Section 380.0937, Florida Statutes, requires state agencies, municipalities, counties, special districts, authorities, or other corporate bodies of the state, which commission or manage a construction project within the area at risk due to sea level rise using funds appropriated from the state to conduct a sea-level impact projection (“SLIP”) study. The SLIP study must be conducted, submitted to the Department, and published on the Department’s website before construction can commence. The Department will maintain a copy of all SLIP studies on this website for 10 years after receipt. At a minimum, Section 380.0937 requires a state-financed constructor’s SLIP study to include the following:

• Use a systematic, interdisciplinary, and scientifically accepted approach in the natural sciences and construction design in conducting the study.
• Assess the flooding, inundation, and wave action damage risks relating to the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure over its expected life or 50 years, whichever is less.
• The assessment must take into account potential relative local sea-level rise and increased storm risk during the expected life of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure or 50 years, whichever is less, and, to the extent possible, account for the construction of sea-level rise versus land subsidence to the relative local sea-level rise.
• The assessment must provide scientific and engineering evidence of the risk to the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure and methods used to mitigate, adapt to, or reduce this risk.
• The assessment must use and consider available scientific research and generally accepted industry practices.
• The assessment must provide an estimated probability of significant flood damage to the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure over the expected life of the structure or infrastructure or 50 years, whichever is less.
• The assessment must analyze potential public safety and environmental impacts resulting from damage to the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure, including, but not limited to, leakage of pollutants, electrocution and explosion hazards, and hazards resulting from floating or flying structural debris.
• Provide alternatives for the design and siting of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure and analyze how such alternatives would impact the risks specified in subparagraph (b)5. as well as the risk and cost associated with maintaining, repairing, and constructing the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure.
• Provide a list of flood mitigation strategies evaluated as part of the design of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure and identify appropriate flood mitigation strategies for consideration as part of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure design.

For a complete list of requirements and definitions in Section , Florida Statutes, please follow the link below: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0380/Sections/0380.0937.html