HB 733 — Brownfields

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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 LegislatureA 2bill to be entitled An act relating to brownfields;

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hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature mechanism for the public and local governments to monitor the status of these controls, monitor the department's short-term and long-term protection of human health and the environment in relation to these sites, and evaluate economic revitalization efforts in these areas.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature (3) (c) In order to encourage completion of site rehabilitation at contaminated sites that are being voluntarily cleaned up and that are eligible for a tax credit under this section, the tax credit applicant may claim an additional 25 percent of the total site rehabilitation costs, not to exceed $500,000, if the Department of Environmental Protection has approved the applicant's annual site rehabilitation application and has issued a site rehabilitation completion in the final year of cleanup as evidenced by the Department of Environmental Protection issuing a "No Further Action" order for that site.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature instrument that limits the use of the property to housing.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature submits all other documentation and certifications required by this section.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature solid waste management facility or to a temporary storage area.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature declares the following:

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature government by resolution.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature rehabilitation on their respective portions is not in the public interest, as such delay disincentivizes rehabilitation and redevelopment of the potential brownfield site by imposing unnecessary legal burdens, technical obstacles, and financial costs.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature site and the brownfield site, provided that all soil and groundwater contamination emanating from the brownfield site is adequately addressed pursuant to chapter 62-780, Florida Administrative Code.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature who may be organized or united with the local governmental entity for a business purpose, if such entity or person did not cause or contribute to the contamination of a brownfield site on or after July 1, 2025.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature memorandum of agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency issues a letter stating it has no objection to such participation and the department issues a letter of concurrence pursuant to paragraph (2)(g).

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature participation in the brownfield program will immediately, after cleanup or sooner, result in increased economic productivity at the site, including at a minimum the creation of 10 new permanent jobs, whether full-time or part-time, which are not associated with implementation of the brownfield site rehabilitation agreement.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature or approved local pollution control program) that (party) has successfully and satisfactorily implemented the approved brownfield site rehabilitation agreement schedule and, accordingly, no further action is required to assure that any land use identified in the brownfield site rehabilitation agreement is consistent with existing and proposed uses." (g)1.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature forego enforcement of federal corrective action authority at brownfield sites that have received a site rehabilitation completion order or "No Further Action" determination from the department or the approved local pollution control program or that are in the process of implementing a brownfield site rehabilitation agreement in accordance with this act.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature Memorandum of Agreement between the department and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 covering Florida's Brownfield Program, dated November 28, 2005, as may be amended.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature Shall the board of county commissioners of this county (or the governing authority of this municipality, or both) be authorized to grant, pursuant to s.

hb733hb733-01-c1 -01-er 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 ENROLLED CS/HB 733 2025 Legislature defined in s.

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