recommendations for the control and
 1239  eradication of such diseases, to the end that diseases of
 1240  animals may be reduced and controlled, and eradicated when
 1241  possible.
 1242         (3) Any person who maintains animals in the state may use
 1243  the services of the laboratory laboratories under the terms of
 1244  this section and the rules adopted for such use by the
 1245  department. The department shall require any user of its
 1246  services to pay a fee not to exceed $300 for any one of the
 1247  services requested. All laboratory fees collected shall be
 1248  deposited in the Animal Industry Diagnostic Laboratory Account
 1249  within the General Inspection Trust Fund. The fees collected
 1250  shall be used to improve the diagnostic laboratory services as
 1251  provided for by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
 1252  Act.
 1253         Section 18. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
 1254  586.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1255         586.10 Powers and duties of department; preemption of local
 1256  government ordinances.—
 1257         (3) The department may:
 1258         (f) Inspect or cause to be inspected all apiaries in the
 1259  state at such intervals as it may deem best and keep a complete,
 1260  accurate, and current list of all inspected apiaries to include
 1261  the:
 1262         1. Name of the apiary.
 1263         2. Name of the owner of the apiary.
 1264         3. Mailing address of the apiary owner.
 1265         4. Location of the apiary.
 1266         5. Number of hives in the apiary.
 1267         6. Pest problems associated with the apiary.
 1268         7. Brands used by beekeepers where applicable.
 1269  
 1270  Notwithstanding s. 112.313, an apiary inspector may be a
 1271  certified beekeeper as long as the inspector does not inspect
 1272  his or her own apiary.
 1273         Section 19. Subsection (3) is added to section 586.15,
 1274  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1275         586.15 Penalty for violation.—
 1276         (3)In addition to the penalties provided in this section
 1277  and in chapter 500, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 1278  Services may collect costs related to enforcing prohibitions
 1279  against the adulteration or misbranding of honey. All costs
 1280  shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund.
 1281         Section 20. Section 589.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1282  read:
 1283         589.02 Headquarters and meetings of council.—The official
 1284  headquarters of the council shall be in Tallahassee, but it may
 1285  hold meetings at such other places in the state as it may
 1286  determine by resolutions or as may be selected by a majority of
 1287  the members of the council in any call for a meeting. The annual
 1288  meeting of the council shall be held on the first Monday in
 1289  October of each year. Special meetings may be called at any time
 1290  by the chair or upon the written request of a majority of the
 1291  members. The council shall annually elect from its members a
 1292  chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The election shall be held
 1293  at the annual meeting of the council. A majority of the members
 1294  of the council shall constitute a quorum for such purposes.
 1295         Section 21. Subsection (4) of section 589.19, Florida
 1296  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1297         589.19 Creation of certain state forests; naming of certain
 1298  state forests; Operation Outdoor Freedom Program.—
 1299         (4)(a) To honor the nation’s disabled veterans and injured
 1300  active duty servicemembers, the Florida Forest Service shall
 1301  coordinate efforts to develop an Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1302  Program to provide hunting and other activities for eligible
 1303  veterans and servicemembers in designated state forest areas and
 1304  on designated public and private lands. The Legislature finds it
 1305  to be in the public interest for the Florida Forest Service to
 1306  develop partnerships with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1307  Commission and other public and private organizations in order
 1308  to provide the needed resources and funding to make the program
 1309  successful The Florida Forest Service shall designate one or
 1310  more areas of state forests as an “Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1311  Special Hunt Area” to honor wounded veterans and servicemembers.
 1312  The purpose of such designated areas is to provide special
 1313  outdoor recreational opportunities for eligible veterans and
 1314  servicemembers.
 1315         (b) Participation in the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1316  shall be limited to Florida residents, as defined in s.
 1317  379.101(30)(b), The Florida Forest Service shall limit guest
 1318  admittance to such designated areas to any person who:
 1319         1. Are honorably discharged military veterans certified by
 1320  the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
 1321  predecessor or by any branch of the United States Armed Forces
 1322  to be at least 30 percent permanently service-connected disabled
 1323  Is an active duty member of any branch of the United States
 1324  Armed Forces and has a combat-related injury as determined by
 1325  his or her branch of the United States Armed Forces; or
 1326         2. Have been awarded the Military Order of the Purple
 1327  Heart; or Is a veteran who served during a period of wartime
 1328  service as defined in s. 1.01(14) or peacetime service as
 1329  defined in s. 296.02 and:
 1330         a. Has a service-connected disability as determined by the
 1331  United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
 1332         b. Was discharged or released from military service because
 1333  of a disability acquired or aggravated while serving on active
 1334  duty
 1335         3. Are active duty servicemembers with a service-connected
 1336  injury as determined by his or her branch of the United States
 1337  Armed Forces.
 1338  
 1339  Proof of eligibility under this subsection, as prescribed by the
 1340  Florida Forest Service, may be required.
 1341         (c) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirements for
 1342  program participation in paragraph (b), guided or unguided
 1343  invitation-only activities may be conducted as part of the
 1344  Operation Outdoor Freedom Program for injured or disabled
 1345  veterans and injured or disabled active duty servicemembers of
 1346  any branch of the United States Armed Forces in designated state
 1347  forest areas and on designated public and private lands. The
 1348  Florida Forest Service may grant admittance to such designated
 1349  areas and lands to a person who is not an eligible veteran or
 1350  servicemember for the sole purpose purposes of accompanying an
 1351  eligible veteran or servicemember who requires the person’s
 1352  assistance to use such designated areas and lands.
 1353         (d) The Florida Forest Service may cooperate with state and
 1354  federal agencies, local governments, private landowners, and
 1355  other entities in connection with the Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1356  Program. Donations to the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1357  Funding required for specialized accommodations shall be
 1358  deposited into the account of provided through the Friends of
 1359  Florida State Forests Program created under s. 589.012 and used
 1360  for Operation Outdoor Freedom Program activities.
 1361         (e)1. A private landowner who provides land for designation
 1362  and use as an Operation Outdoor Freedom Program hunting site
 1363  shall have limited liability pursuant to s. 375.251.
 1364         2. A private landowner who consents to the designation and
 1365  use of land as part of the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1366  without compensation shall be considered a volunteer, as defined
 1367  in s. 110.501, and shall be covered by state liability
 1368  protection pursuant to s. 768.28, including s. 768.28(9).
 1369         3. This subsection does not:
 1370         a. Relieve any person of liability that would otherwise
 1371  exist for deliberate, willful, or malicious injury to persons or
 1372  property.
 1373         b. Create or increase the liability of any person.
