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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to military installations and ranges; 2
amending s. 11.242, F.S.; providing a duty of the 3
Office of Legislative Services; amending s. 163.3175, 4
F.S.; revising legislative findings; revising 5
provisions relating to the exchange of certain 6
information between local governments and military 7
installations and ranges; creating part V of ch. 252, 8
F.S., entitled "Military Community Resiliency"; 9
creating s. 252.951, F.S.; providing legislative 10
findings and intent; creating s. 252.952, F.S.; 11
providing definitions; creating s. 252.953, F.S.; 12
providing for a prioritized scoring adjustment; 13
creating s. 252.954, F.S.; requiring a department to 14
consider certain factors in applying the prioritized 15
scoring adjustment; creating s. 252.955, F.S.; 16
requiring publication of a revised prioritized scoring 17
adjustment by a specified date; creating s. 252.956, 18
F.S.; requiring the Division of Emergency Management 19
to coordinate interagency implementation; requiring 20
the division to submit an annual report to the 21
Governor and Legislature by a specified date; creating 22
s. 252.957, F.S.; providing for stakeholder 23
coordination; creating s. 252.958, F.S.; authorizing 24
rulemaking; providing an effective date. 25

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 11.242, Florida 29
Statutes, is amended to read: 30
11.242 Powers, duties, and functions as to statutory 31
revision.—The powers, duties, and functions of the Office of 32
Legislative Services in the operation and maintenance of a 33
statutory revision program shall be as follows: 34
(1) To conduct a systematic and continuing study of the 35
statutes and laws of this state for the purpose of reducing 36
their number and bulk;, removing inconsistencies, redundancies, 37
and unnecessary repetitions and otherwise improving their 38
clarity and facilitating their correct and proper 39
interpretation; and ensuring that military compatibility is 40
examined as provided in s. 163.3175; and for the same purpose, 41
to prepare and submit to the Legislature reviser's bills and 42
bills for the amendment, consolidation, revision, repeal, or 43
other alterations or changes in any general statute or laws or 44
parts thereof of a general nature and application of the 45
preceding session or sessions which may appear to be subject to 46
revision. Any revision, either complete, partial, or topical, 47
prepared for submission to the Legislature shall be accompanied 48
by revision and history notes relating to the same, showing the 49
changes made therein and the reason for such recommended change. 50

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Section 2. Section 163.3175, Florida Statutes, is amended 51
to read: 52
163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of 53
development with military installations and ranges; exchange of 54
information between local governments and military installations 55
and ranges.— 56
(1) The Legislature finds that incompatible development on 57
of land and in state-controlled waters or on state submerged 58
lands close to military installations and ranges can adversely 59
affect the ability of such an installation or range to carry out 60
its mission. The Legislature further finds that such development 61
also threatens the public safety because of the possibility of 62
accidents occurring within the areas surrounding a military 63
installation or range. In addition, the economic vitality of a 64
community is affected when military operations and missions must 65
relocate because of incompatible urban encroachment. Therefore, 66
the Legislature finds that effective coordination among it 67
desirable for the local governments, state departments, the 68
state land planning agency, and military installations and 69
ranges is desirable in the state to cooperate with military 70
installations to encourage compatible land use and activities in 71
state-controlled waters or on state submerged lands to, help 72
prevent incompatible encroachment, and facilitate the continued 73
presence of major military installations and ranges in this 74
state. 75

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(2) Certain major military installations and ranges, due 76
to their mission and activities, have a greater potential for 77
experiencing compatibility and coordination issues than others. 78
Consequently, this section and s. 163.3177(6)(a), relating to 79
compatibility of land development with military installations 80
and ranges, apply to specific affected local governments in 81
proximity to and in association with specific military 82
installations and ranges, as follows: 83
(a) Avon Park Air Force Range, associated with Highlands, 84
Okeechobee, Osceola, and Polk Counties and Avon Park, Sebring, 85
and Frostproof. 86
(b) Camp Blanding, associated with Clay, Bradford, and 87
Putnam Counties. 88
(c) Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, associated 89
with Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties and Cinco 90
Bayou, Crestview, Destin, DeFuniak Springs, Fort Walton Beach, 91
Freeport, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar, and 92
Valparaiso. 93
(d) Homestead Air Reserve Base, associated with Miami-Dade 94
County and Homestead. 95
(e) Jacksonville Training Range Complex, associated with 96
Lake, Marion, Putnam, and Volusia Counties. 97
(f) MacDill Air Force Base, associated with Hillsborough 98
County and Tampa. 99
(g) Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Marine Corps Support 100

