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FL S1792
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Environment and Natural Resources
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AI Summary
- Expands Florida's conservation land acquisition purposes to include protecting dry sandy beaches and providing public parking and ancillary facilities for public beach access
- Requires the Division of State Lands and the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas to establish a pilot program inventorying existing dry sandy beaches, including assessing public access deficiencies and developing criteria for prioritizing acquisition of privately owned beach parcels, with emphasis on heavily populated counties
- Increases the Acquisition and Restoration Council from 10 to 12 voting members, adding a specialist in beach and shore preservation and the director of the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas as new members
- Adds "dry sandy beaches" to the definition of "conservation purposes" for property tax exemptions and exempts dry sandy beach parcels from the 40-contiguous-acre minimum requirement for such exemptions
- Adds a representative from the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas to regional land management review teams and includes dry sandy beaches in the state's comprehensive 5-year conservation plan, with an effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Dry Sandy Beaches
Last Action
Died in Finance and Tax
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Finance and Tax3/26/2025
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