HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 4559

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Water & Resource Management offered the

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 3, between lines 2 & 3, of the bill

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18         Section 2.  Subsection (8) of Section 373.421, Florida

19  Statutes, is created to read:

20         373.421  Delineation methods; formal determinations.--

21         Whenever a survey or certified survey of delineated

22  wetland boundaries is required for any purpose pursuant to

23  this chapter, the survey may be performed by conventional

24  methods of land surveying or by use of a Global Positioning

25  System (GPS).  When a GPS is used in the survey, the equipment

26  must provide for submeter or less accuracy and be operated by

27  or under the supervision of a registered land surveyor

28  licensed in the State of Florida, or by an individual

29  specifically trained in the use of the make, type and model of

30  the GPS equipment being employed.  Presence of the registered

31  surveyor's seal and signature shall constitute proof that the

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 4559

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  survey was conducted by or under the supervision of a

 2  registered land surveyor licensed in Florida.  A GPS survey of

 3  wetland boundaries which has been conducted in accordance with

 4  this section shall not be considered an approximate wetland

 5  delineation under rules promulgated pursuant to Section

 6  373.421(2).

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, line 16, after the semicolon,

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14         amending s. 373.421, F.S.; allowing for use of

15         Global Positioning Systems in wetlands surveys;

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