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1000 Friends of Florida
Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinar Series
2021 Florida Legislative Preview
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Presenters
Lester Abberger
Board Member Emeritus and past Chairman of 1000
Friends of Florida
Chairman of the LeRoy Collins Institute for Public
Policy at Florida State University
Past chairman of The Trust for Public Land Florida
Advisory Council, Leadership Florida, City of
Tallahassee Urban Design Commission, and Florida
Endowment for the Humanities, among others
Serves or has served on the boards of a number of
business, charitable, civic, and conservation
concerns
A graduate of Davidson College, where he served on
the Board of Visitors
Was a Knight Fellow at the University of Miami
School of ArchitecturePaul Owens President of 1000 Friends of Florida since 2018 Represented 1000 Friends on the M-CORES Northern Turnpike Corridor Task Force Previously with the Orlando Sentinel, serving as Opinions Editor, writing extensively on growth management, environment and quality of life issues facing Florida Also served as the Sentinel’s Florida Forward Moderator, organizing and moderating public forums on topics including transportation and affordable housing Has a Bachelor of Arts in History with honors from Swarthmore College and a Master of Arts in Journalism from Stanford University
Jane West
Policy and Planning Director for 1000 Friends of Florida
Works with citizens, providing guidance on critical growth
and development issues facing communities across Florida,
advocates before the Florida legislature, and coordinates
legal advocacy efforts related to growth management
Has practiced law for 21 years, for the past 7 years owning
Jane West Law, P.L., focusing on precedent-setting public
interest land use and environmental cases throughout
Florida
AV-rated attorney admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the
7th and 11th U.S. Court of Appeals and the Southern and
Middle Districts of Florida
Previously practiced law in Portland, Maine at
Conservation Law Foundation, and Jupiter and West Palm
Beach, Florida
Law degree from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova
Southeastern University and B.A.s in both International
Relations and Fine Arts from the University of South
FloridaHaley Busch Outreach Director for 1000 Friends of Florida Promotes sustainable growth through collaboration with civic and conservation organizations Assists in planning local workshops and other informational events statewide Previously the Administrator for the Florida Conservation Coalition A founding board member of the Florida Futures Project, a statewide scholarship competition for high school seniors Graduated from Eckerd College, Phi Beta Kappa (St. Petersburg, Florida), and obtained her master’s degree of Public and Urban Policy from the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Lester Abberger Board Member Emeritus & Past Chair, 1000 Friends of Florida
Legislative Overview 2020 Election 2021 Session Major Trends To Watch Business Priorities Legislative Organization and Dynamics Other 2021 Legislative Issues
Paul Owens President, 1000 Friends of Florida
We Track Dozens of Bills During Session …
• Legislation, budget items tied to
• Statewide planning and growth management
• Local government home rule related to growth
management, conservation
• Statewide land, water protection and conservation
• Transportation
• We don’t take positions on every bill we track
• Many don’t address our core interests
• Many are mix of good and bad elements
• Many evolve through legislative processWhat Can You Do
to Impact the Legislative Process?
• Follow our bill list at 1000fof.org/legis/2021session/
• Participate in your legislative delegation hearings listed
at 1000fof.org/upcoming-events/
• Call or email your legislators to express support,
opposition to bills or highlight concerns
• Sign up for 1000 Friends’ email alerts
• Watch committee hearings online using the Florida
Channel or links at House or Senate homepages
• If in Tallahassee, register to testify at House hearings; go
to Civic Center to testify at Senate hearings
• You can make a difference!Jane West Policy & Planning Director, 1000 Friends of Florida
HB 59/SB 496 • A repeat of last year’s SB
410 that Governor
Growth Management DeSantis vetoed.
• This bill would require local
governments to include a
property rights element in
their comprehensive plans,
and would make other
changes to state law
regarding development
orders and municipal
annexations.