 1374         (f) The Legislature shall designate the second Saturday of
 1375  each November as Operation Outdoor Freedom Day.
 1376         (g)(e) The Florida Forest Service may adopt rules to
 1377  administer this subsection.
 1378         Section 22. Section 589.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1379  read:
 1380         589.30 Duty of district or center manager forester.—It
 1381  shall be the duty of the district or center manager forester to
 1382  direct all work in accordance with the law and regulations of
 1383  the Florida Forest Service; gather and disseminate information
 1384  in the management of commercial timber, including establishment,
 1385  protection and utilization; and assist in the development and
 1386  use of forest lands for outdoor recreation, watershed
 1387  protection, and wildlife habitat. The district or center manager
 1388  forester or his or her representative shall provide
 1389  encouragement and technical assistance to individuals and urban
 1390  and county officials in the planning, establishment, and
 1391  management of trees and plant associations to enhance the beauty
 1392  of the urban and suburban environment and meet outdoor
 1393  recreational needs.
 1394         Section 23. Subsections (1), (2), (3), (7), and (10) of
 1395  section 590.02, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1396         590.02 Florida Forest Service; powers, authority, and
 1397  duties; liability; building structures; Florida Center for
 1398  Wildfire and Forest Resources Management Training.—
 1399         (1) The Florida Forest Service has the following powers,
 1400  authority, and duties:
 1401         (a) To enforce the provisions of this chapter;
 1402         (b) To prevent, detect, and suppress, and extinguish
 1403  wildfires wherever they may occur on public or private land in
 1404  this state and to do all things necessary in the exercise of
 1405  such powers, authority, and duties;
 1406         (c) To provide firefighting crews, who shall be under the
 1407  control and direction of the Florida Forest Service and its
 1408  designated agents;
 1409         (d) To appoint center managers, forest area supervisors,
 1410  forestry program administrators, a forest protection bureau
 1411  chief, a forest protection assistant bureau chief, a field
 1412  operations bureau chief, deputy chiefs of field operations,
 1413  district managers, forest operations administrators, senior
 1414  forest rangers, investigators, forest rangers, firefighter
 1415  rotorcraft pilots, and other employees who may, at the Florida
 1416  Forest Service’s discretion, be certified as forestry
 1417  firefighters pursuant to s. 633.35(4). Other provisions of law
 1418  notwithstanding, center managers, district managers, forest
 1419  protection assistant bureau chief, and deputy chiefs of field
 1420  operations shall have Selected Exempt Service status in the
 1421  state personnel designation;
 1422         (e) To develop a training curriculum for forestry
 1423  firefighters which must contain the basic volunteer structural
 1424  fire training course approved by the Florida State Fire College
 1425  of the Division of State Fire Marshal and a minimum of 250 hours
 1426  of wildfire training;
 1427         (f) To make rules to accomplish the purposes of this
 1428  chapter;
 1429         (g) To provide fire management services and emergency
 1430  response assistance and to set and charge reasonable fees for
 1431  performance of those services. Moneys collected from such fees
 1432  shall be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida
 1433  Forest Service; and
 1434         (h) To require all state, regional, and local government
 1435  agencies operating aircraft in the vicinity of an ongoing
 1436  wildfire to operate in compliance with the applicable state
 1437  Wildfire Aviation Plan; and
 1438         (i) To authorize broadcast burning, prescribed burning,
 1439  pile burning, and land clearing debris burning to carry out the
 1440  duties of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder.
 1441         (2) The Florida Forest Service’s employees, and the
 1442  firefighting crews under their control and direction, may enter
 1443  upon any lands for the purpose of preventing, detecting, and
 1444  suppressing wildfires and investigating smoke complaints or open
 1445  burning not in compliance with authorization and to enforce the
 1446  provisions of this chapter.
 1447         (3) Employees of the Florida Forest Service and of federal,
 1448  state, and local agencies, and all other persons and entities
 1449  that are under contract or agreement with the Florida Forest
 1450  Service to assist in firefighting operations as well as those
 1451  entities, called upon by the Florida Forest Service to assist in
 1452  firefighting may, in the performance of their duties, set
 1453  counterfires, remove fences and other obstacles, dig trenches,
 1454  cut firelines, use water from public and private sources, and
 1455  carry on all other customary activities in the fighting of
 1456  wildfires without incurring liability to any person or entity.
 1457  The manner in which the Florida Forest Service monitors a
 1458  smoldering wildfire, smoldering prescribed fire, or fights any
 1459  wildfire are planning level activities for which sovereign
 1460  immunity applies and is not waived.
 1461         (7) The Florida Forest Service may organize, staff, equip,
 1462  and operate the Florida Center for Wildfire and Forest Resources
 1463  Management Training Center. The center shall serve as a site
 1464  where fire and forest resource managers can obtain current
 1465  knowledge, techniques, skills, and theory as they relate to
 1466  their respective disciplines.
 1467         (a) The center may establish cooperative efforts involving
 1468  federal, state, and local entities; hire appropriate personnel;
 1469  and engage others by contract or agreement with or without
 1470  compensation to assist in carrying out the training and
 1471  operations of the center.
 1472         (b) The center shall provide wildfire suppression training
 1473  opportunities for rural fire departments, volunteer fire
 1474  departments, and other local fire response units.
 1475         (c) The center will focus on curriculum related to, but not
 1476  limited to, fuel reduction, an incident management system,
 1477  prescribed burning certification, multiple-use land management,
 1478  water quality, forest health, environmental education, and
 1479  wildfire suppression training for structural firefighters.
 1480         (d) The center may assess appropriate fees for food,
 1481  lodging, travel, course materials, and supplies in order to meet
 1482  its operational costs and may grant free meals, room, and
 1483  scholarships to persons and other entities in exchange for
 1484  instructional assistance.
 1485         (e) An advisory committee consisting of the following
 1486  individuals or their designees must review program curriculum,
 1487  course content, and scheduling: the director of the Florida
 1488  Forest Service; the assistant director of the Florida Forest
 1489  Service; the director of the School of Forest Resources and
 1490  Conservation of the University of Florida; the director of the
 1491  Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of
 1492  Environmental Protection; the director of the Division of the
 1493  State Fire Marshal; the director of the Florida Chapter of The
 1494  Nature Conservancy; the executive vice president of the Florida
 1495  Forestry Association; the president of the Florida Farm Bureau
 1496  Federation; the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife
 1497  Conservation Commission; the executive director of a water
 1498  management district as appointed by the Commissioner of
 1499  Agriculture; the supervisor of the National Forests in Florida;
 1500  the president of the Florida Fire Chief’s Association; and the
 1501  executive director of the Tall Timbers Research Station.
