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Environmental Land and Water Management (Florida Statutes: Title XXVIII Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use; Chapter 380 Land and Water Management; Part I; ss. 380.012-380.12)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Florida
Document type
Legislation
Date
1941 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Coastal zone management Property rights Land-use planning Institution Land commission Zoning Protected area Governance Procedural matters Court/tribunal Vested rights/existing rights Pollution control Freshwater pollution Water conservation zone Water quality standards Policy/planning Local government Authorization/permit Water abstraction Water rights Standards Wetlands
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Part of Chapter 380 of the Florida Statutes is known as the Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972. Its purposes are to ensure a water management system that will reverse the deterioration of water quality and provide optimum utilization of Florida’s limited water resources, facilitate orderly and well-planned development, and protect the health, welfare, safety, and quality of life of the residents of the state. In order to accomplish these purposes, it is necessary that the state establish land and water management policies to guide and coordinate local decisions relating to growth and development; that such state land and water management policies should, to the maximum possible extent, be implemented by local governments through existing processes for the guidance of growth and development; and that all the existing rights of private property be preserved in accord with the constitutions of this state and of the United States. The act specifically provides for the state land planning agency, and its powers and duties; resource planning and management committees, and their objectives and procedures; areas of critical state concern; coordinated agency review, and Florida Keys area; Big Cypress Area; Green Swamp Area, and designation as area of critical state concern; Florida Keys Area, and protection and designation as area of critical state concern; Apalachicola Bay Area, and protection and designation as area of critical state concern; developments of regional impact; the Florida Quality Developments program; statewide guidelines, standards, and exemptions; expedited permitting process for marina projects reserving 10 percent or more boat slips for public use; expedited permitting process for economic development projects; land authority, its creation, membership, expenses, quorum, voting, meetings, executive director; agents and employees; powers of land authority; advisory committee and acquisitions; the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission; protection of landowners’ rights; judicial review relating to permits and licenses; and vested rights and duties, and related changes in statewide guidelines and standards.

Full text
English
Website
www.flsenate.gov