Rep. Stan McClain, R
Sen. Keith Perry, R
1000 Friends OpposesSB 62 • This bill would eliminate
Regional Planning Councils the advisory role of
regional planning councils
in state comprehensive
plan preparation and
revision, authorize local
governments rather than
RPCs to recommend areas
of critical state concern to
the state land planning
agency, and change other
provisions relating to RPCs.
Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R
1000 Friends OpposesWhy are Regional Planning Florida’s 10 Regional Planning
Councils so important? Councils (RPCs) serve to
enhance regional collaboration
throughout the state. Planning
Councils are multi-purpose
entities comprised of local
governments that solve
problems at the regional level
and help communities grow.
RPCs partner with government
and business communities to
enhance regional economic
prosperity, including regional
resiliency and adaptation
effortsHB 13/SB 510 •
State Funds
1000 Friends SupportsHB 55/SB 284
Building Design
• Would bar local
government design
review and authority for
residential building.
Rep. Toby Overdorf, R
Sen. Keith Perry, R
1000 Friends OpposesSB 132
Rental of Homestead
Property • This bill would revise
the criteria under
which rental of
homestead property
is allowed for tax
exemption purposes
and not considered
abandoned.
Sen. Travis Hutson, RSB 514
• This bill would establish
Resiliency the Statewide Office of
Resiliency within the
Executive Office of the
Governor and create a
Statewide Sea-Level Rise
Task Force. A similar bill
in the 2020 session failed
to become law.
Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R
1000 Friends SupportsPREEMPTION BILL
HB 219/SB 522 • This bill would preempt the
Vacation rentals regulation of vacation
rentals to the state, and
prohibit a local law,
ordinance, or regulation
from allowing or requiring
inspections or licensing of
public lodging
establishments, including
vacation rentals, or public
food service
establishments.
Sen. Manny Diaz, R
Rep. Jason Fischer, RSB 540
Senate Minority
Supermajority Vote for Leader Gary Farmer
Legislative Preemption proposes amending
the Florida
Constitution to require
a supermajority of
each house to approve
a general law
preempting a subject
of legislation to the
state.
1000 Friends SupportsSB 628
This bill would create the
Urban Agriculture “Florida Urban Agriculture
Act”, preserving local
governmental authority to
regulate urban agriculture
under certain
circumstances; it would
also exempt equipment for
urban farms from some
regulations.
Sen. Darryl Rouson, DHB 6023/SB 596
Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and PREEMPTION REPEAL BILL
Removal • This bill would repeal
the preemption of
local ordinances
regulating tree
pruning, trimming
and removal.
Rep. Anna Eskamani, D
Sen. Linda Stewart, D
1000 Friends SupportsProject Benefits
Restoration Economic Recreation
• Ocklawaha, Silver and St. • Historic fish return to Silver
• 7.6% return on investment Springs
Johns Rivers and historic
Silver Springs restored • 1.76 benefit cost ratio • Family-oriented angler and
hunter outdoor center near
• 15,000+ acres restored For every $1 spent, $1.76 return St. Johns
floodplain forest • Improved facilities at
• 28 % increase in visitation Rodman Recreation Area
• 20 springs recovered
• $47.2 million net benefits over • Added locations for bank
• 150 MGD of natural flow fishing
10 years • Unique sports fishing
• Cooler, swifter, cleaner
river with fewer weed • $5.3 net loss over 10 years if • Continuous boating trail
blockages & algal blooms • Reconnect Florida Trail
the status quo remains
• Historic fish migration • Expanded hunting, hiking,
restored from Atlantic to biking and camping
Silver Springs • Swimming and springs
viewing at uncovered
• Winter habitat for 500 plus springs
manateesPaul Owens President, 1000 Friends of Florida
Juniper Springs Conservation legislation
Recapping Major Conservation Actions
from 2020 Session
• For second year in a row, Legislature exceeded
Governor’s $625 million budget request for
Everglades restoration, water quality
• SB 712, the Clean Waterways Act, incorporating
Governor’s water quality proposals, passed
Senate, House unanimously; signed into law
• HB 1091, another gubernatorial priority, raising
fines for environmental violations, also passed
both chambers unanimously; signed into law
