Bill Text: FL S1720 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Marine Encroachment on Military Operations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-22 - Chapter No. 2024-22 [S1720 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1720-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Marine Encroachment on Military Operations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-22 - Chapter No. 2024-22 [S1720 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1720-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1720 By Senator Rodriguez 40-01071A-24 20241720__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to marine encroachment on military 3 operations; amending s. 163.3175, F.S.; 4 requiring local governments to cooperate with certain 5 major military installations and ranges to encourage 6 compatible land use in associated areas; making 7 technical changes; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 163.3175, Florida 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 13 163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of 14 development with military installations; exchange of information 15 between local governments and military installations and 16 ranges.— 17 (2) Certain major military installations and ranges, due to 18 their mission and activities, have a greater potential for 19 experiencing compatibility and coordination issues than others. 20 Consequently, this section andthe provisions ins. 21 163.3177(6)(a), relating to compatibility of land development 22 with military installations, apply to specific affected local 23 governments in proximity to and in association with specific 24 military installations and ranges, as follows: 25 (a) Avon Park Air Force Range, associated with Highlands, 26 Okeechobee, Osceola, and Polk Counties and Avon Park, Sebring, 27 and Frostproof. 28 (b) Camp Blanding, associated with Clay, Bradford, and 29 Putnam Counties. 30 (c) Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, associated 31 with Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties and Cinco 32 Bayou, Crestview, Destin, DeFuniak Springs, Fort Walton Beach, 33 Freeport, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar, and 34 Valparaiso. 35 (d) Homestead Air Reserve Base, associated with Miami-Dade 36 County and Homestead. 37 (e) Jacksonville Training Range Complex, associated with 38 Lake, Marion, Putnam, and Volusia Counties. 39 (f) MacDill Air Force Base, associated with Tampa. 40 (g) Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Marine Corps Support 41 Facility-Blount Island, and outlying landing field Whitehouse, 42 associated with Jacksonville. 43 (h) Naval Air Station Key West, including various annexes 44 across Boca Chica Key and Key West as well as the Fleming 45 Bay/Patton Water Drop Zone training range used by the Army 46 Special Forces Underwater Operations School, associated with 47 Monroe County and Key West. 48 (i) Naval Support Activity Orlando, including Bugg Spring 49 and Naval Ordnance Test Unit, associated with Orange County and 50 Orlando. 51 (j) Naval Support Activity Panama City, associated with Bay 52 County, Panama City, and Panama City Beach. 53 (k) Naval Air Station Pensacola, associated with Escambia 54 County. 55 (l) Naval Air Station Whiting Field and its outlying 56 landing fields, associated with Santa Rosa and Escambia 57 Counties. 58 (m) Naval Station Mayport, associated with Atlantic Beach 59 and Jacksonville. 60 (n) Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force 61 Station, associated with Brevard County and Satellite Beach. 62 (o) Tyndall Air Force Base, associated with Bay County and 63 Mexico Beach and Parker. 64 (p) United States Southern Command, associated with Miami 65 Dade County and Doral. 66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.