Florida Senate - 2013                      CS for CS for SB 1628
       
       
       
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Agriculture; and
       Senator Montford
       
       
       
       576-04671A-13                                         20131628c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Department of Agriculture and
    3         Consumer Services; amending s. 253.034, F.S.;
    4         requiring public hearings relating to the development
    5         of land management plans to be held in any one, rather
    6         than each, county affected by such plans; amending s.
    7         259.1052, F.S.; providing for Lee County to retain
    8         ownership and assume responsibility for management of
    9         a specified portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch
   10         Florida Forever acquisition; requiring certain
   11         activities on the property to be compatible with
   12         working ranch and agricultural activities;
   13         establishing the Department of Agriculture and
   14         Consumer Services as the lead agency responsible for
   15         managing the Babcock Crescent B Ranch; amending s.
   16         259.10521, F.S.; replacing the term “Babcock Crescent
   17         B Ranch” with the term “Babcock Ranch Preserve” for
   18         limited purposes; amending s. 259.1053, F.S.; deleting
   19         and revising provisions of the Babcock Ranch Preserve
   20         Act to conform to the termination or expiration of the
   21         management agreement and the dissolution of Babcock
   22         Ranch, Inc.; revising definitions; creating the
   23         Babcock Ranch Advisory Group; providing for the
   24         department to manage and operate the preserve;
   25         requiring certain fees to be deposited into the
   26         Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest Service of
   27         the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
   28         subject to appropriation; directing the Fish and
   29         Wildlife Conservation Commission, in cooperation with
   30         the department, to establish, implement, and
   31         administer certain activities and fees; requiring such
   32         fees to be deposited into the State Game Trust Fund of
   33         the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and used
   34         for specified purposes; authorizing the Board of
   35         Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to
   36         negotiate and enter into certain agreements and grant
   37         certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits;
   38         providing for certain funds to revert to the
   39         Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest Service
   40         upon dissolution of Babcock Ranch, Inc.; providing a
   41         date for dissolution of the Babcock Ranch Advisory
   42         Group, subject to Legislative reenactment; amending s.
   43         388.261, F.S.; revising provisions for the
   44         distribution and use of state funds for local mosquito
   45         control programs; amending s. 388.271, F.S.; revising
   46         the date by which mosquito control districts must
   47         submit their certified budgets for approval by the
   48         department; amending s. 487.160, F.S.; deleting
   49         provisions requiring the department to conduct a
   50         survey and compile a report on restricted-use
   51         pesticides; amending s. 534.083, F.S.; deleting
   52         permitting requirements for livestock haulers;
   53         amending s. 570.07, F.S.; clarifying the authority of
   54         the department to regulate certain open burning;
   55         creating s. 570.087, F.S.; providing legislative
   56         findings; requiring the Department of Agriculture and
   57         Consumer Services to enter into a memorandum of
   58         agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   59         Commission for the purpose of developing voluntary
   60         best management practices for this state’s
   61         agricultural industry; allowing for pilot projects;
   62         providing that the department has rulemaking authority
   63         for these purposes; requiring that rules provide for a
   64         notice of intent to implement these practices;
   65         emphasizing that implementation of the best management
   66         practices created pursuant to this section is
   67         voluntary; restricting the adoption or enforcement of
   68         any law regarding the best management practices
   69         created pursuant to this section; creating s. 570.64,
   70         F.S.; establishing the duties of the Division of Food,
   71         Nutrition, and Wellness within the department;
   72         providing for a director of the division; amending s.
   73         570.902, F.S.; clarifying the applicability of
   74         definitions relating to certain designated programs
   75         and direct-support organizations; amending s. 570.903,
   76         F.S.; authorizing the department to establish direct
   77         support organizations for museums and other programs
   78         of the department; deleting provisions that limit the
   79         establishment of direct-support organizations to
   80         particular museums and programs; deleting provisions
   81         authorizing direct-support organizations to enter into
   82         certain contracts or agreements; clarifying provisions
   83         prohibiting specified entities from receiving
   84         commissions, fees, or financial benefits in connection
   85         with the sale or exchange of real property and
   86         historical objects; providing for the termination of
   87         agreements between the department and direct-support
   88         organizations; providing for the distribution of
   89         certain assets; deleting provisions requiring the
   90         department to establish certain procedures relating to
   91         museum artifacts and records; amending s. 576.051,
   92         F.S.; authorizing the department to establish certain
   93         criteria for fertilizer sampling and analysis;
   94         amending s. 576.061, F.S.; requiring the department to
   95         adopt rules establishing certain investigational
   96         allowances for fertilizer deficiencies; providing a
   97         date by which such allowances are effective and other
   98         allowances are repealed; amending s. 576.181, F.S.;
   99         revising the department’s authority to adopt rules
  100         establishing certain criteria for fertilizer analysis;
  101         amending s. 585.61, F.S.; deleting provisions for the
  102         establishment of an animal disease diagnostic
  103         laboratory in Suwannee County; amending s. 586.10,
  104         F.S.; authorizing apiary inspectors to be certified
  105         beekeepers under certain conditions; amending s.
  106         586.15, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
  107         Agriculture and Consumer Services to collect certain
  108         costs to be deposited into the General Inspection
  109         Trust Fund; amending s. 589.02, F.S.; deleting annual
  110         and special meeting requirements for the Florida
  111         Forestry Council; amending s. 589.19, F.S.;
  112         establishing the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
  113         within the Florida Forest Service to replace
  114         provisions for the designation of specified hunt areas
  115         in state forests for wounded veterans and
  116         servicemembers; providing purpose and intent of the
  117         program; providing eligibility requirements for
  118         program participation; providing exceptions from
  119         eligibility requirements for certain activities;
  120         providing for deposit and use of funds donated to the
  121         program; limiting the liability of private landowners
  122         who provide land for designation as hunting sites for
  123         purposes of the program; amending s. 589.30, F.S.;
  124         revising references to certain Florida Forest Service
  125         personnel titles; amending s. 590.02, F.S.;
  126         authorizing the Florida Forest Service to allow
  127         certain types of burning; specifying that sovereign
  128         immunity applies to certain planning level activities;
  129         deleting provisions relating to the composition and
  130         duties of the Florida Forest Training Center advisory
  131         council; prohibiting government entities from banning
  132         certain types of burning; authorizing the service to
  133         delegate authority to special districts to manage
  134         certain types of burning; revising such authority
  135         delegated to counties and municipalities; amending s.
  136         590.11, F.S.; revising the prohibition on leaving
  137         certain recreational fires unattended, to which
  138         penalties apply; amending s. 590.125, F.S.; revising
  139         and providing definitions relating to open burning
  140         authorized by the Florida Forest Service; revising
  141         requirements for noncertified and certified burning;
  142         limiting the liability of the service and certain
  143         persons related to certain burns; amending s. 590.25,
  144         F.S.; revising provisions relating to criminal
  145         penalties for obstructing the prevention, detection,
  146         or suppression of wildfires; creating chapter 595,
  147         F.S., to establish the Florida School Food and
  148         Nutrition Act; creating s. 595.401, F.S.; providing a
  149         short title; creating s. 595.402, F.S.; providing
  150         definitions; creating s. 595.403, F.S.; declaring
  151         state policy relating to school food and nutrition
  152         services; transferring, renumbering, and amending ss.
  153         570.98 and 570.981, F.S., relating to school food and
  154         nutrition services and the Florida Farm Fresh Schools
  155         Program; revising the department’s duties and
  156         responsibilities for administering such services and
  157         program; revising requirements for school districts
  158         and sponsors; transferring, renumbering, and amending
  159         s. 570.982, F.S., relating to the children′s summer
  160         nutrition program; clarifying provisions; transferring
  161         and renumbering s. 570.072, F.S., relating to
  162         commodity distribution; creating s. 595.501, F.S.;
  163         providing certain penalties; transferring,
  164         renumbering, and amending s. 570.983, F.S., relating
  165         to the Food and Nutrition Services Trust Fund;
  166         conforming a cross-reference; transferring and
  167         renumbering s. 570.984, F.S., relating to the Healthy
  168         Schools for Healthy Lives Council; amending s.
  169         1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school boards to
  170         perform duties relating to school lunch programs as
  171         required by the department’s rules; amending s.
  172         1003.453, F.S.; requiring each school district to
  173         electronically submit a revised local school wellness
  174         policy to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  175         Services and a revised physical education policy to
  176         the Department of Education; repealing ss. 487.0615,
  177         570.382, 570.97, and 590.50, F.S., relating to the
  178         Pesticide Review Council, Arabian horse racing and the
  179         Arabian Horse Council, the Gertrude Maxwell Save a Pet
  180         Direct-Support Organization, and permits for the sale
  181         of cypress products, respectively; amending ss.
  182         487.041, 550.2625, and 550.2633, F.S.; conforming
  183         provisions; providing for the disbursement of
  184         specified funds; providing an effective date.
  185  
  186  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  187  
  188         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
  189  253.034, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  190         253.034 State-owned lands; uses.—
  191         (5) Each manager of conservation lands shall submit to the
  192  Division of State Lands a land management plan at least every 10
  193  years in a form and manner prescribed by rule by the board and
  194  in accordance with the provisions of s. 259.032. Each manager of
  195  conservation lands shall also update a land management plan
  196  whenever the manager proposes to add new facilities or make
  197  substantive land use or management changes that were not
  198  addressed in the approved plan, or within 1 year of the addition
  199  of significant new lands. Each manager of nonconservation lands
  200  shall submit to the Division of State Lands a land use plan at
  201  least every 10 years in a form and manner prescribed by rule by
  202  the board. The division shall review each plan for compliance
  203  with the requirements of this subsection and the requirements of
  204  the rules established by the board pursuant to this section. All
  205  land use plans, whether for single-use or multiple-use
  206  properties, shall include an analysis of the property to
  207  determine if any significant natural or cultural resources are
  208  located on the property. Such resources include archaeological
  209  and historic sites, state and federally listed plant and animal
  210  species, and imperiled natural communities and unique natural
  211  features. If such resources occur on the property, the manager
  212  shall consult with the Division of State Lands and other
  213  appropriate agencies to develop management strategies to protect
  214  such resources. Land use plans shall also provide for the
  215  control of invasive nonnative plants and conservation of soil
  216  and water resources, including a description of how the manager
  217  plans to control and prevent soil erosion and soil or water
  218  contamination. Land use plans submitted by a manager shall
  219  include reference to appropriate statutory authority for such
  220  use or uses and shall conform to the appropriate policies and
  221  guidelines of the state land management plan. Plans for managed
  222  areas larger than 1,000 acres shall contain an analysis of the
  223  multiple-use potential of the property, which analysis shall
  224  include the potential of the property to generate revenues to
  225  enhance the management of the property. Additionally, the plan
  226  shall contain an analysis of the potential use of private land
  227  managers to facilitate the restoration or management of these
  228  lands. In those cases where a newly acquired property has a
  229  valid conservation plan that was developed by a soil and
  230  conservation district, such plan shall be used to guide
  231  management of the property until a formal land use plan is
  232  completed.
  233         (f) In developing land management plans, at least one
  234  public hearing shall be held in any one each affected county.
  235         Section 2. Subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
  236  259.1052, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  237         259.1052 Babcock Crescent B Ranch Florida Forever
  238  acquisition; conditions for purchase.—
  239         (3) The Legislature recognizes that the acquisition of the
  240  state’s portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch represents a
  241  unique opportunity to assist in preserving the largest private
  242  and undeveloped single-ownership tract of land in Charlotte
  243  County. The Legislature further recognizes Lee County as a
  244  partner in the acquisition of the ranch. Upon the termination or
  245  expiration of the management agreement, Lee County will retain
  246  ownership and assume responsibility for management of the Lee
  247  County portion of the acquisition. Lee County and the lead
  248  manager may enter into an agreement for management of the Lee
  249  County property.
  250         (4) This section authorizes the acquisition of the state’s
  251  portion of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch in order to protect and
  252  preserve for future generations the scientific, scenic,
  253  historic, and natural values of the ranch, including rivers and
  254  ecosystems; to protect and preserve the archaeological,
  255  geological, and cultural resources of the ranch; to provide for
  256  species recovery; and to provide opportunities for public
  257  recreation compatible with the working ranch and agricultural
  258  activities conducted on the property.
  259         (5) The Florida Forest Service of Fish and Wildlife
  260  Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and
  261  Consumer Services shall, with the cooperation of the Fish and
  262  Wildlife Conservation Commission, be the lead managing agency
  263  agencies responsible for the management of Babcock Crescent B
  264  Ranch.
  265         Section 3. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2),
  266  and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 259.10521,
  267  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  268         259.10521 Citizen support organization; use of property.—
  269         (1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, the
  270  “citizen support organization” means an organization that is:
  271         (a) A Florida corporation not for profit incorporated under
  272  the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by the Department of
  273  State;
  274         (b) Organized and operated to conduct programs and
  275  activities in the best interest of the state; raise funds;
  276  request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money;
  277  acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name,
  278  securities, funds, objects of value, or other property, real or
  279  personal; and make expenditures to or for the direct or indirect
  280  benefit of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch Preserve;
  281         (c) Determined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  282  Commission and the Florida Forest Service within the Department
  283  of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be consistent with the
  284  goals of the state in acquiring the ranch and in the best
  285  interests of the state; and
  286         (d) Approved in writing by the Fish and Wildlife
  287  Conservation Commission and the Florida Forest Service to
  288  operate for the direct or indirect benefit of the ranch and in
  289  the best interest of the state. Such approval shall be given in
  290  a letter of agreement from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  291  Commission and the Florida Forest Service. Only one citizen
  292  support organization may be created to operate for the direct or
  293  indirect benefit of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch Preserve.
