| FAPA Bill Tracking Report |
| January 19, 2005 |
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| Citizen Initiative/Amendments; constitutional amendment requiring that said amendment or revision proposed by citizen initiative alter, amend, or repeal existing article of or amendment to State Constitution; address basic or fundamental right of citizen of this state; or change basic structure of state government as established in Art. II, Art. III, Art. IV, or Art. V. Amends s. 3, Art. XI. |
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| Amendment/Revision/Three-fifths Vote; constitutional amendment to require that proposed said amendment or revision be approved by at least three-fifths of electors of state voting on measure rather than by simple majority. Amends s. 5, Art. XI. |
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| High-speed Rail; repeals provisions re Florida High-Speed Rail Authority Act; removes reference to said act; corrects cross reference; removes reference to high-speed rail & magnetic levitation systems; repeals provision re mitigation requirements & associated costs re High Speed Rail Project. Repeals 341.8201-.842, 373.4138; amends 163.3167,.3177, 187.201, 341.301,.302. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2005. |
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| Fla. Incentive-based Permitting Act; provides popular name; provides legislative findings; provides for Incentive-based Permitting Program; provides compliance incentives for certain environmental permitting activities; provides requirements & limitations; provides for administration by DEP; requires agency notification of formal enforcement actions; specifies application of said program provisions, etc. Creates 403.0874; amends 161.041, 373.413, 403.087. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Rural Land Protection; provides conclusions of study by Agric. & Consumer Services Dept.; provides for distribution of certain excise taxes on documents to Rural Lands Program TF of dept.; authorizes issuance of bonds for rural land protection; provides uses for funds in Conservation & Recreation Lands Program TF; authorizes use of rural land protection bonds to implement provisions re conservation & rural land protection easements & agreements, etc. Amends FS. EFFECTIVE DATE: Contingent. |
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| Wireless Emergency Telephone System; removes annual audit of Wireless Emergency Telephone System Fund from duties of Auditor General; revises fee schedules for providers of interexchange telecommunications services; provides standards for local governments to follow when regulating placement, construction, or modification of wireless communications facility; directs how county may use funds derived from E911 fee, etc. Amends 11.45, 364.02, 365.172,.173, 337.401. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2005. |
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| Growth Management; expresses legislative intent to revise laws re growth management. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Alternative Energy; provides legislative findings; creates Fla. Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc., as not-for-profit corporation; requires compliance with public meetings & records laws; provides for organization, purpose, & duties of center; provides for membership on board of directors of center; requires disclosure of financial interests by board members; specifies powers & duties of board; requires annual report. APPROPRIATION: $500,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Wireless Emergency Telephone System; removes annual audit of Wireless Emergency Telephone System Fund from duties of Auditor General; revises fee schedules for providers of interexchange telecommunications services; provides standards for local governments to follow when regulating placement, construction, or modification of wireless communications facility; directs how county may use funds derived from E911 fee, etc. Amends 11.45, 364.02, 365.172,.173, 337.401. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2005. |
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| Big Cypress Area/Critical Concern; excludes Plantation Island Subdivision in Collier Co. from designated area. Amends 380.055. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Agricultural Economic Development; provides cause of action for landowners aggrieved by certain changes to agricultural land use; authorizes owner of land defined as agricultural enclave to apply for amendment to local government comprehensive plan; provides requirements re purchase of land on which agricultural lease exists; provides for recognition that alternative water source options for agricultural self-suppliers are limited, etc. Amends Chs. 70, 163, 259, 373. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Transportation Department; authorizes dept. to adopt rules governing leasing of property for joint public-private development; establishes maximum limit on state-funded infrastructure bank loans to State Transportation TF; revises requirements for projects intended to mitigate adverse effects of transportation projects; removes DEP from mitigation process; authorizes use of current-year funds for future projects, etc. Amends 337.251, 339.55, 373.4137. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2005. |
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| Greenways & Trails; revises legislative intent re development & completion of Fla. National Scenic Trail; requires private landowner's written authorization to DEP for public access to private land that has been designated part of state's greenways & trails system; creates & specifies segments of Fla. Circumnavigation Saltwater Paddling Trail; creates Conserve by Bicycle Program within DOT, etc. Amends Ch. 260, 373.199, 380.507; creates 335.067. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
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| Comprehensive Planning & Land Dev.; defines term "antiquated subdivision" for purposes of Local Government Comprehensive Planning & Land Development Regulation Act; requires that future land use plan element of comprehensive plan identify areas where local government seeks to consolidate or vacate platted or subdivided lots; requires that local government address necessary plan amendments re antiquated subdivisions by specified time. Amends 163.3164,.3177. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2005. |
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