Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 1636
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
and Senator Baxley
585-03390-20 20201636c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the repeal of advisory bodies and
3 councils; repealing chapters 2003-287 and 2006-43,
4 Laws of Florida, relating to the membership, powers,
5 and duties of the Citrus/Hernando Waterways
6 Restoration Council; repealing s. 215.5586(4), F.S.,
7 relating to the advisory council for the My Safe
8 Florida Home Program; amending s. 267.0731, F.S.;
9 removing the requirement that the Division of
10 Historical Resources of the Department of State
11 annually convene an ad hoc committee for purposes of
12 administering the Great Floridians program; repealing
13 s. 373.4597(3), F.S., relating to the Geneva
14 Freshwater Lens Task Force; repealing s. 376.86, F.S.,
15 relating to the Brownfield Areas Loan Guarantee
16 Council; repealing s. 378.032(3), F.S., relating to
17 definitions; deleting a definition to conform to
18 changes made by the act; repealing s. 378.033, F.S.,
19 relating to the Nonmandatory Land Reclamation
20 Committee; amending s. 378.034, F.S.; modifying
21 procedures governing reclamation program applications
22 to conform to the repeal of the Nonmandatory Land
23 Reclamation Committee; repealing s. 379.2524, F.S.,
24 relating to the Sturgeon Production Working Group;
25 amending s. 379.361, F.S.; deleting cross-references
26 to conform to changes made by the act; amending s.
27 379.367, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference to changes
28 made by the act; repealing s. 379.3671(4), F.S.,
29 relating to the Trap Certificate Technical Advisory
30 and Appeals Board; repealing s. 403.42, F.S., relating
31 to the Clean Fuel Florida Advisory Board; repealing s.
32 403.87, F.S., relating to the technical advisory
33 council for water and domestic wastewater operator
34 certification; repealing s. 408.910(11)(h), F.S.,
35 relating to technical advisory panels of Florida
36 Health Choices, Inc.; repealing s. 409.997(3), F.S.,
37 relating to the child welfare results-oriented
38 accountability program technical advisory panel;
39 repealing s. 411.226, F.S., relating to the Learning
40 Gateway; repealing s. 430.05, F.S., relating to the
41 Department of Elderly Affairs Advisory Council;
42 repealing s. 571.24(7), F.S., relating to duties of
43 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
44 repealing s. 571.28, F.S., relating to the Florida
45 Agricultural Promotional Campaign Advisory Council;
46 repealing s. 595.701, F.S., relating to the Healthy
47 Schools for Healthy Lives Council; repealing s.
48 603.203, F.S., relating to the Tropical Fruit Advisory
49 Council; amending s. 603.204, F.S.; conforming a
50 provision to changes made by the act; repealing s.
51 1001.7065(4)(a)-(f), F.S., relating to the advisory
52 board on online learning for preeminent state research
53 universities; repealing s. 1002.77, F.S., relating to
54 the Florida Early Learning Advisory Council; amending
55 s. 1002.83, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes
56 made by the act; providing an effective date.
57
58 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
59
60 Section 1. Chapters 2003-287 and 2006-43, Laws of Florida,
61 are repealed.
62 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 215.5586, Florida
63 Statutes, is repealed.
64 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 267.0731, Florida
65 Statutes, is amended to read:
66 267.0731 Great Floridians Program.—The division shall
67 establish and administer a program, to be entitled the Great
68 Floridians Program, which shall be designed to recognize and
69 record the achievements of Floridians, living and deceased, who
70 have made major contributions to the progress and welfare of
71 this state.
72 (1)(a) The division shall nominate present or former
73 citizens of this state, living or deceased, who during their
74 lives have made major contributions to the progress of the
75 nation or this state and its citizens. Nominations shall be
76 submitted to the Secretary of State who shall select from those
77 nominated not less than two persons each year who shall be
78 honored with the designation “Great Floridian,” provided no
79 person whose contributions have been through elected or
80 appointed public service shall be selected while holding any
81 such office.
82 (b)(a) To enhance public participation and involvement in
83 the identification of any person worthy of being nominated as a
84 Great Floridian, the division shall seek advice and assistance
85 from persons qualified through the demonstration of special
86 interest, experience, or education in the dissemination of
87 knowledge about the state’s history.