  294         (2) USE OF PROPERTY.—
  295         (a) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the
  296  Florida Forest Service may permit, without charge, appropriate
  297  use of fixed property and facilities of the Babcock Crescent B
  298  Ranch Preserve by a citizen support organization, subject to the
  299  provisions of this section. Such use must be directly in keeping
  300  with the approved purposes of the citizen support organization
  301  and may not be made at times or places that would unreasonably
  302  interfere with recreational opportunities for the general
  303  public.
  304         (3) PARTNERSHIPS.—
  305         (a) The Legislature recognizes that the Babcock Crescent B
  306  Ranch Preserve will need a variety of facilities to enhance its
  307  public use and potential. Such facilities include, but are not
  308  limited to, improved access, camping areas, picnic shelters,
  309  management facilities, and environmental education facilities.
  310  The need for such facilities may exceed the ability of the state
  311  to provide such facilities in a timely manner with moneys
  312  available. The Legislature finds it to be in the public interest
  313  to provide incentives for partnerships with private
  314  organizations with the intent of producing additional revenue to
  315  help enhance the use and potential of the ranch.
  316         Section 4. Section 259.1053, Florida Statutes, is amended
  317  to read:
  318         259.1053 Babcock Ranch Preserve; Babcock Ranch, Inc.;
  319  creation; membership; organization; meetings.—
  320         (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Babcock
  321  Ranch Preserve Act.”
  322         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  323         (a) “Babcock Ranch Preserve” and “preserve” mean the lands
  324  and facilities acquired in the purchase of the Babcock Crescent
  325  B Ranch, as provided in s. 259.1052.
  326         (b) “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” and “corporation” mean the not
  327  for-profit corporation created under this section to operate and
  328  manage the Babcock Ranch Preserve as a working ranch.
  329         (c) “Board of directors” means the governing board of the
  330  not-for-profit corporation created under this section.
  331         (b)(d) “Commission” means the Fish and Wildlife
  332  Conservation Commission.
  333         (c)(e) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of
  334  Agriculture.
  335         (d)(f) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and
  336  Consumer Services.
  337         (e)(g) “Executive director” means the Executive Director of
  338  the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  339         (f)(h) “Financially self-sustaining” means having
  340  management and operation expenditures not more than the revenues
  341  collected from fees and other receipts for resource use and
  342  development and from interest and invested funds.
  343         (g) “Florida Forest Service” means the Florida Forest
  344  Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  345         (i) “Management and operating expenditures” means expenses
  346  of the corporation, including, but not limited to, salaries and
  347  benefits of officers and staff, administrative and operating
  348  expenses, costs of improvements to and maintenance of lands and
  349  facilities of the Babcock Ranch Preserve, and other similar
  350  expenses. Such expenditures shall be made from revenues
  351  generated from the operation of the ranch and not from funds
  352  appropriated by the Legislature except as provided in this
  353  section.
  354         (j) “Member” means a person appointed to the board of
  355  directors of the not-for-profit corporation created under this
  356  section.
  357         (h)(k) “Multiple use” means the management of all of the
  358  renewable surface resources of the Babcock Ranch Preserve to
  359  best meet the needs of the public, including the use of the land
  360  for some or all of the renewable surface resources or related
  361  services over areas large enough to allow for periodic
  362  adjustments in use to conform to the changing needs and
  363  conditions of the preserve while recognizing that a portion of
  364  the land will be used for some of the renewable surface
  365  resources available on that land. The goal of multiple use is
  366  the harmonious and coordinated management of the renewable
  367  surface resources without impairing the productivity of the land
  368  and considering the relative value of the renewable surface
  369  resources, and not necessarily a combination of uses to provide
  370  the greatest monetary return or the greatest unit output.
  371         (i)(l) “Sustained yield of the renewable surface resources”
  372  means the achievement and maintenance of a high level of annual
  373  or regular periodic output of the various renewable surface
  374  resources of the preserve without impairing the productivity of
  375  the land.
  376         (3) CREATION OF BABCOCK RANCH PRESERVE.—
  377         (a) Upon the date of acquisition of the Babcock Crescent B
  378  Ranch, there is created the Babcock Ranch Preserve, which shall
  379  be managed in accordance with the purposes and requirements of
  380  this section.
  381         (b) The preserve is established to protect and preserve the
  382  environmental, agricultural, scientific, scenic, geologic,
  383  watershed, fish, wildlife, historic, cultural, and recreational
  384  values of the preserve, and to provide for the multiple use and
  385  sustained yield of the renewable surface resources within the
  386  preserve consistent with this section.
  387         (c) Babcock Ranch, Inc., and its officers and employees
  388  shall participate in the management of the Babcock Ranch
  389  Preserve in an advisory capacity only until the management
  390  agreement referenced in paragraph (11)(a) is terminated or
  391  expires.
  392         (c)(d)Nothing in This section does not shall preclude
  393  Babcock Ranch, Inc., prior to assuming management and operation
  394  of the preserve and thereafter, from allowing the use of common
  395  varieties of mineral materials such as sand, stone, and gravel
  396  for construction and maintenance of roads and facilities within
  397  the preserve.
  398         (d)(e)Nothing in This section does not affect shall be
  399  construed as affecting the constitutional responsibilities of
  400  the commission in the exercise of its regulatory and executive
  401  power with respect to wild animal life and freshwater aquatic
  402  life, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping
  403  within the preserve.
  404         (e)(f)Nothing in This section does not shall be construed
  405  to interfere with or prevent the implementation of ability of
  406  Babcock Ranch, Inc., to implement agricultural practices
  407  authorized by the agricultural land use designations established
  408  in the local comprehensive plans of either Charlotte County or
  409  Lee County as those plans apply to the Babcock Ranch Preserve.
  410         (g) To clarify the responsibilities of the lead managing
  411  agencies and the not-for-profit corporation created under this
  412  section, the lead managing agencies are directed to establish a
  413  range of resource protection values for the Babcock Ranch
  414  Preserve, and the corporation shall establish operational
  415  parameters to conduct the business of the ranch within the range
  416  of values. The corporation shall establish a range of
  417  operational values for conducting the business of the ranch, and
  418  the lead managing agencies providing ground support to the ranch
  419  outside of each agency’s jurisdictional responsibilities shall
  420  establish management parameters within that range of values.
  421         (f)(h)Nothing in This section does not shall preclude the
  422  maintenance and use of roads and trails or the relocation of
  423  roads in existence on the effective date of this section, or the
  424  construction, maintenance, and use of new trails, or any
  425  motorized access necessary for the administration of the land
  426  contained within the preserve, including motorized access
  427  necessary for emergencies involving the health or safety of
  428  persons within the preserve.
  429         (i) The Division of State Lands of the Department of
  430  Environmental Protection shall perform staff duties and
  431  functions for Babcock Ranch, Inc., the not-for-profit
  432  corporation created under this section, until such time as the
  433  corporation organizes to elect officers, file articles of
  434  incorporation, and exercise its powers and duties.
  435         (4) CREATION OF BABCOCK RANCH ADVISORY GROUP, INC.—
  436         (a) The purpose of the Babcock Ranch Advisory Group is to
  437  assist the department by providing guidance and advice
  438  concerning the management and stewardship of the Babcock Ranch
  439  Preserve.
  440         (b) The commissioner shall, with advice from the Governor
  441  and Cabinet, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and
  442  Charlotte and Lee Counties, appoint nine members to 5-year terms
  443  as follows:
  444         1. One member who has experience in sustainable management
  445  of forest lands for commodity purposes.
  446         2. One member who has experience in financial management,
  447  budget and program analysis, and small business operations.
  448         3. One member who has experience in the management of game
  449  and nongame wildlife and fish populations, including hunting,
  450  fishing, and other recreational activities.
  451         4. One member who has experience in domesticated livestock
  452  management, production, and marketing, including range
  453  management and livestock business management.
  454         5. One member who has experience in agriculture operations
  455  or forestry management.
  456         6. One member who has experience in hunting, fishing,
  457  nongame species management, or wildlife habitat management,
  458  restoration, and conservation.
  459         7. One member who has experience in public outreach and
  460  education.
  461         8. One member who is a resident of Lee County, to be
  462  appointed by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners.
  463         9. One member who is a resident of Charlotte County and
  464  active in an organization involved with the activities of the
  465  ranch.
  466  
  467  Vacancies will be filled in the same manner that the original
  468  appointment was made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall
  469  serve for the remainder of that term.
  470         (c) Members of the Babcock Ranch Advisory Group shall:
  471         1. Elect a chair and vice chair from among the group
  472  members.
  473         2. Meet regularly as determined by the chair.
  474         3. Serve without compensation, but with reimbursement for
  475  travel and per diem expenses.
  476         (a) Subject to filing articles of incorporation, there is
  477  created a not-for-profit corporation, to be known as Babcock
  478  Ranch, Inc., which shall be registered, incorporated, organized,
  479  and operated in compliance with the provisions of chapter 617,
  480  and which shall not be a unit or entity of state government. For
  481  purposes of sovereign immunity, the corporation shall be a
  482  corporation primarily acting as an instrumentality of the state
  483  but otherwise shall not be an agency within the meaning of s.
  484  20.03(11) or a unit or entity of state government.
  485         (b) The corporation is organized on a nonstock basis and
  486  shall operate in a manner consistent with its public purpose and
  487  in the best interest of the state.
  488         (c) Meetings and records of the corporation, its directors,
  489  advisory committees, or similar groups created by the
  490  corporation, including any not-for-profit subsidiaries, are
  491  subject to the public records provisions of chapter 119 and the
  492  public meetings and records provisions of s. 286.011.
  493         (5) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION.—In any conflict between a
  494  provision of this section and a provision of chapter 617, the
  495  provisions of this section shall prevail.
  496         (6) PURPOSE.—The purpose of Babcock Ranch, Inc., is to
  497  provide management and administrative services for the preserve,
  498  to establish and implement management policies that will achieve
  499  the purposes and requirements of this section, to cooperate with
  500  state agencies to further the purposes of the preserve, and to
  501  establish the administrative and accounting procedures for the
  502  operation of the corporation.
  503         (7) BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; REMOVAL; LIABILITY.—The corporation
  504  shall be governed by a nine-member board of directors who shall
  505  be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  506  Improvement Trust Fund; the executive director of the
  507  commission; the Commissioner of Agriculture; the Babcock Florida
  508  Company, a corporation registered to do business in the state,
  509  or its successors or assigns; the Charlotte County Board of
  510  County Commissioners; and the Lee County Board of County
  511  Commissioners in the following manner:
  512         (a)1. The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  513  Trust Fund shall appoint four members. One appointee shall have
  514  expertise in domesticated livestock management, production, and
  515  marketing, including range management and livestock business
  516  management. One appointee shall have expertise in the management
  517  of game and nongame wildlife and fish populations, including
  518  hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities. One
  519  appointee shall have expertise in the sustainable management of
  520  forest lands for commodity purposes. One appointee shall have
  521  expertise in financial management, budget and program analysis,
  522  and small business operations.
  523         2. The executive director shall appoint one member with
  524  expertise in hunting; fishing; nongame species management; or
  525  wildlife habitat management, restoration, and conservation.
  526         3. The commissioner shall appoint one member with expertise
  527  in agricultural operations or forestry management.
  528         4. The Babcock Florida Company, or its successors or
  529  assigns, shall appoint one member with expertise in the
  530  activities and management of the Babcock Ranch on the date of
  531  acquisition of the ranch by the state as provided under s.
  532  259.1052. This appointee shall serve on the board of directors
  533  only until the termination of or expiration of the management
  534  agreement attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain Agreement for
  535  Sale and Purchase approved by the Board of Trustees of the
  536  Internal Improvement Trust Fund on November 22, 2005, and by Lee
  537  County, a political subdivision of the state, on November 20,
  538  2005. Upon termination of or expiration of the management
  539  agreement, the person serving as the head of the property
  540  owners’ association, if any, required to be created under the
  541  agreement for sale and purchase shall serve as a member of the
  542  board of directors of Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  543         5. The Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners shall
  544  appoint one member who shall be a resident of the county and who
  545  shall be active in an organization concerned with the activities
  546  of the ranch.
  547         6. The Lee County Board of County Commissioners shall
  548  appoint one member who shall be a resident of the county and who
  549  shall have experience in land conservation and management. This
  550  appointee, or a successor appointee, shall serve as a member of
  551  the board of directors so long as the county participates in the
  552  state land management plan.
  553         (b) All members of the board of directors shall be
  554  appointed no later than 90 days following the initial
  555  acquisition of the Babcock Ranch by the state, and:
  556         1. Four members initially appointed by the Board of
  557  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall each serve
  558  a 4-year term.
  559         2. The remaining initial five appointees shall each serve a
  560  2-year term.
  561         3. Each member appointed thereafter shall serve a 4-year
  562  term.
  563         4. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which
  564  the original appointment was made, and a member appointed to
  565  fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of that term.
  566         5. No member may serve more than 8 years in consecutive
  567  terms.
  568         (c) With the exception of the Babcock Florida Company
  569  appointee, no member may be an officer, director, or shareholder
  570  in any entity that contracts with or receives funds from the
  571  corporation or its subsidiaries.
  572         (d) No member shall vote in an official capacity upon any
  573  measure that would inure to his or her special private gain or
  574  loss, that he or she knows would inure to the special private
  575  gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she is retained or
  576  to the parent organization or subsidiary of a principal by which
  577  he or she is retained, or that he or she knows would inure to
  578  the special private gain or loss of a relative or business
  579  associate of the member. Such member shall, prior to the vote
  580  being taken, publicly state the nature of his or her interest in
  581  the matter from which he or she is abstaining from voting and,
  582  no later than 15 days following the date the vote occurs, shall
  583  disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public record in
  584  a memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the
  585  minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in
  586  the minutes of the meeting.
