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Introduced Session

An act relating to state land management; providing a short title; amending s. 253.034, F.S.; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; making technical changes; amending s. 258.004, F.S.; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; defining the term "conservation-based recreational uses"; prohibiting the construction of certain facilities within the boundaries of state parks for the protection of certain resources; providing construction; making technical changes; amending s. 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites hb209 -03-e1and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; providing construction; creating s. 258.152, F.S.; designating the St. Marks River Preserve State Park as Ney Landrum State Park; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date.

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Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R)*,  John Snyder (R)*,  Adam Anderson (R),  Doug Bankson (R),  Webster Barnaby (R),  Robin Bartleman (D),  Fabián Basabe (R),  Kim Berfield (R),  Dean Black (R),  Erika Booth (R),  James Buchanan (R),  Daryl Campbell (D),  Joe Casello (D),  Linda Chaney (R),  Nan Cobb (R),  William Conerly (R),  Lindsay Cross (D),  Fentrice Driskell (D),  Lisa Dunkley (D),  Anna Eskamani (D),  Gallop Franklin (D),  Richard Gentry (R),  J.J. Grow (R),  Rita Harris (D),  Dianne Hart-Lowman (D),  Yvonne Hinson (D),  Brian Hodgers (R),  Christine Hunschofsky (D),  Chad Johnson (R),  Dotie Joseph (D),  Kim Kendall (R),  Johanna López (D),  Fiona McFarland (R),  Danny Nix (R),  Toby Overdorf (R),  Rachel Plakon (R),  Susan Plasencia (R),  Juan Porras (R),  Mike Redondo (R),  Will Robinson (R),  Mitch Rosenwald (D),  Kelly Skidmore (D),  Allison Tant (D),  John Temple (R),  Debra Tendrich (D),  Dana Trabulsy (R),  Meg Weinberger (R),  Marie Woodson (D),  Taylor Yarkosky (R), 

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Chapter No. 2025-76 (on 05/23/2025)

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