FL S0636

Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to review data on beaches that have been preemptively and repeatedly repaired when designating critically eroded beaches, including consideration of private, local, state, and federal funds already spent on erosion mitigation

Mandates critical erosion designation for beaches where local governments have perpetual easements requiring shoreline maintenance and where geological features combined with insufficient spacing to upland assets result in repeated flooding or structural damage

Authorizes the DEP secretary to require coastal local governments to develop local strategic beach management plans analyzing compound flooding, property values, environmentally sensitive areas, and recommendations from coastal engineers and the Army Corps of Engineers

Expands areas eligible for designation as areas of critical state concern to include low elevation sections inland of beach-dune systems that have been repeatedly breached by seawater or designated in prolonged local emergency declarations

Allows the state to fund up to 75 percent of beach restoration and nourishment costs for critically eroded beaches, with local governments responsible for the remaining balance