| 1 | The Colleges & Universities Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the Florida Center for Solid and |
| 7 | Hazardous Waste Management; designating the Florida Center |
| 8 | for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management as the William W. |
| 9 | "Bill" Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste |
| 10 | Management; directing the Department of Environmental |
| 11 | Protection, in coordination with the University of Florida |
| 12 | and the University of Florida Foundation, to erect |
| 13 | suitable markers; providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | WHEREAS, efforts to conserve and recycle the natural |
| 16 | resources of this state have been well served by the tireless |
| 17 | efforts of William W. "Bill" Hinkley throughout his career of |
| 18 | public service, and |
| 19 | WHEREAS, Mr. Bill Hinkley has provided leadership, candor, |
| 20 | and enthusiasm to the public debate at federal, state, and local |
| 21 | levels of government on matters concerning solid and hazardous |
| 22 | waste management, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, the laws in this state governing waste management |
| 24 | to protect the public health, safety, and welfare have been |
| 25 | directly impacted by the active participation of Mr. Bill |
| 26 | Hinkley, and |
| 27 | WHEREAS, Mr. Bill Hinkley has stressed the promotion, |
| 28 | importance, and role of science in all his endeavors to help |
| 29 | improve the management of solid and hazardous waste, and |
| 30 | WHEREAS, the Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste |
| 31 | Management (FCSHWM) was formed in 1988 by action of the |
| 32 | Legislature for the purpose of coordinating the research, |
| 33 | training, and service activities related to solid and hazardous |
| 34 | waste management conducted by state universities, and |
| 35 | WHEREAS, the data and information generated by research |
| 36 | sponsored by the FCSHWM has been an important factor in |
| 37 | decisions made by the Legislature, local governments, and the |
| 38 | Department of Environmental Protection, and |
| 39 | WHEREAS, Bill Hinkley has been a key staff member of the |
| 40 | Department of Environmental Protection for almost 30 years and |
| 41 | has been sought out by many members of the Senate and House of |
| 42 | Representatives for his thoughts and advice on a large number of |
| 43 | very diverse environmental matters that were the object of a |
| 44 | great deal of debate, and |
| 45 | WHEREAS, Bill Hinkley has always provided sound and |
| 46 | unbiased information and counsel to many members of the |
| 47 | Legislature, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 49 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 51 | Section 1. William W. "Bill" Hinkley Center for Solid and |
| 52 | Hazardous Waste Management designated; Department of |
| 53 | Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers.-- |
| 54 | (1) The Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste |
| 55 | Management is designated as the "William W. 'Bill' Hinkley |
| 56 | Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management." |
| 57 | (2) The Department of Environmental Protection, in |
| 58 | coordination with the University of Florida and the University |
| 59 | of Florida Foundation, is directed to erect suitable markers |
| 60 | designating the William W. "Bill" Hinkley Center for Solid and |
| 61 | Hazardous Waste Management as described in subsection (1). |
| 62 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |