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If the amendment is transmitted, state and regional review agencies review the amendment as it pertains to each agency's area of focus. Review agencies then send their comments directly to the county and the State Land Planning Agency. Subsequent to staff and/or the applicant addressing any issues raised in the review agency comments, a second and final Board public hearing is conducted. If the Board approves the request at the final hearing, then the approved amendment is submitted to the State Land Planning Agency and to the other review agencies. The amendment becomes effective 31 days after the State Land Planning Agency determines that the approved amendment submittal is complete, unless a challenge is filed by an affected party. The subject public hearing is the second step in the Comprehensive Plan amendment process. At this time, the BCC must decide whether or not to transmit the proposed amendment to state and regional review agencies. ANALYSIS This proposed amendment will add a new Element to the Comprehensive Plan. House Bill 59 states that a local government may adopt the statement of rights, included below, as set forth in Chapter 163. Local Governments may also adopt their own Property Rights Element, so long as the element does not conflict with the statement of rights list below. The proposed Property Rights Element includes no changes from the language included in Florida Statutes, as stated below: The following rights be considered in local decision making: 1. The right of a property owner to physically possess and control his or her interests in the property, including easements, leases, or mineral rights. 2. The right of a property owner to use, maintain, develop, and improve his or her property for personal use or for the use of any other person, subject to state law and local ordinances. 3. The right of the property owner to privacy and to exclude others from the property to protect the owner's possessions and property. 4. The right of a property owner to dispose of his or her property through sale or gift. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all applicable policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the "Comprehensive Plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan. For a proposed amendment to be consistent with the plan, the amendment must be consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. Policies are statements in the plan, which identify actions the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions, including plan amendment decisions. While all Comprehensive Plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for this request is Policy 14.3. 119