FL H7053

Establishes the Statewide Office of Resilience within the Executive Office of the Governor, headed by a Chief Resilience Officer appointed by the Governor, to coordinate flood resilience and mitigation efforts across federal, state, and local entities.

Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a resilience action plan for the State Highway System by June 30, 2023, assessing vulnerabilities to tidal, rainfall, storm surge, and sea level rise flooding, with status report updates every three years thereafter.

Expands the Resilient Florida Grant Program to fund preconstruction activities for small communities (municipalities with 10,000 or fewer residents or counties with 50,000 or fewer residents) and extends the deadlines for the statewide flood vulnerability data set (to July 1, 2023) and assessment (to July 1, 2024).

Broadens the entities eligible to submit projects for the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan to include special districts, drainage districts, erosion control districts, and regional water supply authorities, and changes the annual plan funding floor from a cap of $100 million to a minimum of $100 million.

Requires the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation to provide tidal, storm surge, rainfall-induced, and compound flooding data to counties and municipalities for vulnerability assessments, and updates the elevation certificate submission deadline for surveyors to January 1, 2023.