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FL H0397
Bill
Status
Failed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Lindsay Cross
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AI Summary
- Expands the definition of "urban agriculture" in s. 604.73, F.S., to include both new commercial and noncommercial agricultural uses on qualifying urban land, whereas the previous definition covered only noncommercial uses
- Qualifying land must be within a dense urban land area, not classified or zoned as agricultural, and designated by a municipality for inclusion in a department-approved urban agriculture pilot project
- Excludes residential vegetable gardens for personal consumption from the definition of urban agriculture
- Adds a new applicability provision clarifying that the pilot project statute does not apply to urban agriculture projects that are not pilot projects under this section
- Reenacts ss. 604.40(2) and 604.50(2)(e), F.S., relating to farm equipment and nonresidential farm buildings, fences, and signs, to incorporate the amended definition; effective July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Urban Agriculture Pilot Projects
Last Action
Died in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee11/22/2023
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