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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
12  (Jones) recommended the following substitute for amendment
13  (480298):
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15         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
16         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18  and insert:  
19         Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 258.501 is
20  amended to read:
21         258.501  Myakka River; wild and scenic segment.--
22         (7)  MANAGEMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL.--
23         (a)  Upon designation, the department shall create a
24  permanent council to provide interagency and intergovernmental
25  coordination in the management of the river. The coordinating
26  council shall be composed of one representative appointed from
27  each of the following: the department, the Department of
28  Transportation, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
29  the Department of Community Affairs, the Division of Forestry
30  of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
31  Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State,
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 1  the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, the Southwest Florida
 2  Water Management District, the Southwest Florida Regional
 3  Planning Council, Manatee County, Sarasota County, Charlotte
 4  County, the City of Sarasota, the City of North Port,
 5  agricultural interests, environmental organizations, and any
 6  others deemed advisable by the department.
 7         (b)  The coordinating council shall review and make
 8  recommendations on all proposals for amendments or
 9  modifications to this section and to the permanent management
10  plan, as well as on other matters which may be brought before
11  the council by the department, any local government, or any
12  member of the council, and shall render its nonbinding
13  advisory opinion to the Southwest Florida Water Management
14  District, the department, and affected local governments.
15         (c)  The Myakka River Management Coordinating Council
16  shall provide a report, which includes recommendations
17  concerning the potential expansion of the Florida Wild and
18  Scenic River designation to the entire Myakka River.  The
19  report shall include, at a minimum, a description of the
20  extent of the Myakka River area, which may be covered under
21  the designation, and any recommendations or concerns of
22  affected parties or other interests.  During the development
23  of the report, at least one public hearing shall be held in
24  the affected area of Manatee County.  The report shall be
25  provided to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
26  Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than January
27  1, 2008.
28         (d)(c)  The council may adopt bylaws to provide for
29  election of such officers as it deems necessary, removal of
30  officers for just cause, meetings, quorum, procedures, and
31  other such matters as its members may deem advisable in the
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 1  conduct of its business. Such bylaws shall be approved by the
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 3         (e)(d)  Such professional staff as the coordinating
 4  council may require shall be provided by the department.
 5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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10  And the title is amended as follows:
11         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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13  and insert:  
14                      A bill to be entitled
15         An act relating to the Myakka River; amending
16         s. 258.501, F.S.; requiring the Myakka River
17         Management Coordinating Council to provide a
18         report recommending the expansion of the
19         Florida Wild and Scenic River Designation for
20         the entire Myakka River, to the Governor,
21         President of the Senate, and Speaker of the
22         House of Representatives; providing an
23         effective date.
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