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Florida House Bill H0111

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1010 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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1515 An act relating to flooding and sea level rise 2
1616 vulnerability studies; amending s. 380.093, F.S.; 3
1717 revising the purposes for which the Department of 4
1818 Environmental Protection may provide grants under the 5
1919 Resilient Florida Grant Program to counties or 6
2020 municipalities; authorizing the department to provide 7
2121 such grants to water management districts for a 8
2222 specified purpose; requiring such grants to be 9
2323 prioritized; creatin g s. 380.0937, F.S.; providing 10
2424 definitions; requiring state -financed constructors to 11
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2626 of potentially at-risk structures or infrastructure 13
2727 beginning on a specified date; requiring the 14
2828 department to develo p a specified sea level impact 15
2929 projection study standard by rule; authorizing the 16
3030 department to bring civil actions, seek injunctive 17
3131 relief, recover certain funds, and enforce specified 18
3232 requirements; providing construction; requiring the 19
3333 department to publish sea level impact projection 20
3434 studies on its website, subject to certain conditions, 21
3535 and adopt rules; amending s. 161.551, F.S.; providing 22
3636 for future repeal of requirements for the construction 23
3737 of certain structures in the coastal building zone; 24
3838 providing an effective date. 25
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4747 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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5252 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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5454 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 29
5555 380.093, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 30
5656 380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive 31
5757 statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and 32
5858 assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience 33
5959 Plan; regional resilience entities. — 34
6060 (3) RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM. — 35
6161 (b) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide 36
6262 grants to each of the following entities: 37
6363 1. A county or municipality to fund: 38
6464 a.1. The costs of community resilience planning and 39
6565 necessary data collection for such planning, including 40
6666 comprehensive plan amendments and necessary corresponding 41
6767 analyses that address the requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f). 42
6868 b.2. Vulnerability assessments that identify or address 43
6969 risks of inland or coastal flooding and sea level rise. 44
7070 c.3. The development of projects, plans, and policies that 45
7171 allow communities to prepare for t hreats from flooding and sea 46
7272 level rise. 47
7373 d.4. Preconstruction activities for projects to be 48
7474 submitted for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level 49
7575 Rise Resilience Plan that are located in a municipality that has 50
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8484 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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8888 a population of 10,000 or fewer o r a county that has a 51
8989 population of 50,000 or fewer, according to the most recent 52
9090 April 1 population estimates posted on the Office of Economic 53
9191 and Demographic Research's website. 54
9292 e. Feasibility studies and the cost of permitting for 55
9393 nature-based solutions that reduce the impact of flooding and 56
9494 sea level rise. 57
9595 2. A water management district identified in s. 373.069 to 58
9696 support local government adaptation planning, which may be 59
9797 conducted by the water management district or by a third party 60
9898 on behalf of the water management district. Such grants must be 61
9999 used for the express purpose of supporting the Florida Flood Hub 62
100100 for Applied Research and Innovation and the department in 63
101101 implementing this section through data creation and collection, 64
102102 modeling, and the im plementation of statewide standards. 65
103103 Priority must be given to filling critical data gaps identified 66
104104 by the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation 67
105105 under s. 380.0933(2)(a). 68
106106 Section 2. Section 380.0937, Florida Statutes, is created 69
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108108 380.0937 Public financing of construction projects within 71
109109 areas at risk due to sea level rise. — 72
110110 (1) As used in this section, the term: 73
111111 (a) "Area at risk due to sea level rise" means any 74
112112 location that is projected to be below the threshold for tidal 75
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121121 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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126126 the highest of the sea level rise projections required by s. 77
127127 380.093(3)(d)3.b. For purposes of this paragraph, the threshold 78
128128 for tidal flooding is 2 feet above mean higher high water. 79
129129 (b) "Department" means the Department of Environmental 80
130130 Protection. 81
131131 (c) "Potentially at -risk structure or infrastructure" 82
132132 means any of the follo wing when within an area at risk due to 83
133133 sea level rise: 84
134134 1. A critical asset as defined in s. 380.093(2)(a)1. -3. 85
135135 2. A historical or cultural asset. 86
136136 (d) "Public entity" means the state or any of its 87
137137 political subdivisions, or any municipality, county, agency, 88
138138 special district, authority, or other public body corporate of 89
139139 the state which is demonstrated to perform a public function or 90
140140 to serve a governmental purpose that could properly be performed 91
141141 or served by an appropriate governmental unit. 92
142142 (e) "Significant flood damage" means flood, erosion, 93
143143 inundation, or wave action damage resulting from a discrete or 94
144144 compound natural hazard event, such as a flood or tropical 95
145145 weather system, where such damage exceeds: 96
146146 1. Twenty-five percent of the replacement cost of the 97
147147 potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure at the time of 98
148148 the event; or 99
149149 2. A defined threshold established by the department by 100
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158158 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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163163 water management districts, for a potentiall y at-risk structure 102
164164 or infrastructure for which replacement cost is not an 103