 1502         (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 252.38, the
 1503  Florida Forest Service has exclusive authority to require and
 1504  issue authorizations for broadcast burning and agricultural and
 1505  silvicultural pile burning. An agency, commission, department,
 1506  county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the
 1507  state may not adopt or enforce laws, regulations, rules, or
 1508  policies pertaining to broadcast burning or agricultural and
 1509  silvicultural pile burning unless an emergency order is declared
 1510  in accordance with s. 252.38(3).
 1511         (b) The Florida Forest Service may delegate to a county, or
 1512  municipality, or special district its authority:,
 1513         1. As delegated by the Department of Environmental
 1514  Protection pursuant to ss. 403.061(28) and 403.081, to manage
 1515  and enforce regulations pertaining to require and issue
 1516  authorizations for the burning of yard trash and debris from
 1517  land clearing operations in accordance with s. 590.125(6).
 1518         2. To manage the open burning of land clearing debris in
 1519  accordance with s. 590.125.
 1520         Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 590.11, Florida
 1521  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1522         590.11 Recreational fires.—
 1523         (1) It is unlawful for any individual or group of
 1524  individuals to build a warming fire, bonfire, or campfire and
 1525  leave it unattended while visible flame, smoke, or emissions
 1526  exist unextinguished.
 1527         Section 25. Subsections (1) and (2), paragraphs (b) and (c)
 1528  of subsection (3), and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of
 1529  section 590.125, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1530         590.125 Open burning authorized by the Florida Forest
 1531  Service.—
 1532         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
 1533         (a) “Certified pile burner” means an individual who
 1534  successfully completes the pile burning certification program of
 1535  the Florida Forest Service and possesses a valid pile burner
 1536  certification number.
 1537         (b) “Certified pile burning” means a pile burn conducted in
 1538  accordance with a written pile burning plan by a certified pile
 1539  burner.
 1540         (c)(b) “Certified prescribed burn manager” means an
 1541  individual who successfully completes the certified prescribed
 1542  burning program of the Florida Forest Service and possesses a
 1543  valid certification number.
 1544         (d) “Certified prescribed burning” means prescribed burning
 1545  in accordance with a written prescription conducted by a
 1546  certified prescribed burn manager.
 1547         (e) “Contained” means that fire and smoldering exist
 1548  entirely within established or natural firebreaks.
 1549         (f)(c)“Completed” “Extinguished” means that for:
 1550         1. Broadcast burning, no continued lateral movement of fire
 1551  across the authorized area into entirely unburned fuels within
 1552  the authorized area Wildland burning or certified prescribed
 1553  burning, no spreading flames exist.
 1554         2. Certified pile Vegetative land-clearing debris burning
 1555  or pile burning, no visible flames exist.
 1556         3. Certified pile Vegetative land-clearing debris burning
 1557  or pile burning in an area designated as smoke sensitive by the
 1558  Florida Forest Service, no visible flames, smoke, or emissions
 1559  exist.
 1560         (g) “Gross negligence” means conduct so reckless or wanting
 1561  in care that it constitutes a conscious disregard or
 1562  indifference to the life, safety, or rights of persons exposed
 1563  to such conduct.
 1564         (d) “Land-clearing operation” means the uprooting or
 1565  clearing of vegetation in connection with the construction of
 1566  buildings and rights-of-way, land development, and mineral
 1567  operations. The term does not include the clearing of yard
 1568  trash.
 1569         (h)(e) “Pile burning” means the burning of silvicultural,
 1570  agricultural, or land-clearing, or and tree-cutting debris
 1571  originating onsite, which is stacked together in a round or
 1572  linear fashion, including, but not limited to, a windrow. Pile
 1573  burning authorized by the Florida Forest Service is a temporary
 1574  procedure, which operates on the same site for 6 months or less.
 1575         (i) “Pile burn plan” means a written plan establishing the
 1576  method of conducting a certified pile burn.
 1577         (j)(f) “Prescribed burning” means the controlled
 1578  application of fire by broadcast burning in accordance with a
 1579  written prescription for vegetative fuels under specified
 1580  environmental conditions, while following appropriate
 1581  precautionary measures to guard against the spread of fire
 1582  beyond that ensure that the fire is confined to a predetermined
 1583  area to accomplish the planned fire or land management
 1584  objectives.
 1585         (k)(g) “Prescription” means a written plan establishing the
 1586  conditions and method for conducting criteria necessary for
 1587  starting, controlling, and extinguishing a certified prescribed
 1588  burn.
 1589         (l) “Smoldering” means the continued consumption of fuels,
 1590  which may emit flames and smoke, after a fire is contained.
 1591         (m)(h) “Yard trash” means vegetative matter resulting from
 1592  landscaping and yard maintenance operations and other such
 1593  routine property cleanup activities. The term includes materials
 1594  such as leaves, shrub trimmings, grass clippings, brush, and
 1595  palm fronds.
 1596         (2) NONCERTIFIED BURNING.—
 1597         (a) Persons may be authorized to broadcast burn or pile
 1598  burn wild land or vegetative land-clearing debris in accordance
 1599  with this subsection if:
 1600         1. There is specific consent of the landowner or his or her
 1601  designee;
 1602         2. Authorization has been obtained from the Florida Forest
 1603  Service or its designated agent before starting the burn;
 1604         3. There are adequate firebreaks at the burn site and
 1605  sufficient personnel and firefighting equipment for the
 1606  containment control of the fire;
 1607         4. The fire remains within the boundary of the authorized
 1608  area;
 1609         5. The person named responsible in the burn authorization
 1610  or a designee An authorized person is present at the burn site
 1611  until the fire is completed extinguished;
 1612         6. The Florida Forest Service does not cancel the
 1613  authorization; and
 1614         7. The Florida Forest Service determines that air quality
 1615  and fire danger are favorable for safe burning.
 1616         (b) A person who broadcast burns or pile burns wild land or
 1617  vegetative land-clearing debris in a manner that violates any
 1618  requirement of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the
 1619  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
 1620  775.083.
 1621         (3) CERTIFIED PRESCRIBED BURNING; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND
 1622  PURPOSE.—
 1623         (b) Certified prescribed burning pertains only to broadcast
 1624  burning for purposes of silviculture, wildland fire hazard
 1625  reduction, wildlife management, ecological maintenance and
 1626  restoration, and agriculture range and pasture management. It
 1627  must be conducted in accordance with this subsection and:
 1628         1. May be accomplished only when a certified prescribed
 1629  burn manager is present on site with a copy of the prescription
 1630  and directly supervises the certified prescribed burn until the
 1631  burn is completed, after which the certified prescribed burn
 1632  manager is not required to be present from ignition of the burn
 1633  to its completion.
