Florida SB 546: Consumer Finance Loans

Bill Text

546 
Conservation Lands 
2026-01-14T04:40:54Z 
Requiring the Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before the Acquisition and Restoration Council or the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review the proposed sale of conservation lands; requiring that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; requiring the governing board of a water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review the proposed sale or exchange of certain lands, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 546 

 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and 
 Senators Mayfield and Harrell 

 592-01913-26 2026546c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to conservation lands; amending s. 
 3 253.0341, F.S.; requiring the Division of State Lands 
 4 to publish certain information on its website before 
 5 the Acquisition and Restoration Council or the Board 
 6 of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 
 7 meets to review the proposed sale of conservation 
 8 lands; amending s. 253.42, F.S.; requiring that 
 9 certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in 
 10 accordance with certain criteria; deleting provisions 
 11 requiring the division to submit certain requests to 
 12 the council for review; deleting provisions requiring 
 13 the division to provide certain recommendations to the 
 14 board; requiring the division to publish certain 
 15 information on its website before the council or the 
 16 board meets to review a proposed land exchange; 
 17 requiring the division to submit certain requests to 
 18 the council for review and requiring the council to 
 19 provide recommendations to the division in certain 
 20 circumstances; requiring the division to provide 
 21 certain recommendations to the board of trustees in 
 22 certain circumstances; making a technical change; 
 23 amending s. 373.089, F.S.; requiring the governing 
 24 board of a water management district to publish 
 25 certain information on its website before meeting to 
 26 review the proposed sale or exchange of certain lands; 
 27 amending s. 215.196, F.S.; conforming a cross 
 28 reference; providing an effective date. 
 29 
 30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 31 
 32 Section 1. Present subsections (7) through (19) of section 
 33 253.0341, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8) 
 34 through (20), respectively, a new subsection (7) is added to 
 35 that section, and present subsection (11) of that section is 
 36 amended, to read: 
 37 253.0341 Surplus of state-owned lands.— 
 38 (7) At least 30 days before any meeting of the Acquisition 
 39 and Restoration Council or board of trustees to review the 
 40 proposed sale of conservation lands, the Division of State Lands 
 41 shall publish the following information on its website: 
 42 (a) The parcels of state-owned land for sale; and 
 43 (b) A statement from the division explaining why the lands 
 44 are no longer needed for conservation purposes. 
 45 (12)(11) Requests to surplus lands may be made by any 
 46 public or private entity or person and shall be determined by 
 47 the board of trustees. All requests to surplus conservation 
 48 lands shall be submitted to the lead managing agency for review 
 49 and recommendation to the Acquisition and Restoration Council, 
 50 and all requests to surplus nonconservation lands shall be 
 51 submitted to the Division of State Lands for review and 
 52 recommendation to the board of trustees. The lead managing 
 53 agencies shall review such requests and make recommendations to 
 54 the council within 90 days after receipt of the requests. Any 
 55 requests to surplus conservation lands that are not acted upon 
 56 within the 90-day period shall be immediately scheduled for 
 57 hearing at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the council. 
 58 Requests to surplus lands shall be considered by the board of 
 59 trustees within 60 days after receipt of the requests from the 
 60 council or division. Requests to surplus lands pursuant to this 
 61 subsection are not required to be offered to state agencies as 
 62 provided in subsection (8) (7). 
 63 Section 2. Present paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of 
 64 subsection (4) of section 253.42, Florida Statutes, are 
 65 redesignated as paragraphs (d), (e), and (f), respectively, new 
 66 paragraphs (b) and (c) are added to that subsection, and 
 67 paragraph (a) of that subsection is amended, to read: 
 68 253.42 Board of trustees may exchange lands.—This section 
 69 applies to all lands owned by, vested in, or titled in the name 
 70 of the board of trustees whether the lands were acquired by the 
 71 state as a purchase, or through gift, donation, or any other 
 72 conveyance for which no consideration was paid. 
 73 (4)(a) A pe