Senate Bill 1622 will repeal the burdensome state mandates and return decision making power to local governments when it comes to recognizing recreational customary use of beaches. Under prior law that was enacted prior to me becoming governor, local governments were prohibited from affirming the public's recreational use of the dry sand areas of private beaches unless they first went through a complex and costly judicial process. That law tied the hands of counties and cities trying to protect the rights of residents and visitors to enjoy the same beaches that they had used for generations previously. (04:35–04:54)
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Asserts that a prior law prohibited local governments from affirming public recreational use of private beaches without a judicial process.
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