 1634         2. Requires that a written prescription be prepared before
 1635  receiving authorization to burn from the Florida Forest Service.
 1636         a. A new prescription or authorization is not required for
 1637  smoldering that occurs within the authorized burn area unless
 1638  new ignitions are conducted by the certified prescribed burn
 1639  manager.
 1640         b. Monitoring the smoldering activity of a certified
 1641  prescribed burn does not require a prescription or an additional
 1642  authorization even if flames begin to spread within the
 1643  authorized burn area due to ongoing smoldering.
 1644         3. Requires that the specific consent of the landowner or
 1645  his or her designee be obtained before requesting an
 1646  authorization.
 1647         4. Requires that an authorization to burn be obtained from
 1648  the Florida Forest Service before igniting the burn.
 1649         5. Requires that there be adequate firebreaks at the burn
 1650  site and sufficient personnel and firefighting equipment to
 1651  contain for the control of the fire within the authorized burn
 1652  area.
 1653         a. Fire spreading outside the authorized burn area on the
 1654  day of the certified prescribed burn ignition does not
 1655  constitute conclusive proof of inadequate firebreaks,
 1656  insufficient personnel, or a lack of firefighting equipment.
 1657         b. If the certified prescribed burn is contained within the
 1658  authorized burn area during the authorized period, a strong
 1659  rebuttable presumption shall exist that adequate firebreaks,
 1660  sufficient personnel, and sufficient firefighting equipment were
 1661  present.
 1662         c. Continued smoldering of a certified prescribed burn
 1663  resulting in a subsequent wildfire does not by itself constitute
 1664  evidence of gross negligence under this section.
 1665         6. Is considered to be in the public interest and does not
 1666  constitute a public or private nuisance when conducted under
 1667  applicable state air pollution statutes and rules.
 1668         7. Is considered to be a property right of the property
 1669  owner if vegetative fuels are burned as required in this
 1670  subsection.
 1671         (c) Neither A property owner or leaseholder, nor his or her
 1672  agent, contractor, or legally authorized designee is not liable
 1673  pursuant to s. 590.13 for damage or injury caused by the fire,
 1674  including the reignition of a smoldering, previously contained
 1675  burn, or resulting smoke or considered to be in violation of
 1676  subsection (2) for burns conducted in accordance with this
 1677  subsection, unless gross negligence is proven. The Florida
 1678  Forest Service is not liable for burns for which it issues
 1679  authorizations.
 1680         (4) CERTIFIED PILE BURNING.—
 1681         (a) Certified pile burning pertains to the disposal of
 1682  piled, naturally occurring debris from an agricultural,
 1683  silvicultural, or temporary land-clearing, or tree cutting
 1684  debris originating on site operation. A land-clearing operation
 1685  is temporary if it operates for 6 months or less. Certified pile
 1686  burning must be conducted in accordance with the following:
 1687         1. A certified pile burner must ensure, before ignition,
 1688  that the piles are properly placed and that the content of the
 1689  piles is conducive to efficient burning.
 1690         2. A certified pile burner must ensure that the authorized
 1691  burn is completed piles are properly extinguished no later than
 1692  1 hour after sunset. If the burn is conducted in an area
 1693  designated by the Florida Forest Service as smoke sensitive, a
 1694  certified pile burner must ensure that the authorized burn is
 1695  completed piles are properly extinguished at least 1 hour before
 1696  sunset.
 1697         3. A written pile burning plan must be prepared before
 1698  receiving authorization from the Florida Forest Service to burn
 1699  and must be on site and available for inspection by a department
 1700  representative.
 1701         4. The specific consent of the landowner or his or her
 1702  agent must be obtained before requesting authorization to burn.
 1703         5. An authorization to burn must be obtained from the
 1704  Florida Forest Service or its designated agent before igniting
 1705  the burn.
 1706         6. There must be adequate firebreaks and sufficient
 1707  personnel and firefighting equipment at the burn site to contain
 1708  the burn to the piles authorized control the fire.
 1709         Section 26. Section 590.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1710  read:
 1711         590.25 Penalty for preventing or obstructing the
 1712  prevention, detection, or suppression extinguishment of
 1713  wildfires.—Whoever interferes shall interfere with, obstructs
 1714  obstruct or commits commit any act aimed to obstruct the
 1715  prevention, detection, or suppression extinguishment of
 1716  wildfires by the employees of the Florida Forest Service or any
 1717  other person engaged in the prevention, detection, or
 1718  suppression extinguishment of a wildfire, or who damages or
 1719  destroys any equipment being used for such purpose, commits
 1720  shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
 1721  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
 1722         Section 27. Chapter 595, Florida Statutes, is created,
 1723  shall consist of sections 595.401-595.701, Florida Statutes, and
 1724  shall be entitled “School Food and Nutrition Services.”
 1725         Section 28. Section 595.401, Florida Statutes, is created
 1726  to read:
 1727         595.401 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the
 1728  “Florida School Food and Nutrition Act.”
 1729         Section 29. Section 595.402, Florida Statutes, is created
 1730  to read:
 1731         595.402 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
 1732         (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture.
 1733         (2) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and
 1734  Consumer Services.
 1735         (3) “Program” means any one or more of the school food and
 1736  nutrition service programs that the department has
 1737  responsibility over including, but not limited to, the National
 1738  School Lunch Program, the Special Milk Program, the School
 1739  Breakfast Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Fresh
 1740  Fruit and Vegetable Program, and any other program that relates
 1741  to school nutrition.
 1742         (4) “School district” means any of the 67 county school
 1743  districts, including the respective district school board.
 1744         (5) “Sponsor” means any entity that is conducting a program
 1745  under a current agreement with the department.
 1746         Section 30. Section 595.403, Florida Statutes, is created
 1747  to read:
 1748         595.403 State policy.—The Legislature, in recognition of
 1749  the demonstrated relationship between good nutrition and the
 1750  capacity of students to develop and learn, declares that it is
 1751  the policy of the state to provide standards for school food and
 1752  nutrition services and to require each school district to
 1753  establish and maintain an appropriate school food and nutrition
 1754  service program consistent with the nutritional needs of
 1755  students. To implement that policy, the state shall provide
 1756  funds to meet the state National School Lunch Act matching
 1757  requirements. The funds provided shall be distributed in such a
 1758  manner as to comply with the requirements of the National School
 1759  Lunch Act.
 1760         Section 31. Section 570.98, Florida Statutes, is
 1761  transferred, renumbered as section 595.404, Florida Statutes,
 1762  and amended to read:
 1763         595.404 570.98 School food and nutrition service program;
 1764  powers and duties of the department programs.—
 1765         (1) The department has the following powers and duties:
 1766  shall
 1767         (1) To conduct, supervise, and administer the program all
 1768  school food and nutrition programs that will be carried out
 1769  using federal or state funds, or funds from any other source.
