Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 80
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/24/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Gruters) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (914540) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 243 - 407
    5  and insert:
    6  recreation area within its boundaries.
    7         1.All lands managed pursuant to this chapter must be:
    8         a.Managed in a manner that will provide the greatest
    9  combination of benefits to the public and to the land’s natural
   10  resources; and
   11         b.Managed for conservation-based recreational uses; public
   12  access and related amenities, including roads, parking areas,
   13  walkways, and visitor centers; Florida heritage and wildlife
   14  viewing, including preservation of historical structures and
   15  activities such as glass bottom and riverboat tours; and
   16  scientific research, including archaeology. Such uses must be
   17  managed in a manner that is compatible with and that ensures the
   18  conservation of this state’s natural resources by minimizing
   19  impacts to undisturbed habitat and using disturbed upland
   20  regions to the maximum extent practicable. As used in this sub
   21  subparagraph, the term “conservation-based recreational uses”
   22  means public outdoor recreational activities that do not
   23  significantly invade, degrade, or displace the natural
   24  resources, native habitats, or archeological or historical sites
   25  that are preserved within state parks. These activities include,
   26  but are not limited to, fishing, camping, bicycling, hiking,
   27  nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing and other
   28  paddlesports, horseback riding, diving, birding, sailing, and
   29  jogging.
   30         2.To ensure the protection of state park resources,
   31  sporting facilities, including, but not limited to, golf
   32  courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts, ball fields, or other
   33  similar facilities, which cause substantial harm to the natural
   34  resources, native habitats, or archeological or historical sites
   35  within state parks may not be constructed in state parks.
   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 related relative to
   39  recreation.
   40         (d)(4)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Provide
   41  consultation assistance to local governing units as to the
   42  protection, organization, and administration of local recreation
   43  systems and the planning and design of local recreational
   44  recreation areas and facilities.
   45         (e)(5)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Assist in
   46  recruiting, training, and placing recreation personnel.
   47         (f)(6)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Sponsor
   48  and promote recreation institutes, workshops, seminars, and
   49  conferences throughout this the state.
   50         (g)(7)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall Cooperate
   51  with state and federal agencies, private organizations, and
   52  commercial and industrial interests in the promotion of a state
   53  recreation program.
   54         (2)(8)This part shall be enforced by The Division of Law
   55  Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Protection and
   56  its officers and by the Division of Law Enforcement of the Fish
   57  and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its officers shall
   58  enforce this part.
   59         Section 4. Present subsection (5) of section 258.007,
   60  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), a new
   61  subsection (5) and subsection (6) are added to that section, and
   62  subsection (3) of that section is amended, to read:
   63         258.007 Powers of division.—
   64         (3)(a) The division may, as consistent with s. 258.004,
   65  grant privileges, leases, concessions, and permits for the use
   66  of land for the accommodation of visitors in the various parks,
   67  monuments, and memorials in accordance with all of the following
   68  provisions:
   69         1., provided no Natural curiosities or objects of interest
   70  may not shall be granted, leased, or rented on such terms that
   71  as shall deny or interfere with free access to them by the
   72  public.;
   73         2.provided further, Such grants, leases, and permits may
   74  be made and given without advertisement or securing competitive
   75  bids.; and
   76         3.provided further, that no Such grants, leases, and
   77  permits may not grant, lease, or permit shall be assigned or
   78  transferred by any grantee without consent of the division.
   79         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), after May 1, 2014, the
   80  division may not grant new concession agreements for the
   81  accommodation of visitors in a state park that provides beach
   82  access and contains less than 7,000 feet of shoreline if the
   83  type of concession is available within 1,500 feet of the park’s
   84  boundaries. This paragraph does not apply to concession
   85  agreements for accommodations offered at a park on or before May
   86  1, 2014. This paragraph shall take effect upon this act becoming
   87  a law.
   88         (5)The division may acquire, install, or permit the
   89  installation or operation in state parks of campsites and
   90  cabins. The installation and operation of campsites and cabins
   91  must be compatible with the state park’s land management plan
   92  and must be approved pursuant to s. 253.034(5). Campsites and
   93  cabins must, to the maximum extent practicable, be sited to
   94  avoid impacts to a state park’s critical habitat and natural and
   95  historical resources.
