Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for HB 209
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R . Floor: C
04/30/2025 05:00 PM . 05/01/2025 12:00 PM
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Senator Calatayud moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 244 - 411
4 and insert:
5 1. All lands managed pursuant to this chapter must be
6 managed:
7 a. In a manner that will provide the greatest combination
8 of benefits to the public and to the land’s natural resources;
9 and
10 b. For conservation-based recreational uses and associated
11 facilities; public access and related amenities, including
12 roads, parking areas, walkways, and visitor centers; Florida
13 heritage and wildlife viewing, including preservation of
14 historical structures and activities such as glass bottom boat
15 tours; and scientific research, including archaeology. Such uses
16 must be managed in a manner that is compatible with and ensures
17 the conservation of this state’s natural resources by minimizing
18 impacts to undisturbed habitat. As used in this sub
19 subparagraph, the term “conservation-based recreational uses”
20 means public outdoor recreational activities that do not
21 significantly invade, degrade, or displace the natural
22 resources, native habitats, or archaeological or historical
23 sites that are preserved within state parks. These activities
24 include, but are not limited to, fishing, camping, bicycling,
25 hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing, horseback
26 riding, diving, birding, sailing, jogging.
27 2. To ensure the protection of state park resources, native
28 habitats, and archeological and historical sites, sporting
29 facilities, including, but not limited to, golf courses, tennis
30 courts, pickleball courts, ball fields, or other sporting
31 facilities, may not be constructed within the boundaries of
32 state parks. This subparagraph may not be construed to prohibit
33 the continued operation, maintenance, or repair of any such
34 sporting facilities, or other facilities, existing within a
35 state park.
36 (c)(3) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Study and
37 appraise the recreational recreation needs of the state and
38 assemble and disseminate information relative to recreation.
39 (d)(4) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Provide
40 consultation assistance to local governing units as to the
41 protection, organization, and administration of local recreation
42 systems and the planning and design of local recreational
43 recreation areas and facilities.
44 (e)(5) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Assist in
45 recruiting, training, and placing recreation personnel.
46 (f)(6) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Sponsor
47 and promote recreation institutes, workshops, seminars, and
48 conferences throughout this the state.
49 (g)(7) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Cooperate
50 with state and federal agencies, private organizations, and
51 commercial and industrial interests in the promotion of a state
52 recreation program.
53 (2)(8) This part shall be enforced by The Division of Law
54 Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Protection and
55 its officers and by the Division of Law Enforcement of the Fish
56 and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its officers shall
57 enforce this part.
58 Section 4. Present subsection (5) of section 258.007,
59 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), a new
60 subsection (5) and subsection (6) are added to that section, and
61 subsection (3) of that section is amended, to read:
62 258.007 Powers of division.—
63 (3)(a) The division may, as consistent with s. 258.004,
64 grant privileges, leases, concessions, and permits for the use
65 of land for the accommodation of visitors in the various parks,
66 monuments, and memorials in accordance with all of the following
67 provisions:
68 1. , provided no Natural curiosities or objects of interest
69 may not shall be granted, leased, or rented on such terms that
70 as shall deny or interfere with free access to them by the
71 public.;
72 2. provided further, Such grants, leases, and permits may
73 be made and given without advertisement or securing competitive
74 bids.; and
75 3. provided further, that no Such grants, leases, and
76 permits may not grant, lease, or permit shall be assigned or
77 transferred by any grantee without consent of the division.
78 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), after May 1, 2014, the
79 division may not grant new concession agreements for the
80 accommodation of visitors in a state park that provides beach
81 access and contains less than 7,000 feet of shoreline if the
82 type of concession is available within 1,500 feet of the park’s
83 boundaries. This paragraph does not apply to concession
84 agreements for accommodations offered at a park on or before May
85 1, 2014. This paragraph shall take effect upon this act becoming
86 a law.
87 (5) The division may acquire, install, or permit the
88 installation or operation at state parks of campsites and
89 cabins. The installation and operation of campsites and cabins
90 must be compatible with the state park’s land management plan
91 and must be approved pursuant to s. 253.034(5). Campsites and
92 cabins must be sited to avoid impacts to a state park’s critical
93 habitat and natural and historical resources.
