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FL Stat § 159.844 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 159 - Bond Financing|Part IX - Qualified School Construction Bonds (Ss. 159.841-159.845)|159.844 - Allocation of state volume limitation.

159.844 Allocation of state volume limitation.—(1) The board shall establish a program for allocating the state volume limitation imposed by s. 54F(d)(1) of the code, or reallocated to the state pursuant to s. 54F(d)(2)(D) of the code, on qualified school construction bonds to finance qualified school construction facilities. The Department of Education shall administer the program for allocation of the state volume limitation pursuant to an application and issuance reporting process. Such program must include objective criteria to be considered in determining whether to grant a request for the volume limitation, including, but not limited to, the need for a qualified school construction facility in the area proposed in the application, the number of students to be served by such facility, and the cost-effectiveness of the proposed facility.(2) The department shall annually determine the amount of qualified school construction bonds permitted to be issued in this state under s. 54F(d)(1) of the code and shall make such information available upon request to any person or agency.(3) The department shall ensure that any volume limitation that is unused at the end of each calendar year is carried forward pursuant to s. 54F(e) of the code.(4) The commissioner shall sign any certificate required by the code which relates to the allocation of the state volume limitation on qualified school construction bonds to finance qualified school construction facilities.History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-59.
FL Stat § 159.845 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 159 - Bond Financing|Part IX - Qualified School Construction Bonds (Ss. 159.841-159.845)|159.845 - Rules.

159.845 Rules.—The board and the department shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure the orderly implementation of this part.History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-59.
FL Stat § 161.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.011 - Short title.

161.011 Short title.—Parts I and II of this chapter may be known and cited as the “Dennis L. Jones Beach and Shore Preservation Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; s. 1, ch. 2012-65.
FL Stat § 161.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.021 - Definitions.

161.021 Definitions.—In construing these statutes, where the context does not clearly indicate otherwise, the word, phrase, or term:(1) “Access” or “public access” as used in ss. 161.041, 161.052, and 161.053 means the public’s right to laterally traverse the sandy beaches of this state where such access exists on or after July 1, 1987, or where the public has established an accessway through private lands to lands seaward of the mean high tide or water line by prescription, prescriptive easement, or any other legal means, development or construction shall not interfere with such right of public access unless a comparable alternative accessway is provided.(2) “Beach and shore preservation,” “erosion control, beach preservation and hurricane protection,” “beach erosion control” and “erosion control” includes, but is not limited to, erosion control, hurricane protection, coastal flood control, shoreline and offshore rehabilitation, and regulation of work and activities likely to affect the physical condition of the beach or shore.(3) “Beach nourishment” means the maintenance of a restored beach by the replacement of sand.(4) “Beach restoration” means the placement of sand on an eroded beach for the purposes of restoring it as a recreational beach and providing storm protection for upland properties.(5) “Board of trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.(6) “Coastal construction” includes any work or activity which is likely to have a material physical effect on existing coastal conditions or natural shore and inlet processes.(7) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.(8) “Emergency” means any unusual incident resulting from natural or unnatural causes which endangers the health, safety, or resources of the residents of the state, including damages or erosion to any shoreline resulting from a hurricane, storm, or other such violent disturbance.(9) “Inlet sediment bypassing” includes any transfer of sediment from an inlet or beach to another stretch of beach for the purpose of nourishment and beach erosion control.(10) “Local government” means a county, municipality, community development district, or independent special taxing district.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 43, ch. 71-377; s. 1, ch. 78-257; s. 1, ch. 86-138; s. 11, ch. 87-97; s. 17, ch. 94-356; s. 2, ch. 2000-346; s. 1, ch. 2007-99.
FL Stat § 161.031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.031 - Personnel and facilities.

161.031 Personnel and facilities.—The Department of Environmental Protection may call to its assistance temporarily, any engineer or other employee in any state agency or department or in the University of Florida or other educational institution financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of devising the most effective and economical method of averting and preventing erosion, hurricane, and storm damages. These employees shall not receive additional compensation, except for actual necessary expenses incurred while working under the direction of the department.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 18, ch. 94-356; s. 4, ch. 2000-197.
FL Stat § 161.0415 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.0415 - Citation of rule.