 1770         (2) To fully The department shall cooperate fully with the
 1771  United States Government and its agencies and instrumentalities
 1772  so that the department may receive the benefit of all federal
 1773  financial allotments and assistance possible to carry out the
 1774  purposes of this chapter.
 1775         (3) To implement and adopt by rule, as required, federal
 1776  regulations to maximize federal assistance for the program. The
 1777  department may
 1778         (4) To act as agent of, or contract with, the Federal
 1779  Government, another state agency, or any county or municipal
 1780  government, or sponsor for the administration of the program
 1781  school food and nutrition programs, including the distribution
 1782  of funds provided by the Federal Government to support the
 1783  program school food and nutrition programs.
 1784         (5) To make a reasonable effort to ensure that any school
 1785  designated as a “severe need school” receives the highest rate
 1786  of reimbursement to which it is entitled under 42 U.S.C. s. 1773
 1787  for each breakfast meal served.
 1788         (6) To develop and propose legislation necessary to
 1789  implement the program, encourage the development of innovative
 1790  school food and nutrition services, and expand participation in
 1791  the program.
 1792         (7) To annually allocate among the sponsors, as applicable,
 1793  funds provided from the school breakfast supplement in the
 1794  General Appropriations Act based on each district’s total number
 1795  of free and reduced-price breakfast meals served.
 1796         (8) To employ such persons as are necessary to perform its
 1797  duties under this chapter.
 1798         (9) To adopt rules covering the administration, operation,
 1799  and enforcement of the program as well as to implement the
 1800  provisions of this chapter.
 1801         (10) To adopt and implement an appeal process by rule, as
 1802  required by federal regulations, for applicants and participants
 1803  under the program, notwithstanding s. 120.569 and ss. 120.57
 1804  120.595.
 1805         (11) To assist, train, and review each sponsor in its
 1806  implementation of the program.
 1807         (12) To advance funds from the program’s annual
 1808  appropriation to sponsors, when requested, in order to implement
 1809  the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with federal
 1810  regulations.
 1811         Section 32. Subsections (1) through (5) of section 570.981,
 1812  Florida Statutes, are transferred, renumbered as section
 1813  595.405, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
 1814         595.405 570.981Program requirements for school districts
 1815  and sponsors food service programs.—
 1816         (1) In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between
 1817  good nutrition and the capacity of students to develop and
 1818  learn, it is the policy of the state to provide standards for
 1819  school food service and to require district school boards to
 1820  establish and maintain an appropriate private school food
 1821  service program consistent with the nutritional needs of
 1822  students.
 1823         (2) The department shall adopt rules covering the
 1824  administration and operation of the school food service
 1825  programs.
 1826         (1)(3) Each school district school board shall consider the
 1827  recommendations of the district school superintendent and adopt
 1828  policies to provide for an appropriate food and nutrition
 1829  service program for students consistent with federal law and
 1830  department rules rule.
 1831         (4) The state shall provide the state National School Lunch
 1832  Act matching requirements. The funds provided shall be
 1833  distributed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements
 1834  of the National School Lunch Act.
 1835         (2)(5)(a) Each school district school board shall implement
 1836  school breakfast programs that make breakfast meals available to
 1837  all students in each elementary school. Universal school
 1838  breakfast programs shall be offered in schools in which 80
 1839  percent or more of the students are eligible for free or
 1840  reduced-price meals. Each school shall, to the maximum extent
 1841  practicable, make breakfast meals available to students at an
 1842  alternative site location, which may include, but need not be
 1843  limited to, alternative breakfast options as described in
 1844  publications of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United
 1845  States Department of Agriculture for the federal School
 1846  Breakfast Program.
 1847         (3)(b) Each school district must annually set prices for
 1848  breakfast meals at rates that, combined with federal
 1849  reimbursements and state allocations, are sufficient to defray
 1850  costs of school breakfast programs without requiring allocations
 1851  from the district’s operating funds, except if the district
 1852  school board approves lower rates.
 1853         (4)(c) Each school district school board is encouraged to
 1854  provide universal-free school breakfast meals to all students in
 1855  each elementary, middle, and high school. Each school district
 1856  school board shall approve or disapprove a policy, after
 1857  receiving public testimony concerning the proposed policy at two
 1858  or more regular meetings, which makes universal-free school
 1859  breakfast meals available to all students in each elementary,
 1860  middle, and high school in which 80 percent or more of the
 1861  students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
 1862         (5)(d) Each elementary, middle, and high school shall make
 1863  a breakfast meal available if a student arrives at school on the
 1864  school bus less than 15 minutes before the first bell rings and
 1865  shall allow the student at least 15 minutes to eat the
 1866  breakfast.
 1867         (6)(e) Each school district shall annually provide to all
 1868  students in each elementary, middle, and high school information
 1869  prepared by the district’s food service administration regarding
 1870  its school breakfast programs. The information shall be
 1871  communicated through school announcements and written notices
 1872  notice sent to all parents.
 1873         (7)(f) A school district school board may operate a
 1874  breakfast program providing for food preparation at the school
 1875  site or in central locations with distribution to designated
 1876  satellite schools or any combination thereof.
 1877         (8) Each sponsor shall complete all corrective action plans
 1878  required by the department or a federal agency to be in
 1879  compliance with the program.
 1880         (g) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to
 1881  ensure that any school designated as a “severe need school”
 1882  receives the highest rate of reimbursement to which it is
 1883  entitled under 42 U.S.C. s. 1773 for each breakfast meal served.
 1884         (h) The department shall annually allocate among the school
 1885  districts funds provided from the school breakfast supplement in
 1886  the General Appropriations Act based on each district’s total
 1887  number of free and reduced-price breakfast meals served.
 1888         Section 33. Subsection (6) of section 570.981, Florida
 1889  Statutes, is transferred, renumbered as section 595.406, Florida
 1890  Statutes, and amended to read:
 1891         595.406 570.981Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program School
 1892  food service programs.—
 1893         (6) The Legislature, recognizing that school children need
 1894  nutritious food not only for healthy physical and intellectual
 1895  development but also to combat diseases related to poor
 1896  nutrition and obesity, establishes the Florida Farm Fresh
 1897  Schools Program within the department. The program shall comply
 1898  with the regulations of the National School Lunch Program and
 1899  require:
 1900         (1)(a)In order to implement the Florida Farm Fresh Schools
 1901  Program, the department shall to develop policies pertaining to
 1902  school food services which encourage:
 1903         (a)1.Sponsors School districts to buy fresh and high
 1904  quality foods grown in this state when feasible.
