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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 22. Paragraph (e) of subsection (10) and
18 paragraph (c) of subsection (11) of section 259.032, Florida
19 Statutes, are amended to read:
20 259.032 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund;
21 purpose.--
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23 (e) Individual management plans shall conform to the
24 appropriate policies and guidelines of the state land
25 management plan and shall include, but not be limited to:
26 1. A statement of the purpose for which the lands were
27 acquired, the projected use or uses as defined in s. 253.034,
28 and the statutory authority for such use or uses.
29 2. Key management activities necessary to preserve and
30 protect natural resources and restore habitat, and for
31 controlling the spread of nonnative plants and animals, and
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1 for prescribed fire and other appropriate resource management
2 activities.
3 3. A specific description of how the managing agency
4 plans to identify, locate, protect, and preserve, or otherwise
5 use fragile, nonrenewable natural and cultural resources.
6 4. A priority schedule for conducting management
7 activities, based on the purposes for which the lands were
8 acquired based upon categories adopted by the Land Management
9 Uniform Accounting Council pursuant to s. 259.037.
10 5. A cost estimate for conducting priority management
11 activities, to include recommendations for cost-effective
12 methods of accomplishing those activities based upon
13 categories adopted by the Land Management Uniform Accounting
14 Council pursuant to s. 259.037.
15 6. A cost estimate for conducting other management
16 activities which would enhance the natural resource value or
17 public recreation value for which the lands were acquired
18 based upon categories adopted by the Land Management Uniform
19 Accounting Council pursuant to s. 259.037. The cost estimate
20 shall include recommendations for cost-effective methods of
21 accomplishing those activities.
22 7. A determination of the public uses and public
23 access that would be consistent with the purposes for which
24 the lands were acquired.
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26 (c) Due to limited resources for management of
27 state-owned lands and the need to provide for visitor access,
28 recreational opportunities, the preservation of cultural
29 resources, and the protection and enhancement of natural
30 resources, as well as to prevent the possible deterioration of
31 the natural resource values and capital investments on state
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1 lands through inadequate management of lands, in requesting
2 funds provided for in paragraph (b) state agencies shall
3 prioritize for immediate, intermediate, and long-term
4 management of all acquisitions pursuant to this chapter and
5 for associated contractual services. When prioritizing
6 management activities, agencies shall consider routine and
7 special one-time management needs., The managing agencies
8 shall recognize the following categories of land management
9 needs:
10 1. Land management needs that are immediate needs (0-2
11 years) to prevent the threat of significant loss of natural
12 resource values and significant increases in repair costs to
13 capital facilities. Managing agencies shall also consider, at
14 a minimum, the need to provide for visitor access,
15 recreational opportunities, the preservation of cultural
16 resources, and the protection and enhancement of natural
17 resources.
18 2. Land management needs that are intermediate needs
19 (3-4 years) to prevent the threat of loss of natural resource
20 values and the increase in repair costs to capital facilities.
21 Managing agencies shall also consider, at a minimum, the need
22 to provide for visitor access, recreational opportunities, the
23 preservation of cultural resources, and the protection and
24 enhancement of natural resources.
25 3. Land management needs that are long-term needs (5-6
26 years) to prevent the eventual threat of loss of natural
27 resource values and the increase in repair costs to capital
28 facilities. Managing agencies shall also consider, at a
29 minimum, the need to provide for visitor access, recreational
30 opportunities, the preservation of cultural resources, and the
31 protection and enhancement of natural resources.
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1 1. Lands which are low-need tracts, requiring basic
2 resource management and protection, such as state reserves,
3 state preserves, state forests, and wildlife management areas.
4 These lands generally are open to the public but have no more
5 than minimum facilities development.
6 2. Lands which are moderate-need tracts, requiring
7 more than basic resource management and protection, such as
8 state parks and state recreation areas. These lands generally
9 have extra restoration or protection needs, higher
10 concentrations of public use, or more highly developed
11 facilities.
12 3. Lands which are high-need tracts, with identified
13 needs requiring unique site-specific resource management and
14 protection. These lands generally are sites with historic
15 significance, unique natural features, or very high intensity
16 public use, or sites that require extra funds to stabilize or
17 protect resources, such as lands with heavy infestations of
18 nonnative, invasive plants.
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20 In evaluating the management funding needs of lands based on
21 the above categories, the lead land managing agencies shall
22 include in their considerations the impacts of, and needs
23 created or addressed by, multiple-use management strategies.
24 Land management agencies shall demonstrate how land management
25 activities are contributing to the meeting of performance
26 measures developed pursuant to s. 259.0345(7)(c).
27 Section 23. Section 259.037, Florida Statutes, is
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29 259.037 Land Management Uniform Accounting Council.--
30 (1) The Land Management Uniform Accounting Council is
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1 shall consist of the director of the Division of State Lands,
2 the director of the Division of Recreation and Parks, the
3 director of the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas,
4 the director of the Office of Greenways and Trails of the
5 Department of Environmental Protection, the director of the
6 Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and
7 Consumer Services, the executive director of the Fish and
8 Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the director of the
9 Division of Historial Resources of the Department of State, or
10 their respective designees. Each state agency represented on
11 the council shall have one vote. The chairperson of the
12 council shall rotate annually in the foregoing order of state
13 agencies. The agency of the representative serving as
14 chairperson of the council shall provide staff support for the
15 council. The Division of State Lands shall serve as the
16 recipient of and repository for the council's documents. The
17 council shall initially meet by June 1, 2000, and thereafter
18 at the request of the chairperson.
19 (2) The Auditor General and the Director of the Office
20 of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability or
21 their designees shall advise the council to ensure that
22 appropriate accounting procedures are utilized and that a
23 uniform method of collecting and reporting accurate costs of
24 land management activities is created and can be used by all
25 agencies.
26 (3) The council shall, by January 1, 2001, review
27 current land management practices and group closely related
28 land management activities and needs into categories. All
29 land management activities and costs must be assigned to a
30 specific category, and any single activity or cost may not be
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1 as planning or training shall be segregated from other
2 management activities. Specific management activities and
3 costs must be grouped, at a minimum, within the following
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5 (a) Resource management;
6 (b) Administration;
7 (c) Capital improvements; and
8 (d) Visitor services and recreation.
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10 Upon adoption of a complete list of land management categories
11 by the council, agencies assigned to manage conservation or
12 recreation lands shall, on January 1, 2001, begin to account
13 for land management costs in accordance with the category to
14 which an expenditure is assigned.
15 (4) The council shall provide its adopted list of land
16 management categories to the Governor, the Board of Trustees
17 of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the President of the
18 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
19 Acquisition and Restoration Council by January 1, 2001.
20 (5) If the council determines that the list of land
21 management categories needs to be revised, the council shall
22 meet upon the call of its chairperson.
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 amending s. 259.032, F.S.; creating additional
2 requirements for land management plans;
3 modifying land management needs categories;
4 creating s. 259.037, F.S.; creating the Land
5 Management Uniform Accounting Council;
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