161.0415 Citation of rule.—In addition to any other provisions within this chapter or any rules promulgated hereunder, the permitting agency shall, when requesting information for a permit application pursuant to this chapter or such rules promulgated hereunder, cite a specific rule or provision of the Florida Building Code. If a request for information cannot be accompanied by a rule citation, failure to provide such information cannot be grounds to deny a permit.History.—s. 1, ch. 79-161; s. 4, ch. 2000-141; s. 34, ch. 2001-186; s. 3, ch. 2001-372.
FL Stat § 161.042 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.042 - Coastal construction and excavation in barrier beach inlets.

161.042 Coastal construction and excavation in barrier beach inlets.—The department is authorized to direct any person, or any public body or agency, responsible for the excavation of sandy sediment as a result of any activity conducted to maintain navigable depths within or immediately adjacent to any coastal barrier beach inlet within sovereignty lands, after the department considers any limitations under chapters 253 and 403 on the deposition of spoil material from the excavation, and upon issuance of water quality certification by the department, to use such sediment for beach nourishment as prescribed by the department. For any construction or excavation within or immediately contiguous to any coastal barrier beach inlet which has been permitted pursuant to s. 161.041, the department may require the permittee to supply beach profiles and conduct hydrographic monitoring of the impacted area.History.—s. 3, ch. 78-257; s. 1, ch. 80-183; s. 20, ch. 94-356; s. 4, ch. 2000-346.
FL Stat § 161.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.051 - Coastal construction by persons, firms, corporations, or local authorities.

161.051 Coastal construction by persons, firms, corporations, or local authorities.—Where any person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or any public agency shall construct and install projects when permits have been properly issued, such works and improvements shall be the property of said person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or any public agency where located, and shall thereafter be maintained by and at the expense of said person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or other public agency. No grant under this section shall affect title of the state to any lands below the mean high-water mark, and any additions or accretions to the upland caused by erection of such works or improvement shall remain the property of the state if not previously conveyed. The state shall in no way be liable for any damages as a result of erections of such works and improvements, or for any damages arising out of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair thereof, or otherwise arising on account of such works or improvements.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408.
FL Stat § 161.0535 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.0535 - Permits; fees, costs.

161.0535 Permits; fees, costs.—The department may establish by rule a fee schedule and may assess fees for the filing, processing, and issuance of permits issued under ss. 161.041 and 161.053. The fee schedule must contain categories of permits based on the varying costs of evaluating applications for different types of proposed construction. The fee schedule must be based on the actual costs of administering these permitting programs. Moneys from fees assessed under this section must be deposited into the Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund. The department may also assess the applicant for the costs of public notice by publication prior to the consideration of these permit applications; alternatively, the department may require an applicant to publish, at the applicant’s expense, in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area, a notice of receipt of the application and a notice of the intended agency action.History.—s. 2, ch. 83-247; s. 34, ch. 85-55; s. 14, ch. 87-97; s. 486, ch. 94-356; s. 2, ch. 96-321.
FL Stat § 161.054 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.054 - Administrative fines; liability for damage; liens.

161.054 Administrative fines; liability for damage; liens.—(1) In addition to the penalties provided for in ss. 161.052, 161.053, and 161.121, any person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency, or agent thereof, refusing to comply with or willfully violating s. 161.041, s. 161.052, or s. 161.053, or any rule or order prescribed by the department thereunder, shall incur a fine for each offense in an amount up to $15,000 to be fixed, imposed, and collected by the department. Each day during any portion of which such violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.(2) Whenever any person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency, or agent thereof, knowingly or by gross negligence violates any of the provisions of s. 161.041, s. 161.052, or s. 161.053 so that damage is caused to sovereignty lands seaward of mean high water or to beaches, shores, or beach-dune systems, including animal, plant, or aquatic life thereon, such violator shall be liable for such damage. If two or more persons, firms, corporations, or governmental agencies, or their agents, cause damage, and if liability for such damage cannot be apportioned, each violator shall be jointly and severally liable for the damage. If, however, liability for such damage can be apportioned, each violator is liable only for that portion of the damage and subject to that portion of the fine attributable to his or her violation.(3) The imposition of a fine or an award of damages pursuant to this section shall create a lien upon the real and personal property of the violator, enforceable by the department as are statutory liens under chapter 85. The proceeds of such fines and awards of damages shall be deposited in the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund.(4) Fines imposed by the department or damages awarded shall be of such amount so as to ensure immediate and continued compliance with the provisions of ss. 161.041, 161.052, and 161.053.(5) Any applicant for a permit pursuant to s. 161.041, s. 161.052, or s. 161.053 shall be denied a permit if a lien imposed upon the property pursuant to the provisions of this section is outstanding against the applicant; however, the department may authorize a permit after the fact in accordance with s. 161.041, s. 161.052, or s. 161.053, conditioned upon a resolution of the violation.History.—s. 4, ch. 80-183; s. 3, ch. 83-247; s. 35, ch. 85-55; s. 2, ch. 86-138; s. 15, ch. 87-97; s. 30, ch. 91-45; s. 894, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 96-321; s. 6, ch. 2015-229; s. 4, ch. 2020-158.
FL Stat § 161.055 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.055 - Concurrent processing of permits.

161.055 Concurrent processing of permits.—(1) When an activity for which a permit is required under this chapter also requires a permit, authorization, or approval described in paragraph (2)(b), including a port conceptual permit pursuant to s. 373.4133, the department may, by rule, provide that the activity may be undertaken only upon receipt of a single permit from the department called a “joint coastal permit,” as provided in this section.(2) The department may adopt rules requiring concurrent application submittal and establishing a concurrent review and permitting procedure for any activity regulated under this chapter that also requires one or more of the permits, authorizations, or approvals described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b). The rules must establish concurrent procedures for processing applications under this part with one or more of the permits, authorizations, or approvals described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b). An applicant that proposes such an activity must submit, as part of the permit application under this chapter, all information necessary to satisfy the requirements for issuance of any required:(a) Proprietary authorization under chapters 253 and 258 to use submerged lands owned by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; and(b) Environmental resource permit or dredge and fill permit under part IV of chapter 373.The timeframes for license approval or denial set forth in s. 120.60(1) do not commence until all required information is received. The rules authorized under this section may also require submittal of such information as is necessary to determine whether the proposed activity will occur on submerged lands owned by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, and shall contain provisions for permit processing and issuance of orders which are consistent with s. 373.427 and provisions for providing notice of applications which are consistent with s. 373.413. Authorization under this subsection may not be issued unless the requirements for issuance of any additional required authorizations, permits, waivers, variances, and approvals described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) are also satisfied.(3) The review of agency action on an application for issuance of a joint coastal permit must be as provided in s. 373.4275.History.—s. 485, ch. 94-356; s. 22, ch. 96-410; s. 6, ch. 2010-201.
FL Stat § 161.061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.061 - Coastal construction serving no public purpose, endangering human life, health, or welfare, or becoming unnecessary or undesirable.

