Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1632
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/26/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Brodeur) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1644 and 1645
    4  insert:
    5         Section 15. Subsection (10) of section 570.71, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (14) is added to that
    7  section, to read:
    8         570.71 Conservation easements and agreements.—
    9         (10) The department, in consultation with the Department of
   10  Environmental Protection, the water management districts, the
   11  Department of Economic Opportunity, and the Florida Fish and
   12  Wildlife Conservation Commission, shall adopt rules that
   13  establish an application process;, a process and criteria for
   14  setting priorities for use of funds consistent with the purposes
   15  specified in subsection (1) and giving preference to ranch and
   16  timber lands managed using sustainable practices, lands in
   17  imminent danger of development or degradation, or lands within
   18  the Florida wildlife corridor as defined in s. 259.1055(4); an
   19  appraisal process;, and a process for title review and
   20  compliance and approval of the rules by the Board of Trustees of
   21  the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
   22         (14) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, the department
   23  must submit a purchase agreement authorized by this section to
   24  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for
   25  approval only if the purchase price exceeds $5 million.
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 94
   30  and insert:
   31         from disposing wastes into; amending s. 570.71, F.S.;
   32         requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   33         Services, in consultation with the Department of
   34         Environmental Protection, the water management
   35         districts, the Department of Economic Opportunity, and
   36         the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
   37         to adopt rules giving funding priority and preference
   38         to specified lands; requiring the Department of
   39         Agriculture and Consumer Services to submit certain
   40         purchase agreements to the Board of Trustees of the
   41         Internal Improvement Trust Fund for approval under
   42         certain circumstances; amending ss. 201.15,