HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1577
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 The Committee on General Government Appropriations offered the
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18 Section 3. Section 373.501, Florida Statutes, is
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20 373.501 Appropriation of funds to water management
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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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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 This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2001.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 remove from the title of the bill:
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