Florida HB 1035: Personalized Education

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to nature-based coastal resiliency; 2
amending s. 258.397, F.S.; authorizing certain 3
dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement 4
of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne 5
Bay Aquatic Preserve; amending s. 258.42, F.S.; 6
authorizing the erection of certain structures within 7
aquatic preserves; creating s. 380.0938, F.S.; 8
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, 9
by a specified date, to develop guidelines and 10
standards for nature-based methods to address coastal 11
resiliency; requiring the department and local 12
governments to promote nature-based solutions for 13
coastal resiliency; providing an effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (3) of 18
section 258.397, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 19
258.397 Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve.— 20
(3) AUTHORITY OF TRUSTEES.—The Board of Trustees of the 21
Internal Improvement Trust Fund is authorized and directed to 22
maintain the aquatic preserve hereby created pursuant and 23
subject to the following provisions: 24
(b) No further dredging or filling of submerged lands of 25

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the preserve shall be approved or tolerated by the board of 26
trustees except: 27
1. Such minimum dredging and spoiling as may be authorized 28
for public navigation projects or for such minimum dredging and 29
spoiling as may be constituted as a public necessity or for 30
preservation of the bay according to the expressed intent of 31
this section. 32
2. Such other alteration of physical conditions, including 33
the placement of riprap, as may be necessary to enhance the 34
quality and utility of the preserve. 35
3. Such minimum dredging and filling as may be authorized 36
for the creation and maintenance of marinas, piers, and docks 37
and their attendant navigation channels and access roads. Such 38
projects may only be authorized upon a specific finding by the 39
board of trustees that there is assurance that the project will 40
be constructed and operated in a manner that will not adversely 41
affect the water quality and utility of the preserve. This 42
subparagraph shall not authorize the connection of upland canals 43
to the waters of the preserve. 44
4. Such dredging as is necessary for the purpose of 45
eliminating conditions hazardous to the public health or for the 46
purpose of eliminating stagnant waters, islands, and spoil 47
banks, the dredging of which would enhance the aesthetic and 48
environmental quality and utility of the preserve and be clearly 49
in the public interest as determined by the board of trustees. 50

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5. Such minimum dredging and filling as may be authorized 51
for the restoration and enhancement of natural systems, 52
including the management of substrate for vegetation planting 53
and restoration for mangroves, salt marshes, seagrasses, and 54
oyster reefs, to enhance the quality and utility of the preserve 55
and coastal resiliency. 56
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Any dredging or filling under this subsection or improvements 58
under subsection (5) shall be approved only after public notice 59
as provided by s. 253.115. 60
(e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the 61
board of trustees may, respecting lands lying within Biscayne 62
Bay: 63
1. Enter into agreements for and establish lines 64
delineating sovereignty and privately owned lands. 65
2. Enter into agreements for the exchange of, and 66
exchange, sovereignty lands for privately owned lands. 67
3. Accept gifts of land within or contiguous to the 68
preserve. 69
4. Negotiate for, and enter into agreements with owners of 70
lands contiguous to sovereignty lands for, any public and 71
private use of any of such lands. 72
5. Take any and all actions convenient for, or necessary 73
to, the accomplishment of any and all of the acts and matters 74
authorized by this paragraph. 75

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6. Conduct restoration and enhancement efforts in Biscayne 76
Bay and its tributaries. 77
7. Stabilize eroding shorelines of Biscayne Bay and its 78
tributaries that are contributing to turbidity by planting 79
natural vegetation to the greatest extent feasible and by the 80
placement of riprap and living shorelines and seawalls, as 81
determined by Miami-Dade County in conjuncti