HOUSE AMENDMENT
                             Bill No. CS/HBs 1617 & 1487, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Greenstein offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (363067) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, beteen lines 16 and 17,
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (12) of section 403.503, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         403.503  Definitions relating to Florida Electrical
20  Power Plant Siting Act.--As used in this act:
21         (12)  "Electrical power plant" means, for the purpose
22  of certification, any steam or solar electrical generating
23  facility using any process or fuel, including nuclear
24  materials, and includes associated facilities which directly
25  support the construction and operation of the electrical power
26  plant and those associated transmission lines which connect
27  the electrical power plant to an existing transmission network
28  or rights-of-way to which the applicant intends to connect,
29  except that this term does not include any steam or solar
30  electrical generating facility of less than 75 megawatts in
31  capacity unless the applicant for such a facility elects to
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    File original & 9 copies    05/02/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HBs 1617 & 1487, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 apply for certification under this act or proposes to site the 2 facility within any area comprising at least 20 square miles 3 with an average population density of at least 3,000 persons 4 per square mile. An associated transmission line may include, 5 at the applicant's option, any proposed terminal or 6 intermediate substations or substation expansions connected to 7 the associated transmission line. 8 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 403.506, Florida 9 Statutes, is amended to read: 10 403.506 Applicability and certification.-- 11 (1) The provisions of this act shall apply to any 12 electrical power plant as defined herein, except that the 13 provisions of this act shall not apply to any electrical power 14 plant or steam generating plant of less than 75 megawatts in 15 capacity or to any substation to be constructed as part of an 16 associated transmission line unless the applicant has elected 17 to apply for certification of such plant or substation under 18 this act or proposes to site such plant within any area 19 comprising at least 20 square miles with an average population 20 density of at least 3,000 persons per square mile. No 21 construction of any new electrical power plant or expansion in 22 steam generating capacity of any existing electrical power 23 plant may be undertaken after October 1, 1973, without first 24 obtaining certification in the manner as herein provided, 25 except that this act shall not apply to any such electrical 26 power plant which is presently operating or under construction 27 or which has, upon the effective date of chapter 73-33, Laws 28 of Florida, applied for a permit or certification under 29 requirements in force prior to the effective date of such act. 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hbd0001 12:04 pm 01617-0095-041017
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HBs 1617 & 1487, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 88, line 19, of the amendment 4 5 after the semicolon insert: 6 amending s. 403.503, F.S.; revising a 7 definition; amending s. 403.506, F.S.; 8 providing an additional exception to 9 application for certain power plants; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hbd0001 12:04 pm 01617-0095-041017