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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to agritourism; amending s. 570.85, 2
F.S.; revising legislative intent regarding the 3
promotion of agritourism; amending s. 570.87, F.S.; 4
prohibiting the denial or revocation of a property's 5
agricultural classification under certain 6
circumstances; requiring certain farm buildings, 7
structures, facilities, or other improvements to be 8
assessed according to specified provisions; providing 9
an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 570.85, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
570.85 Agritourism. — 16
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote 17
agritourism as a way to support bona fide agricultural 18
production by providing a secondary stream of revenue and by 19
educating the general public about the agricultural industry. It 20
is also the intent of the Legislature to eliminate duplication 21
of regulatory authority over agritourism as expressed in this 22
section. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, and 23
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government 24
may not adopt or enforce a local ordinance, regulation, rule, or 25
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policy that prohibits, restrict s, regulates, or otherwise limits 26
an agritourism activity on land classified as agricultural land 27
under s. 193.461. This subsection does not limit the powers and 28
duties of a local government to address substantial offsite 29
impacts of agritourism activities or an emergency as provided in 30
chapter 252. 31
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 570.87, Florida 32
Statutes, is amended to read: 33
570.87 Agritourism participation impact on land 34
classification.— 35
(1) In order to promote and perpetuate agriculture 36
throughout this the state, farm operations are encouraged to 37
engage in agritourism. An agricultural classification pursuant 38
to s. 193.461 may not be denied or revoked solely due to the 39
conduct of agritourism activity on a bona fide farm or the 40
construction, alteration, or maintenance of a nonresidential 41
farm building, structure, or facility on a bona fide farm which 42
is used to conduct agritourism activities. So long as the 43
building, structure, or facility is an integral part of the 44
agricultural operation, the la nd it occupies shall be considered 45
agricultural in nature. However, such buildings, structures, and 46
facilities, and other improvements on the land, must be assessed 47
under s. 193.011 at their just value and added to the 48
agriculturally assessed value of the land on agricultural lands 49
classified as such pursuant to s. 193.461 does not limit, 50
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restrict, or divest the land of that classification as long as 51
such lands classified as agricultural remain used primarily for 52
bona fide agricultural purposes . 53
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 54