Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1632
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/10/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 398 and 399
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 373.618, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         373.618 Public service warnings, alerts, and
    8  announcements.—The Legislature believes it is in the public
    9  interest that all water management districts created pursuant to
   10  s. 373.069 own, acquire, develop, construct, operate, and manage
   11  public information systems. Public information systems may be
   12  located on property owned by the water management district, upon
   13  terms and conditions approved by the water management district,
   14  and must display messages to the general public concerning water
   15  management services, activities, events, and sponsors, as well
   16  as other public service announcements, including watering
   17  restrictions, severe weather reports, amber alerts, and other
   18  essential information needed by the public. Local government
   19  review or approval is not required for a public information
   20  system owned or hereafter acquired, developed, or constructed by
   21  the water management district on its own property. A public
   22  information system is exempt from the requirements of chapter
   23  479. However, a public information system that is subject to the
   24  Highway Beautification Act of 1965 must be approved by the
   25  Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway
   26  Administration if such approval is required by federal law and
   27  federal regulation under the agreement between the state and the
   28  United States Department of Transportation and by federal
   29  regulations enforced by the Department of Transportation under
   30  s. 479.02(1). Water management district funds may not be used to
   31  pay the cost to acquire, develop, construct, operate, or manage
   32  a public information system. Any necessary funds for a public
   33  information system shall be paid for and collected from private
   34  sponsors who may display commercial messages.
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   37         And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 28
   39  and insert:
   40         the Legislature for approval; amending s. 373.618,
   41         F.S.; providing that certain public information
   42         systems operated by water management districts must be
   43         approved by the Department of Transportation and the
   44         Federal Highway Administration if such approval is
   45         required by certain laws and regulations; amending
   46         provisions of