HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-08                                        Bill No. HB 1971
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Bennett offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 13.  Subsection (7) of section 373.0693,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         373.0693  Basins; basin boards.--
20         (7)  At 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1976, the Manasota
21  Watershed Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast Water
22  Management District, which is annexed to the Southwest Florida
23  Water Management District by change of its boundaries pursuant
24  to chapter 76-243, Laws of Florida, shall be formed into a
25  subdistrict or basin of the Southwest Florida Water Management
26  District, subject to the same provisions as the other basins
27  in such district.  Such subdistrict shall be designated
28  initially as the Manasota Basin. The members of the governing
29  board of the Manasota Watershed Basin of the Ridge and Lower
30  Gulf Coast Water Management District shall become members of
31  the governing board of the Manasota Basin of the Southwest
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-08                                        Bill No. HB 1971
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
 1  Florida Water Management District. Notwithstanding other
 2  provisions in this section, beginning on July 1, 2001, the
 3  membership of the Manasota Basin Board shall be comprised of
 4  three members from Manatee County and three members from
 5  Sarasota County. Matters relating to tie votes shall be
 6  resolved pursuant to subsection (6) by the ex officio chair
 7  designated by the governing board to vote in case of a tie
 8  vote.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
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16         amending s. 373.0693, F.S.; providing for
17         membership on the Manasota Basin Board and for
18         the resolution of tie votes;
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