HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 87A
   
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Senate House
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12          Representative Spratt offered the following:
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14          Amendment (with title amendment)
15          Between lines 702-703, and insert:
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17          Section 10. Present subsection (5) of section 373.089,
18    Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new
19    subsection (5) is added to said section, to read:
20          373.089 Sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights
21    in lands.--The governing board of the district may sell lands,
22    or interests or rights in lands, to which the district has
23    acquired title or to which it may hereafter acquire title in the
24    following manner:
25          (5) In any county in which more than 50 percent of the
26    lands within the county boundary are federal lands and lands
27    titled in the name of the state, a state agency, a water
28    management district, or a local government, those lands titled
29    in the name of a water management district that are not
30    essential or necessary to meet conservation purposes may, upon
31    request of a public or private entity, be made available for
32    purchase through the surplusing process in this section.
33    Priority consideration must be given to buyers, public or
34    private, who are willing to return the property to productive
35    use so long as the property can be reentered onto the county ad
36    valorem tax roll. Property acquired with matching funds from a
37    local government shall not be made available for purchase
38    without the consent of the local government.
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42          Remove lines 42-47, and insert:
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44          in lieu of taxes be made for 10 consecutive years;
45    amending s. 259.036, F.S.; requiring land management
46    review teams to submit a 10-year land management plan
47    update to the Acquisition and Restoration Council;
48    amending s. 259.041, F.S.; clarifying certain requirements
49    regarding the acquisition of state-owned lands; amending
50    s. 373.089, F.S.; providing conditions under which lands
51    titled in the name of a water management district may be
52    made available for purchase through a surplusing process;
53    amending