 1905         (b)2. Farmers in this state to sell their products to
 1906  sponsors, school districts, and schools.
 1907         (c)3.Sponsors School districts and schools to demonstrate
 1908  a preference for competitively priced organic food products.
 1909         (d)(b)Sponsors School districts and schools to make
 1910  reasonable efforts to select foods based on a preference for
 1911  those that have maximum nutritional content.
 1912         (2)(c) The department shall to provide outreach, guidance,
 1913  and training to sponsors school districts, schools, school food
 1914  service directors, parent and teacher organizations, and
 1915  students about the benefit benefits of fresh food products from
 1916  farms in this state.
 1917         Section 34. Section 570.982, Florida Statutes, is
 1918  transferred, renumbered as section 595.407, Florida Statutes,
 1919  and amended to read:
 1920         595.407 570.982 Children′s summer nutrition program.—
 1921         (1) This section may be cited as the “Ms. Willie Ann Glenn
 1922  Act.”
 1923         (2) Each school district school board shall develop a plan
 1924  to sponsor a summer nutrition program to operate sites in the
 1925  school district as follows:
 1926         (a) Within 5 miles of at least one elementary school at
 1927  which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible for free
 1928  or reduced-price school meals and for the duration of 35
 1929  consecutive days.; and
 1930         (b) Except as operated pursuant to paragraph (a), Within 10
 1931  miles of each elementary school at which 50 percent or more of
 1932  the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school
 1933  meals, except as operated pursuant to paragraph (a).
 1934         (3)(a) A school district school board may be exempt from
 1935  sponsoring a summer nutrition program pursuant to this section.
 1936  A school district school board seeking such exemption must
 1937  include the issue on an agenda at a regular or special school
 1938  district school board meeting that is publicly noticed, provide
 1939  residents an opportunity to participate in the discussion, and
 1940  vote on whether to be exempt from this section. The school
 1941  district school board shall notify the department commissioner
 1942  within 10 days after it decides to become exempt from this
 1943  section.
 1944         (b) Each year, the school district school board shall
 1945  reconsider its decision to be exempt from the provisions of this
 1946  section and shall vote on whether to continue the exemption from
 1947  sponsoring a summer nutrition program. The school district
 1948  school board shall notify the department commissioner within 10
 1949  days after each subsequent year’s decision to continue the
 1950  exemption.
 1951         (c) If a school district school board elects to be exempt
 1952  from sponsoring a summer nutrition program under this section,
 1953  the school district school board may encourage not-for-profit
 1954  entities to sponsor the program. If a not-for-profit entity
 1955  chooses to sponsor the summer nutrition program but fails to
 1956  perform with regard to the program, the district school board,
 1957  the school district, and the department are not required to
 1958  continue the program and shall be held harmless from any
 1959  liability arising from the discontinuation of the summer
 1960  nutrition program.
 1961         (4) The superintendent of schools may collaborate with
 1962  municipal and county governmental agencies and private, not-for
 1963  profit leaders in implementing the plan. Although schools have
 1964  proven to be the optimal site for a summer nutrition program,
 1965  any not-for-profit entity may serve as a site or sponsor. By
 1966  April 15 of each year, each school district with a summer
 1967  nutrition program shall report to the department the district’s
 1968  summer nutrition program sites in compliance with this section.
 1969         (5) The department shall provide to each school district
 1970  school board by February 15 of each year a list of local
 1971  organizations that have filed letters of intent to participate
 1972  in the summer nutrition program in order that a school district
 1973  may school board is able to determine how many sites are needed
 1974  to serve the children and where to place each site.
 1975         Section 35. Section 570.072, Florida Statutes, is
 1976  transferred and renumbered as section 595.408, Florida Statutes.
 1977         Section 36. Section 595.501, Florida Statutes, is created
 1978  to read:
 1979         595.501 Penalties.—Any person, sponsor, or school district
 1980  that violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted
 1981  thereunder or otherwise does not comply with the program is
 1982  subject to a suspension or revocation of their agreement, loss
 1983  of reimbursement, or a financial penalty in accordance with
 1984  federal or state law or both. This section does not restrict the
 1985  applicability of any other law.
 1986         Section 37. Section 570.983, Florida Statutes, is
 1987  transferred, renumbered as section 595.601, Florida Statutes,
 1988  and amended to read:
 1989         595.601 570.983 Food and Nutrition Services Trust Fund.
 1990  Chapter 99-37, Laws of Florida, recreated the Food and Nutrition
 1991  Services Trust Fund to record revenue and disbursements of
 1992  Federal Food and Nutrition funds received by the department as
 1993  authorized in s. 595.405 570.981.
 1994         Section 38. Section 570.984, Florida Statutes, is
 1995  transferred and renumbered as section 595.701, Florida Statutes,
 1996  to read:
 1997         595.701 570.984 Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council.—
 1998         (1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture
 1999  and Consumer Services the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives
 2000  Council, which shall consist of 11 members appointed by the
 2001  Commissioner of Agriculture. The council shall advise the
 2002  department on matters relating to nutritional standards and the
 2003  prevention of childhood obesity, nutrition education,
 2004  anaphylaxis, and other needs to further the development of the
 2005  various school nutrition programs.
 2006         (2) The meetings, powers, duties, procedures, and
 2007  recordkeeping of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council
 2008  shall be governed by s. 570.0705, relating to advisory
 2009  committees established within the department.
 2010         Section 39. Subsection (16) of section 1001.42, Florida
 2011  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2012         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
 2013  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
 2014  powers and perform all duties listed below:
 2015         (16) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.—Assume such responsibilities and
 2016  exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned
 2017  to it by law or as may be required by rules of the Department of
 2018  Agriculture and Consumer Services State Board of Education or,
 2019  as in the opinion of the district school board, are necessary to
 2020  ensure school lunch services, consistent with needs of students;
 2021  effective and efficient operation of the program; and the proper
 2022  articulation of the school lunch program with other phases of
 2023  education in the district.
