Senate Bill 1976

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1976

    By Senator King





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to recreation areas; creating

  3         s. 258.166, F.S.; establishing the Rodman

  4         Reservoir Recreation Area; directing the

  5         Division of Recreation and Parks of the

  6         Department of Environmental Protection to

  7         develop multipurpose recreational opportunities

  8         and provide supervision of the area;

  9         authorizing the Division of State Lands to

10         acquire adjacent or contiguous property;

11         requiring the Division of State Lands to notify

12         persons with easements in the area; requiring a

13         report; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 258.166, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         258.166  Rodman Reservoir Recreation Area

20  designated.--There is designated and established a state

21  recreation area to be known as Rodman Reservoir Recreation

22  Area, in Marion and Putnam counties, which shall include all

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

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

25  Marion County to Buckman Lock in Putnam County. Those lands

26  are deemed and held to be a state recreation area, under the

27  supervision of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the

28  Department of Environmental Protection, and the division is

29  charged with the duty of providing for the development of

30  multipurpose recreational opportunities at this recreation

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

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  1  the Rodman Reservoir Recreation Area including all those dams,

  2  locks, and other structures transferred by the federal

  3  government to the state. Any action that would substantially

  4  alter the recreation area as it existed on January 1, 2000,

  5  must be approved by law.

  6         (1)  The Division of State Lands of the Department of

  7  Environmental Protection may acquire in the name of the Board

  8  of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund any

  9  additional property adjacent or contiguous to the Rodman

10  Reservoir Recreation Area, from private owners or from the

11  United States Government for improved management and

12  recreational opportunities.

13         (2)  The Division of State Lands shall identify,

14  contact, and inform all property owners who entered into

15  easements located within the taking line of the Rodman

16  Reservoir of the designation of this area as a state

17  recreation area.

18         (3)  By January 1, 2001, the Division of State Lands

19  shall submit a report to the Executive Office of the Governor,

20  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

21  Representatives which:

22         (a)  Identifies the entities that have an easement

23  within the taking line of the reservoir.

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

25  willing to sell the easement.

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

27         (d)  Identifies any additional issues resulting from

28  this designation.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Designates an area in the floodplain of the Oklawaha
      River in Marion and Putnam counties as the Rodman
  4    Reservoir Recreation Area under the supervision of the
      Department of Environmental Protection. Authorizes the
  5    acquisition of additional land and requires the
      notification of persons with easements in the recreation
  6    area. Requires a report to the Governor and the
      Legislature.
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