Title: Land and Water Management

Summary: Requires certain buffer zones for land or water delineations established by county or municipality to be acquired by county or municipality through eminent domain; preempts regulation of specified dredge & fill activities to state; repeals land management review teams.

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An act relating to land and water management; amending s. 373.421, F.S.; requiring certain buffer zones for land or water delineations established by a county or municipality to be acquired by the county or municipality through eminent domain; creating s. 403.8111, F.S.; preempting regulation of specified dredge and fill activities to the Department of Environme ntal Protection; providing construction; repealing s. 373.591, F.S., relating to land management review teams; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 3.421, Florida Statutes, to read: 373.421 Delineation methods; formal determinations.-(8) Buffer zones for land or water delineations established by a county or municipality that exceed the delineation determinations for such land or water by the Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district must be acquired by the county or municipality through eminent domain pursuant to chapters and 74. Section 2. Section 403.8111, Florida Statutes, is created to read: HB 2024 403.8111 Dredge and fill activities preemption.-The regulation of dredge and fill activities under this chapter and chapter is preempted to the department. This section does not preclude the authority of the department to delegate powers to water management districts under chapter 373. Section 3. Section 373.591, Florida Statutes, is repealed. Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.