 2024         Section 40. Subsection (1) of section 1003.453, Florida
 2025  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2026         1003.453 School wellness and physical education policies;
 2027  nutrition guidelines.—
 2028         (1) Each school district shall electronically submit to the
 2029  Department of Education a copy of its local school wellness
 2030  policy to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as
 2031  required by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of
 2032  2004 and a copy of its physical education policy required under
 2033  s. 1003.455 to the Department of Education. Each school district
 2034  shall annually review its local school wellness policy and
 2035  physical education policy and provide a procedure for public
 2036  input and revisions. In addition, each school district shall
 2037  provide its revised local school send an updated copy of its
 2038  wellness policy and revised physical education policy to the
 2039  applicable department and to the Department of Agriculture and
 2040  Consumer Services when a change or revision is made.
 2041         Section 41. Sections 487.0615, 570.382, 570.97, and 590.50,
 2042  Florida Statutes, are repealed.
 2043         Section 42. Subsection (5) of section 487.041, Florida
 2044  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2045         487.041 Registration.—
 2046         (5) The department shall provide summary information to the
 2047  Pesticide Review Council regarding applications for registration
 2048  of those pesticides for which data received in the registration
 2049  process indicate that the pesticide, when used according to
 2050  label instructions and precautions, may have a significant
 2051  potential for adverse effects on human health or the
 2052  environment. The council shall be kept apprised of the status of
 2053  these applications while under review and of the final action by
 2054  the Commissioner of Agriculture regarding the registration of
 2055  these pesticides.
 2056         Section 43. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
 2057  550.2625, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2058         550.2625 Horseracing; minimum purse requirement, Florida
 2059  breeders’ and owners’ awards.—
 2060         (8)
 2061         (b) The division shall deposit these collections to the
 2062  credit of the General Inspection Trust Fund in a special account
 2063  to be known as the “Florida Arabian Horse Racing Promotion
 2064  Account.” The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
 2065  shall administer the funds and adopt suitable and reasonable
 2066  rules for the administration thereof. The moneys in the Florida
 2067  Arabian Horse Racing Promotion Account shall be allocated solely
 2068  for supplementing and augmenting purses and prizes and for the
 2069  general promotion of owning and breeding of racing Arabian
 2070  horses in this state; and the moneys may not be used to defray
 2071  any expense of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2072  Services in the administration of this chapter, except that the
 2073  moneys generated by Arabian horse registration fees received
 2074  pursuant to s. 570.382 may be used as provided in paragraph
 2075  (5)(b) of that section.
 2076         Section 44. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
 2077  section 550.2633, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2078         550.2633 Horseracing; distribution of abandoned interest in
 2079  or contributions to pari-mutuel pools.—
 2080         (2) All moneys or other property which has escheated to and
 2081  become the property of the state as provided herein and which is
 2082  held by a permitholder authorized to conduct pari-mutuel pools
 2083  in this state shall be paid annually by the permitholder to the
 2084  recipient designated in this subsection within 60 days after the
 2085  close of the race meeting of the permitholder. Section 550.1645
 2086  notwithstanding, the moneys shall be paid by the permitholder as
 2087  follows:
 2088         (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), Funds from quarter
 2089  horse races shall be paid to the Florida Quarter Horse Breeders
 2090  and Owners Association and shall be allocated solely for
 2091  supplementing and augmenting purses and prizes and for the
 2092  general promotion of owning and breeding of racing quarter
 2093  horses in this state, as provided for in s. 550.2625.
 2094         (c) Funds for Arabian horse races conducted under a quarter
 2095  horse racing permit shall be deposited into the General
 2096  Inspection Trust Fund in a special account to be known as the
 2097  “Florida Arabian Horse Racing Promotion Account” and shall be
 2098  used for the payment of breeders’ awards and stallion awards as
 2099  provided for in s. 570.382.
 2100         Section 45. In order to effectuate the repeal of s. 570.97,
 2101  Florida Statutes, and to honor the wishes of the donor, for the
 2102  2013-2014 fiscal year, the sum of $59,239 in nonrecurring funds
 2103  is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2104  Services in the expenses appropriation category for deposit in
 2105  the General Inspection Trust Fund to be used by the Division of
 2106  Animal Industry for disbursement to Florida Animal Friend, Inc.
 2107         Section 46. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
 2108  
 2109  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2110         And the title is amended as follows:
 2111         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2112  and insert:
 2113                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2114         An act relating to the Department of Agriculture and
 2115         Consumer Services; amending s. 253.034, F.S.;
 2116         requiring public hearings relating to the development
 2117         of land management plans to be held in any one, rather
 2118         than each, county affected by such plans; amending s.
 2119         259.1052, F.S.; providing for Lee County to retain
 2120         ownership and assume responsibility for management of
 2121         a specified portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch
 2122         Florida Forever acquisition; requiring certain
 2123         activities on the property to be compatible with
 2124         working ranch and agricultural activities;
 2125         establishing the Department of Agriculture and
 2126         Consumer Services as the lead agency responsible for
 2127         managing the Babcock Crescent B Ranch; amending s.
 2128         259.10521, F.S.; replacing the term “Babcock Crescent
 2129         B Ranch” with the term “Babcock Ranch Preserve” for
 2130         limited purposes; amending s. 259.1053, F.S.; deleting
 2131         and revising provisions of the Babcock Ranch Preserve
 2132         Act to conform to the termination or expiration of the
 2133         management agreement and the dissolution of Babcock
 2134         Ranch, Inc.; revising definitions; creating the
 2135         Babcock Ranch Advisory Group; providing for the
 2136         department to manage and operate the preserve;
 2137         requiring certain fees to be deposited into the
 2138         Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest Service of
 2139         the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
 2140         subject to appropriation; directing the Fish and
 2141         Wildlife Conservation Commission, in cooperation with
 2142         the department, to establish, implement, and
 2143         administer certain activities and fees; requiring such
 2144         fees to be deposited into the State Game Trust Fund of
 2145         the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and used
 2146         for specified purposes; authorizing the Board of
 2147         Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to
 2148         negotiate and enter into certain agreements and grant
 2149         certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits;
 2150         providing for certain funds to revert to the
 2151         Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest Service
 2152         upon dissolution of Babcock Ranch, Inc.; providing a
 2153         date for dissolution of the Babcock Ranch Advisory
 2154         Group, subject to Legislative reenactment; amending s.
 2155         388.261, F.S.; revising provisions for the
 2156         distribution and use of state funds for local mosquito
 2157         control programs; amending s. 388.271, F.S.; revising
 2158         the date by which mosquito control districts must
 2159         submit their certified budgets for approval by the
 2160         department; amending s. 487.160, F.S.; deleting
 2161         provisions requiring the department to conduct a
 2162         survey and compile a report on restricted-use
 2163         pesticides; amending s. 534.083, F.S.; deleting
 2164         permitting requirements for livestock haulers;
 2165         amending s. 570.07, F.S.; clarifying the authority of
 2166         the department to regulate certain open burning;
 2167         creating s. 570.087, F.S.; providing legislative
 2168         findings; requiring the Department of Agriculture and
 2169         Consumer Services to enter into a memorandum of
 2170         agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2171         Commission for the purpose of developing voluntary
 2172         best management practices for this state’s
 2173         agricultural industry; allowing for pilot projects;
 2174         providing that the department has rulemaking authority
 2175         for these purposes; requiring that rules provide for a
 2176         notice of intent to implement these practices;
 2177         emphasizing that implementation of the best management
 2178         practices created pursuant to this section is
 2179         voluntary; restricting the adoption or enforcement of
 2180         any law regarding the best management practices
 2181         created pursuant to this section; creating s. 570.64,
 2182         F.S.; establishing the duties of the Division of Food,
 2183         Nutrition, and Wellness within the department;
 2184         providing for a director of the division; amending s.