  587         (e) Each member of the board of directors is accountable
  588  for the proper performance of the duties of office, and each
  589  member owes a fiduciary duty to the people of the state to
  590  ensure that funds provided in furtherance of this section are
  591  disbursed and used as prescribed by law and contract. Any
  592  official appointing a member may remove that member for
  593  malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence,
  594  permanent inability to perform official duties, unexcused
  595  absence from three consecutive meetings of the board, arrest or
  596  indictment for a crime that is a felony or misdemeanor involving
  597  theft or a crime of dishonesty, or pleading nolo contendere to,
  598  or being found guilty of, any crime.
  599         (f) Each member of the board of directors shall serve
  600  without compensation, but shall receive travel and per diem
  601  expenses as provided in s. 112.061 while in the performance of
  602  his or her duties.
  603         (g) No appointee shall be an employee of any governmental
  604  entity.
  605         (8) ORGANIZATION; MEETINGS.—
  606         (a)1. The board of directors shall annually elect a
  607  chairperson and a vice chairperson from among the board’s
  608  members. The members may, by a vote of five of the nine board
  609  members, remove a member from the position of chairperson or
  610  vice chairperson prior to the expiration of his or her term as
  611  chairperson or vice chairperson. His or her successor shall be
  612  elected to serve for the balance of the removed chairperson’s or
  613  vice chairperson’s term.
  614         2. The chairperson shall ensure that records are kept of
  615  the proceedings of the board of directors, and is the custodian
  616  of all books, documents, and papers filed with the board, the
  617  minutes of meetings of the board, and the official seal of the
  618  corporation.
  619         (b)1. The board of directors shall meet upon the call of
  620  the chairperson at least 3 times per year in Charlotte County or
  621  in Lee County.
  622         2. A majority of the members of the board of directors
  623  constitutes a quorum. Except as otherwise provided in this
  624  section, the board of directors may take official action by a
  625  majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum
  626  is present. Members may not vote by proxy.
  627         (9) POWERS AND DUTIES.—
  628         (a) The board of directors shall adopt articles of
  629  incorporation and bylaws necessary to govern its activities. The
  630  adopted articles of incorporation and bylaws must be approved by
  631  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
  632  prior to filing with the Department of State.
  633         (b) The board of directors shall review and approve any
  634  management plan developed pursuant to ss. 253.034 and 259.032
  635  for the management of lands in the preserve prior to the
  636  submission of that plan to the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  637  Improvement Trust Fund for approval and implementation.
  638         (c)1. Except for the constitutional powers of the
  639  commission as provided in s. 9, Art. IV of the State
  640  Constitution, the board of directors shall have all necessary
  641  and proper powers for the exercise of the authority vested in
  642  the corporation, including, but not limited to, the power to
  643  solicit and accept donations of funds, property, supplies, or
  644  services from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other
  645  public or private entities for the purposes of this section. All
  646  funds received by the corporation shall be deposited into the
  647  operating fund authorized under this section unless otherwise
  648  directed by the Legislature.
  649         2. The board of directors may not increase the number of
  650  its members.
  651         3. Except as necessary to manage and operate the preserve
  652  as a working ranch, the corporation may not purchase, take,
  653  receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise
  654  acquire, own, hold, improve, use, or otherwise deal in and with
  655  real property, or any interest therein, wherever situated.
  656         4. The corporation may not sell, convey, mortgage, pledge,
  657  lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any real
  658  property.
  659         5. The corporation may not purchase, take, receive,
  660  subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use,
  661  employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of or
  662  otherwise use and deal in and with, shares and other interests
  663  in, or obligations of, other domestic or foreign corporations,
  664  whether for profit or not for profit, associations,
  665  partnerships, or individuals, or direct or indirect obligations
  666  of the United States, or any other government, state, territory,
  667  government district, municipality, or any instrumentality
  668  thereof.
  669         6. The corporation may not lend money for its corporate
  670  purposes, invest and reinvest its funds, or take and hold real
  671  and personal property as security for the payment of funds lent
  672  or invested.
  673         7. The corporation may not merge with other corporations or
  674  other business entities.
  675         8. The corporation may not enter into any contract, lease,
  676  or other agreement related to the use of ground or surface
  677  waters located in, on, or through the preserve without the
  678  consent of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  679  Trust Fund and permits that may be required by the Department of
  680  Environmental Protection or the appropriate water management
  681  district under chapters 373 and 403.
  682         9. The corporation may not grant any easements in, on, or
  683  across the preserve. Any easements to be granted for the use of,
  684  access to, or ingress and egress across state property within
  685  the preserve must be executed by the Board of Trustees of the
  686  Internal Improvement Trust Fund as the owners of the state
  687  property within the preserve. Any easements to be granted for
  688  the use of, access to, or ingress and egress across property
  689  within the preserve titled in the name of a local government
  690  must be granted by the governing body of that local government.
  691         10. The corporation may not enter into any contract, lease,
  692  or other agreement related to the use and occupancy of the
  693  property within the preserve for a period greater than 10 years.
  694         (d) The members may, with the written approval of the
  695  commission and in consultation with the department, designate
  696  hunting, fishing, and trapping zones and may establish
  697  additional periods when no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall
  698  be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, and
  699  the protection and enhancement of nongame habitat and nongame
  700  species, as defined under s. 379.101.
  701         (e) The corporation shall have the sole and exclusive right
  702  to use the words “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” and any seal, emblem, or
  703  other insignia adopted by the members. Without the express
  704  written authority of the corporation, no person may use the
  705  words “Babcock Ranch, Inc.,” as the name under which that person
  706  conducts or purports to conduct business, for the purpose of
  707  trade or advertisement, or in any manner that may suggest any
  708  connection with the corporation.
  709         (f) The corporation may from time to time appoint advisory
  710  committees to further any part of this section. The advisory
  711  committees shall be reflective of the expertise necessary for
  712  the particular function for which the committee is created, and
  713  may include public agencies, private entities, and not-for
  714  profit conservation and agricultural representatives.
  715         (g) State laws governing the procurement of commodities and
  716  services by state agencies, as provided in s. 287.057, shall
  717  apply to the corporation.
  718         (h) The corporation and its subsidiaries must provide equal
  719  employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race,
  720  color, religion, gender, national origin, age, handicap, or
  721  marital status.
  722         (10) OPERATING FUND, ANNUAL BUDGET, AUDIT, REPORTING
  723  REQUIREMENTS.—
  724         (a) The board of directors may establish and manage an
  725  operating fund to address the corporation’s unique cash-flow
  726  needs and to facilitate the management and operation of the
  727  preserve as a working ranch.
  728         (b) The board of directors shall provide for an annual
  729  financial audit of the corporate accounts and records to be
  730  conducted by an independent certified public accountant in
  731  accordance with rules adopted by the Auditor General under s.
  732  11.45(8). The audit report shall be submitted no later than 3
  733  months following the end of the fiscal year to the Auditor
  734  General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
  735  of Representatives, and the appropriate substantive and fiscal
  736  committees of the Legislature. The Auditor General, the Office
  737  of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and
  738  the substantive or fiscal committees of the Legislature to which
  739  legislation affecting the Babcock Ranch Preserve may be referred
  740  shall have the authority to require and receive from the
  741  corporation or from the independent auditor any records relative
  742  to the operation of the corporation.
  743         (c) Not later than January 15 of each year, Babcock Ranch,
  744  Inc., shall submit to the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  745  Improvement Trust Fund, the President of the Senate, the Speaker
  746  of the House of Representatives, the department, and the
  747  commission a comprehensive and detailed report of its
  748  operations, activities, and accomplishments for the prior year,
  749  including information on the status of the ecological, cultural,
  750  and financial resources being managed by the corporation, and
  751  benefits provided by the preserve to local communities. The
  752  report shall also include a section describing the corporation’s
  753  goals for the current year.
  754         (d) The board of directors shall prepare an annual budget
  755  with the goal of achieving a financially self-sustaining
  756  operation within 15 full fiscal years after the initial
  757  acquisition of the Babcock Ranch by the state. The department
  758  shall provide necessary assistance, including details as
  759  necessary, to the corporation for the timely formulation and
  760  submission of an annual legislative budget request for
  761  appropriations, if any, to support the administration,
  762  operation, and maintenance of the preserve. A request for
  763  appropriations shall be submitted to the department and shall be
  764  included in the department’s annual legislative budget request.
  765  Requests for appropriations shall be submitted to the department
  766  in time to allow the department to meet the requirements of s.
  767  216.023. The department may not deny a request or refuse to
  768  include in its annual legislative budget submission a request
  769  from the corporation for an appropriation.
  770         (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys
  771  received from donations or from management of the preserve shall
  772  be retained by the corporation in the operating fund and shall
  773  be available, without further appropriation, for the
  774  administration, preservation, restoration, operation and
  775  maintenance, improvements, repairs, and related expenses
  776  incurred with respect to properties being managed by the
  777  corporation. Except as provided in this section, moneys received
  778  by the corporation for the management of the preserve shall not
  779  be subject to distribution by the state. Upon assuming
  780  management responsibilities for the preserve, the corporation
  781  shall optimize the generation of income based on existing
  782  marketing conditions to the extent that activities do not
  783  unreasonably diminish the long-term environmental, agricultural,
  784  scenic, and natural values of the preserve, or the multiple-use
  785  and sustained-yield capability of the land.
  786         (f) All parties in contract with the corporation and all
  787  holders of leases from the corporation which are authorized to
  788  occupy, use, or develop properties under the management
  789  jurisdiction of the corporation must procure proper insurance as
  790  is reasonable or customary to insure against any loss in
  791  connection with the properties or with activities authorized in
  792  the leases or contracts.
  793         (11) COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS PLAN.—
  794         (a) A comprehensive business plan for the management and
  795  operation of the preserve as a working ranch and amendments to
  796  the business plan may be developed only with input from the
  797  department and the commission, and may be implemented by Babcock
  798  Ranch, Inc., only upon expiration of the management agreement
  799  attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain agreement for sale and
  800  purchase approved by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
  801  Improvement Trust Fund on November 22, 2005, and by Lee County
  802  on November 20, 2005.
  803         (b) Any final decision of Babcock Ranch, Inc., to adopt or
  804  amend the comprehensive business plan or to approve any activity
  805  related to the management of the renewable surface resources of
  806  the preserve shall be made in sessions that are open to the
  807  public. The board of directors shall establish procedures for
  808  providing adequate public information and opportunities for
  809  public comment on the proposed comprehensive business plan for
  810  the preserve or for amendments to the comprehensive business
  811  plan adopted by the members.
  812         (c) Not less than 2 years prior to the corporation’s
  813  assuming management and operation responsibilities for the
  814  preserve, the corporation, with input from the commission and
  815  the department, must begin developing the comprehensive business
  816  plan to carry out the purposes of this section. To the extent
  817  consistent with these purposes, the comprehensive business plan
  818  shall provide for:
  819         1. The management and operation of the preserve as a
  820  working ranch;
  821         2. The protection and preservation of the environmental,
  822  agricultural, scientific, scenic, geologic, watershed, fish,
  823  wildlife, historic, cultural, and recreational values of the
  824  preserve;
  825         3. The promotion of high-quality hunting experiences for
  826  the public, with emphasis on deer, turkey, and other game
  827  species;
  828         4. Multiple use and sustained yield of renewable surface
  829  resources within the preserve;
  830         5. Public use of and access to the preserve for recreation;
  831  and
  832         6. The use of renewable resources and management
  833  alternatives that, to the extent practicable, benefit local
  834  communities and small businesses and enhance the coordination of
  835  management objectives with those on surrounding public or
  836  private lands. The use of renewable resources and management
  837  alternatives should provide cost savings to the corporation
  838  through the exchange of services, including, but not limited to,
  839  labor and maintenance of facilities, for resources or services
  840  provided to the corporation.
  841         (d) On or before the date on which title to the portion of
  842  the Babcock Crescent B Ranch being purchased by the state as
  843  provided in s. 259.1052 is vested in the Board of Trustees of
  844  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, Babcock Ranch Management,
  845  LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in this state,
  846  shall provide the commission and the department with the
  847  management plan and business plan in place for the operation of
  848  the ranch as of November 22, 2005, the date on which the board
  849  of trustees approved the purchase.
  850         (5)(12) MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVE; FEES.—
  851         (a) The department corporation shall assume all authority
  852  provided by this section to manage and operate the preserve as a
  853  working ranch upon the termination or expiration of the
  854  management agreement attached as Exhibit “E” to that certain
  855  Agreement for Sale and Purchase approved by the Board of
  856  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on November 22,
  857  2005, and by Lee County on November 20, 2005 a determination by
  858  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
  859  that the corporation is able to conduct business, and that
  860  provision has been made for essential services on the preserve,
  861  which, to the maximum extent practicable, shall be made no later
  862  than 60 days prior to the termination of the management
  863  agreement referenced in paragraph (11)(a).
  864         (b) Upon assuming management and operation of the preserve,
  865  the department corporation shall:
  866         1. With input from the commission and the department,
  867  Manage and operate the preserve and the uses thereof, including,
  868  but not limited to, the activities necessary to administer and
  869  operate the preserve as a working ranch; the activities
  870  necessary for the preservation and development of the land and
  871  renewable surface resources of the preserve; the activities
  872  necessary for interpretation of the history of the preserve on
  873  behalf of the public; the activities necessary for the
  874  management, public use, and occupancy of facilities and lands
  875  within the preserve; and the maintenance, rehabilitation,
  876  repair, and improvement of property within the preserve.;
  877         2. Develop programs and activities relating to the
  878  management of the preserve as a working ranch.;
  879         3. Negotiate directly with and enter into such agreements,
  880  leases, contracts, and other arrangements with any person, firm,
  881  association, organization, corporation, or governmental entity,
  882  including entities of federal, state, and local governments, as
  883  are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes and
  884  activities authorized by this section;
  885         3.4. Establish procedures for entering into lease
  886  agreements and other agreements for the use and occupancy of the
  887  facilities of the preserve. The procedures shall ensure
  888  reasonable competition and set guidelines for determining
  889  reasonable fees, terms, and conditions for such agreements.; and
  890         4.5. Assess reasonable fees for admission to, use of, and
  891  occupancy of the preserve to offset costs of operating the
  892  preserve as a working ranch. These fees are independent of fees
  893  assessed by the commission for the privilege of hunting,
  894  fishing, or pursuing outdoor recreational activities within the
  895  preserve, and shall be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund
  896  of the Florida Forest Service, subject to appropriation by the
  897  Legislature operating fund established by the board of directors
  898  under the authority provided under this section.
