SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2066

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Thomas moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 27, between lines 9 and 10,

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17         Section 28.  Section 581.184, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         581.184  Promulgation of rules; citrus canker

20  eradication; voluntary destruction agreements; buffer zone.--

21         (1)  In addition to the powers and duties set forth

22  under this chapter the department is directed to adopt rules

23  specifying facts and circumstances that, if present, would

24  require the destruction of plants for purposes of eradicating,

25  controlling, or preventing the dissemination of citrus canker

26  disease in the state.  In addition, the department is directed

27  to adopt rules regarding the conditions under which citrus

28  plants can be grown, moved, and planted in this state as may

29  be necessary for the eradication, control, or prevention of

30  the dissemination of citrus canker.  Such rules shall be in

31  effect for any period during which, in the judgment of the

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 1  Commissioner of Agriculture, there is the threat of the spread

 2  of citrus canker disease in the state.  Such rules may provide

 3  for the conduct of any activity regulated by such rules

 4  subject to an agreement by persons wishing to engage in such

 5  activity to voluntarily destroy, at their own expense, citrus

 6  plants declared by the department to be imminently dangerous

 7  by reason of being infected or infested with citrus canker or

 8  exposed to infection and likely to communicate same.  The

 9  terms of such agreement may also require the destruction of

10  healthy plants under specified conditions.  Any such

11  destruction shall be done after reasonable notice in a manner

12  pursuant to and under conditions set forth in the agreement.

13  Such agreements may include releases and waivers of liability

14  and may require the agreement of other persons.

15         (2)  The department, pursuant to s. 581.031(15) and

16  (17), may create a citrus canker host-free buffer area,

17  delineated by department rule, to retard the spread of citrus

18  canker from known infected areas.  In addition, the department

19  shall develop a compensation plan for the trees removed from

20  the buffer area. Compensation for the trees removed from the

21  buffer area is subject to annual legislative appropriation.

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23  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

28         On page 4, line 3, after the semicolon

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30  insert:

31         amending s. 581.184, F.S.; establishing a

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