CS/HB 791: Coastal Management
GENERAL BILL by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Renuart
Coastal Management; Revises coastal construction & excavation permit requirements; authorizes DEP to grant areawide permits for certain structures; requires DEP to adopt rules; requires DEP to promote public use of aquatic preserves & uplands; authorizes DEP to grant certain privileges & concessions & to receive funds for specified purposes.
CS/CS/SB 956: Coastal Management
GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; Bean
Coastal Management; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to grant areawide permits for certain structures; requiring the department to promote the public use of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands; authorizing the department to receive gifts and donations for certain purposes; authorizing the department to grant privileges or concessions for the accommodation of visitors in and use of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands provided certain conditions are met, etc.l
What is with the gifts and donations? Anyone have a beat on this one?
What is with the gifts and donations? Anyone have a beat on this one?
TEXT ADDED:
Section 2. Section 258.435, Florida Statutes, is created
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to read:
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258.435 Use of aquatic preserves for the accommodation of
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visitors.
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(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
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promote the public use of aquatic preserves and their associated
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uplands. The department may receive gifts and donations to carry
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out the purpose of part II of this chapter. Moneys received in
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trust by the department by gift, devise, appropriation, or
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otherwise, subject to the terms of such trust, shall be
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deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund and appropriated
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to the department for the administration, development,
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improvement, promotion, and maintenance of aquatic preserves and
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their associated uplands and for any future acquisition or
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development of aquatic preserves and their associated uplands.
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(2) The department may grant a privilege or concession for
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the accommodation of visitors in and use of aquatic preserves
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and their associated state-owned uplands if the privilege or
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concession does not deny or interfere with the public's access
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to such lands and is compatible with the aquatic preserve's
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management plan as approved by the Acquisition and Restoration
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Council. Such a privilege or concession may be granted without
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advertisement and without using a competitive bidding process
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and may not be assigned or transferred by the grantee without
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the consent of the department.
4 comments:
This sounds like they're are giving away the use of our public lands for private parties - literally. It also sounds like the private party will have very deep pockets to make a "contribution". Is this some type of end run around restrictions on permanent structures where they're not supposed to be but someone wants them there and has enough money to donate?
they're going to try to do all they can to enrich themselves and their buddies, before Scott is voted out of office. get ready.
" Such a privilege or concession may be granted without advertisement and without using a competitive bidding process and may not be assigned or transferred by the grantee without the consent of the department."
Definitely something out of the lime light going on.
Could it be that the lawmakers are forward looking to the Day when global warming will create new
"aquatic preserves & uplands"
all over the place in our own neighborhoods. You know, when the little people are told to evacuate they're flooded homestead and leave the newly created "preserve" to the elevated gentry.
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