   96         (6)The division may not authorize uses or construction
   97  activities, including the building or alteration of any
   98  structure, within a state park which may cause significant harm
   99  to the resources of the state park. Any use or any construction
  100  activity must, to the maximum extent practicable, be conducted
  101  in a manner that avoids impacts to a state park’s critical
  102  habitat and natural and historical resources. The division may
  103  not install or permit the installation at state parks of any
  104  public lodging establishment as defined in s. 509.242. However,
  105  this subsection may not be construed to prohibit the continued
  106  operation of any such public lodging establishment operating
  107  within a state park as of the effective date of this act, or to
  108  prohibit the acquisition of a public lodging establishment to be
  109  included in a state park.
  110         Section 5. Section 258.152, Florida Statutes, is created to
  111  read:
  112         258.152 Ney Landrum State Park designation.—The St. Marks
  113  River Preserve State Park located in Leon and Jefferson Counties
  114  is renamed and designated as the Ney Landrum State Park.
  115         Section 6. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (8) of
  116  section 259.032, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  117         259.032 Conservation and recreation lands.—
  118         (8)
  119         (b) Individual management plans required by s. 253.034(5),
  120  for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a
  121  state park, must shall be developed with input from an advisory
  122  group.
  123         1. Members of the this advisory group shall include, at a
  124  minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency,
  125  comanaging entities, local private property owners, the
  126  appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local
  127  conservation organization, and a local elected official. If
  128  habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species
  129  is located on state lands, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  130  Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  131  Services must shall be included on any advisory group required
  132  under chapter 253, and the short-term and long-term management
  133  goals required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and
  134  objectives of imperiled species management without restricting
  135  other uses identified in the management plan.
  136         2. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public
  137  hearing within the county in which the parcel or project is
  138  located. For those parcels or projects that are within more than
  139  one county, at least one areawide public hearing is shall be
  140  acceptable and the lead managing agency shall invite a local
  141  elected official from each county. The areawide public hearing
  142  must shall be held in the county in which the core parcels are
  143  located. At least 30 days before the public hearing, notice of
  144  the such public hearing must shall be posted on the parcel or
  145  project designated for management, advertised in a paper of
  146  general circulation, and announced at a scheduled meeting of the
  147  local governing body before the actual public hearing.
  148         3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph
  149  (7)(b) must shall be available to the public for a period of 30
  150  days before the public hearing.
  151         (c) Once a plan is adopted, the managing agency or entity
  152  shall update the plan at least every 10 years in a form and
  153  manner adopted by rule of the board. Such updates, for parcels
  154  over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park, must
  155  shall be developed with input from an advisory group. Such plans
  156  may include transfers of leasehold interests to appropriate
  157  conservation organizations or governmental entities designated
  158  by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the
  159  organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation,
  160  restoration, and proper management of the lands and their
  161  resources. Volunteer management assistance is encouraged,
  162  including, but not limited to, assistance by youths
  163  participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies,
  164  by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations,
  165  and by individuals participating in programs for committed
  166  delinquents and adults.
  167  
  168  By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each
  169  private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the
  170  Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of
  171  funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for
  172  which the agency or entity is responsible.
  173         Section 7. By December 1, 2025, the Department of
  174  Environmental Protection shall submit a report to the Governor,
  175  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  176  Representatives which includes all of the following information
  177  regarding the state park system:
  178         (1)The number of state parks with amenities or areas that
  179  have limited use or are temporarily closed due to needed repairs
  180  or inadequate infrastructure necessary to support conservation
  181  based public recreation uses.
  182         (2)The system’s estimated budget allocation expenditures
  183  for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, broken down by salaries and
  184  benefits, equipment costs, and contracting costs for the
  185  following categories: operations, maintenance and repair, park
  186  improvement, and administrative overhead.
  187         (3)A plan for addressing any deferred maintenance or
  188  repairs in each state park identified in subsection (1),
  189  including estimated costs for opening all such amenities or
  190  areas no later than July 1, 2035, to ensure access to and the
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  193  And the title is amended as follows:
  194         Delete lines 17 - 27
  195  and insert:
  196         uses”; prohibiting the construction of certain
  197         facilities in state parks; making technical changes;
  198         amending s. 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to
  199         comply with specified provisions when granting certain
  200         privileges, leases, concessions, and permits;
  201         authorizing the division to acquire, install, or
  202         permit the installation or operation at state parks of
  203         campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements;
  204         prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses
  205         or construction activities within a state park;
  206         providing requirements for any use of a state park or
  207         construction activity in a state park; prohibiting the
  208         division from installing or permitting the
  209         installation of any public lodging establishment at a
  210         state park; providing construction; creating s.
  211         258.152, F.S.; renaming and designating the St. Marks
  212         River Preserve State Park as the Ney Landrum State
  213         Park; amending s.