88 (b) Annually, the division shall convene an ad hoc
89 committee composed of representatives of the Governor, each
90 member of the Florida Cabinet, the President of the Senate, the
91 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of
92 State. This committee shall meet at least twice. The committee
93 shall nominate not fewer than two persons whose names shall be
94 submitted to the Secretary of State with the recommendation that
95 they be honored with the designation “Great Floridian.”
96 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 373.4597, Florida
97 Statutes, is repealed.
98 Section 5. Section 376.86, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
99 Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 378.032, Florida
100 Statutes, is repealed.
101 Section 7. Section 378.033, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
102 Section 8. Subsections (5), (6), (7), (9), and (10) of
103 section 378.034, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
104 378.034 Submission of a reclamation program request;
105 procedures.—
106 (5)(a) The department staff shall, by February 1 of each
107 year, present to the secretary committee for his or her its
108 consideration those reclamation program applications received by
109 the preceding November 1.
110 (b) The department staff shall recommend an order of
111 priority for the reclamation program applications that is
112 consistent with subsection (6).
113 (c) The recommendation of the department staff shall
114 include an estimate of the cost of each reclamation program or
115 land acquisition.
116 (6) The committee shall recommend approval, modification,
117 or denial of the reclamation program applications, associated
118 cost estimates, and the department staff’s recommended
119 prioritized list. Recommendations on the order of priority shall
120 be based, among other criteria, on the following criteria;
121 however, department staff the committee may give greater weight
122 to one or more of the criteria depending on the overall needs of
123 the nonmandatory land reclamation program:
124 (a) Whether health and safety hazards exist; and, if so,
125 such hazards shall be given the greatest weight;
126 (b) Whether the economic or environmental utility or the
127 aesthetic value of the land will return naturally within a
128 reasonable period of time;
129 (c) Whether there is a reasonable geographic and applicant
130 diversity in light of previously awarded reclamation contracts,
131 reclamation program applications before the committee, and the
132 remaining eligible lands;
133 (d) Whether reclamation is in the public interest;
134 (e) Whether the land has been naturally reclaimed or is
135 eligible for acquisition by the state for hunting, fishing, or
136 other outdoor recreation purposes or for wildlife preservation;
137 (f) Whether the land is to be reclaimed for agricultural
138 use and the applicant has agreed to maintain the land in
139 agricultural use for at least 5 years after the completion of
140 the reclamation;
141 (g) Whether the program, alone or in conjunction with other
142 reclamation programs, will provide a substantial regional
143 benefit;
144 (h) Whether the program, alone or in conjunction with other
145 reclamation programs, will benefit regional drainage patterns;
146 (i) Whether the land is publicly owned and will be
147 reclaimed for public purposes;
148 (j) Whether the program includes a donation or agreement to
149 sell a portion of the program application area to the state for
150 outdoor recreational or wildlife habitat protection purposes;
151 (k) Whether the program is cost-effective in achieving the
152 goals of the nonmandatory land reclamation program; and
153 (l) Whether the program will reclaim lands described in
154 subsection (2).
155 (7) The prioritized list developed by department staff
156 approved by the committee may contain more reclamation program
157 applications than there are funds available during the year.
158 (9) The committee recommendations shall be submitted to the
159 secretary by April 1 of each year for final agency action By
160 June 1 of each that year,. the secretary shall approve, in whole
161 or in part, the list of reclamation program applications in the
162 order of priority in which the applications are presented by
163 department staff.
164 (10) Any approved reclamation program application that was
165 not funded shall, at the request of the applicant, be considered
166 by department staff the committee at its next meeting called for
167 that purpose, together with other reclamation program
168 applications received by November 1 of the next year.
