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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to fill material for reclamation 2
activities; amending s. 253.03, F.S.; requiring the 3
Department of Environmental Protection to approve 4
reclamation and restoration activities on sovereignty 5
submerged lands involving specified fill material; 6
providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (10) o f 11
section 253.03, Florida Statutes, to read: 12
253.03 Board of trustees to administer state lands; lands 13
enumerated.— 14
(10) The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement 15
Trust Fund and the state through any of its agencies are hereby 16
prohibited from levying any charge, by whatever name known, or 17
attaching any lien, on any and all materials dredged from state 18
sovereignty tidal lands or submerged bottom lands or on the 19
lands constituting the spoil areas on which such dredged 20
materials are placed, except as otherwise provided for in this 21
subsection, when such materials are dredged by or on behalf of 22
the United States or the local sponsors of active federal 23
navigation projects in the pursuance of the improvement, 24
construction, maintenance, and operation of such projects or by 25
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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
a public body authorized to operate a public port facility (all 26
such parties referred to herein shall hereafter be called 27
"public body") in pursuance of the improvement, construction, 28
maintenance, and operation of such facility, includi ng any 29
public transfer and terminal facilities, which actions are 30
hereby declared to be for a public purpose. The term "local 31
sponsor" means the local agency designated pursuant to an act of 32
Congress to assume a portion of the navigation project costs and 33
duties. Active federal navigation projects are those 34
congressionally approved projects which are being performed by 35
the United States Army Corps of Engineers or maintained by the 36
local sponsors. 37
(f) The Department of Environmental Protection shall 38
approve reclamation or restoration activities on sovereignty 39
submerged lands involving the deposit of fill material below the 40
ordinary high-water line or mean high -water line if the fill 41
material is not actual sediment. The reclamation or restoration 42
activities may use innovative technologies for fill material, 43
which may include bonded molecules, such as alum or lanthanum -44
based technologies. 45
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 46