Senate Bill sb0626

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 626

    By Senator Lawson





    6-704-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water management districts;

  3         amending s. 373.199, F.S.; eliminating an

  4         obsolete requirement for a report; providing an

  5         effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 373.199, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         373.199  Florida Forever Water Management District Work

12  Plan.--

13         (7)  By June 1, 2001, each district shall file with the

14  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

15  Representatives, and the Secretary of Environmental Protection

16  the initial 5-year work plan as required under subsection (2).

17  By January 1 of each year thereafter, each district shall file

18  with the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

19  Representatives, and the Secretary of Environmental Protection

20  a report of acquisitions completed during the year together

21  with modifications or additions to its 5-year work plan.

22  Included in the report shall be:

23         (a)  A description of land management activity for each

24  property or project area owned by the water management

25  district.

26         (b)  A list of any lands surplused and the amount of

27  compensation received.

28         (c)  The progress of funding, staffing, and resource

29  management of every project funded pursuant to s. 259.101, s.

30  259.105, or s. 373.59 for which the district is responsible.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 626
    6-704-03




 1  The secretary shall submit the report referenced in this

 2  subsection to the Board of Trustees of the Internal

 3  Improvement Trust Fund together with the Acquisition and

 4  Restoration Council's project list as required under s.

 5  259.105.

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

 7  law.

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