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* One Chamber Resolutions Not Included
Senate and House Bills Filed Passed Both Chambers
Concurrent Resolutions 7 2
Resolutions (One chamber) 84 0
General Bills 1699 188
Local Bills 40 15
Joint Resolutions 27 2
Memorials 26 0
Appropriation Projects (House) 1634 0
TOTALS 3517 207*
2020 Session Bill Statistics
Budget
• Total: $93.2 billion
• Context
• Allocations of interest
o $100 M for land conservation (Florida Forever)
o $690 M for Everglades restoration and other
water-related projects
o $370 M for Affordable Housing programs
What
Did Not
Pass?
Local Preemptions/Mandates:
• Change existing law regarding vacation rentals (SB 1128, HB 1011)
• Amend the Bert Harris Act to presume, when a settlement is reached, similarly
situated residential properties are entitled to the same settlement and make changes
to make it easier to challenge a local regulation (SB 1766, HB 519)
• Repeal provisions relating to a governmental entity’s establishment of recreational
customary use on a portion of a beach above the mean high-water line on private
property (SB 1680, HB 6063)
• Authorize home based businesses to operate in residential zones and restrict local
government from regulating home-based businesses in a manner that is different from
other business in their jurisdiction (SB 778, HB 537)
• Restrict application of zoning and development regulations relating to building design
elements on one- or two- family dwellings (SB 954, HB 459)
• Preempt licensing of occupations to the state (SB 1336, HB 3)
Economic Development:
• Provide assistance for microbusinesses (SB 216, HB 1425)
• Target economic development assistance to areas affected by Hurricane Michael
(SB 922, HB 779)
• Create Florida Rural Jobs and Business Recovery Act (SB 848, HB 891)
• Revise procedures formerly related to enterprise zones to apply to opportunity zones
(SB 1612, HB 1429)
Affordable Housing:
• Prohibit sweeping of affordable trust fund dollars (SB 306, HB 381)
• Provide a tax reduction for workforce housing (SB 856, HB 1459 )
Environmental:
• Prohibit advanced well stimulation (SB 200, HB 547)
• Require specified annual appropriation to Florida Forever Trust Fund (SB 332, HB 849)
• Require comprehensive plans and plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near the
Everglades Protection Area to follow the state coordinated review process (SB 1390, HB 775)
• Require all electricity used in the state to be generated by renewable energy by 2050 (SB 256, HB 97)
• Require Department of Health to prepare an annual climate health planning report (SB 278)
• Require the Florida Estimating Conference to prepare annual report on climate fiscal responsibility
(SB 280)
• Create Florida Climate and Resiliency Research Program in FDEP (SB 1232, HB 913)
Other:
• Abolish the Constitution Revision Commission (SB 142, HB 303, HB 301)
• Develop minimum criteria for a nonpartisan civic literacy practicum that may be incorporated into
a high school’s curriculum (SB 918, HB 581)
• Authorize placement of electronic billboards on certain agricultural lands (SB 1666, HB 619)
• Create a local government lobbyist registration system and prohibit a person from lobbying a
local government entity without first registering (SB 766, HB 611)
• Restrict the use of yellow rectangular rapid flashing beacons at crosswalks (SB 1000, HB 1371)
• Conduct a study regarding the relocation of the state capital to Central Florida (SB 112)
• Amend provisions related to charter schools (SB 166, SB 526, SB 536, HB 953, HB 1029,
HB 1285, SB 1770, SB 1420)
What
Did
Pass?
