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FL H0055
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Alina Garcia
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 337.405, Florida Statutes, to authorize the Department of Transportation to suspend the prohibition against removing or cutting trees and other vegetation within State Highway System rights-of-way or publicly owned rail corridors when the Governor declares a state of emergency
- Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt guidelines for the removal or cutting of trees and vegetation within these rights-of-way for the purpose of clearing debris generated during a declared state of emergency, including named tropical storms or hurricanes
- Maintains existing protections that generally prohibit removal, cutting, marring, defacing, or destruction of trees and vegetation within these rights-of-way without prior written permission from the department
- Violations of the vegetation removal prohibition remain a second-degree misdemeanor under sections 775.082 and 775.083, Florida Statutes
- Effective date of July 1, 2023
Legislative Description
Trees and Other Vegetation within Rights-of-way
Last Action
Died in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
5/5/2023
Committee Referrals
Transportation & Modals Subcommittee1/10/2023
Full Bill Text
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