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March 3, 2023 | Legislative Reporter There were no committee meetings this week, but bills continued to be filed, totaling more than 1,400 bills for this legislative session. Session will begin on March 7 and is scheduled to run through May 5. A summary of the major 2023 Legislative Session can be viewed here. The Bill Tracking Report, as of March 3, can be viewed here. Please review it to see the bills filed that APA Florida is tracking. Note that these tracking reports contain a new feature; if you click on the bill number, you are 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. Please note: Not all bills are covered in all legislative reports. If a bill was covered in a previous reporter, and no action has taken place since that reporter, the bill will not be discussed until further action has occurred. Thank you. Since the last update, the following bills of interest have been filed that would do the following: •
Amends s.s.253.025 and 570.715, F.S., to require, rather than authorize, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to disclose appraisal reports to private landowners or their representatives during acquisition negotiations. It also requires private landowners and their representatives to maintain the confidentiality of such reports or information disclosed by these entities and requires final purchase price in certain options contracts for state land acquisitions and less than fee simple conservation easement acquisitions to be the fair market value as determined by the highest appraisal. The bill also removes provisions subjecting the final purchase price in certain contracts to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or the Secretary of Environmental Protection as applicable. (HB 1271, Rep. Canady and SB 1476, Sen. Simon)
March 3, 2023 | Legislative Reporter
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