House Bill 1989

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1989

        By Representative R. Diaz de la Portilla






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Miami River; creating s.

  3         163.065, F.S.; creating the "Miami River

  4         Improvement Act"; providing findings and

  5         purpose; directing state and regional agencies

  6         to assist the Miami River Commission; requiring

  7         a plan; providing an appropriation; providing

  8         an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 163.065, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         163.065  Miami River Improvement Act.--

15         (1)  SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the

16  "Miami River Improvement Act."

17         (2)  FINDINGS; PURPOSE.--

18         (a)  The Miami River Commission has been created to be

19  the official coordinating clearinghouse for all public policy

20  and projects related to the Miami River.

21         (b)  The United Sates Government has funded an initial

22  federal share of 80 percent for the environmental and

23  navigational improvements to the Miami River. The governments

24  of the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County are working with

25  the Legislature and the Florida Department of Environmental

26  Protection to determine how the 20 percent local share will be

27  provided.

28         (c)  Successful revitalizing and sustaining the urban

29  redevelopment of the areas adjacent to the Miami River is

30  dependent on addressing, through an integrated and coordinated

31  intergovernmental plan, a range of varied components essential

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  1  to a healthy urban environment, including cultural,

  2  recreational, economic, and transportation components.

  3         (d)  The purpose of this section is to ensure a

  4  coordinated federal, state, regional, and local effort to

  5  improve the Miami River and adjacent areas.

  6         (3)  AGENCY ASSISTANCE.--All state and regional

  7  agencies shall provide all available assistance to the Miami

  8  River Commission in the conduct of its activities.

  9         (4)  PLAN.--The Miami River Commission, working with

10  the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County shall consider the

11  merits of developing and adopting an urban infill and

12  redevelopment plan, under ss. 163.2511-163.2526, and

13  participating state and regional agencies shall review the

14  proposed plan for the purposes of consistency with applicable

15  law.

16         Section 2.  The sum of $150,000 is appropriated from

17  the General Revenue Fund to the Miami River Commission to

18  carry out the purpose of this act during the 2000-2001 fiscal

19  year.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Creates the "Miami River Improvement Act." Directs state
      and regional agencies to work with the Miami River
25    Commission, City of Miami, and Miami-Dade County in
      considering an urban infill and redevelopment plan.
26    Provides an appropriation.

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