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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2403, 1st Eng.
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11 Representative(s) Dockery offered the following:
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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 and on the 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 on the
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 on the 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 By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency, including
27 the water management districts, and each private entity
28 designated to manage lands shall report to the Secretary of
29 Environmental Protection on the progress of funding, staffing,
30 and resource management of every project for which the agency
31 or entity is responsible.
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2 (c) Due to limited resources for management of
3 state-owned lands and the possible deterioration to the
4 natural resource values and capital investments on state lands
5 through inadequate management of lands, in requesting funds
6 provided for in paragraph (b), state agencies shall prioritize
7 for immediate, intermediate, and long-term management of all
8 acquisitions pursuant to this chapter and for associated
9 contractual services. When prioritizing management
10 activities, agencies shall consider routine and special
11 one-time management needs., The managing agencies shall
12 recognize the following categories of land management needs:
13 1. Immediate land management needs, within 1 to 2
14 years, to prevent the threat of significant loss of natural
15 resource values or significant increases in repair costs to
16 capital facilities.
17 2. Intermediate land management needs, within 3 to 4
18 years, to prevent the threat of loss of natural resource
19 values or the increase in repair costs to capital facilities.
20 3. Long-term land management needs, within 5 to 6
21 years, to prevent the eventual threat of loss of natural
22 resource values or the increase in repair costs to capital
23 facilities.
24 1. Lands which are low-need tracts, requiring basic
25 resource management and protection, such as state reserves,
26 state preserves, state forests, and wildlife management areas.
27 These lands generally are open to the public but have no more
28 than minimum facilities development.
29 2. Lands which are moderate-need tracts, requiring
30 more than basic resource management and protection, such as
31 state parks and state recreation areas. These lands generally
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1 have extra restoration or protection needs, higher
2 concentrations of public use, or more highly developed
3 facilities.
4 3. Lands which are high-need tracts, with identified
5 needs requiring unique site-specific resource management and
6 protection. These lands generally are sites with historic
7 significance, unique natural features, or very high intensity
8 public use, or sites that require extra funds to stabilize or
9 protect resources, such as lands with heavy infestations of
10 nonnative, invasive plants.
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12 In evaluating the management funding needs of lands based on
13 the above categories, the lead land managing agencies shall
14 include in their considerations the impacts of, and needs
15 created or addressed by, multiple-use management strategies.
16 Land management agencies shall demonstrate how land management
17 activities are contributing to meeting of performance measures
18 developed pursuant to s. 259.0345(7)(c).
19 Section 23. Section 259.037, Florida Statutes, is
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21 259.037 Land Management Uniform Accounting Council.--
22 (1) The Land Management Uniform Accounting Council is
23 created within the Department of Environmental Protection and
24 shall consist of the director of the Division of State Lands,
25 the director of the Division of Recreation and Parks, the
26 director of the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas,
27 and the director of the Office of Greenways and Trails of the
28 Department of Environmental Protection; the director of the
29 Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and
30 Consumer Services; the executive director of the Fish and
31 Wildlife Conservation Commission; and the director of the
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1 Division of Historial Resources of the Department of State, or
2 their respective designees. Each state agency represented on
3 the council shall have one vote. The chair of the council
4 shall rotate annually in the foregoing order of state
5 agencies. The agency of the representative serving as chair
6 of the council shall provide staff support for the council.
7 The Division of State Lands shall serve as the recipient of
8 and repository for the council's documents. The council shall
9 meet initially by May 20, 2000, and thereafter at the request
10 of the chair.
11 (2) The Auditor General and the director of the Office
12 of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, or
13 their designees, shall advise the council to ensure that
14 appropriate accounting procedures are utilized and that a
15 uniform method of collecting and reporting accurate costs of
16 land management activities are created and can be used by all
17 agencies.
18 (3) The council shall, by June 20, 2000, review
19 current land management practices and group closely related
20 land management activities and needs into categories. All
21 land management activities and costs must be assigned to a
22 specific category, and any single activity or cost may not be
23 assigned to more than one category. Administrative costs,
24 such as planning or training, shall be segregated from other
25 management activities. Specific management activities and
26 costs must be grouped, at a minimum, within the following
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28 (a) Resource management.
29 (b) Administration.
30 (c) New facility construction.
31 (d) Facility maintenance.
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2 Upon adoption of a complete list of land management categories
3 by the council, agencies assigned to manage conservation or
4 recreation lands shall, on July 1, 2000, begin to account for
5 land management costs in accordance with the category to which
6 an expenditure is assigned.
7 (4) The council shall provide its adopted list of land
8 management categories to the Governor, the Board of Trustees
9 of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the President of the
10 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
11 Acquisition and Restoration Council by July 1, 2000.
12 (5) The council shall report agencies' expenditures
13 pursuant to the adopted categories to the President of the
14 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
15 annually, beginning July 1, 2001. The council shall also
16 provide this report to the Acquisition and Restoration Council
17 for inclusion in its annual report required pursuant to s.
18 259.105.
19 (6) Should the council determine that the list of land
20 management categories needs to be revised, it shall meet upon
21 the call of the chair.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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30 creating s. 259.037, F.S.; creating the Land
31 Management Uniform Accounting Council;
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1 providing membership; providing duties and
2 responsibilities relating to review and
3 categorization of land management activities,
4 needs, and costs; providing for accounting
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