378.011  Land Use Advisory Committee.--

(1)  There is hereby created a Land Use Advisory Committee which shall be composed of the following:

(a)  One member from the Bureau of Geology of the Division of Resource Management of the Department of Environmental Protection, who shall serve as chair, to be appointed by the executive director of said department;

(b)  One member from the Executive Office of the Governor, to be appointed by the Governor;

(c)  One member from the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, one member from the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, and one member from the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council, to be appointed by the respective directors of said regional planning councils;

(d)  One member to represent the Board of County Commissioners of Polk County, one member to represent the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough County, and one member to represent the Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County, to be appointed by the chairs of said boards;

(e)  One member from the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, to be appointed by the Executive Director of said commission; and

(f)  Two members of the public, to be appointed by the Governor.

(2)  Members of the Land Use Advisory Committee shall receive no compensation but shall receive travel and per diem allowances as provided by s. 112.061.

(3)  The duties of the Land Use Advisory Committee shall be:

(a)  To evaluate the lands mined or disturbed by the severance of phosphate rock prior to July 1, 1975, which lands are unreclaimed and not subject to mandatory reclamation under part II of chapter 211, for the purpose of identifying and designating, as a part of the general reclamation plan to be developed pursuant to paragraph (b), the following items:

1.  The potential land use needs of the area;

2.  The types of landforms, surface water regimes, and vegetation deemed desirable to enhance the natural recovery of land into mature sites with high potential for the land use desired;

3.  The kinds and descriptions of lands with viable naturally developed environmental systems such that artificial reclamation need not be undertaken; and

4.  A prioritization of kinds and descriptions of lands to be reclaimed and potential land uses to best serve the public interest.

(b)  To develop a general reclamation plan for lands mined or disturbed by the severance of phosphate rock which are not subject to mandatory reclamation under part II of chapter 211, which plan shall not be inconsistent with local government plans prepared pursuant to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, and which plan shall be developed utilizing the standards set forth in s. 211.32(1)(a). If, however, the application of the standards set forth in s. 211.32(1)(a) would unnecessarily reverse the natural development of certain lands, which in their present state enhance the overall environmental quality of the area, the committee may recommend in the general reclamation plan that exceptions to the standards set forth in s. 211.32(1)(a) be granted for said lands.

(c)  To consider the advice and expertise of governmental agencies and interested groups and individuals.

(d)  To furnish its report to the ¹Department of Natural Resources on or before July 1, 1979. The Land Use Advisory Committee shall have no final authority to require the implementation of the general reclamation plan contained in its report.

History.--s. 3, ch. 78-136; s. 128, ch. 79-190; s. 31, ch. 85-55; s. 636, ch. 95-148; s. 7, ch. 95-150.