Growth Management (SB 410):
• Requires a local comprehensive plan to include a property rights element by the next proposed plan
amendment or by July 1, 2023, whichever is earlier
• Provides a model statement of property rights, and local governments may incorporate the
suggested language directly into their comprehensive plan
• Includes four acknowledgments that must be considered by local governments in decision process:
o the right of a property owner to physically possess and control his or her interests in the
property, including easements, leases, or mineral rights
o the right of a property owner to use, maintain, develop, and improve his or her property for
personal use or the use of any other person, subject to state law and local ordinances
o the right of the property owner to privacy and to exclude others from the property to protect the
owner's possessions and property
o the right of the property owner to dispose of his or her property through sale or gift
SB 410 continued:
• Amends s.163.3167(3), F.S., to provide that a local comprehensive plan effective, rather than
adopted, after Jan. 1, 2019, and all land development regulations adopted to implement the plan,
must incorporate development orders existing before the plan’s effective date
• Creates s.163.3167 (11) F.S. to provide that:
o a county may not adopt, after Jan. 1, 2020, any form of restriction that serves as a limitation on
a municipality from establishing land use and zoning on lands located within a municipality
unless the municipality, through its own ordinances, adopts and imposes the restrictions.
o a county may not limit a municipality from deciding the land uses, density, and intensity on lands
annexed into a municipality as long as the municipality is in compliance with s.163.3167(3).
o these provisions do not apply to a charter county with a population in excess of 750,000 as of
Jan. 1, 2020 which has in place as of that date charter provisions governing land use or
development which apply to all jurisdictions within the county.
• Creates s.171.042(4) F.S. to state that a municipality may not annex an area within another
municipal jurisdiction without the other municipality’s consent
SB 410 continued:
• Directs DEO to give preference, when awarding TA grants, to a county that has a population of
200,000 or less, and to a municipality located within such a county, for assistance in conducting the
required M-CORES land use study around a proposed multiuse corridor interchange
• Allows a party to a development agreement and local government to amend or cancel agreement
without the consent of other parcel owners unless the amendment or cancellation directly modifies
the allowable uses or entitlements of an owner's property
• Allows agreements pertaining to existing developments of regional impact that are classified as
essentially built out, and were effective on or after April 6, 2018, to be amended to exchange approved
land uses, subject to demonstrating that the exchange will not increase impacts to public facilities
• Requires FDOT, before conveying any property determined to not be needed for a transportation
facility, to first afford a right of first refusal to the previous property owner for the department’s
current estimate of value of the property
SB 410 continued:
• Amends s.337.401(2) F.S. to require that all utility permit applications required by a county or
municipality for the use of the public rights-of-way be processed within the timeframes that
currently apply to permit applications submitted by communications services providers
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020.
Impact Fees (SB 1066):
• New or increased impact fees may not apply to current or pending permit applications submitted
before the effective date of an ordinance or resolution imposing a new or increased impact fee
unless the result is to reduce the total mitigation costs or impact fees imposed on an applicant
• Clarifies, in s.163.31801(4), that a local government must credit public education facility contributions,
notwithstanding any charter provision, comprehensive plan policy, ordinance or resolution
• Provides that impact fee credits are assignable and transferable at any time after establishment
from one development or parcel to another within the same impact fee zone or impact fee district
• Credits may be transferred to an adjoining impact fee zone or impact fee district within the same
local jurisdiction if the adjoining impact fee zone or impact fee district benefits from the improvement
or contribution that generated the credits
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to Governor as of March 31, 2020
Community Development and Housing (HB 1339):
• Allows local governments to utilize a linkage fee ordinance to increase the supply of affordable
housing; the linkage fee ordinance may require the payment of a flat or percentage-based fee
• Requires local governments to provide incentives to offset all costs to the developer for the linkage fee
• Authorizes local governments to approve the development of affordable housing on any parcel
zoned for residential, commercial or industrial use
• Deletes the requirement for a finding that there is a shortage of affordable units in a jurisdiction
before a local government can adopt an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in any area
zoned for single-family residential use
• Requires the inclusion of expenditures for financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction or
rehabilitation of affordable housing in the annual report submitted to the Office of Economic and
Demographic Research by the local budget officer
• Permits a mobile home park damaged or destroyed by wind, water, or other natural force to be
rebuilt on the same site with the same density as was approved, permitted, and built before the park
was damaged or destroyed.
HB 1339 continued:
• Requires additional information on each impact fee be included in county, municipality and special
district financial reports under s.218.32:
o specific purpose of impact fee
o impact fee schedule policy describing the method of calculating impact fees
o amount assessed for each purpose and each type of dwelling unit
o total amount of impact fees charged by type of dwelling
o each exception and waiver provided for construction or development of affordable housing
• Requires local officials who serve on a local affordable housing committee to attend biannual
regional workshops held by the Affordable Housing Catalyst Program; failure to attend three
consecutive workshops may result in the withholding of funds until they attend
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Community Planning (SB 1398):
• Provides requirements for establishing a quorum for meetings of regional planning councils
when a voting member appears via telephone, real-time video conferencing, or similar real-time
electronic or video communication
• Requires the Department of Economic Opportunity, when selecting applicants for Community
Planning Technical Assistance Grants, to give preference to a county that has a population of
200,000 or less, and to a municipality located within such a county, for assistance with required
land use studies around proposed M-CORES interchanges
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to Governor as of March 31, 2020
Deregulation of Professions and Occupations (HB 1193):
• Preempts regulation of mobile food dispensing vehicles involving licenses, registrations, permits,
and fees to the state
• Applies to any vehicle that:
o is a public food establishment, is self-propelled or otherwise movable from place to place, and
o includes self-contained utilities including, but not limited to, gas, water, electricity or liquid
waste disposal
• Municipality, county, or other local governmental entity may not require a separate license,
registration, or permit other than the license required under s.509.241, or require the payment of
any license, registration, or permit fee other than the fee required under s.509.251, as a condition
for the operation of a mobile food dispensing vehicle within the entity’s jurisdiction
• May not prohibit food trucks from operating with the entirety of the jurisdiction
HB 1193 continued:
• Provisions may not be construed to affect a municipality, county, or other local governmental
entity’s authority to regulate the operation of mobile food dispensing vehicles other than the
regulations described
• Provisions do not apply to any port authority, aviation authority, airport or seaport.
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020 unless otherwise provided in the bill. Food truck provisions would be
effective on this date.
• Not yet submitted to the governor as of March 31, 2020
Broadband Internet Service (HB 969):
• Designates DEO, instead of DMS, as the lead state agency to facilitate the expansion of
broadband internet service in the state
• Creates the Florida Office of Broadband within DEO’s Division of Community Development to
create a strategic plan for increasing the use of broadband
• Must also encourage the use of broadband, especially in rural, unserved, and underserved areas,
through grant programs
• Provides that up to $5 million of the funds transferred to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise for the Multi-
use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) program may be used for projects
that assist in the development of broadband infrastructure within or adjacent to a multiuse corridor
• Requires FDOT to give priority consideration to broadband infrastructure projects located in any
area designated as a rural area of opportunity and adjacent to a multiuse corridor.
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Electric Bicycles (HB 971):
• Removes e-bikes from the definition of the term “bicycle” and creates a new definition for e-bikes
using a three-tiered classification system
• Creates s.316.20655, F.S. which contains regulations governing the operation of e-bikes
• Affords an e-bike or an operator of an e-bike all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all of
the duties, of a bicycle or the operator of a bicycle
• Considers an e-bike to be a vehicle to the same extent as a bicycle
• Authorizes an e-bike to operate where bicycles are allowed, including, but not limited to, streets,
highways, roadways, shoulders, bicycle lanes, and bicycle or multiuse paths
• Provides that local governments, through s.316.008, may regulate the operation of e-bikes on
streets, highways, sidewalks, and sidewalk areas under their jurisdiction
• Provides that local governments and state agencies with jurisdiction over bicycle paths, multiuse
paths, and trail networks may restrict or prohibit the operation of e-bikes on such paths and networks.
HB 971 continued:
• States that an e-bike or an operator of an e-bike is not subject to the provisions of law relating to
financial responsibility, driver or motor vehicle licenses, vehicle registration, title certificates, off-
highway motorcycles, or off-highway vehicles
• Requires an e-bike to function so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function when
the rider stops pedaling or when the brakes are applied
• Requires that, beginning Jan. 1, 2021, manufacturers and distributors of e-bikes apply a label
containing certain information that is permanently affixed in a prominent location to each e-bike
• Prohibits a person from tampering with or modifying an e-bike in order to change the motor-
powered speed capability or engagement of an e-bike, unless the label indicating the classification
number required is replaced after such modification
• Deletes the age restriction that prevents people under 16 years from using a motorized bicycle.
