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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to legal rights of the natural 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | environment; amending s. 403.412, F.S.; repealing 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | provisions prohibiting local governments from 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | recognizing or granting certain legal rights to the 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | natural environment or granting such rights relating 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the natural environment to a person or political 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | subdivision; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 403.412, Florida 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 403.412 Environmental Protection Act. — 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (9)(a) A local government regulation, ordinance, code, 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | rule, comprehensive plan, charter, or any other provision of la w 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | may not recognize or grant any legal rights to a plant, an 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | animal, a body of water, or any other part of the natural 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | environment that is not a person or political subdivision as 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | defined in s. 1.01(8) or grant such person or political 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | subdivision any spec ific rights relating to the natural 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | environment not otherwise authorized in general law or 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | specifically granted in the State Constitution. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) This subsection does not limit the power of an 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | adversely affected party to challenge the consistency of a 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | development order with a comprehensive plan as provided in s. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 163.3215 or to file an action for injunctive relief to enforce 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the terms of a development agreement or challenge compliance of 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the agreement as provided in s. 163.3243. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c) This subsection does not limit the standing of the 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Department of Legal Affairs, a political subdivision or 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | municipality of the state, or a citizen of the state to maintain 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | an action for injunctive relief as provided in this section. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 34 |
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