HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1577
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on General Government Appropriations offered the
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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, between lines 22 and 23 of the bill
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17  insert:  
18         Section 3.  Section 373.501, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         373.501  Appropriation of funds to water management
21  districts.--
22         (1)  The department may allocate to the water
23  management districts, from funds appropriated to the
24  department, such sums as may be deemed necessary to defray the
25  costs of the administrative,  regulatory, and other activities
26  of the districts. The governing boards shall submit annual
27  budget requests for such purposes to the department, and the
28  department shall consider such budgets in preparing its budget
29  request for the Legislature.
30         (2)  Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
31  purpose of funding a specific water management district
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    File original & 9 copies    04/11/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1577 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 project shall be transferred to the water management district 2 when the proposed project has been reviewed by the secretary 3 of the pertinent state agency and upon receipt of a governing 4 board resolution requesting such funds. 5 Section 4. Subsection (11) of section 373.59, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 373.59 Water Management Lands Trust Fund.-- 8 (11) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to 9 the contrary, and for the 2000-2001 fiscal year only, the 10 governing board of a water management district may request, 11 and the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall release 12 upon such request, moneys allocated to the districts pursuant 13 to subsection (8) for the purpose of carrying out the purposes 14 consistent with the provisions of s. 373.0361, s. 373.0831 s. 15 375.0831, s. 373.139, or ss. 373.451-373.4595 and for 16 legislatively authorized land acquisition and water 17 restoration initiatives. No funds may be used pursuant to this 18 subsection until necessary debt service obligations, 19 requirements for payments in lieu of taxes, and land 20 management obligations that may be required by this chapter 21 are provided for. This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2001. 22 23 24 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 On page , 27 remove from the title of the bill: 28 29 and insert in lieu thereof: 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/11/01 hap0008 02:33 pm 01577-gga -730099