HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1405 CS
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12	Representative Machek offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 454 and 455, insert:
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17	Section 10. Subsection (6) of section 403.1837, Florida
18	Statutes, is amended to read:
19	403.1837 Florida Water Pollution Control Financing
20	Corporation.--
21	(6) The corporation may issue and incur notes, bonds,
22	certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations or evidences
23	of indebtedness payable from and secured by amounts received
24	from payment of loans and other moneys received by the
25	corporation, including, but not limited to, amounts payable to
26	the corporation by the department under a service contract
27	entered into under subsection (5). The corporation may not issue
28	bonds in excess of an amount authorized by general law or an
29	appropriations act except to refund previously issued bonds. The
30	corporation may issue bonds in amounts not exceeding $50 million
31	in fiscal year 2000-2001, $75 million in fiscal year 2001-2002,
32	and $100 million in fiscal year 2002-2003.The proceeds of the
33	bonds may be used for the purpose of providing funds for
34	projects and activities provided for in subsection (1) or for
35	refunding bonds previously issued by the corporation. The
36	corporation may select a financing team and issue obligations
37	through competitive bidding or negotiated contracts, whichever
38	is most cost-effective. Any such indebtedness of the corporation
39	does not constitute a debt or obligation of the state or a
40	pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the state.
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44	Remove lines 11-47, and insert:
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46	An act relating to water policy; repealing s.
47	373.0693(11), F.S.; deleting a provision requiring
48	legislative approval to abolish or combine basins existing
49	within the Southwest Florida Water Management District;
50	amending s. 373.0693, F.S.; authorizing basin board
51	boundaries within the Southwest Florida Water Management
52	District to be amended by governing board resolution;
53	amending s. 373.451, F.S.; revising legislative intent
54	with respect to the Surface Water Improvement and
55	Management Act; deleting requirement that state and local
56	funds be provided for certain purposes; amending s.
57	373.453, F.S.; revising criteria to be applied in
58	determining the priority of water bodies under surface
59	water and management plans and programs; providing for
60	periodic lists of water bodies of regional or statewide
61	significance; authorizing participation by additional
62	persons in the development of plans and programs; deleting
63	certain reporting requirements; requiring identification
64	of potential funding sources for the plans and programs;
65	requiring review of plans developed by water management
66	districts by various state agencies within a specified
67	time; deleting the requirement that state agencies be on
68	certain advisory committees; authorizing water management
69	districts to enter into contracts with governmental
70	agencies regarding the development and implementation of
71	water improvement and management programs; amending s.
72	373.459, F.S.; providing for appropriation of funds for
73	surface water improvement and management activities by
74	water management districts; providing for release of funds
75	by the Department of Environmental Protection; repealing
76	s. 373.455, F.S., relating to review of surface water
77	improvement and management plans; repealing s. 373.456,
78	F.S., relating to approval of surface water improvement
79	and management plans; repealing s. 373.457, F.S., relating
80	to implementation of surface water improvement and
81	management plans and programs; amending ss. 259.101,
82	373.4136, 403.067, and 403.1835, F.S.; deleting cross
83	references; amending s. 403.1837, F.S.; removing the cap
84	on the issuance of bonds by the Florida Water Pollution
85	Control Financing Corporation; deleting obsolete language;
86	providing an effective date.