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Floxida Senate - 2018 <br />By Senator Steube <br />23-00623A-18 2O18574 <br />--' <br />A bill to be entitled <br />2 An act relating to tree and timber trimming, removal, <br />3 and harvesting; creating o' 589,37, F.S.; preempting <br />.4 to the state the regulation of the trimming, removal, <br />5 or harvesting of trees and timber on private property; <br />b prohibiting certain local governmental actions <br />7 relating to the trimming or removal of trees or <br />8 timber; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting <br />9 the burial of vegetative debris on certain properties; <br />lU providing an affective date. <br />11 <br />12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: <br />13 <br />14 Section l. Section 589,37, Florida Statutes, is created to <br />15 read: <br />lh 589.37 Regulation of tree and timber trimming, removal, or <br />17 harvesting <br />18 (1) The regulation of the trimming, removal, or harvesting <br />19 of trees and timber on private property is preempted to the <br />uV state. <br />21 (2) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision <br />22 of the stat t <br />23 (a) Prohibit or restrict a private landowner from trimming, <br />24 removing, or harvesting i located <br />25 l d ' private t <br />26 (b) Require mitigation, including, but not limited to, the <br />27 planting of trees or the t of a fee, for thel or <br />28 harvesting <br />29|(c) Prohibit the burial of trees, shrubs, palmettos, or <br />Page l of 2 <br />COVING; Words eteielee* are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />