FL S7028

Creates the Military Base Protection Program with functions to secure nonconservation lands as buffers protecting military installations against encroachment and to support local community partnerships with military installations

Authorizes the Department of Economic Opportunity to annually recommend nonconservation lands for acquisition through fee simple purchase or less-than-fee interest to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to prevent military installation encroachment

Requires the Board of Trustees to consider land acquisition recommendations from the Florida Defense Support Task Force when selecting nonconservation lands to purchase for military installation protection

Permits appropriated Military Base Protection Program funds to be used for land acquisition to reduce or prevent encroachment and for mission sustainment and base retention, with eligibility for federal fund matching

Allows local governments to independently acquire nonconservation lands through fee simple or less-than-fee purchase for military base buffering purposes