SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 186

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 61, between lines 9 and 10,

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17         Section 39.  Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section

18  260.016, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

19         260.016  General powers of the department.--

20         (1)  The department may:

21         (h)  Receive or accept from any legal source, grants

22  for the purpose of providing or improving public greenways and

23  trails, and the department is authorized to disburse funds as

24  pass-through grants to federal, state, or local government

25  agencies, recognized tribal units, or to nonprofit entities

26  created for this purpose. The department has authority to

27  adopt rules pursuant to s. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement

28  the provisions of this subsection. Such rules shall provide,

29  but are not limited to, the following:  procedures for grant

30  administration and accountability; eligibility, selection

31  criteria; maximum grant amounts and number of pending grants;

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 1  dedication requirements; and conversion procedures and

 2  requirements.

 3         Section 40.  Subsection (1) of s. 375.075, Florida

 4  Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         375.075  Outdoor recreation; financial assistance to

 6  local governments.--

 7         (1)  The Department of Environmental Protection is

 8  authorized, pursuant to s. 370.023, to establish the Florida

 9  Recreation Development Assistance Program to provide grants to

10  qualified local governmental entities to acquire or develop

11  land for public outdoor recreation purposes. To the extent not

12  needed for debt service on bonds issued pursuant to s.

13  375.051, each fiscal year through fiscal year 2000-2001, the

14  department shall develop and plan a program which shall be

15  based upon funding of not less than 5 percent of the money

16  credited to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to s.

17  201.15(2) and (3) in that year. Beginning fiscal year

18  2001-2002, the department shall develop and plan a program

19  which shall be based upon funding provided from the Florida

20  Forever Trust Fund pursuant to s. 259.105(3)(c).

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 4, line 20, after the semicolon

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28         amending s. 260.016, F.S.; authorizing the

29         Department of Environmental Protection to

30         receive grants for improving greenways and

31         trails and to adopt rules for the administering

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 1         pass-through grants; amending s. 375.075, F.S.;

 2         correcting a cross reference;

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