Florida Senate - 2025                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for HB 209
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/30/2025 05:00 PM       .                                
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       Senator Calatayud moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    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.
  163  
  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
  189  
  190  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  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