161.061 Coastal construction serving no public purpose, endangering human life, health, or welfare, or becoming unnecessary or undesirable.—(1) Any coastal construction, or any structure including groins, jetties, moles, breakwaters, seawalls, revetments, or other structures if of a solid or highly impermeable design upon sovereignty lands of Florida, below the mean high-water line of any tidal water of the state, regardless of date of construction or whether a permit has been issued in accordance with this part, which serves no public purpose, which is dangerous to or in any way endangers human life, health, or welfare, or which proves to be undesirable or becomes unnecessary, as determined by the department, shall be adjusted, altered, or removed by the abutting upland property owner after written notice by the division. Request for hearing must be filed by the owner with the department within 15 days after such notice. Adjustments, alterations, or removals required by this section shall be accomplished at no cost to the state. The decision of the department as to whether to adjust, alter, or remove such coastal construction or structure shall be final, and the department shall set a reasonable time within which the adjustment, alteration, or removal shall be accomplished.(2) In the event that the upland property owner does not adjust, alter, or remove any coastal construction, or other structure including groins, jetties, moles, breakwaters, seawalls, revetments, or other structures if of a solid or highly impermeable design upon sovereignty lands of Florida, below the mean high-water line, when requested or directed by the department in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the department may alter, adjust, or remove such coastal construction or structures at its own expense, and the costs thereof shall become a lien upon the property of said abutting upland property owner.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 23, ch. 78-95; s. 23, ch. 94-356.
FL Stat § 161.071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.071 - Prosecuting officers to assist enforcement of this part.

161.071 Prosecuting officers to assist enforcement of this part.—State attorneys, or other prosecuting officers of the state or county, and sheriffs and their deputies of the several counties of this state, shall assist the department in enforcement of this part. The officers and their deputies shall, upon information that any persons, firms, or corporations are violating any of the provisions of this part, report the same, together with the information in their possession relating thereto, to the department and shall cooperate with the department in carrying out the provisions of this part. The state attorneys and other prosecuting officers of the state or any county, upon the request of the department, shall institute and maintain such legal proceedings as may be necessary to carry out the enforcement of the provisions of this part.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 24, ch. 94-356.
FL Stat § 161.081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.081 - Powers of Department of Legal Affairs.

161.081 Powers of Department of Legal Affairs.—When a permit is required under this part and has not been issued as provided herein, any such project or physical activity shall be considered a public nuisance and the Department of Legal Affairs may at the request of the Department of Environmental Protection institute proceedings to enjoin or abate such nuisance.History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408; ss. 11, 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 95-150.
FL Stat § 161.082 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.082 - Review of innovative technologies for beach nourishment.

161.082 Review of innovative technologies for beach nourishment.—The department is directed to periodically review innovative technologies for beach nourishment and, on a limited basis, authorize, through the permitting process, experimental projects that are alternatives to traditional dredge and fill projects to determine the most effective and less costly techniques for beach nourishment.History.—s. 2, ch. 93-8; s. 25, ch. 94-356; s. 6, ch. 2000-346.
FL Stat § 161.088 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations|Chapter 161 - Beach and Shore Preservation|Part I - Regulation of Construction, Reconstruction, and Other Physical Activity (Ss. 161.011-161.242)|161.088 - Declaration of public policy respecting beach erosion control and beach restoration and nourishment projects.

161.088 Declaration of public policy respecting beach erosion control and beach restoration and nourishment projects.—Because beach erosion is a serious menace to the economy and general welfare of the people of this state and has advanced to emergency proportions, it is hereby declared to be a necessary governmental responsibility to properly manage and protect Florida beaches fronting on the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Straits of Florida from erosion and that the Legislature make provision for beach restoration and nourishment projects, including inlet management projects that cost-effectively provide beach-quality material for adjacent critically eroded beaches. The Legislature declares that such beach restoration and nourishment projects, as approved pursuant to s. 161.161, are in the public interest; must be in an area designated as critically eroded shoreline, or benefit an adjacent critically eroded shoreline; must have a clearly identifiable beach management benefit consistent with the state’s beach management plan; and must be designed to reduce potential upland damage or mitigate adverse impacts caused by improved, modified, or altered inlets, coastal armoring, or existing upland development. Given the extent of the problem of critically eroded beaches, it is also declared that beach restoration and nourishment projects shall be funded in a manner that encourages all cost-saving strategies, fosters regional coordination of projects, improves the performance of projects, and provides long-term solutions. The Legislature further declares that nothing herein is intended to reduce or amend the beach protection programs otherwise established in this chapter or to result in local governments altering the coastal management elements of their local government comprehensive plans pursuant to chapter 163.History.—s. 3, ch. 86-138; s. 1, ch. 98-311; s. 7, ch. 2000-346.