HB 579 — Public Financing of Construction Projects

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 579 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public financing of construction projects;

definingproviding terms;definitions;

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(b) "Public entity" means the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any municipality, county, agency, Page 1 of 5 CODING:

hb0579-00hb0579-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 579 2020 political subdivisions, or any municipality, county, agency, special district, authority, or other public body corporate of the state which is demonstrated to perform a public function or to serve a governmental purpose that could properly be performed or served by an appropriate governmental unit.

The state-financed constructor is solely responsible for ensuring that the study submitted to the department for publicationPage meets2 theof requirements5 underCODING: subsection (3).

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At(3) aThe minimum,department thisshall develop by rule a standard by which a state-financed constructor must conduct a SLIP study and may require that a state-financedprofessional constructorengineer dosign alloff ofon the following:study.

At a minimum, the standard must require that a state-financed constructor do all of the following:

The assessment must take into account potential relative local sea level rise and increased storm risk during the expected life of the coastal structure or 50 years, whichever is less.less, and, to the extent possible, account for the contribution of sea level rise versus land subsidence to the relative local sea level rise.

The assessment must provide the mean average annual chance of substantial flood damage over the expected life of the coastalPage structure3 orof 505 years,CODING: whichever is less.

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The assessment must analyze potential public safety and environmental impacts resulting from damage to the coastal structure including, but not limited to, leakage of pollutants, Page 3 of 5 CODING:

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The assessment must analyze potential public safety and environmental impacts resulting from damage to the coastal structure including, but not limited to, leakage of pollutants, electrocution and explosion hazards, and hazards resulting from floating or flying structural debris.

8488 If multiple coastal structures are to be built concurrently within one project, a state-financed constructor may conduct and submit one SLIP study for the entire project for publication by the department.

(b) If the coastal structure has been completed or has beenPage substantially4 completed, seek recovery of all5 orCODING: a portion of state funds expended on the coastal structure.

(5) This section may not be construed to create a cause of action for damages.

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hb0579-00hb0579-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 579 2020 (6)been Thesubstantially department:completed, seek recovery of all or a portion of state funds expended on the coastal structure.

(5) This section may not be construed to create a cause of action for damages or otherwise authorize the imposition of penalties by a public entity for failure to implement what is contained in the SLIP study.

(6) The department:

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