• Final budget included $100 million for land
protection through Florida Forever; funding
survived $1 billion in vetoesOther Notable Conservation Actions (Pro and Con)
from 2020 Session
• Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve created from
coastal region of Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus
counties, area rich in sea grass and marine life
• Designation limits drilling, dredging or filling
submerged lands and installing structures other than
docks
• Law passed to reduce contamination that forces
recyclables to be landfilled instead
• Lawmakers barred local regulation of drugs and Suwannee River
cosmetics, including sunscreen
• Pre-empted Key West ban on sunscreen with
chemicals that harm coral reefsConservation Casualties from 2020 Session
• Bill to guarantee at least $100 million in
funding in future years for land protection
through Florida Forever failed
• Broad fracking ban with bipartisan
sponsorship failed for second year in a row
• Bill to draw more federal funding for Indian River
Lagoon, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay under National
Estuary Program failed
Lost Summer of 2018
• Two bills to impose fees on bottled water
operations and dedicate proceeds to water
protection failedGovernor’s 2021-22 Budget Proposal
• Deadline for submission is Feb. 2
• Will it include 3rd $625 million installment of $2.5
billion pledge for Everglades restoration and water
quality improvement?
• Would likely allocate funds for Everglades restoration;
water quality improvements, including septic to sewer;
springs restoration; blue-green algae and red tide control
• Preliminary budget request from DEP is $50 million
for Florida Forever, half current year’s total Gov. Ron DeSantis
• Bonding?1000 Friends Conservation Priorities
for 2021 Session
• Lock in annual funding for conservation land protection
through Florida Forever
• Includes Florida Forever Priority List, Rural and Family Lands
Protection Program, and Florida Communities Trust
• Historic funding was $300 million; funding floor needed
• Take advantage of historically low interest rates by extending
bonding authority to stretch limited dollars
• Strengthen process of water protection begun in 2020’s
Clean Waterways Act
• Raise standards, adopt incentives for water conservation Fish Island
by public, private users
• Free the OcklawahaWhy Land Conservation Should
Remain a Priority, Even in a Tight Budget
• State agencies, water districts have identified millions of acres worthy
of protection
• Our Florida 2070 report predicted 1/3 of state would be paved over by 2070,
up from less than 1/5 in 2010, without aggressive land protection
• Land conservation offers multiple benefits for Florida
• Protects environmentally valuable land from being lost to sprawl
• Holds, naturally cleanses runoff, protecting waterways, water supply
• Provides recreation for residents and tourists
• Guards against flooding, lessens impacts of climate change
• Maintains land for agriculture
• Preserves wildlife habitat and biodiversity, buffering against spread of diseases
from animals to people
• Most funding comes from taxes designated for land conservation, not
from general revenueMeanwhile,
conservation
bills
are
slowly
trickling
in …
Little Manatee River State ParkSB 546 “Stop Fracking Act”
• Would ban “all stages of a well intervention
performed by injecting fluids into a rock formation …
to increase production at an oil or gas well”
• Includes high-pressure well stimulation and matrix
acidizing
• Similar broad bans failed in 2019 and 2020 sessions
• Despite bipartisan sponsorship and call for fracking ban in
Governor’s 2019 executive order on environmental
protection
Sen. Gary Farmer
• 1000 Friends supports fracking ban to protect
Florida’s vulnerable underground water supplyHJR 61: Percentage of Elector Votes Required to
Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision
• Would raise the threshold for voter approval of
proposed constitutional amendments from 60
percent to 66 and two-thirds percent
• Would make voter approval or renewal more difficult for
amendments such as the land and water conservation
amendment of 2014
• Would follow 2020 law that significantly increased
barriers for citizen-led constitutional amendment
campaigns Rep. Rick Roth
• 1000 Friends opposesIn the pipeline?