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Essential State Infrastructure (SB 7018):
Utility Permits
• Amends s.337.401(2) to provide that any utility permit application required by a county or
municipality having jurisdiction and control of the right-of-way of any public road must be processed
and acted upon within the expedited time frames in s.337.401(7)(d)7, 8, and 9, F.S.
Staging Areas
• Authorizes the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to plan, design, and construct staging
areas for emergency response on the turnpike system
o Areas are for the staging of emergency supplies, equipment, and personnel to facilitate the prompt
provision of emergency assistance to the public in response to a declared state of emergency
o Requires the FDOT to give priority consideration to placement of such staging areas in
counties with a population of 200,000 or less in which a multi-use corridor of regional
significance (M-CORES) is located
SB 7018 continued:
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
• Requires FDOT to develop and recommend a plan for the development of electric vehicle (EV)
charging station infrastructure along the State Highway System
o Requires the recommended plan to be developed and submitted to the Governor, the President
of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by July 1, 2021.
o Must include recommendations for legislation and may include other recommendations as
determined by the department.
o Requires FDOT, by Dec. 1, 2020, to file a status report containing any preliminary
recommendations, including recommendations for legislation
Conservation Easements
• Allows an owner of lands traditionally used for agriculture that are subject to a conservation
easement to voluntarily negotiate the use of the land for any public or private linear facility, right of
access, and related appurtenances
• Reasonable compensation based on the diminution in value of its interest in the conservation
easement shall be the only remedy to the owner of the easement. The bill provides that a linear
facility remains subject to state environmental permitting regulations.
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020. Not yet submitted to the governor as of March 31, 2020.
Commercial Service Airports (HB 915):
• Includes provisions to enhance transparency and accountability of commercial service airports
• Commercial service airport defined as a primary airport as defined in 49 U.S.C. s.47102 which is
classified as a large, medium or small hub airport by the FAA
o Governing body of each commercial service airport is required to establish and maintain a
website containing specified information
o Requires annual ethics training for members of the governing body of commercial service
airports beginning Jan. 1, 2021
• Large-hub commercial service airports defined as a publicly owned airport that has at least 1
percent of the annual passenger boardings in the US as reported by the FAA
o Requires the Auditor General, at least once every seven years, to conduct operational and
financial audits of the state’s large-hub commercial service airports, and provides minimum
requirements for the audits
o Requires the members of the governing bodies of large-hub commercial service airports to submit
the more detailed financial disclosure to the Commission on Ethics, except for members required to
comply with the financial disclosure requirements of s.8, Art. II of the State Constitution.
HB 915 continued:
• Beginning Nov. 1, 2021, requires the governing body of each commercial service airport to annually
submit specified information to FDOT.
• Requires FDOT, beginning Jan. 15, 2022, to annually submit a report, summarizing commercial
service airport compliance to the Governor and the Legislature.
• Prohibits FDOT from expending funds allocated to a commercial service airport as contained in the
adopted work program, unless the funds are pledged for debt service, until a commercial service
airport demonstrates compliance with the transparency and accountability provisions of the bill.
• Effective Date: Oct. 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Public Financing of Construction Projects (SB 178):
• Creates s.161.551 F.S.
• Requires a public entity that commissions or manages a construction project within the coastal
building zone using state funds to conduct a sea-level impact projection (SLIP) study prior to
commencing construction
• Defines “public entity” as the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any municipality,
county, agency, special district, authority, or other public body corporate of the state which is
demonstrated to perform a public function or to serve a governmental purpose that could
properly be performed or served by an appropriate governmental unit
• Requires the DEP to adopt rules establishing standards for the SLIP studies and can require a
professional engineer to sign off on study
• Provision requiring a SLIP study is effective one year after the DEP rule regarding SLIP studies is
finalized
• Does not apply retroactively to projects that commenced before the date the rule is finalized
• If multiple coastal structures are to be built concurrently and within one project, one SLIP study
can be conducted for the entire project.
