SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1296, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 844036
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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 9, between lines 14 and 15,
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17         Section 9.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
18  403.1835, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         403.1835  Water pollution control financial
20  assistance.--
21         (3)  The department may provide financial assistance
22  through any program authorized under s. 603 of the Federal
23  Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), Pub. L. No.
24  92-500, as amended, including, but not limited to, making
25  grants and loans, providing loan guarantees, purchasing loan
26  insurance or other credit enhancements, and buying or
27  refinancing local debt. This financial assistance must be
28  administered in accordance with this section and applicable
29  federal authorities. The department shall administer all
30  programs operated from funds secured through the activities of
31  the Florida Water Pollution Control Financing Corporation
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1296, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 844036 1 under s. 403.1837, to fulfill the purposes of this section. 2 (b) The department may make or request the corporation 3 to make loans, grants, and deposits to other entities eligible 4 to participate in the financial assistance programs authorized 5 under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or as a result 6 of other federal action, which entities may pledge any revenue 7 available to them to repay any funds borrowed. Notwithstanding 8 s. 18.10, the department may make deposits to financial 9 institutions that earn less than the prevailing rate for 10 United States Treasury securities with corresponding 11 maturities for the purpose of enabling such financial 12 institutions to make below-market interest rate loans to 13 entities qualified to receive loans under this section and the 14 rules of the department. 15 16 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 17 18 19 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 On page 2, line 7, after the semicolon 22 23 insert: 24 amending s. 403.1835, F.S.; authorizing the 25 department to deposit certain funds in 26 financial institutions to make below-market 27 loans for pollution control; 28 29 30 31 2 6:04 PM 04/30/01 s1296.nr18.Pa