Senate Bill 0238

    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 238

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy





    309-528-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state lands management;

  3         requiring specific state agencies to report

  4         costs associated with conservation and

  5         recreation lands for which they are

  6         responsible; providing duties of the Division

  7         of State Lands; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  (1)  Each agency designated as the lead

12  management entity for any state-owned conservation and

13  recreation lands shall prepare a single summary report that

14  shows the estimated total unfunded management and development

15  cost associated with each individual parcel, facility, or unit

16  under the responsibility of the managing agency.

17         (2)  This report must indicate the geographic location

18  of each unit and the specific funding requirements necessary

19  to manage the acreage in a manner consistent with the public

20  purpose for which it was acquired.

21         (3)  The report is in addition to the plan required by

22  section 259.032(10), Florida Statutes.

23         (4)  The report must serve as the basis of, and be

24  submitted with, the managing agency's annual legislative

25  budget request.

26         Section 2.  The Division of State Lands, as staff to

27  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund

28  shall be responsible for statewide coordination of the

29  development of the plans required by section 259.032(10),

30  Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 238
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  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming

  2  law.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Requires lead management agencies for state-owned
      conservation and recreation lands to report their costs
  7    with respect to those lands. Requires the Division of
      State Lands to coordinate the development of the plans
  8    required by s. 259.032(10), F.S.

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