FL H0495

Transfers the Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification program from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services via a type two transfer, effective July 1, 2026

Renumbers the governing statute from s. 403.9339 to s. 604.75, Florida Statutes, and establishes the "Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification Act" as the official short title

Requires the University of Florida's turfgrass science program to administer certification training and testing for golf course fertilizer best management practices in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Certifications expire after 4 years and require 8 hours of continuing education (including 2 hours on fertilizer best management practices) for recertification

Certified persons are exempt from additional local training requirements and local fertilizer/water use blackout periods, except during declared states of emergency, though they must still comply with basin management action plan requirements