  899         (c) The commission, in cooperation with the department,
  900  shall:
  901         1. Establish and implement public hunting and other fish
  902  and wildlife management activities. Tier I and Tier II public
  903  hunting opportunities shall be provided consistent with the
  904  management plan and the recreation master plan.
  905         a. Tier I public hunting shall provide hunting
  906  opportunities similar to those offered on wildlife management
  907  areas with an emphasis on youth and family-oriented hunts.
  908         b. Tier II public hunting shall be provided specifically by
  909  fee-based permitting to ensure compatibility with livestock
  910  grazing and other essential agricultural operations on the
  911  preserve.
  912         2. Establish and administer permit fees for Tier II public
  913  hunting to capitalize on the value of hunting on portions of the
  914  preserve and to help ensure that the preserve is financially
  915  self-sufficient. The fees shall be deposited into the State Game
  916  Trust Fund of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to
  917  be used to offset the costs of providing public hunting and to
  918  support fish and wildlife management and other land management
  919  activities on the preserve.
  920         (d) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
  921  Fund or its designated agent may:
  922         1. Negotiate directly with, and enter into such agreements,
  923  leases, contracts, and other arrangements with, any person,
  924  firm, association, organization, corporation, or governmental
  925  entity, including entities of federal, state, and local
  926  governments, as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the
  927  purposes and activities authorized by this section.
  928         2. Grant privileges, leases, concessions, and permits for
  929  the use of land for the accommodation of visitors to the
  930  preserve; however, natural curiosities or objects of interest
  931  may not be granted, leased, or rented on terms that deny or
  932  interfere with free access to them by the public. Such grants,
  933  leases, and permits may be made and given without advertisement
  934  or securing competitive bids. Such grants, leases, or permits
  935  may not be assigned or transferred by any grantee without
  936  consent of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
  937  Trust Fund or its designated agent.
  938         (13) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.—
  939         (a) Except for the powers of the commissioner provided in
  940  this section, and the powers of the commission provided in s. 9,
  941  Art. IV of the State Constitution, the preserve shall be managed
  942  by Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  943         (b) Officers and employees of Babcock Ranch, Inc., are
  944  private employees. At the request of the board of directors, the
  945  commission and the department may provide state employees for
  946  the purpose of implementing this section. Any state employees
  947  provided to assist the directors in implementing this section
  948  for more than 30 days shall be provided on a reimbursable basis.
  949  Reimbursement to the commission and the department shall be made
  950  from the corporation’s operating fund provided under this
  951  section and not from any funds appropriated to the corporation
  952  by the Legislature.
  953         (6)(14) DISSOLUTION OF BABCOCK RANCH, INC., AND BABCOCK
  954  RANCH ADVISORY GROUP.—
  955         (a) The corporation may be dissolved only by an act of the
  956  Legislature.
  957         (b) Upon dissolution of the corporation, the management
  958  responsibilities provided in this section shall revert to the
  959  commission and the department unless otherwise provided by the
  960  Legislature under the act dissolving Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  961         (a)(c) Upon dissolution of Babcock Ranch, Inc. the
  962  corporation, all of its statutory powers, duties, and functions;
  963  records, personnel, and property; and unexpended balances of
  964  appropriations, allocations, or other funds shall be transferred
  965  to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
  966  unless otherwise provided by law. Any cash balances of funds
  967  shall revert to the Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida Forest
  968  Service General Revenue Fund or such other state fund as may be
  969  provided under the act dissolving Babcock Ranch, Inc.
  970         (b) The Babcock Ranch Advisory Group shall dissolve on June
  971  30, 2018, unless reenacted by the Legislature.
  972         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 388.261, Florida
  973  Statutes, is amended to read:
  974         388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod
  975  control; distribution priorities and limitations.—
  976         (2) Every county or district budgeting local funds to be
  977  used exclusively for the control of mosquitoes and other
  978  arthropods, under a plan submitted by the county or district and
  979  approved by the department, is shall be eligible to receive
  980  state funds and supplies, services, and equipment on a dollar
  981  for-dollar matching basis to the amount of local funds budgeted.
  982  If Should state funds appropriated by the Legislature are be
  983  insufficient to grant each county or district state funds on a
  984  dollar-for-dollar matching basis to the amount budgeted in local
  985  funds, the department shall distribute the funds as prescribed
  986  by rule. Such rules shall provide for up to 80 percent of the
  987  funds to be distributed to programs with local funds for
  988  mosquito control budgets of less than $1 million, if the county
  989  or district meets the eligibility requirements. The funds shall
  990  be distributed as equally as possible within the category of
  991  counties pursuant to this section. The remaining funds shall be
  992  distributed as prescribed by rule among the remaining counties
  993  to support mosquito control and to support research, education,
  994  and outreach prorate said state funds based on the amount of
  995  matchable local funds budgeted for expenditure by each county or
  996  district.
  997         Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 388.271, Florida
  998  Statutes, is amended to read:
  999         388.271 Prerequisites to participation.—
 1000         (1) When state funds are involved, it is the duty of the
 1001  department to guide, review, approve, and coordinate the
 1002  activities of all county governments and special districts
 1003  receiving state funds in furtherance of the goal of integrated
 1004  arthropod control. Each county or district eligible to
 1005  participate hereunder may begin participation on October 1 of
 1006  any year by filing with the department not later than July 15 a
 1007  tentative work plan and tentative detailed work plan budget
 1008  providing for the control of arthropods. Following approval of
 1009  the plan and budget by the department, two copies of the
 1010  county’s or district’s certified budget based on the approved
 1011  work plan and detailed work plan budget shall be submitted to
 1012  the department by not later than September 30 15 following.
 1013  State funds, supplies, and services shall be made available to
 1014  such county or district by and through the department
 1015  immediately upon release of funds by the Executive Office of the
 1016  Governor.
 1017         Section 7. Section 487.160, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1018  read:
 1019         487.160 Records; report.—Licensed private applicators
 1020  supervising 15 or more unlicensed applicators or mixer-loaders
 1021  and licensed public applicators and licensed commercial
 1022  applicators shall maintain records as the department may
 1023  determine by rule with respect to the application of restricted
 1024  pesticides, including, but not limited to, the type and quantity
 1025  of pesticide, method of application, crop treated, and dates and
 1026  location of application. Other licensed private applicators
 1027  shall maintain records as the department may determine by rule
 1028  with respect to the date, type, and quantity of restricted-use
 1029  pesticides used. Licensees shall keep records for a period of 2
 1030  years from date of the application of the pesticide to which the
 1031  records refer, and shall furnish to the department a copy of the
 1032  records upon written request by the department. Every third
 1033  year, the department shall conduct a survey and compile a report
 1034  on restricted-use pesticides in this state. This report shall
 1035  include, but not be limited to, types and quantities of
 1036  pesticides, methods of application, crops treated, and dates and
 1037  locations of application; records of persons working under
 1038  direct supervision; and reports of misuse, damage, or injury.
 1039         Section 8. Section 534.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1040  read:
 1041         534.083 Livestock hauler’s permit; display of permit on
 1042  vehicle; bill of lading.—
 1043         (1) No person shall engage in the business of transporting
 1044  or hauling for hire livestock on any street or highway, as
 1045  defined in s. 316.003(53), without first having applied for and
 1046  obtained from the department a permit which shall expire on
 1047  December 31 of each year. The information supplied by the
 1048  applicant on the application for permit shall be certified under
 1049  oath. Cost of the permit shall be $5 for each year or fraction
 1050  thereof.
 1051         (2) The department shall issue a metal tag or plate to
 1052  every person or company required to obtain a permit to transport
 1053  or haul for hire livestock, which shall bear the serial number
 1054  of the permit. Such a tag or plate shall be issued for each
 1055  vehicle used by the hauler.
 1056         (3) The metal tag or plate required under this section
 1057  shall be attached to each vehicle used for transporting or
 1058  hauling livestock in a conspicuous place in an upright position
 1059  on the rear of the vehicle. When livestock is transported in a
 1060  trailer type vehicle propelled or drawn by a motor truck or
 1061  tractor, each such trailer shall have the tag or plate attached
 1062  to the rear of the trailer in a conspicuous place in an upright
 1063  position, and it shall not be necessary to have a tag attached
 1064  to the motor truck or tractor.
 1065         (4) Persons engaged in the business of transporting or
 1066  hauling livestock in the state shall, upon receiving such
 1067  livestock for transportation, issue a waybill or bill of lading
 1068  for all livestock transported or hauled by them, and such
 1069  waybill or bill of lading shall accompany the shipment of
 1070  livestock, with a copy thereof being furnished to the person
 1071  delivering livestock to the hauler. The waybill or bill of
 1072  lading shall show the place of origin and destination of the
 1073  shipment, the name of the owner of the livestock, date and time
 1074  of loading, name of person or company hauling the livestock, and
 1075  the number of animals and a general description thereof. The
 1076  waybill or bill of lading shall be signed by the person
 1077  delivering the livestock to the hauler certifying that the
 1078  information contained thereon is correct.
 1079         Section 9. Subsection (28) of section 570.07, Florida
 1080  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1081         570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
 1082  functions, powers, and duties.—The department shall have and
 1083  exercise the following functions, powers, and duties:
 1084         (28) For purposes of pollution control and the prevention
 1085  of wildfires, to regulate open burning connected with pile
 1086  burning as defined in s. 590.125(1) land-clearing, agricultural,
 1087  or forestry operations.
 1088         Section 10. Section 570.087, Florida Statutes, is created
 1089  to read:
 1090         570.087Best management practices for wildlife.—
 1091         (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.—The Fish and Wildlife
 1092  Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and
 1093  Consumer Services have long recognized that agriculture provides
 1094  a valuable benefit to the conservation and management of fish
 1095  and wildlife in this state and have agreed to enter into a
 1096  memorandum of agreement to develop and adopt by rule voluntary
 1097  best management practices for this state’s agriculture industry
 1098  which reflect the industry’s existing contribution to the
 1099  conservation and management of freshwater aquatic life and wild
 1100  animal life in this state.
 1101         (2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 1102  Services shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the
 1103  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for the purpose of
 1104  developing the best management practices contemplated by this
 1105  section and their application on agricultural lands within this
 1106  state. This agreement may allow for selected pilot projects in
 1107  an effort to facilitate development of best management
 1108  practices.
 1109         (3) ADOPTION OF RULES.—The Department of Agriculture and
 1110  Consumer Services has rulemaking authority to adopt rules
 1111  establishing the best management practices contemplated by this
 1112  section for this state’s agricultural industry. Such rules must
 1113  incorporate provisions for a notice of intent to implement the
 1114  practices and a system to assure the implementation of the
 1115  practices, including recordkeeping requirements.
 1116         (4) VOLUNTARY IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any law to
 1117  the contrary, including s. 163.3162, the implementation of the
 1118  best management practices contemplated by this section is
 1119  voluntary. Except as specifically provided herein or in s. 9,
 1120  Art. IV of the State Constitution, an agency, department, or
 1121  district or any unit of local government may not adopt or
 1122  enforce any ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or policy
 1123  regarding the best management practices on land classified as
 1124  agricultural land pursuant to s. 193.461.
 1125         Section 11. Section 570.64, Florida Statutes, is created to
 1126  read:
 1127         570.64 Division of Food, Nutrition, and Wellness.—
 1128         (1) The duties of the Division of Food, Nutrition, and
 1129  Wellness include, but are not limited to, administering and
 1130  enforcing the powers and responsibilities of the division
 1131  prescribed in chapter 595 and the rules adopted thereunder.
 1132         (2) The director of the division shall be appointed by, and
 1133  serve at the pleasure of, the commissioner. The director shall
 1134  supervise, direct, and coordinate activities of the division,
 1135  exercise such powers and duties as authorized by the
 1136  commissioner, enforce the provisions of chapter 595 and the
 1137  rules adopted thereunder, and any other powers and duties as
 1138  authorized by the department.
 1139         Section 12. Section 570.902, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1140  to read:
 1141         570.902 Definitions; ss. 570.902 and 570.903.—For the
 1142  purpose of this section ss. 570.902 and s. 570.903:
 1143         (1) “Designated program” means the specific departmental
 1144  program which a direct-support organization has been created to
 1145  support.
 1146         (2) “Direct-support organization” or “organization” means
 1147  an organization which is a Florida corporation not for profit
 1148  incorporated under the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by
 1149  the department to operate for the benefit of a museum or a
 1150  specific departmental program.
 1151         (3) “Museum” means the Florida Agricultural Museum which is
 1152  designated as the museum for agriculture and rural history of
 1153  the State of Florida.
 1154         Section 13. Section 570.903, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1155  to read:
 1156         570.903 Direct-support organization.—
 1157         (1) The department may authorize When the Legislature
 1158  authorizes the establishment of a direct-support organizations
 1159  organization to provide assistance, funding, and promotional
 1160  support for the museums, the Florida Agriculture in the
 1161  Classroom Program, the Florida State Collection of Arthropods,
 1162  the Friends of the Florida State Forests Program of the Florida
 1163  Forest Service, the Forestry Arson Alert Program, and other
 1164  programs of the department., The following provisions shall
 1165  govern the creation, use, powers, and duties of the direct
 1166  support organizations organization:
 1167         (a) The department shall enter into a memorandum or letter
 1168  of agreement with the direct-support organization, which shall
 1169  specify the approval of the department, the powers and duties of
 1170  the direct-support organization, and rules with which the
 1171  direct-support organization must comply.
