Florida HB 425: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Benefits and Peer Support Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Officers

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An act relating to the Historic Cemeteries Program; 2
amending s. 267.21, F.S.; requiring local governments 3
to approve applications from historic African-American 4
cemeteries to change the land use category and zoning 5
district of excess vacant land under certain 6
conditions to allow development consistent and 7
compatible with adjacent land uses; providing an 8
effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 267.21, Florida 13
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4), and a new subsection 14
(3) is added to that section, to read: 15
267.21 Historic Cemeteries Program.— 16
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 17
historic African-American cemetery recorded in the Florida 18
Master Site File pursuant to this section with excess vacant 19
land sells or enters into a contract to sell such land for the 20
express purpose of funding the cemetery's long-term maintenance 21
and upkeep, the county or municipality where such cemetery is 22
located must administratively approve an application to rezone 23
or change the land use designation of such land to allow 24
development consistent and compatible with adjacent land uses. A 25

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county or municipality may use reasonable discretion in 26
determining the new zoning or land use designation, provided 27
that the zoning or land use designation is consistent and 28
compatible with the surrounding area. 29
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 30