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Facility-Blount Island, and outlying landing field Whitehouse, 101
and the Florida Air National Guard, associated with Duval 102
County, Jacksonville Port Authority, and Jacksonville. 103
(h) Naval Air Station Key West, including various annexes 104
across Boca Chica Key and Key West as well as the Fleming 105
Bay/Patton Water Drop Zone training range used by the Army 106
Special Forces Underwater Operations School, associated with 107
Monroe County and Key West. 108
(i) Naval Support Activity Orlando, including Bugg Spring 109
and Naval Ordnance Test Unit, associated with Orange, Brevard, 110
and Lake Counties, County and Orlando, Canaveral Port Authority, 111
and Okahumpka. 112
(j) Naval Support Activity Panama City, associated with 113
Bay County, Panama City, and Panama City Beach. 114
(k) Naval Air Station Pensacola, associated with Escambia 115
County. 116
(l) Naval Air Station Whiting Field and its outlying 117
landing fields, associated with Santa Rosa and Escambia 118
Counties. 119
(m) Naval Station Mayport, associated with Duval County, 120
Atlantic Beach, and Jacksonville. 121
(n) Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space 122
Force Station, associated with Brevard County, Canaveral Port 123
Authority, and Satellite Beach. 124
(o) Tyndall Air Force Base, associated with Bay County, 125

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and Mexico Beach, and Parker. 126
(p) United States Southern Command, associated with Miami-127
Dade County and Doral. 128
(q) South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility, associated 129
with Broward County and Dania Beach. 130
(r) United States Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, 131
including Station Mayport, Station Port Canaveral, Station Ponce 132
de Leon Inlet, Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville Beach, and 133
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), associated 134
with Duval, Brevard, and Volusia Counties and Jacksonville, 135
Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Canaveral Port Authority, 136
and New Smyrna Beach. 137
(s) United States Coast Guard Sector Miami, including Base 138
Miami Beach, Station Fort Lauderdale, Station Fort Pierce, Air 139
Station Miami, Station Lake Worth Inlet, and Civil Engineering 140
Unit Miami, associated with St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Broward, and 141
Miami-Dade Counties and Fort Pierce, Riviera Beach, Dania Beach, 142
Opa-locka, Miami, and Miami Beach. 143
(t) United States Coast Guard Sector Key West, including 144
Station Key West, Station Islamorada, and Station Marathon, 145
associated with Monroe County and Key West, Islamorada, and 146
Marathon. 147
(u) United States Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, 148
including Station St. Petersburg, Air Station Clearwater, 149
Station Cortez, Station Fort Myers Beach, Station Sand Key, and 150

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Station Yankeetown, associated with Pinellas, Manatee, Lee, and 151
Levy Counties and St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Cortez, Fort Myers 152
Beach, and Yankeetown. 153
(v) United States Coast Guard Sector Mobile, including 154
Station Panama City, Station Destin, and Station Pensacola, 155
associated with Bay, Okaloosa, and Escambia Counties and Panama 156
City, Destin, and Pensacola. 157
(3) The direct-support organization created in s. 288.987 158
may recommend to the Legislature changes to the military 159
installations and ranges and local governments specified in 160
subsection (2) based on a military base or range's base's 161
potential for impacts from encroachment, and incompatible land 162
uses and development. 163
(4) Each affected local government must transmit to the 164
commanding officer of the relevant associated installation or 165
range or installations information relating to proposed changes 166
to comprehensive plans, plan amendments, and proposed changes to 167
land development regulations which, if approved, would affect 168
the intensity, density, or use of the land adjacent to or in 169
close proximity to the military installation or range. At the 170
request of the commanding officer, affected local governments 171
must also transmit to the commanding officer copies of 172
applications for development orders requesting a variance or 173
waiver from height or lighting restrictions or noise attenuation 174
reduction requirements within areas defined in the local 175

