Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0089 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to food insecure areas; creating s. 2
16	16	163.31791, F.S.; providing legislative findings; 3
17	17	providing definitions; authorizing a local government 4
18	18	to enact land development regulations to permit land 5
19	19	use for a small-footprint grocery store located in a 6
20	20	food insecure area; authorizing a local government to 7
21	21	include in its comprehensive plan a provision 8
22	22	permitting land use for a small -footprint grocery 9
23	23	store located in a food insecure area; authorizing a 10
24	24	local government to require mandatory reporting of 11
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26	26	store; providing an effective date. 13
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28	28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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30	30	Section 1. Section 163.31791, Florida Statutes, is created 17
31	31	to read: 18
32	32	163.31791 Food insecure areas. — 19
33	33	(1) The Legislature finds that access to affordable, 20
34	34	healthy food options, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, is 21
35	35	restricted due, in part, to the absence of supermarkets located 22
36	36	within a convenient traveling distance. This restriction 23
37	37	constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the 24
38	38	residents of this state. Therefore, the Legislature finds that 25
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51	51	it serves an important public purpose to encourage local 26
52	52	governments to grant or approve development permits for land 27
53	53	designated as a food insecure area in order to increase the 28
54	54	availability of nutrient -dense food options. 29
55	55	(2) As used in this section, the term: 30
56	56	(a) "Food insecure area" is sy nonymous with "food desert" 31
57	57	and means a parcel of land that has been identified by the 32
58	58	Office of Economic and Demographic Research as being located in 33
59	59	an area: 34
60	60	1. Having a poverty rate of at least 20 percent or having 35
61	61	a median family income at or below 8 0 percent of the median 36
62	62	family income for this state; and 37
63	63	2. Having at least 500 persons, or at least 33 percent of 38
64	64	the population, who, in urban communities, live more than 1 mile 39
65	65	from a supermarket or who, in rural communities, live more than 40
66	66	10 miles from a supermarket. 41
67	67	(b) "Nutrient-dense food" means a food that has a high 42
68	68	level of nutrients in relationship to the number of calories it 43
69	69	contains. The term includes fresh fruits and vegetables, whole 44
70	70	grains, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes, and low -fat dairy 45
71	71	products. 46
72	72	(c) "Small-footprint grocery store" means a grocery store 47
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74	74	1. Sells products at wholesale or retail; 49
75	75	2. Derives at least 30 percent of its gross receipts from 50
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88	88	the retail sale of nutrient -dense foods; and 51
89	89	3. Operates in a food i nsecure area. 52
90	90	(d) "Supermarket" means a grocery store that contains all 53
91	91	of the major food departments found in a large retail grocery 54
92	92	store. 55
93	93	(3) Notwithstanding any other restrictions, a local 56
94	94	government may enact land development regulations authorizing 57
95	95	land use for a small -footprint grocery store located in a food 58
96	96	insecure area. 59
97	97	(4) Notwithstanding any other restrictions, a local 60
98	98	government may include in its comprehensive plan a provision 61
99	99	authorizing land use for a small -footprint grocery store located 62
100	100	in a food insecure area. 63
101	101	(5) A local government may require mandatory reporting of 64
102	102	certain information from small -footprint grocery stores. 65
103	103	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 66