165165 appropriate metric, such as roadways. The threshold must be 104
166166 established by July 1, 2024. 105
167167 (f) "SLIP study" means a sea level impact projection study 106
168168 as established by the departmen t pursuant to subsection (3). 107
169169 (g) "State-financed constructor" means a public entity 108
170170 that commissions or manages a construction project using funds 109
171171 appropriated from the state. 110
172172 (2) Beginning July 1, 2024, a state -financed constructor 111
173173 may not commence construction of a potentially at -risk structure 112
174174 or infrastructure without: 113
175175 (a) Conducting a SLIP study that meets the requirements 114
176176 established by the department; 115
177177 (b) Submitting the study to the department; and 116
178178 (c) Receiving notification from the depa rtment that the 117
179179 study was received and that it has been published on the 118
180180 department's website pursuant to paragraph (6)(a) for at least 119
181181 30 days. The state-financed constructor is solely responsible 120
182182 for ensuring that the study submitted to the department fo r 121
183183 publication meets the requirements of subsection (3). 122
184184 (3) The department shall develop by rule a standard by 123
185185 which a state-financed constructor must conduct a SLIP study and 124
186186 may require that a professional engineer sign off on the study. 125
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195195 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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199199 The rule applies only to projects not yet commenced as of the 126
200200 date the rule is finalized. The rule may not apply retroactively 127
201201 to projects that commenced before the date the rule is 128
202202 finalized. At a minimum, the standard must require that a state -129
203203 financed constructor do all of the following: 130
204204 (a) Use a systematic, interdisciplinary, and 131
205205 scientifically accepted approach in the natural sciences and 132
206206 construction design in conducting the study. 133
207207 (b) Assess the flooding, inundation, and wave action 134
208208 damage risks relating to the potentially at-risk structure or 135
209209 infrastructure over its expected life or 50 years, whichever is 136
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211211 1. The assessment must take into account potential 138
212212 relative local sea-level rise and increased storm risk during 139
213213 the expected life of the potential ly at-risk structure or 140
214214 infrastructure or 50 years, whichever is less, and, to the 141
215215 extent possible, account for the construction of sea -level rise 142
216216 versus land subsidence to the relative local sea -level rise. 143
217217 2. The assessment must provide scientific and engineering 144
218218 evidence of the risk to the potentially at -risk structure or 145
219219 infrastructure and methods used to mitigate, adapt to, or reduce 146
220220 this risk. 147
221221 3. The assessment must use and consider available 148
222222 scientific research and generally accepted industry pra ctices. 149
223223 4. The assessment must provide an estimated probability of 150
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236236 significant flood damage to the potentially at -risk structure or 151
237237 infrastructure over the expected life of the structure or 152
238238 infrastructure or 50 years, whichever is less. 153
239239 5. The assessment must analyze potential public safety and 154
240240 environmental impacts resulting from damage to the potentially 155
241241 at-risk structure or infrastructure, including, but not limited 156
242242 to, leakage of pollutants, electrocution and explosion hazards, 157
243243 and hazards resulting from floating or flying structural debris. 158
244244 (c) Provide alternatives for the design and siting of the 159
245245 potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure and analyze how 160
246246 such alternatives would impact the risks specified in 161
247247 subparagraph (b)5. as well as the risk and cost associated with 162
248248 maintaining, repairing, and constructing the potentially at -risk 163
249249 structure or infrastructure. 164
250250 (d) Provide a list of flood mitigation strategies 165
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252252 structure or infrastr ucture and identify appropriate flood 167
253253 mitigation strategies for consideration as part of the 168
254254 potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure design. 169
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257257 to be built concurrently within one proje ct, a state-financed 172
258258 constructor may conduct and submit one SLIP study for the entire 173
259259 project for publication by the department. 174
260260 (4) If a state-financed constructor commences construction 175
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275275 the department may bring a civil action in a court of competent 178
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277277 (a) Seek injunctive relief to cease further construction 180
278278 of the potentially at -risk structure or infrastructure or to 181
279279 enforce compliance with this section or with rules adopted by 182
280280 the department pursuant to this section. 183
281281 (b) If the potentially at -risk structure or infrastructure 184
282282 has been completed or has been substantially completed, seek 185
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284284 potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure. 187
285285 (5) This section does not create a cause of action for 188
286286 damages or otherwise authorize the imposition of penalties by a 189
287287 public entity for failure to implement what is con tained in the 190
288288 SLIP study. 191
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290290 (a) Shall publish and maintain a copy of each SLIP study 193
291291 submitted pursuant to this section on its website for at least 194
292292 10 years after the date the department receives the study. 195
293293 However, any portion of a s tudy containing information that is 196
294294 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 197
295295 Constitution must be redacted by the department before 198
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297297 (b) Shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this 200
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311311 (c) May enforce the requir ements of this section. 202
312312 Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 161.551, 203
313313 Florida Statutes, to read: 204
314314 161.551 Public financing of construction projects within 205
315315 the coastal building zone. — 206
316316 (8) This section is repealed July 1, 2024. 207
317317 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 208