HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1263
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on General Government Appropriations offered the
12  following:
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14         Amendment to Amendment (581949) (with title amendment) 
15         On page 11, between lines 25 and 26
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18         Section 4.  Subsection (5) of section 378.601, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         378.601  Heavy minerals.--
21         (5)  Any heavy mineral mining operation which annually
22  mines less than 500 acres and whose proposed consumption of
23  water is 3 million gallons per day or less shall not be
24  required to undergo development of regional impact review
25  pursuant to s. 380.06, provided permits and plan approvals
26  pursuant to either this section and part IV of chapter 373, or
27  s. 378.901, are issued.  This subsection applies only in the
28  following circumstances:
29         (a)  Mining is conducted in counties where the operator
30  has conducted heavy mineral mining activities prior to March
31  1, 1997; and
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1263 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 (b) The operator of the heavy mineral mining operation 2 has executed a developer agreement pursuant to s. 380.032 or 3 has received a development order under s. 380.06(15) as of 4 March 1, 1997. Lands mined pursuant to this section need not 5 be the subject of the developer agreement or development 6 order. 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 12, line 4 of the amendment 12 remove: "reclamation of land;" 13 14 and insert in lieu thereof: 15 mining; amending s. 378.601, F.S.; removing 16 limitations on certain heavy mineral mining 17 operations; 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hap0008 03:16 pm 01263-gga -863811