Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1580
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/25/2025 .
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The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Rodriguez)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section
6 255.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 255.065 Public-private partnerships.—
8 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
9 (i) “Qualifying project” means:
10 1. A facility or project that serves a public purpose,
11 including, but not limited to, any ferry or mass transit
12 facility, vehicle parking facility, airport or seaport facility,
13 rail facility or project, fuel supply facility, oil or gas
14 pipeline, medical or nursing care facility, recreational
15 facility, sporting or cultural facility, or educational facility
16 or other building or facility that is used or will be used by a
17 public educational institution, or any other public facility or
18 infrastructure that is used or will be used by the public at
19 large or in support of an accepted public purpose or activity;
20 2. An improvement, including equipment, of a building that
21 will be principally used by a public entity or the public at
22 large or that supports a service delivery system in the public
23 sector;
24 3. A water, wastewater, or surface water management
25 facility or other related infrastructure;
26 4. A coastal resiliency project as defined in s. 380.0934;
27 or
28 5.4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, for
29 projects that involve a facility owned or operated by the
30 governing board of a county, district, or municipal hospital or
31 health care system, or projects that involve a facility owned or
32 operated by a municipal electric utility, only those projects
33 that the governing board designates as qualifying projects
34 pursuant to this section.
35 Section 2. Section 380.0934, Florida Statutes, is created
36 to read:
37 380.0934 Public-private partnerships for coastal resiliency
38 projects.—
39 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
40 (a) “Coastal resiliency project” means:
41 1. The planning, contracting, and execution of a project to
42 address flooding and sea level rise in a coastal or inland
43 community in this state pursuant to s. 380.093(5);
44 2. Public infrastructure repair and upgrades to seawalls
45 and stormwater drainage; and
46 3. Resiliency measures designed to withstand extreme
47 weather, mitigate flooding, and prevent coastal erosion,
48 including:
49 a. Acquisition of at-risk coastal and flood-prone
50 properties;
51 b. Acquisition of properties in areas at high risk of
52 flooding;
53 c. Infrastructure hardening and development of natural
54 barriers;
55 d. Construction of large-scale seawalls, levees, and
56 elevated flood barriers; or
57 e. Expansion and restoration of natural protective systems.
58 (b) “Department” means the Department of Environmental
59 Protection.
60 (c) “Public-private partnership” means a coastal resiliency
61 project entered into by the department under s. 255.065.
62 (2) The department shall have the exclusive authority to
63 execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private
64 partnerships under s. 255.065.
65 (3) To encourage investment from the private sector in
66 coastal resiliency projects, the department may:
67 (a) Enter into long-term revenue-sharing agreements.
68 (b) Provide expedited permitting for construction.
69 (c) Seek comments from local governments and the public
70 during project planning and execution and incorporate actions
71 responsive to such comments into the project.
72 (d) Engage in-state vocational schools and apprenticeship
73 programs to train workers in specialized resiliency
74 construction.
75 (4) The department shall publish biennial progress reports
76 for each coastal resiliency project funded through a public
77 private partnership, including project milestones, expenditures,
78 and public benefits, on the department’s website. The department
79 shall also create and maintain on its website an online
80 dashboard for real-time updates on project execution.
81 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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83 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
84 And the title is amended as follows:
85 Delete everything before the enacting clause
86 and insert:
87 A bill to be entitled
88 An act relating to infrastructure and resiliency;
89 amending s. 255.065, F.S.; revising the definition of
90 the term “qualifying project”; creating s. 380.0934,
91 F.S.; defining terms; granting the Department of
92 Environmental Protection the exclusive authority to
93 execute coastal resiliency projects through public
94 private partnerships; authorizing the department to
95 take certain actions to encourage investment from the
96 private sector in coastal resiliency projects;
97 requiring the department to publish certain
98 information on its website; providing an effective
99 date.