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                                      HB 1599, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Rodman Reservoir Recreation

  3         Area; creating s. 258.16, F.S.; designating and

  4         establishing a state recreation area; providing

  5         duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks

  6         of the Department of Environmental Protection;

  7         providing for closure of certain structures;

  8         providing for approval by the Legislature of

  9         actions which would substantially alter the

10         recreation area; authorizing the Division of

11         State Lands of the department to acquire

12         contiguous property; requiring the Division of

13         State Lands to notify certain easement holders

14         of the state recreation area designation;

15         requiring a report to the Governor and

16         Legislature; providing an effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Section 258.16, Florida Statutes, is

21  created to read:

22         258.16  Rodman Reservoir Recreation Area designated.--

23         (1)  There is designated and established a state

24  recreation area to be known as Rodman Reservoir Recreation

25  Area, in Marion and Putman Counties, which shall include all

26  state-owned lands within the floodplain of the Oklawaha River

27  and those hereafter acquired by the state from Eureka Dam in

28  Marion County to Buckman Lock in Putnam County. Such lands

29  shall be deemed and held to be a state recreation area, under

30  the supervision of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the

31  Department of Environmental Protection, and the division is


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  1  charged with the duty of providing for the development of

  2  multipurpose recreational opportunities at this recreation

  3  area and the care, upkeep, maintenance, and beautification of

  4  the Rodman Reservoir Recreation Area, including all those

  5  dams, locks, and other structures transferred by the Federal

  6  Government to the state. Such structures may be permanently

  7  closed and filled with suitable materials if their continued

  8  maintenance and operation is determined by the department not

  9  to be cost-effective due to the overall condition of the

10  structures when they were transferred by the Federal

11  Government. The Department shall not adopt any rules or

12  regulations, nor utilize any existing rules or regulations,

13  prohibiting recreational opportunities, including, but not

14  limited to hunting and fishing, in the Rodman Reservoir

15  Recreational Area. Any proposed action that would

16  substantially alter the recreation area as it existed on

17  January 1, 2000, shall be approved by the Legislature prior to

18  implementation.

19         (2)  The Division of State Lands may acquire in the

20  name of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement

21  Trust Fund any additional property adjacent or contiguous to

22  the Rodman Reservoir Recreation Area, from private owners or

23  from the United States Government, for improved management and

24  recreational opportunities.

25         (3)  The Division of State Lands is directed to

26  identify, contact, and inform all property owners who entered

27  into easements located within the taking line of the Rodman

28  Reservoir of the designation of this area as a state

29  recreation area.

30         (4)  By January 1, 2001, the Division of State Lands is

31  directed to submit a report to the Executive Office of the


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  1  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

  2  House of Representatives that:

  3         (a)  Identifies each entity that has an easement within

  4  the taking line of the reservoir.

  5         (b)  Indicates whether the holder of the easement is

  6  willing to sell the easement.

  7         (c)  Estimates the cost of acquiring the easements.

  8         (d)  Identifies any additional issues resulting from

  9  this designation.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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