169 Section 9. Section 379.2524, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
170 Section 10. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
171 379.361, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
172 379.361 Licenses.—
173 (4) SPECIAL ACTIVITY LICENSES.—
174 (b) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is
175 authorized to issue special activity licenses in accordance with
176 this section and s. 379.2524, to permit the importation and
177 possession of wild anadromous sturgeon. The commission is also
178 authorized to issue special activity licenses, in accordance
179 with this section and s. 379.2524, to permit the importation,
180 possession, and aquaculture of native and nonnative anadromous
181 sturgeon until best management practices are implemented for the
182 cultivation of anadromous sturgeon pursuant to s. 597.004. The
183 special activity license shall provide for specific management
184 practices to protect native populations of saltwater species.
185 Section 11. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
186 379.367, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
187 379.367 Spiny lobster; regulation.—
188 (2)
189 (b) Twenty-five dollars of the $125 fee for a spiny lobster
190 endorsement required under subparagraph (a)1. must be used only
191 for trap retrieval as provided in s. 379.2424. The remainder of
192 the fees collected under paragraph (a) shall be deposited as
193 follows:
194 1. Fifty percent of the fees collected shall be deposited
195 in the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund for use in
196 enforcing the provisions of paragraph (a) through aerial and
197 other surveillance and trap retrieval.
198 2. Fifty percent of the fees collected shall be deposited
199 as provided in s. 379.3671(4) s. 379.3671(5).
200 Section 12. Subsection (4) of section 379.3671, Florida
201 Statutes, is repealed.
202 Section 13. Section 403.42, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
203 Section 14. Section 403.87, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
204 Section 15. Paragraph (h) of subsection (11) of section
205 408.910, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
206 Section 16. Subsection (3) of section 409.997, Florida
207 Statutes, is repealed.
208 Section 17. Section 411.226, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
209 Section 18. Section 430.05, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
210 Section 19. Subsection (7) of section 571.24, Florida
211 Statutes, is repealed.
212 Section 20. Section 571.28, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
213 Section 21. Section 595.701, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
214 Section 22. Section 603.203, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
215 Section 23. Section 603.204, Florida Statutes, is amended
216 to read:
217 603.204 South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan.—The Commissioner
218 of Agriculture, in consultation with the Tropical Fruit Advisory
219 Council, shall develop and update a South Florida Tropical Fruit
220 Plan, which shall identify problems and constraints of the
221 tropical fruit industry, propose possible solutions to such
222 problems, and develop planning mechanisms for orderly growth of
223 the industry, including:
224 (1) Criteria for tropical fruit research, service, and
225 management priorities.
226 (2) Proposed legislation that may be required.
227 (3) Plans relating to other tropical fruit programs and
228 related disciplines in the State University System.
229 (4) Potential tropical fruit products in terms of market
230 and needs for development.
231 (5) Evaluation of production and fresh fruit policy
232 alternatives, including, but not limited to, setting minimum
233 grades and standards, promotion and advertising, development of
234 production and marketing strategies, and setting minimum
235 standards on types and quality of nursery plants.
236 (6) Evaluation of policy alternatives for processed
237 tropical fruit products, including, but not limited to, setting
238 minimum quality standards and development of production and
239 marketing strategies.
240 (7) Research and service priorities for further development
241 of the tropical fruit industry.
242 (8) Identification of state agencies and public and private
243 institutions concerned with research, education, extension,
244 services, planning, promotion, and marketing functions related
245 to tropical fruit development, and delineation of contributions
246 and responsibilities. The recommendations in the plan relating
247 to education or research shall be submitted to the Institute of
248 Food and Agricultural Sciences.
249 (9) Business planning, investment potential, financial
250 risks, and economics of production and use.
251 Section 24. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of
252 subsection (4) of section 1001.7065, Florida Statutes, are
253 repealed.
254 Section 25. Section 1002.77, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
255 Section 26. Subsection (11) of section 1002.83, Florida
256 Statutes, is amended to read:
257 1002.83 Early learning coalitions.—
258 (11) Each early learning coalition shall establish terms
259 for all appointed members of the coalition. The terms must be
260 staggered and must be a uniform length that does not exceed 4
261 years per term. Coalition chairs shall be appointed for 4 years
262 in conjunction with their membership on the Early Learning
263 Advisory Council pursuant to s. 20.052. Appointed members may
264 serve a maximum of two consecutive terms. When a vacancy occurs
265 in an appointed position, the coalition must advertise the
266 vacancy.
267 Section 27. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.