Florida Senate - 2024 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for HB 1329 Ì207530vÎ207530 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD/2R . 03/06/2024 09:30 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Gruters moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (402874) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Before line 5 5 insert: 6 Section 1. Section 163.046, Florida Statutes, is created to 7 read: 8 163.046 Tree pruning, trimming, or removal; property used 9 for veterans health care facilities.— 10 (1) A local government may not require a notice, an 11 application, an approval, a permit, a fee, or mitigation for the 12 pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on property being used 13 for the construction or development of a veterans health care 14 facility, as approved by the United States Department of 15 Veterans Affairs. 16 (2) A local government may not require a property owner to 17 replant a tree that was pruned, trimmed, or removed in 18 accordance with this section. 19 20 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Delete line 555 23 and insert: 24 An act relating to veterans; creating s. 163.046, 25 F.S.; prohibiting local governments from requiring a 26 notice, an application, an approval, a permit, a fee, 27 or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of 28 trees on specified properties; prohibiting such local 29 governments from requiring a property owner to replant 30 such trees; creating s. 265.8021,