Bill > S1104

This bill makes several changes to Florida law concerning environmental regulations and transportation projects. It allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase plant materials for highway landscaping from sources other than Florida commercial nursery stock if federal law or regulations prohibit it, and it revises the criteria for environmental impact inventories, which are assessments of how transportation projects might affect the environment. The bill also modifies the process and criteria for how the DOT and participating transportation authorities pay for environmental mitigation, which is action taken to offset negative environmental impacts, when this mitigation is carried out by water management districts or the Department of Environmental Protection. Additionally, it clarifies the maintenance responsibilities for roads providing access to state parks and updates regulations regarding public information systems owned by water management districts, ensuring they comply with federal highway advertising laws if applicable.