Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 946 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and Senator Rodriguez 592-02837-25 2025946c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to waste facilities; amending s. 3 373.4592, F.S.; conforming cross references; 4 prohibiting state or local governmental entities from 5 approving permits for specified waste facilities; 6 providing applicability; amending ss. 316.5501, 7 339.2818, and 373.036, F.S.; conforming cross 8 references; providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Present subsections (13) through (17) of section 13 373.4592, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (14) 14 through (18), respectively, a new subsection (13) is added to 15 that section, and paragraphs (c) and (f) of subsection (2) are 16 amended, to read: 17 373.4592Everglades improvement and management. 18 (2)DEFINITIONS.As used in this section: 19 (c)C-139 Basin or Basin means those lands described in 20 subsection (17) subsection (16). 21 (f)Everglades Agricultural Area or EAA means the 22 Everglades Agricultural Area, which are those lands described in 23 subsection (16) subsection (15). 24 (13)PROHIBITION ON WASTE FACILITIES. 25 (a)Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state or 26 local governmental entity may not approve any permit under 27 chapter 373, chapter 376, chapter 377, chapter 379, chapter 380, 28 or chapter 403 for the construction or operation of any of the 29 following facilities that are proposed to be located within 1 30 mile of the C-9 impoundment, authorized by the Water Resources 31 Reform and Development Act of 2014, Pub. 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No. 113-121: 32 1.A municipal solid waste-to-energy facility as defined in 33 s. 377.814(2). 34 2.A pyrolysis facility as defined in s. 403.703. 35 3.To the extent that it includes incineration of any type, 36 a solid waste disposal facility as defined in s. 403.703. 37 (b)This subsection does not apply to a facility that was 38 constructed and had an operating permit authorizing incineration 39 before July 1, 2025. 40 Section 2.Subsection (1) of section 316.5501, Florida 41 Statutes, is amended to read: 42 316.5501Permitting program for combination truck tractor, 43 semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled as a single unit 44 subject to certain requirements. 45 (1)By no later than January 1, 2020, the Department of 46 Transportation in conjunction with the Department of Highway 47 Safety and Motor Vehicles shall develop a permitting program 48 that, notwithstanding any other provision of law except 49 conflicting federal law and applicable provisions of s. 316.550, 50 prescribes the operation of any combination of truck tractor, 51 semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled together so as to 52 operate as a single unit in which the semitrailer and the 53 trailer unit may each be up to 48 feet in length, but not less 54 than 28 feet in length, if such truck tractor, semitrailer, and 55 trailer combination is: 56 (a)Being used for the primary purpose of transporting farm 57 products as defined in s. 823.14(3)(e) on a prescribed route 58 within the boundary of the Everglades Agricultural Area as 59 described in s. 373.4592(16) s. 373.4592(15); 60 (b)Traveling on a prescribed route that has been submitted 61 to and approved by the Department of Transportation for public 62 safety purposes having taken into account, at a minimum, the 63 point of origin, destination, traffic and pedestrian volume on 64 the route, turning radius at intersections along the route, and 65 potential for damage to roadways or bridges on the route; 66 (c)Operating only on state or local roadways within a 67 radius of 60 miles from where such truck tractor, semitrailer, 68 and trailer combination was loaded; however, travel is not 69 authorized on the Interstate Highway System; and 70 (d)Meeting the following weight limitations: 71 1.The maximum gross weight of the truck tractor and the 72 first trailer shall not exceed 88,000 pounds. 73 2.The maximum gross weight of the dolly and second trailer 74 shall not exceed 67,000 pounds. 75 3.The maximum overall gross weight of the truck tractor 76 semitrailer-trailer combination shall not exceed 155,000 pounds. 77 Section 3.Subsection (8) of section 339.2818, Florida 78 Statutes, is amended to read: 79 339.2818Small County Outreach Program. 80 (8)Subject to a specific appropriation in addition to 81 funds appropriated for projects under this section, a local 82 government either wholly or partially within the Everglades 83 Agricultural Area as defined in s. 373.4592(16) s. 373.4592(15), 84 the Peace River Basin, or the Suwannee River Basin may compete 85 for additional funding using the criteria listed in paragraph 86 (4)(c) at up to 100 percent of project costs on state or county 87 roads used primarily as farm-to-market connections between rural 88 agricultural areas and market distribution centers, excluding 89 capacity improvement projects. 90 Section 4.Paragraph (e) of subsection (7) of section 91 373.036, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 92 373.036Florida water plan; district water management 93 plans. 94 (7)CONSOLIDATED WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT. 95 (e)In addition to the elements specified in paragraph (b), 96 the South Florida Water Management District shall include in the 97 consolidated annual report the following elements: 98 1.The Lake Okeechobee Protection Program annual progress 99 report required by s. 373.4595(6). 100 2.The Everglades annual progress reports specified in s. 101 373.4592(4)(d)5., (14), and (15) s. 373.4592(4)(d)5., (13), and 102 (14). 103 3.The Everglades restoration annual report required by s. 104 373.470(7). 105 4.The Everglades Trust Fund annual expenditure report 106 required by s. 373.45926(3). 107 Section 5.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.