SB 178 continued:
• SLIP studies must, at a minimum:
o Use a systematic, interdisciplinary, and scientifically accepted approach
o Assess the flooding, inundation, and wave action damage risks relating to the coastal structure
over its expected life or 50 years, whichever is less
o Take into account potential relative local sea-level rise and increased storm risk during the expected
life of the coastal structure or 50 years, whichever is less, and, to the extent possible, account for the
contribution of sea-level rise versus land subsidence to the relative local sea-level rise
o Provide scientific and engineering evidence of the risk to the coastal structure and methods used
to mitigate, adapt to, or reduce this risk
o Must use and consider available scientific research and generally accepted industry practices
o Provide the mean average annual chance of substantial flood damage over the expected life of
the coastal structure or 50 years, whichever is less
o Analyze potential public safety and environmental impacts resulting from damage to the coastal structure
o Provide alternatives for the coastal structure’s design and siting, and how such alternatives
would impact the risks from damage as well as the risk and cost associated with maintaining,
repairing, and constructing the coastal structure
SB 178 continued:
• Once SLIP completed, must be submitted to DEP, received and published on DEP website for 30
days before construction can start
• State-financed constructor is solely responsible for ensuring that the study submitted to the DEP
meets the established standards
• DEP must publish and maintain a copy of all SLIP studies on its website for 10 years after receipt
• DEP authorized to bring civil action to seek injunctive relief to cease construction or enforce this
section or adopted rules, if construction commences without complying with the section
• If the coastal structure has been completed or substantially completed before SLIP study done, DEP
can seek recovery of all or a portion of state funds expended on the coastal structure
• Section may not be construed to create a cause of action for damages or otherwise authorize the
imposition of penalties by a public entity for failure to implement what is contained in a SLIP study
• Effective Date: July 1,2020 except as otherwise provided in the act
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020.
Environmental Accountability (HB 1091):
• Increases various statutory penalties for violations of environmental laws
• Creates s.166.0481 and s.125.569 F.S., regarding sanitary sewer lateral inspection programs for
municipalities and counties
• Defines “sanitary sewer lateral,” to mean a privately owned pipeline connecting a property to the
main sewer line which is maintained and repaired by the property owner
• Encourages counties and municipalities, by July 1, 2022, to establish an evaluation and
rehabilitation program for sanitary sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties to
identify and reduce extraneous flow from leaking sanitary sewer laterals
o Establish a system to identify defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer laterals on
residential and commercial properties
o Consider economical methods for a property owner to repair or replace a defective, damaged,
or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral
o Establish and maintain a publicly accessible database to store information concerning properties
where a defective, damaged, or deteriorated sanitary sewer lateral has been identified.
HB 1091 continued:
• Requires a seller of real property, before executing a contract for sale, to disclose to a prospective
purchaser any defects in the property’s sanitary sewer lateral which are known to the seller
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Environmental Regulation (HB 73):
• Requires counties and municipalities to address nonhazardous contamination of recyclable
materials in contracts with residential recycling collectors and recovered materials processing
• Contracts executed or renewed after Oct. 1, 2020, must:
o Define the term “contaminated recyclable material” in a manner that is appropriate for the
local community
o Include strategies and obligations of the parties to reduce the amount of contaminated
recyclable materials being collected or processed
o Create procedures for identifying, documenting, managing, and rejecting containers
containing contaminated recyclable materials
o Authorize remedies in handling contaminated containers
o Provide education and enforcement measures to be used to reduce the amount of
contaminated recyclable material.