 1172         (b) The department may authorize permit, without charge,
 1173  appropriate use of property, facilities, and personnel of the
 1174  department by the a direct-support organization, subject to ss.
 1175  570.902 and 570.903. The use shall be for directly in keeping
 1176  with the approved purposes of the direct-support organization
 1177  and may not be made at times or places that would unreasonably
 1178  interfere with opportunities for the general public to use
 1179  department facilities for established purposes.
 1180         (c) The department shall prescribe by agreement contract or
 1181  by rule conditions with which the a direct-support organization
 1182  must comply in order to use property, facilities, or personnel
 1183  of the department or museum. Such conditions rules shall provide
 1184  for budget and audit review and oversight by the department.
 1185         (d) The department may not authorize permit the use of
 1186  property, facilities, or personnel of the museum, department, or
 1187  designated program by the a direct-support organization that
 1188  does not provide equal employment opportunities to all persons
 1189  regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national
 1190  origin.
 1191         (2)(a) The direct-support organization may shall be
 1192  empowered to conduct programs and activities; raise funds;
 1193  request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money;
 1194  acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name,
 1195  securities, funds, objects of value, or other property, real or
 1196  personal; and make expenditures to or for the direct or indirect
 1197  benefit of the museum or designated program.
 1198         (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 287.057, the
 1199  direct-support organization may enter into contracts or
 1200  agreements with or without competitive bidding for the
 1201  restoration of objects, historical buildings, and other
 1202  historical materials or for the purchase of objects, historical
 1203  buildings, and other historical materials which are to be added
 1204  to the collections of the museum, or benefit the designated
 1205  program. However, before the direct-support organization may
 1206  enter into a contract or agreement without competitive bidding,
 1207  the direct-support organization shall file a certification of
 1208  conditions and circumstances with the internal auditor of the
 1209  department justifying each contract or agreement.
 1210         (b)(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 287.025(1)(e),
 1211  the direct-support organization may enter into contracts to
 1212  insure property of the museum or designated programs and may
 1213  insure objects or collections on loan from others in satisfying
 1214  security terms of the lender.
 1215         (3) The direct-support organization shall provide for an
 1216  annual financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.
 1217         (4) A department employee, direct-support organization or
 1218  museum employee, volunteer, or director, or Neither a designated
 1219  program or a museum, nor a nonprofit corporation trustee or
 1220  employee may not:
 1221         (a) Receive a commission, fee, or financial benefit in
 1222  connection with the sale or exchange of real or personal
 1223  property or historical objects or properties to the direct
 1224  support organization, the museum, or the designated program; or
 1225         (b) Be a business associate of any individual, firm, or
 1226  organization involved in the sale or exchange of real or
 1227  personal property to the direct-support organization, the
 1228  museum, or the designated program.
 1229         (5) All moneys received by the direct-support organization
 1230  shall be deposited into an account of the direct-support
 1231  organization and shall be used by the organization in a manner
 1232  consistent with the goals of the museum or designated program.
 1233         (6) The identity of a donor or prospective donor who
 1234  desires to remain anonymous and all information identifying such
 1235  donor or prospective donor are confidential and exempt from the
 1236  provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
 1237  Constitution.
 1238         (7) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner’s
 1239  designee, may serve on the board of trustees and the executive
 1240  committee of any direct-support organization established to
 1241  benefit the museum or any designated program.
 1242         (8) The department may terminate its agreement with a
 1243  direct-support organization at any time if the department
 1244  determines that the direct-support organization no longer meets
 1245  the objectives of this section The department shall establish by
 1246  rule archival procedures relating to museum artifacts and
 1247  records. The rules shall provide procedures which protect the
 1248  museum’s artifacts and records equivalent to those procedures
 1249  which have been established by the Department of State under
 1250  chapters 257 and 267.
 1251         (9) Upon termination of the direct-support organization,
 1252  the assets of the direct-support organization shall be
 1253  distributed pursuant to its articles of incorporation or by-laws
 1254  or, if not provided for, to the department.
 1255         Section 14. Subsection (3) of section 576.051, Florida
 1256  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1257         576.051 Inspection, sampling, analysis.—
 1258         (3) The official analysis shall be made from the official
 1259  sample. The department, before making the official analysis,
 1260  shall take a sufficient portion from the official sample for
 1261  check analysis and place that portion in a bottle sealed and
 1262  identified by number, date, and the preparer’s initials. The
 1263  official check sample shall be kept until the analysis of the
 1264  official sample is completed. However, the licensee may obtain
 1265  upon request a portion of the official check sample. Upon
 1266  completion of the analysis of the official sample, a true copy
 1267  of the fertilizer analysis report shall be mailed to the
 1268  licensee of the fertilizer from whom the official sample was
 1269  taken and to the dealer or agent, if any, and purchaser, if
 1270  known. This fertilizer analysis report shall show all
 1271  determinations of plant nutrient and pesticides. If the official
 1272  analysis conforms with the provisions of this law, the official
 1273  check sample may be destroyed. If the official analysis does not
 1274  conform with the provisions of this law, the official check
 1275  sample shall be retained for a period of 90 days from the date
 1276  of the fertilizer analysis report of the official sample. If
 1277  within that time the licensee of the fertilizer from whom the
 1278  official sample was taken, upon receipt of the fertilizer
 1279  analysis report, makes written demand for analysis of the
 1280  official check sample by a referee chemist, a portion of the
 1281  official check sample sufficient for analysis shall be sent to a
 1282  referee chemist who is mutually acceptable to the department and
 1283  the licensee for analysis at the expense of the licensee. The
 1284  referee chemist, upon completion of the analysis, shall forward
 1285  to the department and to the licensee a fertilizer analysis
 1286  report bearing a proper identification mark or number; and the
 1287  fertilizer analysis report shall be verified by an affidavit of
 1288  the person making the analysis. If the results reported on the
 1289  fertilizer analysis report agree within the matching criteria
 1290  defined in department rule checks within three-tenths of 1
 1291  actual percent with the department’s analysis on each element
 1292  for which analysis was made, the mean average of the two
 1293  analyses shall be accepted as final and binding on all
 1294  concerned. However, if the referee’s fertilizer analysis report
 1295  results do not agree within the matching criteria defined in
 1296  department rule with shows a variation of greater than three
 1297  tenths of 1 actual percent from the department’s analysis in any
 1298  one or more elements for which an analysis was made, upon demand
 1299  of either the department or the licensee from whom the official
 1300  sample was taken, a portion of the official check sample
 1301  sufficient for analysis shall be submitted to a second referee
 1302  chemist who is mutually acceptable to the department and to the
 1303  licensee from whom the official sample was taken, at the expense
 1304  of the party or parties requesting the referee analysis. If no
 1305  demand is made for an analysis by a second referee chemist, the
 1306  department’s fertilizer analysis report shall be accepted as
 1307  final and binding on all concerned. The second referee chemist,
 1308  upon completion of the analysis, shall make a fertilizer
 1309  analysis report as provided in this subsection for the first
 1310  referee chemist. The mean average of the two analyses nearest in
 1311  conformity to each other shall be accepted as final and binding
 1312  on all concerned.
 1313         Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 576.061, Florida
 1314  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1315         576.061 Plant nutrient investigational allowances,
 1316  deficiencies, and penalties.—
 1317         (1)(a)A commercial fertilizer is deemed deficient if the
 1318  analysis of any nutrient is below the guarantee by an amount
 1319  exceeding the investigational allowances.
 1320         (b) The department shall adopt rules, which shall take
 1321  effect on July 1, 2014, that establish the investigational
 1322  allowances used to determine whether a fertilizer is deficient
 1323  in plant food.
 1324         (c)Until the rules described in paragraph (b) take effect,
 1325  investigational allowances are set as follows:
 1326         1.(a) Primary plant nutrients; investigational allowances.—
 1327  GuaranteedPercent   TotalNitrogenPercentAvailablePhosphatePercentPotashPercent  
 1328                      
 1329  04 or less          0.49            0.67              0.41           
 1330  05                  0.51            0.67              0.43           
 1331  06                  0.52            0.67              0.47           
 1332  07                  0.54            0.68              0.53           
 1333  08                  0.55            0.68              0.60           
 1334  09                  0.57            0.68              0.65           
 1335  10                  0.58            0.69              0.70           
 1336  12                  0.61            0.69              0.79           
 1337  14                  0.63            0.70              0.87           
 1338  16                  0.67            0.70              0.94           
 1339  18                  0.70            0.71              1.01           
 1340  20                  0.73            0.72              1.08           
 1341  22                  0.75            0.72              1.15           
 1342  24                  0.78            0.73              1.21           
 1343  26                  0.81            0.73              1.27           
 1344  28                  0.83            0.74              1.33           
 1345  30                  0.86            0.75              1.39           
 1346  32 or more          0.88            0.76              1.44           
 1347  For guarantees not listed, calculate the appropriate value by
 1348  interpolation.
 1349         2.(b) Nitrogen investigational allowances.—
 1350  Nitrogen Breakdown                Investigational AllowancesPercent 
 1351                                   
 1352  Nitrate nitrogen                                0.40                
 1353  Ammoniacal nitrogen                             0.40                
 1354  Water soluble nitrogenor urea nitrogen               0.40                
 1355  Water insoluble nitrogen                        0.30                
 1356  In no case may the investigational allowance exceed 50 percent
 1357  of the amount guaranteed.
 1358         3.(c) Secondary and micro plant nutrients, total or
 1359  soluble.—
 1360  Element                        Investigational Allowances Percent   
 1361                               
 1362  Calcium                      0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1363  Magnesium                    0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1364  Sulfur (free and combined)   0.2 unit+5 percent of guarantee        
 1365  Boron                        0.003 unit+15 percent of guarantee     
 1366  Cobalt                       0.0001 unit+30 percent of guarantee    
 1367  Chlorine                     0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1368  Copper                       0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1369  Iron                         0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1370  Manganese                    0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1371  Molybdenum                   0.0001 unit+30 percent of guarantee    
 1372  Sodium                       0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1373  Zinc                         0.005 unit+10 percent of guarantee     
 1374  The maximum allowance for secondary and minor elements when
 1375  calculated in accordance with this section is 1 unit (1
 1376  percent). In no case, however, may the investigational allowance
 1377  exceed 50 percent of the amount guaranteed.
 1378         4.(d) Liming materials and gypsum.—
 1379  Range Percent                 Investigational AllowancesPercent      
 1380                          
 1381  0-10                                        0.30                     
 1382  Over 10-25                                  0.40                     
 1383  Over 25                                     0.50                     
 1384         5.(e) Pesticides in fertilizer mixtures.—An investigational
 1385  allowance of 25 percent of the guarantee shall be allowed on all
 1386  pesticides when added to custom blend fertilizers.
 1387  
 1388  This paragraph expires July 1, 2014.
 1389         Section 16. Subsection (2) of section 576.181, Florida
 1390  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1391         576.181 Administration; rules; procedure.—
 1392         (2) The department may adopt rules is authorized, by rule,
 1393  to implement, make specific, and interpret the provisions of
 1394  this chapter, and specifically to determine the composition and
 1395  uses of fertilizer as defined in this chapter, including, but
 1396  not limited to without limiting the foregoing general terms, the
 1397  taking and handling of samples, the establishment of
 1398  investigational allowances, deficiencies, matching criteria for
 1399  referee analysis, and penalties where not specifically provided
 1400  for in this chapter; to prohibit the sale or use in fertilizer
 1401  of any material proven to be detrimental to agriculture, public
 1402  health, or the environment, or of questionable value; to provide
 1403  for the incorporation into fertilizer of such other substances
 1404  as pesticides and proper labeling of such mixture; and to
 1405  prescribe the information which shall appear on the label other
 1406  than specifically set forth in this chapter.
 1407         Section 17. Section 585.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1408  read:
 1409         585.61 Animal disease diagnostic laboratory laboratories.—
 1410         (1) There is hereby created and established an animal
 1411  disease diagnostic laboratory in Osceola County and Suwannee
 1412  County. The laboratory complex in Osceola County is designated
 1413  as the “Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.”
 1414         (2) The construction and operation of all the laboratory
 1415  laboratories established by this section shall be under the
 1416  supervision and control of the department. It shall be the duty
 1417  of the department to operate the laboratory these laboratories
 1418  in an efficient manner so that any person who maintains animals
 1419  in this state may obtain prompt reliable diagnosis of animal
 1420  diseases, including any disease which may affect poultry eggs,
 1421  in this state, and recommendations for the control and
 1422  eradication of such diseases, to the end that diseases of
 1423  animals may be reduced and controlled, and eradicated when
 1424  possible.
 1425         (3) Any person who maintains animals in the state may use
 1426  the services of the laboratory laboratories under the terms of
 1427  this section and the rules adopted for such use by the
 1428  department. The department shall require any user of its
 1429  services to pay a fee not to exceed $300 for any one of the
 1430  services requested. All laboratory fees collected shall be
 1431  deposited in the Animal Industry Diagnostic Laboratory Account
 1432  within the General Inspection Trust Fund. The fees collected
 1433  shall be used to improve the diagnostic laboratory services as
 1434  provided for by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
 1435  Act.
 1436         Section 18. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
 1437  586.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1438         586.10 Powers and duties of department; preemption of local
 1439  government ordinances.—
 1440         (3) The department may:
 1441         (f) Inspect or cause to be inspected all apiaries in the
 1442  state at such intervals as it may deem best and keep a complete,
 1443  accurate, and current list of all inspected apiaries to include
 1444  the:
 1445         1. Name of the apiary.
 1446         2. Name of the owner of the apiary.
 1447         3. Mailing address of the apiary owner.
 1448         4. Location of the apiary.
 1449         5. Number of hives in the apiary.
 1450         6. Pest problems associated with the apiary.
