Senate Bill sb0170c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 170

    By the Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Services; and
    Senator Geller




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to citrus canker compensation;

  3         providing appropriations; directing the

  4         department to compensate certain owners of

  5         citrus trees removed as part of eradication

  6         programs; providing retroactive applicability;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  (1)  The sum of $40 million is appropriated

12  from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture

13  and Consumer Services, and the sum of $10 million is

14  appropriated from the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund to

15  the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

16  Notwithstanding any other law, these moneys shall be used by

17  the department to compensate, in the amount of $100 a tree,

18  the owners of citrus trees removed as part of a citrus canker

19  eradication program. Compensation may be paid under this

20  section only for the removal of trees located on residential

21  property.

22         (2)  The specification of a per-tree amount of

23  compensation in this section does not limit the amount of

24  compensation that may be paid by another entity or pursuant to

25  court order for the removal of citrus trees as part of a

26  citrus canker eradication program.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law and shall operate retroactively to provide compensation

29  for citrus trees removed on or after January 1, 1995.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 170
    303-1595-01




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 170

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  4  Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 170 is different from
    Senate Bill 170 in that it:
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    --Changes the appropriations for citrus canker compensation.
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          -- General Revenue Fund Appropriation from $45 million
  7        to $40 million

  8        -- Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund from $5 million
          to $10 million
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    --Makes technical corrections.
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    --Deletes an amendment to s.581.184, F.S., that clarifies that
11  compensation for trees removed from nonresidential property
    within the buffer zone is subject to annual legislative
12  appropriation.

13  --Changes the retroactive date for providing compensation from
    January 1, 2000 to January 1, 1995.
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