Florida HB 1317: Pub. Rec./Autopsy Records

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to protection of the Eastern Gulf Test 2
and Training Range; creating s. 377.713, F.S.; 3
providing legislative findings and intent; defining 4
terms; prohibiting a person from constructing, 5
installing, operating, maintaining, or expanding a 6
covered oil and gas facility near specified areas; 7
prohibiting certain facilities from crossing state 8
waters or submerged lands; prohibiting the Board of 9
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or 10
state or local agencies from issuing an authorization 11
for specified prohibited activities; prohibiting 12
certain agreements from authorizing certain 13
infrastructure developments if a specified entity is 14
the owner or lessor of the property or facility; 15
prohibiting state grants or financial assistance from 16
being awarded for certain purposes if a specified 17
entity is the owner or lessor of the property or 18
facility; prohibiting the permitting or construction 19
of heliports or helistops under certain circumstances; 20
prohibiting state aviation grants from being used for 21
certain purposes; providing that specified provisions 22
are enforceable policies of the state's coastal 23
management program; requiring the Department of 24
Environmental Protection to take certain actions 25

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regarding certain federal agency activity; providing 26
an exception; requiring the department to adopt rules 27
and guidance to implement federal-consistency review; 28
providing exceptions; providing construction; 29
providing enforcement; amending s. 253.77, F.S.; 30
prohibiting the Board of Trustees of the Internal 31
Improvement Trust Fund from authorizing certain real 32
estate transactions for specified prohibited 33
activities; requiring state agencies to deny certain 34
applications; providing an effective date. 35
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 37
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Section 1. Section 377.713, Florida Statutes, is created 39
to read: 40
377.713 Oil and gas facilities; sitings and crossing 41
prohibited east of the Military Mission Line.— 42
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.— 43
(a) The Legislature finds that: 44
1. The Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) 45
provides unique over-water air and sea space used by the United 46
States Armed Forces to test and provide training on advanced 47
systems vital to national security and particularly relevant to 48
newer systems with higher speeds and extended ranges. 49
2. The United States Department of Defense and this 50

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state's military installations have long relied on the area east 51
of the Military Mission Line (MML) remaining free of fixed 52
offshore energy infrastructure and associated logistics. 53
3. This state exercises jurisdiction over state waters in 54
the Gulf of America extending 9 nautical miles from the 55
coastline and controls sovereign submerged lands therein, 56
administered by the Board of Trustees of the Internal 57
Improvement Trust Fund. 58
4. It is in the public interest to preclude facilities and 59
crossings on state waters and submerged lands which would 60
support offshore oil and gas exploration or production east of 61
the MML. 62
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to prevent 63
encroachment from shore-based and near-shore oil and gas 64
facilities and crossings that would support offshore exploration 65
or production east of the MML, consistent with state authority 66
over lands, waters, and funding and with federal law. 67
(2) DEFINITIONS.— 68
(a) "Covered oil and gas facility" means any facility, 69
fixture, or improvement used to stage, fuel, provision, crew-70
change, repair, maintain, or otherwise support offshore oil or 71
natural gas exploration or production, including docks, wharves, 72
piers, berths, moorings, dolphins, loading arms, offshore or 73
nearshore transfer buoys, storage tanks, fuel farms, warehouses, 74
maintenance shops, laydown yards, heliports or helistops, and 75

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any pipeline, flowline, gathering line, export line, riser, 76
umbilical, or power or communications cable, and any associated 77
crossings, attachments, or appurtenances. 78
(b) "Federal-consistency review" means the process by 79
which the state may review certain federal activities affecting 80
land or water uses or natural resources of its coastal zone for 81
consistency