SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 384

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 24 and 25,

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) and

18  subsection (3) are amended, and subsections (4), (5), and (6)

19  are added to section 259.035, Florida Statutes, as amended by

20  section 16 of chapter 99-247, Laws of Florida, to read:

21         (f)  The board of trustees department has authority to

22  adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement

23  the provisions of this section.

24         (3)  The council shall provide assistance to the board

25  of trustees in reviewing the recommendations and plans for

26  state-owned lands required under ss. s. 253.034 and 259.032.

27  The council shall, in reviewing such recommendations and

28  plans, consider the optimization of multiple-use and

29  conservation strategies to accomplish the provisions funded

30  pursuant to ss. s. 259.101(3)(a) and 259.105(3)(b). Such funds

31  shall only be used to acquire lands identified in the annual

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 1  Conservation and Recreation Lands list approved by the board

 2  of trustees in the year 2000.

 3         (4)  The council may use existing rules adopted by the

 4  board of trustees, until it develops and recommends amendments

 5  to those rules, to competitively evaluate, select, and rank

 6  projects eligible for the Conservation and Recreation Lands

 7  list pursuant to ss. 259.032(3) and 259.101(4) and, beginning

 8  no later than May 1, 2001, for Florida Forever funds pursuant

 9  to s. 259.105(3)(b). In developing or amending the rules, the

10  council shall give weight to the criteria included in s.

11  259.105(9). The board of trustees shall review the

12  recommendations and shall adopt rules necessary to administer

13  this section.

14         (5)  An affirmative vote of five members of the council

15  is required in order to change a project boundary or to place

16  a proposed project on a list developed pursuant to subsection

17  (4). Any member of the council who by family or a business

18  relationship has a connection with all or a portion of any

19  proposed project shall declare the interest before voting on

20  its inclusion on a list.

21         (6)  The proposal for a project pursuant to this

22  section or s. 259.105(3)(b) may be implemented only if adopted

23  by the council and approved by the board of trustees. The

24  council shall consider and evaluate in writing the merits and

25  demerits of each project that is proposed for Conservation and

26  Recreation Lands, Florida Preservation 2000, or Florida

27  Forever funding and shall ensure that each proposed project

28  will meet a stated public purpose for the restoration,

29  conservation, or preservation of environmentally sensitive

30  lands and water areas or for providing outdoor recreational

31  opportunities. The council also shall determine whether the

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 1  project conforms, where applicable with the comprehensive plan

 2  developed pursuant to s. 259.04(1)(a), the comprehensive

 3  multipurpose outdoor recreation plan developed pursuant to s.

 4  375.021, the state lands management plan adopted pursuant to

 5  s. 253.03(7), the water resources work plans developed

 6  pursuant to s. 373.199, and the provisions of s. 259.032, s.

 7  259.101, or s. 259.105, whichever is applicable.

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 9  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

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17         amending s. 259.035, F.S.; clarifying

18         rule-making authority; authorizing the use of

19         specified rules; providing procedures for

20         project approval and modification;

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