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government's comprehensive plan as being in a zone of influence 176
of the military installation or range. Each affected local 177
government shall provide the military installation or range 178
control military authority an opportunity to review and comment 179
on the proposed changes. 180
(5) The commanding officer or his or her designee may 181
provide advisory comments to the affected local government on 182
the impact such proposed changes may have on the mission of the 183
military installation or range. Such advisory comments shall be 184
based on appropriate data and analyses provided with the 185
comments and may include: 186
(a) If the installation has an airfield or range, whether 187
such proposed changes will be incompatible with the safety and 188
noise standards contained in the Air Installation Compatible Use 189
Zone (AICUZ) or the Range Air Installation Compatible Use Zone 190
(RAICUZ) adopted by the military installation for that airfield 191
or range.; 192
(b) Whether such changes are incompatible with the 193
Installation Environmental Noise Management Program (IENMP) of 194
the United States Army.; 195
(c) Whether such changes are incompatible with the 196
findings of a Joint Land Use Study (JLUS), a Compatible Use Plan 197
Study, an Acoustic Buffer Zone, an Explosive Safety Quantity 198
Distance (ESQD) arc, a Military Influence Overlay District 199
(MIOD), a Military Influence Planning Area (MIPA), and a 200

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Military Installation Complex Encroachment Management Action 201
Plan (ICEMAP), or a Military Installation Readiness Review 202
(MIRR) for the area if one has been completed.; and 203
(d) Whether the military installation or range's 204
installation's mission will be adversely affected by the 205
proposed actions of the county, or affected local government, or 206
controlling authority. 207
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The commanding officer's comments, underlying studies, and 209
reports shall be considered by the local government in the same 210
manner as the comments received from other reviewing agencies 211
pursuant to s. 163.3184. 212
(6) The affected local government shall take into 213
consideration any comments and accompanying data and analyses 214
provided by the commanding officer or his or her designee 215
pursuant to subsection (4) as they relate to the strategic 216
mission of the base, public safety, and the economic vitality 217
associated with the base's operations, while also respecting 218
private property rights and not being unduly restrictive on 219
those rights. The affected local government shall forward a copy 220
of any comments regarding comprehensive plan amendments to the 221
state land planning agency. 222
(7) To facilitate the exchange of information provided for 223
in this section, a representative of a military installation or 224
range acting on behalf of all military installations and ranges 225

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within that jurisdiction shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting 226
member of the county's or affected local government's land 227
planning or zoning board. The representative is not required to 228
file a statement of financial interest pursuant to s. 112.3145 229
solely due to his or her service on the county's or affected 230
local government's land planning or zoning board. 231
(8) The commanding officer is encouraged to provide 232
information about any community planning assistance grants that 233
may be available to a county or affected local government 234
through programs such as those of the federal Office of Local 235
Defense Community Cooperation Economic Adjustment as an 236
incentive for communities to participate in a joint planning 237
process that would facilitate the compatibility and resilience 238
of community planning and the activities and mission of the 239
military installation or range. 240
(9) Any state department or local government that 241
administratively approves development projects must coordinate 242
with the state land planning agency before granting such 243
approval if the project is located in a military planning zone 244
of influence, including a military-adopted Air Installation 245
Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ), a Range Air Installation Compatible 246
Use Zone (RAICUZ), an Acoustic Buffer Zone (BZ), an Explosive 247
Safety Quantity Distance (ESQD) arc, a Military Influence 248
Overlay District (MIOD), a Military Influence Area (MIA), or a 249
Military Installation Complex Encroachment Management Action 250

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Plan (ICEMAP) that provides for United States Department of 251
Defense mission assurance; protect the health, safety, and 252
welfare of the public surrounding such installations; and 253
support compatibility with operational, test, training, or other 254
national defense capabilities undertaken by the United States 255
Department of Defense within this state's terrestrial, sea 256
space, or airspace boundaries. Any development project that 257
conflicts with such protections may not be approved unless the 258
state land planning agency issues a written finding of no 259
adverse impact on the affected military installation. 260
Section 3. Part V of chapter 252, Florida Statutes, 261
consisting of ss. 252.951-252.958, is created and entitled 262
"Military Community Resiliency." 263
Section 4. Section 252.951, Florida Statutes, is created 264
to read: 265
252.951 Legislative findings and intent.— 266
(1) The Legislature finds that: 267
(a) Florida hosts critical military installations and 268
range complexes that substantially contribute to this state's 269
economy and national defense. 270
(b) These installations depend upon community-based 271
infrastructure, utilities, transportation, housing, and services 272
located outside installation boundaries. 273
(c) When such off-installation assets are vulnerable to 274
natural hazards or other risks, mission assurance and community 275

