Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0211 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to farm products; amending s. 2
16	16	163.3162, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3
17	17	"farm product"; providing that the collection, 4
18	18	storage, processing, and distribution of a farm 5
19	19	product is an activity of a bona fide farm operation 6
20	20	which a governmental entity may not prohibit, 7
21	21	restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit; reenacting s. 8
22	22	163.3177(7)(b), F.S., relating to the definition of 9
23	23	the term "rural agricultural industrial center," to 10
24	24	incorporate the amendment made to s. 163.3162, F.S., 11
25	25	in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. 12
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27	27	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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29	29	Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection ( 2) and paragraph 16
30	30	(a) of subsection (3) of section 163.3162, Florida Statutes, are 17
31	31	amended to read: 18
32	32	163.3162 Agricultural lands and practices. — 19
33	33	(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 20
34	34	(c) "Farm product" means plants and plant products any 21
35	35	plant, as defined in s. 581.011, regardless of whether such 22
36	36	plants and plant products are edible or nonedible, or any animal 23
37	37	useful to humans and includes, but is not limited to, any 24
38	38	product derived therefrom. 25
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51	51	(3) DUPLICATION OF REGULATION. —Except as otherwise 26
52	52	provided in this section and s. 487.051(2), and notwithstanding 27
53	53	any other law, including any provision of chapter 125 or this 28
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55	55	(a) A governmental entity may not exercise any of its 30
56	56	powers to adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, 31
57	57	regulation, rule, or policy to prohibit, restrict, regulate, or 32
58	58	otherwise limit an activity of a bona fide farm operation , 33
59	59	including, but not limited to, the collection, storage, 34
60	60	processing, and distribution of a farm product, on land 35
61	61	classified as agricultura l land pursuant to s. 193.461, if such 36
62	62	activity is regulated through implemented best management 37
63	63	practices, interim measures, or regulations adopted as rules 38
64	64	under chapter 120 by the Department of Environmental Protection, 39
65	65	the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or a water 40
66	66	management district as part of a statewide or regional program; 41
67	67	or if such activity is expressly regulated by the United States 42
68	68	Department of Agriculture, the United States Army Corps of 43
69	69	Engineers, or the United States Enviro nmental Protection Agency. 44
70	70	Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 45
71	71	made by this act to section 163.3162, Florida Statutes, in a 46
72	72	reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 47
73	73	163.3177, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 48
74	74	163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive 49
75	75	plan; studies and surveys. — 50
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89	89	(b) As used in this subsection, the term "rural 52
90	90	agricultural industrial center" means a developed parcel of land 53
91	91	in an unincorporated area on which there ex ists an operating 54
92	92	agricultural industrial facility or facilities that employ at 55
93	93	least 200 full-time employees in the aggregate and process and 56
94	94	prepare for transport a farm product, as defined in s. 163.3162, 57
95	95	or any biomass material that could be used, dire ctly or 58
96	96	indirectly, for the production of fuel, renewable energy, 59
97	97	bioenergy, or alternative fuel as defined by law. The center may 60
98	98	also include land contiguous to the facility site which is not 61
99	99	used for the cultivation of crops, but on which other existing 62
100	100	activities essential to the operation of such facility or 63
101	101	facilities are located or conducted. The parcel of land must be 64
102	102	located within, or within 10 miles of, a rural area of 65
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104	104	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 67