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Dec. 8, 2023 | Legislative Reporter The 2024 Legislative Session convenes on Jan. 9, 2024, and is scheduled to end on March 8, 2024. The week of Dec. 11-15 is the last remaining week of interim committee meetings. On Dec. 5, Gov. DeSantis announced his proposed budget for FY 2024-2025. Titled the “Focus on Florida’s Future” budget, it totals $114.4 billion, more than $4.6 billion less than the current year’s budget. Read the budget highlights here. The full budget can be reviewed here. The latest Bill Tracking Report for the regular session, as of Dec. 8, can be viewed here. Please review it to see the bills filed that APA Florida is tracking. Note that if you click on the bill number, you will be linked to more information about the bill. If you would like any bills added to this report or would like more information about a specific bill, please contact Stefanie Svisco at ssvisco@floridaplanning.org. Since the last update, the following bills of interest have been filed: SB 664 ( Sen. Burgess) requires 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 (DEP) or a water management district must be acquired by the county or municipality but may not be acquired through eminent domain; preempts the regulation of dredge and fill activities under Chapter 403 and Chapter 373 to the Department of Environmental Regulation but allows delegation to a water management district. Repeals s.373.591 F.S. relating to land management review teams. (Note this bill is similar to HB 527 filed earlier by Rep. Maggard, but the House bill requires the buffer zones to be acquired through eminent domain.) HB 683 (Rep. Yeager) amends the requirements for basin management action plans for Outstanding Florida Springs to include the identification of water quality improvement projects that can also produce and capture renewable natural gas through the use of anaerobic digestion or other similar treatment technologies at wastewater treatment plants, livestock farms, food production facilities, and organic waste management operations; amends s.402.7055 F.S. to encourage counties and municipalities to form multicounty regional solutions to the processing, capture, and reuse or sale of methane gas and renewable natural gas as defined in s.366.91(2)(f) from landfills and wastewater treatment facilities. (Note this bill is similar to SB 480 filed earlier by Sen. DiCeglie.) Dec. 8, 2023 | Legislative Reporter
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