94 (6) The division may not authorize uses or construction
95 activities, including the building or alteration of structures,
96 within a state park which may cause significant harm to the
97 resources of the state park. Any use or any construction
98 activity must be conducted in a manner that avoids impacts to a
99 state park’s critical habitat and natural and historical
100 resources. The division may not install or permit the
101 installation of any lodging establishment as defined in s.
102 509.242 within the boundaries of state parks. This subsection
103 may not be construed to prohibit the continued operation,
104 maintenance, or repair of any such public lodging establishment
105 existing within a state park.
106 Section 5. Section 258.152, Florida Statutes, is created to
107 read:
108 258.152 Ney Landrum State Park designation.—The St. Marks
109 River Preserve State Park, located in Leon and Jefferson
110 Counties, is renamed and designated as Ney Landrum State Park.
111 Section 6. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (8) of
112 section 259.032, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
113 259.032 Conservation and recreation lands.—
114 (8)
115 (b) Individual management plans required by s. 253.034(5),
116 for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a
117 state park must, shall be developed with input from an advisory
118 group.
119 1. Members of the this advisory group shall include, at a
120 minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency,
121 comanaging entities, local private property owners, the
122 appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local
123 conservation organization, and a local elected official. If
124 habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species
125 is located on state lands, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
126 Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
127 Services must shall be included on any advisory group required
128 under chapter 253, and the short-term and long-term management
129 goals required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and
130 objectives of imperiled species management without restricting
131 other uses identified in the management plan.
132 2. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public
133 hearing within the county in which the parcel or project is
134 located. For those parcels or projects that are within more than
135 one county, at least one areawide public hearing is shall be
136 acceptable and the lead managing agency shall invite a local
137 elected official from each county. The areawide public hearing
138 must shall be held in the county in which the core parcels are
139 located. At least 30 days before the public hearing, notice of
140 the such public hearing must shall be posted on the parcel or
141 project designated for management, advertised in a paper of
142 general circulation, and announced at a scheduled meeting of the
143 local governing body before the actual public hearing.
144 3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph
145 (7)(b) must shall be available to the public for a period of 30
146 days before the public hearing.
147 (c) Once a plan is adopted, the managing agency or entity shall
148 update the plan at least every 10 years in a form and manner
149 adopted by rule of the board. Such updates, for parcels over 160
150 acres and for parcels located within a state park must, shall be
151 developed with input from an advisory group. Such plans may
152 include transfers of leasehold interests to appropriate
153 conservation organizations or governmental entities designated
154 by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the
155 organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation,
156 restoration, and proper management of the lands and their
157 resources. Volunteer management assistance is encouraged,
158 including, but not limited to, assistance by youths
159 participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies,
160 by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations,
161 and by individuals participating in programs for committed
162 delinquents and adults.
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164 By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each
165 private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the
166 Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of
167 funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for
168 which the agency or entity is responsible.
169 Section 7. By December 1, 2025, the Department of
170 Environmental Protection shall submit a report to the Governor,
171 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
172 Representatives which includes all of the following information
173 regarding the state park system:
174 (1) Park amenities or areas of state parks that:
175 (a) Have limited use or are closed due to needed repairs;
176 (b) Are in need of repair or renovation; or
177 (c) Lack the infrastructure necessary to support park
178 purposes as provided in the park’s most recent approved
179 management plan.
180 (2) The system’s estimated budget allocation expenditures
181 for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, broken down by salaries and
182 benefits, equipment costs, and contracting costs for the
183 following categories: operations, maintenance and repair, park
184 improvement, and administrative overhead.
185 (3) A plan for addressing any needs identified in
186 subsection (1), including estimated costs for opening all such
187 amenities or areas no later than July 1, 2035, to ensure access
188 to and the
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191 And the title is amended as follows:
192 Delete lines 16 - 28
193 and insert:
194 term “conservation-based recreational uses”;
195 prohibiting the construction of certain facilities
196 within the boundaries of state parks for the
197 protection of certain resources; providing
198 construction; making technical changes; amending s.
199 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to comply with
200 specified provisions when granting certain privileges,
201 leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the
202 division to acquire, install, or permit the
203 installation or operation at state parks of campsites
204 and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting
205 the division from authorizing certain uses or
206 construction activities within a state park;
207 prohibiting the division from installing or permitting
208 the installation of any lodging establishment within
209 the boundaries of a state park; providing
210 construction; creating s. 258.152, F.S.; designating
211 the St. Marks River Preserve State Park as Ney Landrum
212 State Park; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring that