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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 marine encroachment on military 2
operations; amending s. 163.3175, F.S.; encouraging 3
the sharing of information relating to community 4
grants through specified federal programs to 5
facilitate the compatibility and resiliency of 6
community planning and the activities and mission of 7
specified military installations and ranges; providing 8
an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 163.3175, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended to read: 14
163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of 15
development with military installations; exchange of information 16
between local governments and military installations and 17
ranges.— 18
(2) Certain major military installations and ranges, due 19
to their mission and activities, have a greater potential for 20
experiencing compatibility and coordination issues than others. 21
Consequently, this section and the provisions in s. 22
163.3177(6)(a), relating to compatibility of land development 23
with military installations, apply to specific affected local 24
governments in proximity to and in association with specific 25
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military installations and ranges, as follows: 26
(a) Avon Park Air Force Range, associated with Highlands, 27
Okeechobee, Osceola, and Polk Counties and Avon Park, Sebring, 28
and Frostproof. 29
(b) Camp Blanding, associated with Clay, Bradford, and 30
Putnam Counties. 31
(c) Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, ass ociated 32
with Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties and Cinco 33
Bayou, Crestview, Destin, DeFuniak Springs, Fort Walton Beach, 34
Freeport, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar, and 35
Valparaiso. 36
(d) Homestead Air Reserve Base, associated with Miami-Dade 37
County and Homestead. 38
(e) Jacksonville Training Range Complex, associated with 39
Lake, Marion, Putnam, and Volusia Counties. 40
(f) MacDill Air Force Base, associated with Tampa. 41
(g) Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Marine Corps Support 42
Facility-Blount Island, and outlying landing field Whitehouse, 43
associated with Jacksonville. 44
(h) Naval Air Station Key West, including various annexes 45
across Boca Chica Key and Key West as well as the Fleming 46
Bay/Patton Water Drop Zone training range used by th e Army 47
Special Forces Underwater Operations School, associated with 48
Monroe County and Key West. 49
(i) Naval Support Activity Orlando, including Bugg Spring 50
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and Naval Ordnance Test Unit, associated with Orange County and 51
Orlando. 52
(j) Naval Support Activit y Panama City, associated with 53
Bay County, Panama City, and Panama City Beach. 54
(k) Naval Air Station Pensacola, associated with Escambia 55
County. 56
(l) Naval Air Station Whiting Field and its outlying 57
landing fields, associated with Santa Rosa and Escambia 58
Counties. 59
(m) Naval Station Mayport, associated with Atlantic Beach 60
and Jacksonville. 61
(n) Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space 62
Force Station, associated with Brevard County and Satellite 63
Beach. 64
(o) Tyndall Air Force Base, associ ated with Bay County and 65
Mexico Beach and Parker. 66
(p) United States Southern Command, associated with Miami -67
Dade County and Doral. 68
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 69