 2185         570.902, F.S.; clarifying the applicability of
 2186         definitions relating to certain designated programs
 2187         and direct-support organizations; amending s. 570.903,
 2188         F.S.; authorizing the department to establish direct
 2189         support organizations for museums and other programs
 2190         of the department; deleting provisions that limit the
 2191         establishment of direct-support organizations to
 2192         particular museums and programs; deleting provisions
 2193         authorizing direct-support organizations to enter into
 2194         certain contracts or agreements; clarifying provisions
 2195         prohibiting specified entities from receiving
 2196         commissions, fees, or financial benefits in connection
 2197         with the sale or exchange of real property and
 2198         historical objects; providing for the termination of
 2199         agreements between the department and direct-support
 2200         organizations; providing for the distribution of
 2201         certain assets; deleting provisions requiring the
 2202         department to establish certain procedures relating to
 2203         museum artifacts and records; amending s. 576.051,
 2204         F.S.; authorizing the department to establish certain
 2205         criteria for fertilizer sampling and analysis;
 2206         amending s. 576.061, F.S.; requiring the department to
 2207         adopt rules establishing certain investigational
 2208         allowances for fertilizer deficiencies; providing a
 2209         date by which such allowances are effective and other
 2210         allowances are repealed; amending s. 576.181, F.S.;
 2211         revising the department’s authority to adopt rules
 2212         establishing certain criteria for fertilizer analysis;
 2213         amending s. 585.61, F.S.; deleting provisions for the
 2214         establishment of an animal disease diagnostic
 2215         laboratory in Suwannee County; amending s. 586.10,
 2216         F.S.; authorizing apiary inspectors to be certified
 2217         beekeepers under certain conditions; amending s.
 2218         586.15, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
 2219         Agriculture and Consumer Services to collect certain
 2220         costs to be deposited into the General Inspection
 2221         Trust Fund; amending s. 589.02, F.S.; deleting annual
 2222         and special meeting requirements for the Florida
 2223         Forestry Council; amending s. 589.19, F.S.;
 2224         establishing the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 2225         within the Florida Forest Service to replace
 2226         provisions for the designation of specified hunt areas
 2227         in state forests for wounded veterans and
 2228         servicemembers; providing purpose and intent of the
 2229         program; providing eligibility requirements for
 2230         program participation; providing exceptions from
 2231         eligibility requirements for certain activities;
 2232         providing for deposit and use of funds donated to the
 2233         program; limiting the liability of private landowners
 2234         who provide land for designation as hunting sites for
 2235         purposes of the program; amending s. 589.30, F.S.;
 2236         revising references to certain Florida Forest Service
 2237         personnel titles; amending s. 590.02, F.S.;
 2238         authorizing the Florida Forest Service to allow
 2239         certain types of burning; specifying that sovereign
 2240         immunity applies to certain planning level activities;
 2241         deleting provisions relating to the composition and
 2242         duties of the Florida Forest Training Center advisory
 2243         council; prohibiting government entities from banning
 2244         certain types of burning; authorizing the service to
 2245         delegate authority to special districts to manage
 2246         certain types of burning; revising such authority
 2247         delegated to counties and municipalities; amending s.
 2248         590.11, F.S.; revising the prohibition on leaving
 2249         certain recreational fires unattended, to which
 2250         penalties apply; amending s. 590.125, F.S.; revising
 2251         and providing definitions relating to open burning
 2252         authorized by the Florida Forest Service; revising
 2253         requirements for noncertified and certified burning;
 2254         limiting the liability of the service and certain
 2255         persons related to certain burns; amending s. 590.25,
 2256         F.S.; revising provisions relating to criminal
 2257         penalties for obstructing the prevention, detection,
 2258         or suppression of wildfires; creating chapter 595,
 2259         F.S., to establish the Florida School Food and
 2260         Nutrition Act; creating s. 595.401, F.S.; providing a
 2261         short title; creating s. 595.402, F.S.; providing
 2262         definitions; creating s. 595.403, F.S.; declaring
 2263         state policy relating to school food and nutrition
 2264         services; transferring, renumbering, and amending ss.
 2265         570.98 and 570.981, F.S., relating to school food and
 2266         nutrition services and the Florida Farm Fresh Schools
 2267         Program; revising the department’s duties and
 2268         responsibilities for administering such services and
 2269         program; revising requirements for school districts
 2270         and sponsors; transferring, renumbering, and amending
 2271         s. 570.982, F.S., relating to the children′s summer
 2272         nutrition program; clarifying provisions; transferring
 2273         and renumbering s. 570.072, F.S., relating to
 2274         commodity distribution; creating s. 595.501, F.S.;
 2275         providing certain penalties; transferring,
 2276         renumbering, and amending s. 570.983, F.S., relating
 2277         to the Food and Nutrition Services Trust Fund;
 2278         conforming a cross-reference; transferring and
 2279         renumbering s. 570.984, F.S., relating to the Healthy
 2280         Schools for Healthy Lives Council; amending s.
 2281         1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school boards to
 2282         perform duties relating to school lunch programs as
 2283         required by the department’s rules; amending s.
 2284         1003.453, F.S.; requiring each school district to
 2285         electronically submit a revised local school wellness
 2286         policy to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2287         Services and a revised physical education policy to
 2288         the Department of Education; repealing ss. 487.0615,
 2289         570.382, 570.97, and 590.50, F.S., relating to the
 2290         Pesticide Review Council, Arabian horse racing and the
 2291         Arabian Horse Council, the Gertrude Maxwell Save a Pet
 2292         Direct-Support Organization, and permits for the sale
 2293         of cypress products, respectively; amending ss.
 2294         487.041, 550.2625, and 550.2633, F.S.; conforming
 2295         provisions; providing for the disbursement of
 2296         specified funds; providing an effective date.