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resilience are adversely affected. 276
(d) The United States Department of Defense sponsors 277
Military Installation Readiness Reviews (MIRRs) to identify off-278
installation vulnerabilities and to develop community projects 279
that enhance mission assurance and public resilience. 280
(e) Prioritizing MIRR-validated projects within state 281
resilience grant programs provides co-benefits to communities, 282
safeguards military operations, and supports this state's 283
economy. 284
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to: 285
(a) Prioritize resilience projects identified and 286
validated in completed MIRRs within existing state resilience 287
grant programs. 288
(b) Protect public interests and the economic benefits 289
associated with prudent resilience investments. 290
(c) Preserve the contributions and value of military 291
installations and ranges in this state. 292
Section 5. Section 252.952, Florida Statutes, is created 293
to read: 294
252.952 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 295
(1) "Adverse impact" means an impact likely to impair, 296
restrict, or degrade the operation, training, research, 297
development, or testing activities of a military installation or 298
range. 299
(2) "Department" means a state department or agency that 300

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administers a resilience-related grant or financial assistance 301
program. 302
(3) "Military installation" has the same meaning as in s. 303
163.3175(2). 304
(4) "Military Installation Readiness Review" or "MIRR" 305
means a study sponsored by the Department of Defense that 306
assesses community-based risks and vulnerabilities that may 307
adversely affect installation missions and identifies projects 308
to enhance resilience. 309
(5) "Resilience project" means an initiative identified 310
and validated in a MIRR report that addresses vulnerabilities in 311
physical, environmental, or operational infrastructure in the 312
surrounding community. 313
Section 6. Section 252.953, Florida Statutes, is created 314
to read: 315
252.953 Prioritized scoring adjustment.—Subject to 316
appropriation, each department shall, within the existing 317
application scoring frameworks of its resilience-related grant 318
programs, apply a scoring adjustment that prioritizes 319
applications for resilience projects identified and validated in 320
a completed MIRR. 321
Section 7. Section 252.954, Florida Statutes, is created 322
to read: 323
252.954 Considerations.—In applying the prioritized 324
scoring adjustment, a department shall consider: 325

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(1) The strategic importance of the affected installation 326
or range to this state's economy and national defense. 327
(2) The degree to which the project directly mitigates 328
vulnerabilities identified in a MIRR. 329
(3) The project's expected contribution to mission 330
assurance and operational continuity. 331
(4) Community co-benefits, including improved public 332
safety, infrastructure reliability, environmental stewardship, 333
and disaster preparedness. 334
Section 8. Section 252.955, Florida Statutes, is created 335
to read: 336
252.955 Transparency.—By October 1, 2026, each department 337
shall publish a revised prioritized scoring adjustment on its 338
website and in related program materials. 339
Section 9. Section 252.956, Florida Statutes, is created 340
to read: 341
252.956 Oversight and reporting.— 342
(1) The Division of Emergency Management shall coordinate 343
interagency implementation of this part. 344
(2) By December 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 345
division shall submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of 346
the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate 347
that summarizes: 348
(a) Programs updated to incorporate the prioritized 349
scoring adjustment required by this part. 350

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(b) Applications and awards for MIRR-validated projects. 351
(c) Observed outcomes and recommended improvements. 352
Section 10. Section 252.957, Florida Statutes, is created 353
to read: 354
252.957 Stakeholder coordination.—A department shall, as 355
appropriate, coordinate with the United States Department of 356
Defense, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, regional 357
planning councils, local governments, utilities, and private-358
sector stakeholders to facilitate implementation of this part. 359
Section 11. Section 252.958, Florida Statutes, is created 360
to read: 361
252.958 Rulemaking.—A department may adopt rules to 362
implement this part. 363
Section 12. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 364