 1451         7. Brands used by beekeepers where applicable.
 1452  
 1453  Notwithstanding s. 112.313, an apiary inspector may be a
 1454  certified beekeeper as long as the inspector does not inspect
 1455  his or her own apiary.
 1456         Section 19. Subsection (3) is added to section 586.15,
 1457  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1458         586.15 Penalty for violation.—
 1459         (3)In addition to the penalties provided in this section
 1460  and in chapter 500, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 1461  Services may collect costs related to enforcing prohibitions
 1462  against the adulteration or misbranding of honey. All costs
 1463  shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund.
 1464         Section 20. Section 589.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1465  read:
 1466         589.02 Headquarters and meetings of council.—The official
 1467  headquarters of the council shall be in Tallahassee, but it may
 1468  hold meetings at such other places in the state as it may
 1469  determine by resolutions or as may be selected by a majority of
 1470  the members of the council in any call for a meeting. The annual
 1471  meeting of the council shall be held on the first Monday in
 1472  October of each year. Special meetings may be called at any time
 1473  by the chair or upon the written request of a majority of the
 1474  members. The council shall annually elect from its members a
 1475  chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The election shall be held
 1476  at the annual meeting of the council. A majority of the members
 1477  of the council shall constitute a quorum for such purposes.
 1478         Section 21. Subsection (4) of section 589.19, Florida
 1479  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1480         589.19 Creation of certain state forests; naming of certain
 1481  state forests; Operation Outdoor Freedom Program.—
 1482         (4)(a) To honor the nation’s disabled veterans and injured
 1483  active duty servicemembers, the Florida Forest Service shall
 1484  coordinate efforts to develop an Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1485  Program to provide hunting and other activities for eligible
 1486  veterans and servicemembers in designated state forest areas and
 1487  on designated public and private lands. The Legislature finds it
 1488  to be in the public interest for the Florida Forest Service to
 1489  develop partnerships with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 1490  Commission and other public and private organizations in order
 1491  to provide the needed resources and funding to make the program
 1492  successful The Florida Forest Service shall designate one or
 1493  more areas of state forests as an “Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1494  Special Hunt Area” to honor wounded veterans and servicemembers.
 1495  The purpose of such designated areas is to provide special
 1496  outdoor recreational opportunities for eligible veterans and
 1497  servicemembers.
 1498         (b) Participation in the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1499  shall be limited to Florida residents, as defined in s.
 1500  379.101(30)(b), The Florida Forest Service shall limit guest
 1501  admittance to such designated areas to any person who:
 1502         1. Are honorably discharged military veterans certified by
 1503  the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
 1504  predecessor or by any branch of the United States Armed Forces
 1505  to be at least 30 percent permanently service-connected disabled
 1506  Is an active duty member of any branch of the United States
 1507  Armed Forces and has a combat-related injury as determined by
 1508  his or her branch of the United States Armed Forces; or
 1509         2. Have been awarded the Military Order of the Purple
 1510  Heart; or Is a veteran who served during a period of wartime
 1511  service as defined in s. 1.01(14) or peacetime service as
 1512  defined in s. 296.02 and:
 1513         a. Has a service-connected disability as determined by the
 1514  United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
 1515         b. Was discharged or released from military service because
 1516  of a disability acquired or aggravated while serving on active
 1517  duty
 1518         3. Are active duty servicemembers with a service-connected
 1519  injury as determined by his or her branch of the United States
 1520  Armed Forces.
 1521  
 1522  Proof of eligibility under this subsection, as prescribed by the
 1523  Florida Forest Service, may be required.
 1524         (c) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirements for
 1525  program participation in paragraph (b), guided or unguided
 1526  invitation-only activities may be conducted as part of the
 1527  Operation Outdoor Freedom Program for injured or disabled
 1528  veterans and injured or disabled active duty servicemembers of
 1529  any branch of the United States Armed Forces in designated state
 1530  forest areas and on designated public and private lands. The
 1531  Florida Forest Service may grant admittance to such designated
 1532  areas and lands to a person who is not an eligible veteran or
 1533  servicemember for the sole purpose purposes of accompanying an
 1534  eligible veteran or servicemember who requires the person’s
 1535  assistance to use such designated areas and lands.
 1536         (d) The Florida Forest Service may cooperate with state and
 1537  federal agencies, local governments, private landowners, and
 1538  other entities in connection with the Operation Outdoor Freedom
 1539  Program. Donations to the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1540  Funding required for specialized accommodations shall be
 1541  deposited into the account of provided through the Friends of
 1542  Florida State Forests Program created under s. 589.012 and used
 1543  for Operation Outdoor Freedom Program activities.
 1544         (e)1. A private landowner who provides land for designation
 1545  and use as an Operation Outdoor Freedom Program hunting site
 1546  shall have limited liability pursuant to s. 375.251.
 1547         2. A private landowner who consents to the designation and
 1548  use of land as part of the Operation Outdoor Freedom Program
 1549  without compensation shall be considered a volunteer, as defined
 1550  in s. 110.501, and shall be covered by state liability
 1551  protection pursuant to s. 768.28, including s. 768.28(9).
 1552         3. This subsection does not:
 1553         a. Relieve any person of liability that would otherwise
 1554  exist for deliberate, willful, or malicious injury to persons or
 1555  property.
 1556         b. Create or increase the liability of any person.
 1557         (f) The Legislature shall designate the second Saturday of
 1558  each November as Operation Outdoor Freedom Day.
 1559         (g)(e) The Florida Forest Service may adopt rules to
 1560  administer this subsection.
 1561         Section 22. Section 589.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1562  read:
 1563         589.30 Duty of district or center manager forester.—It
 1564  shall be the duty of the district or center manager forester to
 1565  direct all work in accordance with the law and regulations of
 1566  the Florida Forest Service; gather and disseminate information
 1567  in the management of commercial timber, including establishment,
 1568  protection and utilization; and assist in the development and
 1569  use of forest lands for outdoor recreation, watershed
 1570  protection, and wildlife habitat. The district or center manager
 1571  forester or his or her representative shall provide
 1572  encouragement and technical assistance to individuals and urban
 1573  and county officials in the planning, establishment, and
 1574  management of trees and plant associations to enhance the beauty
 1575  of the urban and suburban environment and meet outdoor
 1576  recreational needs.
 1577         Section 23. Subsections (1), (2), (3), (7), and (10) of
 1578  section 590.02, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1579         590.02 Florida Forest Service; powers, authority, and
 1580  duties; liability; building structures; Florida Center for
 1581  Wildfire and Forest Resources Management Training.—
 1582         (1) The Florida Forest Service has the following powers,
 1583  authority, and duties:
 1584         (a) To enforce the provisions of this chapter;
 1585         (b) To prevent, detect, and suppress, and extinguish
 1586  wildfires wherever they may occur on public or private land in
 1587  this state and to do all things necessary in the exercise of
 1588  such powers, authority, and duties;
 1589         (c) To provide firefighting crews, who shall be under the
 1590  control and direction of the Florida Forest Service and its
 1591  designated agents;
 1592         (d) To appoint center managers, forest area supervisors,
 1593  forestry program administrators, a forest protection bureau
 1594  chief, a forest protection assistant bureau chief, a field
 1595  operations bureau chief, deputy chiefs of field operations,
 1596  district managers, forest operations administrators, senior
 1597  forest rangers, investigators, forest rangers, firefighter
 1598  rotorcraft pilots, and other employees who may, at the Florida
 1599  Forest Service’s discretion, be certified as forestry
 1600  firefighters pursuant to s. 633.35(4). Other provisions of law
 1601  notwithstanding, center managers, district managers, forest
 1602  protection assistant bureau chief, and deputy chiefs of field
 1603  operations shall have Selected Exempt Service status in the
 1604  state personnel designation;
 1605         (e) To develop a training curriculum for forestry
 1606  firefighters which must contain the basic volunteer structural
 1607  fire training course approved by the Florida State Fire College
 1608  of the Division of State Fire Marshal and a minimum of 250 hours
 1609  of wildfire training;
 1610         (f) To make rules to accomplish the purposes of this
 1611  chapter;
 1612         (g) To provide fire management services and emergency
 1613  response assistance and to set and charge reasonable fees for
 1614  performance of those services. Moneys collected from such fees
 1615  shall be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund of the Florida
 1616  Forest Service; and
 1617         (h) To require all state, regional, and local government
 1618  agencies operating aircraft in the vicinity of an ongoing
 1619  wildfire to operate in compliance with the applicable state
 1620  Wildfire Aviation Plan; and
 1621         (i) To authorize broadcast burning, prescribed burning,
 1622  pile burning, and land clearing debris burning to carry out the
 1623  duties of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder.
 1624         (2) The Florida Forest Service’s employees, and the
 1625  firefighting crews under their control and direction, may enter
 1626  upon any lands for the purpose of preventing, detecting, and
 1627  suppressing wildfires and investigating smoke complaints or open
 1628  burning not in compliance with authorization and to enforce the
 1629  provisions of this chapter.
 1630         (3) Employees of the Florida Forest Service and of federal,
 1631  state, and local agencies, and all other persons and entities
 1632  that are under contract or agreement with the Florida Forest
 1633  Service to assist in firefighting operations as well as those
 1634  entities, called upon by the Florida Forest Service to assist in
 1635  firefighting may, in the performance of their duties, set
 1636  counterfires, remove fences and other obstacles, dig trenches,
 1637  cut firelines, use water from public and private sources, and
 1638  carry on all other customary activities in the fighting of
 1639  wildfires without incurring liability to any person or entity.
 1640  The manner in which the Florida Forest Service monitors a
 1641  smoldering wildfire, smoldering prescribed fire, or fights any
 1642  wildfire are planning level activities for which sovereign
 1643  immunity applies and is not waived.
 1644         (7) The Florida Forest Service may organize, staff, equip,
 1645  and operate the Florida Center for Wildfire and Forest Resources
 1646  Management Training Center. The center shall serve as a site
 1647  where fire and forest resource managers can obtain current
 1648  knowledge, techniques, skills, and theory as they relate to
 1649  their respective disciplines.
 1650         (a) The center may establish cooperative efforts involving
 1651  federal, state, and local entities; hire appropriate personnel;
 1652  and engage others by contract or agreement with or without
 1653  compensation to assist in carrying out the training and
 1654  operations of the center.
 1655         (b) The center shall provide wildfire suppression training
 1656  opportunities for rural fire departments, volunteer fire
 1657  departments, and other local fire response units.
 1658         (c) The center will focus on curriculum related to, but not
 1659  limited to, fuel reduction, an incident management system,
 1660  prescribed burning certification, multiple-use land management,
 1661  water quality, forest health, environmental education, and
 1662  wildfire suppression training for structural firefighters.
 1663         (d) The center may assess appropriate fees for food,
 1664  lodging, travel, course materials, and supplies in order to meet
 1665  its operational costs and may grant free meals, room, and
 1666  scholarships to persons and other entities in exchange for
 1667  instructional assistance.
 1668         (e) An advisory committee consisting of the following
 1669  individuals or their designees must review program curriculum,
 1670  course content, and scheduling: the director of the Florida
 1671  Forest Service; the assistant director of the Florida Forest
 1672  Service; the director of the School of Forest Resources and
 1673  Conservation of the University of Florida; the director of the
 1674  Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of
 1675  Environmental Protection; the director of the Division of the
 1676  State Fire Marshal; the director of the Florida Chapter of The
 1677  Nature Conservancy; the executive vice president of the Florida
 1678  Forestry Association; the president of the Florida Farm Bureau
 1679  Federation; the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife
 1680  Conservation Commission; the executive director of a water
 1681  management district as appointed by the Commissioner of
 1682  Agriculture; the supervisor of the National Forests in Florida;
 1683  the president of the Florida Fire Chief’s Association; and the
 1684  executive director of the Tall Timbers Research Station.
 1685         (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 252.38, the
 1686  Florida Forest Service has exclusive authority to require and
 1687  issue authorizations for broadcast burning and agricultural and
 1688  silvicultural pile burning. An agency, commission, department,
 1689  county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the
 1690  state may not adopt or enforce laws, regulations, rules, or
 1691  policies pertaining to broadcast burning or agricultural and
 1692  silvicultural pile burning unless an emergency order is declared
 1693  in accordance with s. 252.38(3).
 1694         (b) The Florida Forest Service may delegate to a county, or
 1695  municipality, or special district its authority:,
 1696         1. As delegated by the Department of Environmental
 1697  Protection pursuant to ss. 403.061(28) and 403.081, to manage
 1698  and enforce regulations pertaining to require and issue
 1699  authorizations for the burning of yard trash and debris from
 1700  land clearing operations in accordance with s. 590.125(6).
 1701         2. To manage the open burning of land clearing debris in
 1702  accordance with s. 590.125.
 1703         Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 590.11, Florida
 1704  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1705         590.11 Recreational fires.—
 1706         (1) It is unlawful for any individual or group of
 1707  individuals to build a warming fire, bonfire, or campfire and
 1708  leave it unattended while visible flame, smoke, or emissions
 1709  exist unextinguished.
 1710         Section 25. Subsections (1) and (2), paragraphs (b) and (c)
 1711  of subsection (3), and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of
 1712  section 590.125, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1713         590.125 Open burning authorized by the Florida Forest
 1714  Service.—
 1715         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
 1716         (a) “Certified pile burner” means an individual who
 1717  successfully completes the pile burning certification program of
 1718  the Florida Forest Service and possesses a valid pile burner
 1719  certification number.
 1720         (b) “Certified pile burning” means a pile burn conducted in
 1721  accordance with a written pile burning plan by a certified pile
 1722  burner.
 1723         (c)(b) “Certified prescribed burn manager” means an
 1724  individual who successfully completes the certified prescribed
 1725  burning program of the Florida Forest Service and possesses a
 1726  valid certification number.
 1727         (d) “Certified prescribed burning” means prescribed burning
 1728  in accordance with a written prescription conducted by a
 1729  certified prescribed burn manager.
 1730         (e) “Contained” means that fire and smoldering exist
 1731  entirely within established or natural firebreaks.
 1732         (f)(c)“Completed” “Extinguished” means that for:
 1733         1. Broadcast burning, no continued lateral movement of fire
 1734  across the authorized area into entirely unburned fuels within
 1735  the authorized area Wildland burning or certified prescribed
 1736  burning, no spreading flames exist.
 1737         2. Certified pile Vegetative land-clearing debris burning
 1738  or pile burning, no visible flames exist.
 1739         3. Certified pile Vegetative land-clearing debris burning
 1740  or pile burning in an area designated as smoke sensitive by the
 1741  Florida Forest Service, no visible flames, smoke, or emissions
 1742  exist.
 1743         (g) “Gross negligence” means conduct so reckless or wanting
 1744  in care that it constitutes a conscious disregard or
 1745  indifference to the life, safety, or rights of persons exposed
 1746  to such conduct.
 1747         (d) “Land-clearing operation” means the uprooting or
 1748  clearing of vegetation in connection with the construction of
 1749  buildings and rights-of-way, land development, and mineral
 1750  operations. The term does not include the clearing of yard
 1751  trash.
 1752         (h)(e) “Pile burning” means the burning of silvicultural,
 1753  agricultural, or land-clearing, or and tree-cutting debris
 1754  originating onsite, which is stacked together in a round or
 1755  linear fashion, including, but not limited to, a windrow. Pile
 1756  burning authorized by the Florida Forest Service is a temporary
 1757  procedure, which operates on the same site for 6 months or less.
 1758         (i) “Pile burn plan” means a written plan establishing the
 1759  method of conducting a certified pile burn.
 1760         (j)(f) “Prescribed burning” means the controlled
 1761  application of fire by broadcast burning in accordance with a
 1762  written prescription for vegetative fuels under specified
 1763  environmental conditions, while following appropriate
 1764  precautionary measures to guard against the spread of fire
 1765  beyond that ensure that the fire is confined to a predetermined
 1766  area to accomplish the planned fire or land management
 1767  objectives.
 1768         (k)(g) “Prescription” means a written plan establishing the
 1769  conditions and method for conducting criteria necessary for
 1770  starting, controlling, and extinguishing a certified prescribed
 1771  burn.
 1772         (l) “Smoldering” means the continued consumption of fuels,
 1773  which may emit flames and smoke, after a fire is contained.
 1774         (m)(h) “Yard trash” means vegetative matter resulting from
 1775  landscaping and yard maintenance operations and other such
 1776  routine property cleanup activities. The term includes materials
 1777  such as leaves, shrub trimmings, grass clippings, brush, and
 1778  palm fronds.
 1779         (2) NONCERTIFIED BURNING.—
 1780         (a) Persons may be authorized to broadcast burn or pile
 1781  burn wild land or vegetative land-clearing debris in accordance
 1782  with this subsection if:
 1783         1. There is specific consent of the landowner or his or her
 1784  designee;
 1785         2. Authorization has been obtained from the Florida Forest
 1786  Service or its designated agent before starting the burn;
 1787         3. There are adequate firebreaks at the burn site and
 1788  sufficient personnel and firefighting equipment for the
 1789  containment control of the fire;
 1790         4. The fire remains within the boundary of the authorized
 1791  area;
 1792         5. The person named responsible in the burn authorization
 1793  or a designee An authorized person is present at the burn site
 1794  until the fire is completed extinguished;
 1795         6. The Florida Forest Service does not cancel the
 1796  authorization; and
 1797         7. The Florida Forest Service determines that air quality
 1798  and fire danger are favorable for safe burning.
 1799         (b) A person who broadcast burns or pile burns wild land or
 1800  vegetative land-clearing debris in a manner that violates any
 1801  requirement of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the
 1802  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
 1803  775.083.
 1804         (3) CERTIFIED PRESCRIBED BURNING; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND
 1805  PURPOSE.—
 1806         (b) Certified prescribed burning pertains only to broadcast
 1807  burning for purposes of silviculture, wildland fire hazard
 1808  reduction, wildlife management, ecological maintenance and
 1809  restoration, and agriculture range and pasture management. It
 1810  must be conducted in accordance with this subsection and:
 1811         1. May be accomplished only when a certified prescribed
 1812  burn manager is present on site with a copy of the prescription
 1813  and directly supervises the certified prescribed burn until the
 1814  burn is completed, after which the certified prescribed burn
 1815  manager is not required to be present from ignition of the burn
 1816  to its completion.
 1817         2. Requires that a written prescription be prepared before
 1818  receiving authorization to burn from the Florida Forest Service.
 1819         a. A new prescription or authorization is not required for
 1820  smoldering that occurs within the authorized burn area unless
 1821  new ignitions are conducted by the certified prescribed burn
 1822  manager.
 1823         b. Monitoring the smoldering activity of a certified
 1824  prescribed burn does not require a prescription or an additional
 1825  authorization even if flames begin to spread within the
 1826  authorized burn area due to ongoing smoldering.
 1827         3. Requires that the specific consent of the landowner or
 1828  his or her designee be obtained before requesting an
 1829  authorization.
 1830         4. Requires that an authorization to burn be obtained from
 1831  the Florida Forest Service before igniting the burn.
 1832         5. Requires that there be adequate firebreaks at the burn
 1833  site and sufficient personnel and firefighting equipment to
 1834  contain for the control of the fire within the authorized burn
 1835  area.
 1836         a. Fire spreading outside the authorized burn area on the
 1837  day of the certified prescribed burn ignition does not
 1838  constitute conclusive proof of inadequate firebreaks,
 1839  insufficient personnel, or a lack of firefighting equipment.
 1840         b. If the certified prescribed burn is contained within the
 1841  authorized burn area during the authorized period, a strong
 1842  rebuttable presumption shall exist that adequate firebreaks,
 1843  sufficient personnel, and sufficient firefighting equipment were
 1844  present.
 1845         c. Continued smoldering of a certified prescribed burn
 1846  resulting in a subsequent wildfire does not by itself constitute
 1847  evidence of gross negligence under this section.
 1848         6. Is considered to be in the public interest and does not
 1849  constitute a public or private nuisance when conducted under
 1850  applicable state air pollution statutes and rules.
 1851         7. Is considered to be a property right of the property
 1852  owner if vegetative fuels are burned as required in this
 1853  subsection.
 1854         (c) Neither A property owner or leaseholder, nor his or her
 1855  agent, contractor, or legally authorized designee is not liable
 1856  pursuant to s. 590.13 for damage or injury caused by the fire,
 1857  including the reignition of a smoldering, previously contained
 1858  burn, or resulting smoke or considered to be in violation of
 1859  subsection (2) for burns conducted in accordance with this
 1860  subsection, unless gross negligence is proven. The Florida
 1861  Forest Service is not liable for burns for which it issues
 1862  authorizations.
 1863         (4) CERTIFIED PILE BURNING.—
 1864         (a) Certified pile burning pertains to the disposal of
 1865  piled, naturally occurring debris from an agricultural,
 1866  silvicultural, or temporary land-clearing, or tree cutting
 1867  debris originating on site operation. A land-clearing operation
 1868  is temporary if it operates for 6 months or less. Certified pile
 1869  burning must be conducted in accordance with the following:
 1870         1. A certified pile burner must ensure, before ignition,
 1871  that the piles are properly placed and that the content of the
 1872  piles is conducive to efficient burning.
 1873         2. A certified pile burner must ensure that the authorized
 1874  burn is completed piles are properly extinguished no later than
 1875  1 hour after sunset. If the burn is conducted in an area
 1876  designated by the Florida Forest Service as smoke sensitive, a
 1877  certified pile burner must ensure that the authorized burn is
 1878  completed piles are properly extinguished at least 1 hour before
 1879  sunset.
 1880         3. A written pile burning plan must be prepared before
 1881  receiving authorization from the Florida Forest Service to burn
 1882  and must be on site and available for inspection by a department
 1883  representative.
 1884         4. The specific consent of the landowner or his or her
 1885  agent must be obtained before requesting authorization to burn.
 1886         5. An authorization to burn must be obtained from the
 1887  Florida Forest Service or its designated agent before igniting
 1888  the burn.
 1889         6. There must be adequate firebreaks and sufficient
 1890  personnel and firefighting equipment at the burn site to contain
 1891  the burn to the piles authorized control the fire.
 1892         Section 26. Section 590.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1893  read:
 1894         590.25 Penalty for preventing or obstructing the
 1895  prevention, detection, or suppression extinguishment of
 1896  wildfires.—Whoever interferes shall interfere with, obstructs
 1897  obstruct or commits commit any act aimed to obstruct the
 1898  prevention, detection, or suppression extinguishment of
 1899  wildfires by the employees of the Florida Forest Service or any
 1900  other person engaged in the prevention, detection, or
 1901  suppression extinguishment of a wildfire, or who damages or
 1902  destroys any equipment being used for such purpose, commits
 1903  shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as
 1904  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
 1905         Section 27. Chapter 595, Florida Statutes, is created,
 1906  shall consist of sections 595.401-595.701, Florida Statutes, and
 1907  shall be entitled “School Food and Nutrition Services.”
 1908         Section 28. Section 595.401, Florida Statutes, is created
 1909  to read:
 1910         595.401 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the
 1911  “Florida School Food and Nutrition Act.”
 1912         Section 29. Section 595.402, Florida Statutes, is created
 1913  to read:
 1914         595.402 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
 1915         (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture.
 1916         (2) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and
 1917  Consumer Services.
 1918         (3) “Program” means any one or more of the school food and
 1919  nutrition service programs that the department has
 1920  responsibility over including, but not limited to, the National
 1921  School Lunch Program, the Special Milk Program, the School
 1922  Breakfast Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Fresh
 1923  Fruit and Vegetable Program, and any other program that relates
 1924  to school nutrition.
 1925         (4) “School district” means any of the 67 county school
 1926  districts, including the respective district school board.
 1927         (5) “Sponsor” means any entity that is conducting a program
 1928  under a current agreement with the department.
 1929         Section 30. Section 595.403, Florida Statutes, is created
 1930  to read:
 1931         595.403 State policy.—The Legislature, in recognition of
 1932  the demonstrated relationship between good nutrition and the
 1933  capacity of students to develop and learn, declares that it is
 1934  the policy of the state to provide standards for school food and
 1935  nutrition services and to require each school district to
 1936  establish and maintain an appropriate school food and nutrition
 1937  service program consistent with the nutritional needs of
 1938  students. To implement that policy, the state shall provide
 1939  funds to meet the state National School Lunch Act matching
 1940  requirements. The funds provided shall be distributed in such a
 1941  manner as to comply with the requirements of the National School
 1942  Lunch Act.
 1943         Section 31. Section 570.98, Florida Statutes, is
 1944  transferred, renumbered as section 595.404, Florida Statutes,
 1945  and amended to read:
 1946         595.404 570.98 School food and nutrition service program;
 1947  powers and duties of the department programs.—
 1948         (1) The department has the following powers and duties:
 1949  shall
 1950         (1) To conduct, supervise, and administer the program all
 1951  school food and nutrition programs that will be carried out
 1952  using federal or state funds, or funds from any other source.
 1953         (2) To fully The department shall cooperate fully with the
 1954  United States Government and its agencies and instrumentalities
 1955  so that the department may receive the benefit of all federal
 1956  financial allotments and assistance possible to carry out the
 1957  purposes of this chapter.
 1958         (3) To implement and adopt by rule, as required, federal
 1959  regulations to maximize federal assistance for the program. The
 1960  department may
 1961         (4) To act as agent of, or contract with, the Federal
 1962  Government, another state agency, or any county or municipal
 1963  government, or sponsor for the administration of the program
 1964  school food and nutrition programs, including the distribution
 1965  of funds provided by the Federal Government to support the
 1966  program school food and nutrition programs.
 1967         (5) To make a reasonable effort to ensure that any school
 1968  designated as a “severe need school” receives the highest rate
 1969  of reimbursement to which it is entitled under 42 U.S.C. s. 1773
 1970  for each breakfast meal served.
 1971         (6) To develop and propose legislation necessary to
 1972  implement the program, encourage the development of innovative
 1973  school food and nutrition services, and expand participation in
 1974  the program.
 1975         (7) To annually allocate among the sponsors, as applicable,
 1976  funds provided from the school breakfast supplement in the
 1977  General Appropriations Act based on each district’s total number
 1978  of free and reduced-price breakfast meals served.
 1979         (8) To employ such persons as are necessary to perform its
 1980  duties under this chapter.
 1981         (9) To adopt rules covering the administration, operation,
 1982  and enforcement of the program as well as to implement the
 1983  provisions of this chapter.
 1984         (10) To adopt and implement an appeal process by rule, as
 1985  required by federal regulations, for applicants and participants
 1986  under the program, notwithstanding s. 120.569 and ss. 120.57
 1987  120.595.
 1988         (11) To assist, train, and review each sponsor in its
 1989  implementation of the program.
 1990         (12) To advance funds from the program’s annual
 1991  appropriation to sponsors, when requested, in order to implement
 1992  the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with federal
 1993  regulations.
 1994         Section 32. Subsections (1) through (5) of section 570.981,
 1995  Florida Statutes, are transferred, renumbered as section
 1996  595.405, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
 1997         595.405 570.981Program requirements for school districts
 1998  and sponsors food service programs.—
 1999         (1) In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between
 2000  good nutrition and the capacity of students to develop and
 2001  learn, it is the policy of the state to provide standards for
 2002  school food service and to require district school boards to
 2003  establish and maintain an appropriate private school food
 2004  service program consistent with the nutritional needs of
 2005  students.
 2006         (2) The department shall adopt rules covering the
 2007  administration and operation of the school food service
 2008  programs.
