Florida Senate - 2023                             CS for SB 1072
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and
       Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       592-02545-23                                          20231072c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to dredging and beach restoration
    3         projects; amending s. 403.816, F.S.; directing the
    4         Department of Environmental Protection to require, as
    5         a condition of permits issued for certain dredging and
    6         beach restoration projects, that any adverse impact
    7         analysis conducted for the activity meet certain
    8         requirements; requiring a local government to provide
    9         notice of its intent to conduct an analysis to certain
   10         adjacent local governments; providing applicability;
   11         providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 403.816, Florida
   16  Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), and a new
   17  subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
   18         403.816 Permits for maintenance dredging of deepwater ports
   19  and beach restoration projects.—
   20         (3) As a condition of a permit issued for a project
   21  pursuant to this section, the department shall require that any
   22  analysis to determine the adverse impacts of the activity on the
   23  natural habitat be conducted by an independent contractor
   24  selected by the local government in a manner prescribed by the
   25  department. The independent contractor for the analysis may not
   26  be associated with any project of the contractor performing the
   27  activity for the local government. The local government shall
   28  provide written notice of its intent to conduct an analysis to
   29  adjacent local governments that may be impacted by the activity.
   30  This subsection does not apply to permits issued before July 1,
   31  2024.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.