• Bills to require at least $100 million a year from the
Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be spent on Florida
Forever
• Barring use of those funds for agency administrative Senator Linda Stewart
expenses
• Extending bonding authority
• 1000 Friends advocates this bipartisan approach to
set a floor for Florida Forever, but prefers return to
historic funding level of at least $300 million
Representative Thad AltmanM-CORES • Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance — 3 Photo proposed toll roads authorized in 2019 when Legislature passed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed, Senate Bill 7068 • Corridors for roads run through largely rural, environmentally sensitive lands in western Florida • Roads and development they would fuel threaten rivers, FDOT springs, wetlands, wildlife, farms, small towns
Why Revisit M-CORES Now?
• FDOT could spend more than $100 million next
year, and more than $758 million over 5 years,
on planning and design when state is facing $3.3
billion general revenue shortfall over 2 budget
years, and $1.5 billion shortfall in STTF
• M-CORES would divert dollars from other
pressing needs (made more acute by COVID-19
pandemic)
• Senate budget chief: “We just don’t have the
funds.” Ross Perot
• Ultimate construction cost of up to $26 billion
could siphon money from more pressing
transportation priorities in congested areasOption 1: Curtail or Suspend Funding • Reserve limited dollars for more pressing needs, including health care, education, repairs to existing deteriorating infrastructure • Maintain separate funding in 2019 law for small county transportation, economic development assistance • Decouple broadband expansion from M-CORES construction
Meanwhile, Reinforce, Codify
Task Force Recommendations
• Require demonstration of
transportation need, financial
feasibility before planning
proceeds
• Remove unrealistic 2022
deadline for construction
start and 2030 for traffic
opening
• Protect funding for other
local, metro, regional
transportation prioritiesHaley Busch Outreach Director, 1000 Friends of Florida
Water Protection
and Conservation Legislation Silver Glen Springs-Ocala
National Forest
Haley Busch, Outreach DirectorWater policy recap...
SB 712 (2020) Status Updates
Septic Tanks Stormwater
• March 1 (annually): WMDs + DEP to submit list of • December 15, 2020: First TAC rule development
septic-to-sewer conversion projects to Governor, meeting
Office of EDR, Legislature
• (No deadline) TAC to develop recommendations
• July 1, 2021: Transfer from DOH to DEP
for DEP, WMDs, DEO and local governments to
• August 1, 2021: DEP and DOH to appoint TAC,
update stormwater design and operation
rulemaking to begin
regulations
• July 1, 2022: DEP to adopt rules
• Will likely require legislative ratification
• July 1, 2025: If septic accounts for 20% of nutrient
pollution, BMAP must include remediation planSB 712 (2020) Status Updates
Wastewater Wastewater
• March 1 (annually): DEP to report Sanitary Sewer • July 1, 2025: DEP and local government deadline to
Overflows stop discharges, meet AWT standards
• (Annually) DEP required to submit report on • July 1, 2025: If WWTF accounts for 20% of nutrient
pollution, BMAP must include remediation plan
projects funded by wastewater grant program
• (No deadline) DEP to adopt rules to limit and reduce
• December 30, 2020: DEP to initiate rule revision
wastewater system leakages
on potable reuse regulation
• (No deadline) DEP to adopt rules for utilities seeking
• January 1, 2022: WWTF required to provide
and/or currently holding wastewater discharge
progress reports annually permitsSB 712 (2020) Status Updates
Agricultural Runoff Biosolids
• November 2020: Rule development workshop for • December 3, 2020: New rule published
BMP inspection process. DACS to inspect every 2
• (no deadline) DEP to adopt rule
years
• (No deadline) DEP, DACS and Agricultural Operations • Requires legislative ratification
to develop a cooperative water quality improvement
element as part of BMAPs.SB 712 (2020) Status Updates
Water Bottling Monitoring + more...