 2009         (1)(3) Each school district school board shall consider the
 2010  recommendations of the district school superintendent and adopt
 2011  policies to provide for an appropriate food and nutrition
 2012  service program for students consistent with federal law and
 2013  department rules rule.
 2014         (4) The state shall provide the state National School Lunch
 2015  Act matching requirements. The funds provided shall be
 2016  distributed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements
 2017  of the National School Lunch Act.
 2018         (2)(5)(a) Each school district school board shall implement
 2019  school breakfast programs that make breakfast meals available to
 2020  all students in each elementary school. Universal school
 2021  breakfast programs shall be offered in schools in which 80
 2022  percent or more of the students are eligible for free or
 2023  reduced-price meals. Each school shall, to the maximum extent
 2024  practicable, make breakfast meals available to students at an
 2025  alternative site location, which may include, but need not be
 2026  limited to, alternative breakfast options as described in
 2027  publications of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United
 2028  States Department of Agriculture for the federal School
 2029  Breakfast Program.
 2030         (3)(b) Each school district must annually set prices for
 2031  breakfast meals at rates that, combined with federal
 2032  reimbursements and state allocations, are sufficient to defray
 2033  costs of school breakfast programs without requiring allocations
 2034  from the district’s operating funds, except if the district
 2035  school board approves lower rates.
 2036         (4)(c) Each school district school board is encouraged to
 2037  provide universal-free school breakfast meals to all students in
 2038  each elementary, middle, and high school. Each school district
 2039  school board shall approve or disapprove a policy, after
 2040  receiving public testimony concerning the proposed policy at two
 2041  or more regular meetings, which makes universal-free school
 2042  breakfast meals available to all students in each elementary,
 2043  middle, and high school in which 80 percent or more of the
 2044  students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
 2045         (5)(d) Each elementary, middle, and high school shall make
 2046  a breakfast meal available if a student arrives at school on the
 2047  school bus less than 15 minutes before the first bell rings and
 2048  shall allow the student at least 15 minutes to eat the
 2049  breakfast.
 2050         (6)(e) Each school district shall annually provide to all
 2051  students in each elementary, middle, and high school information
 2052  prepared by the district’s food service administration regarding
 2053  its school breakfast programs. The information shall be
 2054  communicated through school announcements and written notices
 2055  notice sent to all parents.
 2056         (7)(f) A school district school board may operate a
 2057  breakfast program providing for food preparation at the school
 2058  site or in central locations with distribution to designated
 2059  satellite schools or any combination thereof.
 2060         (8) Each sponsor shall complete all corrective action plans
 2061  required by the department or a federal agency to be in
 2062  compliance with the program.
 2063         (g) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to
 2064  ensure that any school designated as a “severe need school”
 2065  receives the highest rate of reimbursement to which it is
 2066  entitled under 42 U.S.C. s. 1773 for each breakfast meal served.
 2067         (h) The department shall annually allocate among the school
 2068  districts funds provided from the school breakfast supplement in
 2069  the General Appropriations Act based on each district’s total
 2070  number of free and reduced-price breakfast meals served.
 2071         Section 33. Subsection (6) of section 570.981, Florida
 2072  Statutes, is transferred, renumbered as section 595.406, Florida
 2073  Statutes, and amended to read:
 2074         595.406 570.981Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program School
 2075  food service programs.—
 2076         (6) The Legislature, recognizing that school children need
 2077  nutritious food not only for healthy physical and intellectual
 2078  development but also to combat diseases related to poor
 2079  nutrition and obesity, establishes the Florida Farm Fresh
 2080  Schools Program within the department. The program shall comply
 2081  with the regulations of the National School Lunch Program and
 2082  require:
 2083         (1)(a)In order to implement the Florida Farm Fresh Schools
 2084  Program, the department shall to develop policies pertaining to
 2085  school food services which encourage:
 2086         (a)1.Sponsors School districts to buy fresh and high
 2087  quality foods grown in this state when feasible.
 2088         (b)2. Farmers in this state to sell their products to
 2089  sponsors, school districts, and schools.
 2090         (c)3.Sponsors School districts and schools to demonstrate
 2091  a preference for competitively priced organic food products.
 2092         (d)(b)Sponsors School districts and schools to make
 2093  reasonable efforts to select foods based on a preference for
 2094  those that have maximum nutritional content.
 2095         (2)(c) The department shall to provide outreach, guidance,
 2096  and training to sponsors school districts, schools, school food
 2097  service directors, parent and teacher organizations, and
 2098  students about the benefit benefits of fresh food products from
 2099  farms in this state.
 2100         Section 34. Section 570.982, Florida Statutes, is
 2101  transferred, renumbered as section 595.407, Florida Statutes,
 2102  and amended to read:
 2103         595.407 570.982 Children′s summer nutrition program.—
 2104         (1) This section may be cited as the “Ms. Willie Ann Glenn
 2105  Act.”
 2106         (2) Each school district school board shall develop a plan
 2107  to sponsor a summer nutrition program to operate sites in the
 2108  school district as follows:
 2109         (a) Within 5 miles of at least one elementary school at
 2110  which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible for free
 2111  or reduced-price school meals and for the duration of 35
 2112  consecutive days.; and
 2113         (b) Except as operated pursuant to paragraph (a), Within 10
 2114  miles of each elementary school at which 50 percent or more of
 2115  the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school
 2116  meals, except as operated pursuant to paragraph (a).
 2117         (3)(a) A school district school board may be exempt from
 2118  sponsoring a summer nutrition program pursuant to this section.
 2119  A school district school board seeking such exemption must
 2120  include the issue on an agenda at a regular or special school
 2121  district school board meeting that is publicly noticed, provide
 2122  residents an opportunity to participate in the discussion, and
 2123  vote on whether to be exempt from this section. The school
 2124  district school board shall notify the department commissioner
 2125  within 10 days after it decides to become exempt from this
 2126  section.
 2127         (b) Each year, the school district school board shall
 2128  reconsider its decision to be exempt from the provisions of this
 2129  section and shall vote on whether to continue the exemption from
 2130  sponsoring a summer nutrition program. The school district
 2131  school board shall notify the department commissioner within 10
 2132  days after each subsequent year’s decision to continue the
 2133  exemption.
 2134         (c) If a school district school board elects to be exempt
 2135  from sponsoring a summer nutrition program under this section,
 2136  the school district school board may encourage not-for-profit
 2137  entities to sponsor the program. If a not-for-profit entity
 2138  chooses to sponsor the summer nutrition program but fails to
 2139  perform with regard to the program, the district school board,
 2140  the school district, and the department are not required to
 2141  continue the program and shall be held harmless from any
 2142  liability arising from the discontinuation of the summer
 2143  nutrition program.
 2144         (4) The superintendent of schools may collaborate with
 2145  municipal and county governmental agencies and private, not-for
 2146  profit leaders in implementing the plan. Although schools have
 2147  proven to be the optimal site for a summer nutrition program,
 2148  any not-for-profit entity may serve as a site or sponsor. By
 2149  April 15 of each year, each school district with a summer
 2150  nutrition program shall report to the department the district’s
 2151  summer nutrition program sites in compliance with this section.
 2152         (5) The department shall provide to each school district
 2153  school board by February 15 of each year a list of local
 2154  organizations that have filed letters of intent to participate
 2155  in the summer nutrition program in order that a school district
 2156  may school board is able to determine how many sites are needed
 2157  to serve the children and where to place each site.
 2158         Section 35. Section 570.072, Florida Statutes, is
 2159  transferred and renumbered as section 595.408, Florida Statutes.
 2160         Section 36. Section 595.501, Florida Statutes, is created
 2161  to read:
 2162         595.501 Penalties.—Any person, sponsor, or school district
 2163  that violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted
 2164  thereunder or otherwise does not comply with the program is
 2165  subject to a suspension or revocation of their agreement, loss
 2166  of reimbursement, or a financial penalty in accordance with
 2167  federal or state law or both. This section does not restrict the
 2168  applicability of any other law.
 2169         Section 37. Section 570.983, Florida Statutes, is
 2170  transferred, renumbered as section 595.601, Florida Statutes,
 2171  and amended to read:
 2172         595.601 570.983 Food and Nutrition Services Trust Fund.
 2173  Chapter 99-37, Laws of Florida, recreated the Food and Nutrition
 2174  Services Trust Fund to record revenue and disbursements of
 2175  Federal Food and Nutrition funds received by the department as
 2176  authorized in s. 595.405 570.981.
 2177         Section 38. Section 570.984, Florida Statutes, is
 2178  transferred and renumbered as section 595.701, Florida Statutes,
 2179  to read:
 2180         595.701 570.984 Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council.—
 2181         (1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture
 2182  and Consumer Services the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives
 2183  Council, which shall consist of 11 members appointed by the
 2184  Commissioner of Agriculture. The council shall advise the
 2185  department on matters relating to nutritional standards and the
 2186  prevention of childhood obesity, nutrition education,
 2187  anaphylaxis, and other needs to further the development of the
 2188  various school nutrition programs.
 2189         (2) The meetings, powers, duties, procedures, and
 2190  recordkeeping of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council
 2191  shall be governed by s. 570.0705, relating to advisory
 2192  committees established within the department.
 2193         Section 39. Subsection (16) of section 1001.42, Florida
 2194  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2195         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
 2196  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
 2197  powers and perform all duties listed below:
 2198         (16) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.—Assume such responsibilities and
 2199  exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned
 2200  to it by law or as may be required by rules of the Department of
 2201  Agriculture and Consumer Services State Board of Education or,
 2202  as in the opinion of the district school board, are necessary to
 2203  ensure school lunch services, consistent with needs of students;
 2204  effective and efficient operation of the program; and the proper
 2205  articulation of the school lunch program with other phases of
 2206  education in the district.
 2207         Section 40. Subsection (1) of section 1003.453, Florida
 2208  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2209         1003.453 School wellness and physical education policies;
 2210  nutrition guidelines.—
 2211         (1) Each school district shall electronically submit to the
 2212  Department of Education a copy of its local school wellness
 2213  policy to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as
 2214  required by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of
 2215  2004 and a copy of its physical education policy required under
 2216  s. 1003.455 to the Department of Education. Each school district
 2217  shall annually review its local school wellness policy and
 2218  physical education policy and provide a procedure for public
 2219  input and revisions. In addition, each school district shall
 2220  provide its revised local school send an updated copy of its
 2221  wellness policy and revised physical education policy to the
 2222  applicable department and to the Department of Agriculture and
 2223  Consumer Services when a change or revision is made.
 2224         Section 41. Sections 487.0615, 570.382, 570.97, and 590.50,
 2225  Florida Statutes, are repealed.
 2226         Section 42. Subsection (5) of section 487.041, Florida
 2227  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2228         487.041 Registration.—
 2229         (5) The department shall provide summary information to the
 2230  Pesticide Review Council regarding applications for registration
 2231  of those pesticides for which data received in the registration
 2232  process indicate that the pesticide, when used according to
 2233  label instructions and precautions, may have a significant
 2234  potential for adverse effects on human health or the
 2235  environment. The council shall be kept apprised of the status of
 2236  these applications while under review and of the final action by
 2237  the Commissioner of Agriculture regarding the registration of
 2238  these pesticides.
 2239         Section 43. Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
 2240  550.2625, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2241         550.2625 Horseracing; minimum purse requirement, Florida
 2242  breeders’ and owners’ awards.—
 2243         (8)
 2244         (b) The division shall deposit these collections to the
 2245  credit of the General Inspection Trust Fund in a special account
 2246  to be known as the “Florida Arabian Horse Racing Promotion
 2247  Account.” The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
 2248  shall administer the funds and adopt suitable and reasonable
 2249  rules for the administration thereof. The moneys in the Florida
 2250  Arabian Horse Racing Promotion Account shall be allocated solely
 2251  for supplementing and augmenting purses and prizes and for the
 2252  general promotion of owning and breeding of racing Arabian
 2253  horses in this state; and the moneys may not be used to defray
 2254  any expense of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2255  Services in the administration of this chapter, except that the
 2256  moneys generated by Arabian horse registration fees received
 2257  pursuant to s. 570.382 may be used as provided in paragraph
 2258  (5)(b) of that section.
 2259         Section 44. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
 2260  section 550.2633, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2261         550.2633 Horseracing; distribution of abandoned interest in
 2262  or contributions to pari-mutuel pools.—
 2263         (2) All moneys or other property which has escheated to and
 2264  become the property of the state as provided herein and which is
 2265  held by a permitholder authorized to conduct pari-mutuel pools
 2266  in this state shall be paid annually by the permitholder to the
 2267  recipient designated in this subsection within 60 days after the
 2268  close of the race meeting of the permitholder. Section 550.1645
 2269  notwithstanding, the moneys shall be paid by the permitholder as
 2270  follows:
 2271         (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), Funds from quarter
 2272  horse races shall be paid to the Florida Quarter Horse Breeders
 2273  and Owners Association and shall be allocated solely for
 2274  supplementing and augmenting purses and prizes and for the
 2275  general promotion of owning and breeding of racing quarter
 2276  horses in this state, as provided for in s. 550.2625.
 2277         (c) Funds for Arabian horse races conducted under a quarter
 2278  horse racing permit shall be deposited into the General
 2279  Inspection Trust Fund in a special account to be known as the
 2280  “Florida Arabian Horse Racing Promotion Account” and shall be
 2281  used for the payment of breeders’ awards and stallion awards as
 2282  provided for in s. 570.382.
 2283         Section 45. In order to effectuate the repeal of s. 570.97,
 2284  Florida Statutes, and to honor the wishes of the donor, for the
 2285  2013-2014 fiscal year, the sum of $59,239 in nonrecurring funds
 2286  is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2287  Services in the expenses appropriation category for deposit in
 2288  the General Inspection Trust Fund to be used by the Division of
 2289  Animal Industry for disbursement to Florida Animal Friend, Inc.
 2290         Section 46. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.