Florida Senate - 2025                              CS for SB 946
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and
       Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       592-02837-25                                           2025946c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to waste facilities; amending s.
    3         373.4592, F.S.; conforming cross references;
    4         prohibiting state or local governmental entities from
    5         approving permits for specified waste facilities;
    6         providing applicability; amending ss. 316.5501,
    7         339.2818, and 373.036, F.S.; conforming cross
    8         references; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Present subsections (13) through (17) of section
   13  373.4592, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (14)
   14  through (18), respectively, a new subsection (13) is added to
   15  that section, and paragraphs (c) and (f) of subsection (2) are
   16  amended, to read:
   17         373.4592 Everglades improvement and management.—
   18         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
   19         (c) “C-139 Basin” or “Basin” means those lands described in
   20  subsection (17) subsection (16).
   21         (f) “Everglades Agricultural Area” or “EAA” means the
   22  Everglades Agricultural Area, which are those lands described in
   23  subsection (16) subsection (15).
   24         (13)PROHIBITION ON WASTE FACILITIES.—
   25         (a)Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state or
   26  local governmental entity may not approve any permit under
   27  chapter 373, chapter 376, chapter 377, chapter 379, chapter 380,
   28  or chapter 403 for the construction or operation of any of the
   29  following facilities that are proposed to be located within 1
   30  mile of the C-9 impoundment, authorized by the Water Resources
   31  Reform and Development Act of 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-121:
   32         1.A municipal solid waste-to-energy facility as defined in
   33  s. 377.814(2).
   34         2.A pyrolysis facility as defined in s. 403.703.
   35         3.To the extent that it includes incineration of any type,
   36  a solid waste disposal facility as defined in s. 403.703.
   37         (b)This subsection does not apply to a facility that was
   38  constructed and had an operating permit authorizing incineration
   39  before July 1, 2025.
   40         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 316.5501, Florida
   41  Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         316.5501 Permitting program for combination truck tractor,
   43  semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled as a single unit
   44  subject to certain requirements.—
   45         (1) By no later than January 1, 2020, the Department of
   46  Transportation in conjunction with the Department of Highway
   47  Safety and Motor Vehicles shall develop a permitting program
   48  that, notwithstanding any other provision of law except
   49  conflicting federal law and applicable provisions of s. 316.550,
   50  prescribes the operation of any combination of truck tractor,
   51  semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled together so as to
   52  operate as a single unit in which the semitrailer and the
   53  trailer unit may each be up to 48 feet in length, but not less
   54  than 28 feet in length, if such truck tractor, semitrailer, and
   55  trailer combination is:
   56         (a) Being used for the primary purpose of transporting farm
   57  products as defined in s. 823.14(3)(e) on a prescribed route
   58  within the boundary of the Everglades Agricultural Area as
   59  described in s. 373.4592(16) s. 373.4592(15);
   60         (b) Traveling on a prescribed route that has been submitted
   61  to and approved by the Department of Transportation for public
   62  safety purposes having taken into account, at a minimum, the
   63  point of origin, destination, traffic and pedestrian volume on
   64  the route, turning radius at intersections along the route, and
   65  potential for damage to roadways or bridges on the route;
   66         (c) Operating only on state or local roadways within a
   67  radius of 60 miles from where such truck tractor, semitrailer,
   68  and trailer combination was loaded; however, travel is not
   69  authorized on the Interstate Highway System; and
   70         (d) Meeting the following weight limitations:
   71         1. The maximum gross weight of the truck tractor and the
   72  first trailer shall not exceed 88,000 pounds.
   73         2. The maximum gross weight of the dolly and second trailer
   74  shall not exceed 67,000 pounds.
   75         3. The maximum overall gross weight of the truck tractor
   76  semitrailer-trailer combination shall not exceed 155,000 pounds.
   77         Section 3. Subsection (8) of section 339.2818, Florida
   78  Statutes, is amended to read:
   79         339.2818 Small County Outreach Program.—
   80         (8) Subject to a specific appropriation in addition to
   81  funds appropriated for projects under this section, a local
   82  government either wholly or partially within the Everglades
   83  Agricultural Area as defined in s. 373.4592(16) s. 373.4592(15),
   84  the Peace River Basin, or the Suwannee River Basin may compete
   85  for additional funding using the criteria listed in paragraph
   86  (4)(c) at up to 100 percent of project costs on state or county
   87  roads used primarily as farm-to-market connections between rural
   88  agricultural areas and market distribution centers, excluding
   89  capacity improvement projects.
   90         Section 4. Paragraph (e) of subsection (7) of section
   91  373.036, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   92         373.036 Florida water plan; district water management
   93  plans.—
   94         (7) CONSOLIDATED WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT.—
   95         (e) In addition to the elements specified in paragraph (b),
   96  the South Florida Water Management District shall include in the
   97  consolidated annual report the following elements:
   98         1. The Lake Okeechobee Protection Program annual progress
   99  report required by s. 373.4595(6).
  100         2. The Everglades annual progress reports specified in s.
  101  373.4592(4)(d)5., (14), and (15) s. 373.4592(4)(d)5., (13), and
  102  (14).
  103         3. The Everglades restoration annual report required by s.
  104  373.470(7).
  105         4. The Everglades Trust Fund annual expenditure report
  106  required by s. 373.45926(3).
  107         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.