• June 30, 2021: DEP • July 1, 2021: DEP to submit
and WMDs to submit a report to the Governor,
Legislature assessing the
a study to Governor,
water quality monitoring for
Legislature and each BMAP implementing a
Office of EDR TMDL
• January 1, 2022: DEP to
submit cost estimates for
water quality projects towater bills filed for the
2021 Legislative Session...
Santa Fe River(2021) SB 64 Reclaimed Water
• Would require certain domestic wastewater utilities to
submit to DEP by November a plan for eliminating
nonbeneficial surface water discharge within 5 years.
• Senate referrals: Environment and Natural Resources;
Community Affairs; Appropriations
Senator • HB 263 companion bill filed by Rep. Maggard
Albritton(2021) SB 336 Large Scale Agricultural Pollution
Reduction Pilot Program
• Would create a large-scale agricultural pollution reduction
pilot program within DEP as a partnership with dairy
farms, authorizing DEP to grant general permits for certain
department-approved large-scale dairy farm pollution
reduction pilot program participants, utilizing a $1.3
million appropriation.
Senator Rouson
• Senate referrals: Agriculture; Environment and Natural
Resources; Appropriations
• No House counterpart as of January 15(2021) SB 652 Bottled Water Excise Tax
• Would impose an excise tax upon bottled water
operators of 12.5 cents per gallon extracted from
waters of the state.
• No Senate referrals or House counterpart as of
January 15
Senator TaddeoStay
engaged!
Juniper SpringsQuestions and Answers
Please ask questions! •Click on arrow at top right of your screen to maximize control panel •Click arrow next to “Questions” to maximize the questions box •Please type any questions in this box •Please refer to the slide number and/or speaker when you post your question •Please keep your questions succinct! •Staff will ask the presenters questions, as time permits
The PowerPoint is posted under “What’s New”
at www.1000fof.orgWe Track Dozens of Bills During Session …
• Legislation, budget items tied to
• Statewide planning and growth management
• Local government home rule related to growth
management, conservation
• Statewide land, water protection and conservation
• Transportation
• We don’t take positions on every bill we track
• Many don’t address our core interests
• Many are mix of good and bad elements
• Many evolve through legislative processWhat Can You Do
to Impact the Legislative Process?
• Follow our bill list at 1000fof.org/legis/2021session/
• Participate in your legislative delegation hearings listed
at 1000fof.org/upcoming-events/
• Call or email your legislators to express support,
opposition to bills or highlight concerns
• Sign up for 1000 Friends’ email alerts
• Watch committee hearings online using the Florida
Channel or links at House or Senate homepages
• If in Tallahassee, register to testify at House hearings; go
to Civic Center to testify at Senate hearings
• You can make a difference!This webinar has been approved for:
1.5 AICP CM LEGAL Credits for planners (#9209901)
2.0 CLE Credits for Florida attorneys (#2009558N)
1.0 contact hours for Certified Environmental Health Professionals
1 CEC for Certified Floodplain Managers
1000 Friends has applied for professional certification credits for Florida
attorneys and Florida DBPR Landscape Architects but cannot guarantee
credits will be approved
Past credits available at 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/creditsFor Landscape Architects
(approval not yet received)
1000 Friends only provides certificates of attendance for those who
attend the live webinar
1. In the follow up email sent an hour after the live webinar you will receive a certificate
of attendance
2. Use Google Chrome to download the certificate
3. Add the course number, provider number (PVD 151) and your number to the
certificate
4. When the course number is available it will be posted at 1000fof.org/upcoming-
webinars/credits
5. Submit the certificate yourself to DBPR
Florida Landscape Architects – 1000 Friends of Florida Provider #PVD151Dr. John M. DeGrove Webinar Sponsors
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FRIENDS
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Kitson & Partners
The Perkins Charitable Foundation
Mr. Robert M. Rhodes
Ms. Susan TrevarthenUpcoming Webinars
Register at www.1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars
• February 17 – Joe Minicozzi on Economics of Development, Part II
• March 24 – 2021 Florida Legislative Update
• April – Details Being Finalized
• May 12 – 2021 Florida Legislative Wrap UpSupport 1000 Friends!
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