HB 73 continued:
• Prohibits local governments from requiring further verification from DEP that a particular
construction activity meets an ERP exception
• Revises the ERP exception for the replacement or repair of existing docks and piers to allow for
the repair or replacement if it is within five feet of the same location and no larger than the existing
dock or pier and no additional aquatic resources may be adversely and permanently impacted
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to governor as of March 31, 2020
Clean Waterways Act (SB 712):
• Addresses a number of environmental issues including several provisions specifically related to
water quality improvement
• Transfers the Onsite Sewage Program from the Department of Health (DOH) to the
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) starting in 2021 and creates a temporary septic
technical advisory committee within DEP to provide recommendations to facilitate use of
enhanced nutrient-reducing systems
• Requires DEP, by July 1, 2021 to adopt rules relating to the location of onsite sewage
treatment and disposal systems, including establishing setback distances, to prevent
groundwater contamination and surface water contamination and to preserve the public health
• Requires DEP to establish a real-time water quality monitoring program to assist in the
restoration, preservation, and enhancement of impaired water bodies and coastal resources
• Requires local governments to create wastewater treatment and/or onsite sewage treatment
and disposal system remediation plans for certain BMAPs
SB 712 continued:
• Creates a wastewater grant program that allows DEP to provide grants for projects within BMAPs,
alternative restoration plans, or rural areas of opportunity that will reduce excess nutrient pollution
• Imposes new requirements on wastewater facilities and DEP to prevent sanitary sewer overflows
and underground pipe leaks
• Prohibits, beginning July 1, 2025, wastewater treatment facilities from discharging into the Indian
River Lagoon without providing advanced waste treatment
• Requires DACS to perform onsite inspections at least every 2 years of agricultural producers enrolled
in best management practices, prioritizing inspections for producers in the BMAPs for Lake
Okeechobee, the Indian River Lagoon, the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary, and Silver Springs
• Prohibits the application of Class A or Class B biosolids within 6 inches of the seasonal high water
table, unless a nutrient management plan and water quality monitoring plan provide reasonable
assurances that the application will not cause or contribute to water quality violations; allows local
governments to keep existing biosolids ordinances
SB 712 continued:
• Requires DEP to conduct a study on the bottled water industry in the state and submit report
by June 30, 2021
• Requires DEP and WMDs to update stormwater design and operation regulations and update
the Environmental Resource Permit Application’s Handbook
• Prohibits local governments from providing legal rights to any plant, animal, body of water, or
other part of the natural environment unless otherwise specifically authorized by state law or
the State Constitution
• Requires DEP to work with UF/IFAS and regulated entities to consider the adoption by rule of
BMPs for nutrient impacts from golf courses
• Effective Date: July 1, 2020
• Not yet submitted to the governor as of March 31, 2020
Also passed but not yet submitted to governor:
• Aquatic Preserves: HB 1061 creates the Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve in Citrus, Hernando
and Pasco Counties. Effective date: July 1, 2020
• Constitutional Amendments: SB 1794 modifies the process for amending the State
Constitution through citizen initiatives. Effective date: upon becoming law
• Limitation on Homestead Assessments: HB 369 is a joint resolution which proposes
amendments to State Constitution to increase the period of time during which accrued benefit
from specified limitations on homestead property tax assessments may be transferred from
prior homestead to new homestead. (Not subject to Governor’s veto power.)
• Government Accountability: SB 1466 excludes certain acts or omissions by board members
or employees of special districts or community development districts from being considered
abuse of public position, and alters current required reporting of information on a special
district’s official website. Effective date: July 1, 2020
Also passed but not yet submitted to governor:
• Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts: HB 1009 increases of members that can
serve on these boards to allow three, five, or seven members and increases board member
terms to four-year staggered term, requires members to be landowners in the proposed area
who are subject to ad valorem taxation, requires counties or municipalities to specify the
number of members in the ordinance creating the district. Effective date: July 1, 2020
• Transportation Network Companies (TNC): HB 1039 preempts regulation of luxury ground
TNCs, luxury ground TNC drivers and luxury ground TNC vehicles to the state, and authorizes
all TNC drivers to contract for the installation of digital advertising devices on the TNC vehicle.
Effective date: upon becoming law.
• Economic Development: SB 426 amends the Regional Rural Development Grants Program
and the Rural Infrastructure Fund; modifies the governance and administration of the Florida
Development Finance Corporation; and replaces CareerSource Florida in the workforce
development system. Effective date: July 1, 2020
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