Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1493 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to wind energy facility siting; 2
16	16	creating s. 377.708, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting 3
17	17	construction, operation, or expansion of wind energy 4
18	18	facilities and offshore wind energy facilities in this 5
19	19	state; authorizing injunctive relief; requiring the 6
20	20	department to adopt rules; providing an effective 7
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23	23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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25	25	Section 1. Section 377.70 8, Florida Statutes, is created 12
26	26	to read: 13
27	27	377.708 Wind energy facility siting. — 14
28	28	(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 15
29	29	(a) "Department" means the Department of Environmental 16
30	30	Protection. 17
31	31	(b) "Offshore wind energy facility" means any wind energy 18
32	32	facility located on state submerged lands or territorial waters, 19
33	33	including other buildings, structures, or electrical 20
34	34	transmission cabling to be sited on state submerged lands or 21
35	35	territorial waters, or connected to corresponding onshore 22
36	36	substations which are used to support the operation of any wind 23
37	37	energy facility sited on submerged lands or territorial waters 24
38	38	that are not under the jurisdiction of the state. 25
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51	51	(c) "Wind energy facility" means an electrical wind 26
52	52	generation facility or expansion the reof having at least a 1 27
53	53	megawatt rated capacity, including substations; meteorological 28
54	54	data towers; aboveground, underground, and electrical 29
55	55	transmission lines; and transformers, control systems, and other 30
56	56	buildings or structures under common ownership or operating 31
57	57	control used to support the operation of the facility the 32
58	58	primary purpose of which is to offer electricity supply for 33
59	59	sale. 34
60	60	(2) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES. —The construction, operation, or 35
61	61	expansion of a wind energy facility or an offshore wind ener gy 36
62	62	facility in this state is prohibited. 37
63	63	(3) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. —The department may bring an action 38
64	64	for injunctive relief against the owner of a wind energy 39
65	65	facility or an offshore wind energy facility who constructs, 40
66	66	operates, or expands a wind energy fa cility or an offshore wind 41
67	67	energy facility in this state. 42
68	68	(4) RULES.—The department shall adopt rules to implement 43
69	69	this section. 44
70	70	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 45