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Studio 67Agriculture & Rural Affairs Legislation
Please navigate below to view a summary or check the status and recent updates of agriculture & rural affairs’ bills monitored by FAC.
Sponsor: Jones/Bartleman
Status: Support
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Revises the requirements for the administration of and participation in the Healthy Food Financing Initiative program; providing program eligibility requirements for nonprofit organizations and revising eligibility requirements for community development financial institutions; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to review the program and collected data after a specified timeframe and provide the Legislature with a specified report; specifying that program funding is subject to and provided from certain appropriations. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Abbott/Simon
Status: Support
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- Prohibiting certain agency agreements from requiring the expenditure of state or federal assistance to a county or municipal entity within a rural area of opportunity before reimbursement. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Simon
Status: Support
- Prohibits certain agency agreements from requiring the expenditure of funds before reimbursement. Specifies that funding provided under the Regional Rural Development Grants Program are not matching grants. Revises the conditions under which an applicant to the Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund may retain repayments of principal and interest. Revises the purpose of the Rural Infrastructure Fund. Revises the percentages of total infrastructure project cost that the Department of Economic Opportunity may award through the fund. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Hooper
- Requires the Secretary of Economic Opportunity to appoint deputy secretaries and directors for specified divisions of the Department of Economic Opportunity. Revises the list of local governments affected by Naval Support Activity Orlando. Revises requirements relating to the Florida Rural Development Grants Program Deleting a future repeal of the Florida Development Finance Corporation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Harrell/Roth
Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to legislative appropriation, to implement a pilot program to provide incentives to agricultural companies to sell fresh food products to food recovery entities. Authorizes food recovery entities to negotiate the price for fresh food products and reimburse agricultural companies for certain costs. Provides shipping requirements and requires the department to reimburse food recovery entities for certain costs. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Rayner-Goolsby/ Rouson
Authorizes local government to enact land development regulations to permit land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area. Authorizes local government to include in its comprehensive plan provision permitting land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; Authorizes local government to require mandatory reporting of information from small-footprint grocery store. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Roth/Calatayud
Status: Monitor
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- Authorizes certain facilities be permitted specified land use categories & zoning districts. Provides that certain businesses & facilities are traditionally rural. Authorizes an affirmative defense; authorizes property to be classified as agricultural at time of purchase if certain conditions are met. Requires such property to obtain certain classification within specified time period. Authorizes retroactive reclassification. Authorizes property appraiser to extend time period. Requires local government to make certain notifications to purchasers. Revises the definition of “agricultural purposes”. Effective Date: 7/1/23
Sponsor: Collins/Tuck
Status: Monitor
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- Increases the minimum value of a nonresidential farm building which would permit a county to levy fire protection service assessments on agricultural lands from $10,000 to $350,000;
- Provides that the construction or installation of housing for migrant farmworkers is an authorized use of farm land zoned for agricultural use;
- Preempts a local government from adopting land use or zoning restrictions, conditions, or regulations requiring the termination of an agricultural classification for any property or the surrender of an agricultural classification;
- Provides a credit against sales tax paid on the rental or purchase of housing for migrant farmworkers; and
- Permits the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to regulate and administer the use of certain toilet facilities on agricultural land. Effective Date: 7/1/23