Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 546
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Mayfield)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 32 - 78
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5 Section 1. Present subsections (7) through (19) of section
6 253.0341, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8)
7 through (20), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to
8 that section, to read:
9 253.0341 Surplus of state-owned lands.—
10 (7) At least 30 days before any meeting of the Acquisition
11 and Restoration Council or board of trustees to review the
12 proposed sale of conservation lands, the Division of State Lands
13 must publish the following information on its website:
14 (a) The parcels of state-owned land for sale; and
15 (b) A statement from the division explaining why the lands
16 are no longer needed for conservation purposes.
17 Section 2. Present paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of
18 subsection (4) of section 253.42, Florida Statutes, are
19 redesignated as paragraphs (d), (e), and (f), respectively, new
20 paragraphs (b) and (c) are added to that subsection, and
21 paragraph (a) of that subsection is amended, to read:
22 253.42 Board of trustees may exchange lands.—This section
23 applies to all lands owned by, vested in, or titled in the name
24 of the board of trustees whether the lands were acquired by the
25 state as a purchase, or through gift, donation, or any other
26 conveyance for which no consideration was paid.
27 (4)(a) A person who owns land contiguous to state-owned
28 land titled to the board of trustees may submit a request to the
29 Division of State Lands to exchange all or a portion of the
30 privately owned land for all or a portion of the state-owned
31 land, whereby the state retains a permanent conservation
32 easement over all or a portion of the exchanged state-owned land
33 and a permanent conservation easement over all or a portion of
34 the exchanged privately owned land. State-owned land exchanged
35 pursuant to this subsection must shall be contiguous to the
36 privately owned land upon which the state retains a permanent
37 conservation easement. Each parcel proposed for exchange
38 pursuant to this subsection must have at least one appraisal
39 that follows the appraisal criteria, techniques, and methods
40 adopted by the board of trustees pursuant to s. 253.025(8)(e) If
41 the division elects to proceed with a request, the division must
42 submit the request to the Acquisition and Restoration Council
43 for review and the council must provide recommendations to the
44 division. If the division elects to forward a request to the
45 board of trustees, the division must provide its recommendations
46 and the recommendations of the council to the board. This
47 subsection does not apply to state-owned sovereign submerged
48 land.
49 (b) At least 30 days before any meeting of the Acquisition
50 and Restoration Council or board of trustees to review the
51 proposed land exchange of
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55 And the title is amended as follows:
56 Delete lines 5 - 16
57 and insert:
58 the Acquisition and Restoration Council or the Board
59 of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
60 meets to review the proposed sale of conservation
61 lands; amending s. 253.42, F.S.; requiring that
62 certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in
63 accordance with certain criteria; deleting provisions
64 requiring the division to submit certain requests to
65 the council for review; deleting provisions requiring
66 the division to provide certain recommendations to the
67 board; requiring the division to publish certain
68 information on its website before the council or the
69 board meets to review a proposed land exchange;
70 requiring the