Florida Senate - 2026                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 399, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 2/AD/2R         .            Floor: C            
             03/13/2026 12:28 PM       .      03/13/2026 02:25 PM       
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       Senator McClain moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 137 and 138
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Section 163.31804, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         163.31804 Permits or other approval for facilities that
    8  process compost.—
    9         (1) A local government permit or other approval for a
   10  facility that processes compost as defined in s. 576.011 may not
   11  be conditioned on a requirement to purchase additional property
   12  to expand the footprint of an existing privately owned road,
   13  but, where possible, the landowner may be required to supply
   14  turnouts for emergency vehicles. The local government may not
   15  require that additional property be purchased in order to
   16  provide such turnouts.
   17         (2) An existing permit for a facility that processes
   18  compost as defined in s. 576.011 may not be revoked by the local
   19  government if such activity is regulated through and in
   20  compliance with applicable implemented best management
   21  practices, interim measures, or regulations adopted as rules
   22  under chapter 120 by the Department of Environmental Protection,
   23  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or a water
   24  management district as part of a statewide or regional program.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 19
   29  and insert:
   30         special exception or variance”; creating s. 163.31804,
   31         F.S.; prohibiting the conditioning of a local
   32         government permit or other approval for a facility
   33         that processes compost on a specified requirement;
   34         authorizing a local government to require certain
   35         landowners to supply certain turnouts; prohibiting a
   36         local government from requiring the purchase of
   37         additional property for a specified purpose;
   38         prohibiting local governments from revoking existing
   39         permits for such facilities under certain
   40         circumstances; amending s. 163.3184,