HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up from Law DeptFlorida Senate - 2018 SB 574
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By Senator Steube
23-00623A-18 2018574
A bill to be entitled
An act relating to tree and timber trimming, removal,
and harvesting; creating s. 589.37, F.S.; preempting
to the state the regulation of the trimming, removal,
or harvesting of trees and timber on private property;
prohibiting certain local governmental actions
relating to the trimming or removal of trees or
timber; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting
the burial of vegetative debris on certain properties;
providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Section 589.37, Florida Statutes, is created to
read:
589.37 Regulation of tree and timber trimming, removal, or
harvesting preempted.
(1) The regulation of the trimming, removal, or harvesting
of trees and timber on private property is preempted to the
state.
(2) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision
of the state may not:
(a) Prohibit or restrict a private landowner from trimming,
removing, or harvesting trees or timber located on the
landowner's private property.
(b) Require mitigation, including, but not limited to, the
planting of trees or the payment of a fee, for the removal or
harvesting of trees or timber from private property.
(c) Prohibit the burial of trees, shrubs, palmettos, or
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other vegetative debris on properties larger than 2.5 acres.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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An act relating to tree and timber trimming, removal,
and harvesting; creating s. 589.37, F.S.; preempting
to the state the regulation of the trimming, removal,
or harvesting of trees and timber on private property;
prohibiting certain local governmental actions
relating to the trimming or removal of trees or
timber; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting
the burial of vegetative debris on certain properties;
providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Section 589.37, Florida Statutes, is created to
read:
589.37 Regulation of tree and timber trimming, removal, or
harvesting preempted.
(1) The regulation of the trimming, removal, or harvesting
of trees and timber on private property is preempted to the
state.
(2) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision
of the state may not:
(a) Prohibit or restrict a private landowner from
trimming, removing, or harvesting trees or timber located on the
landowner's private property.
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(b) Require mitigation, including, but not limited to, the
planting of trees or the payment of a fee, for the removal or
harvesting of trees or timber from private property.
(c) Prohibit the burial of trees, shrubs, palmettos, or
other vegetative debris on properties larger than 2.5 acres.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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