Senate Bill sb2346c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 2346

    By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and
    Conservation; and Senator Bennett




    592-2174-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Myakka River; amending

  3         s. 258.501, F.S.; requiring that the Myakka

  4         River Management Coordinating Council provide a

  5         report recommending the expansion of the

  6         Florida Wild and Scenic River Designation for

  7         the entire Myakka River to the Governor, the

  8         President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

  9         House of Representatives; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 258.501, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         258.501  Myakka River; wild and scenic segment.--

17         (7)  MANAGEMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL.--

18         (a)  Upon designation, the department shall create a

19  permanent council to provide interagency and intergovernmental

20  coordination in the management of the river. The coordinating

21  council shall be composed of one representative appointed from

22  each of the following: the department, the Department of

23  Transportation, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,

24  the Department of Community Affairs, the Division of Forestry

25  of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the

26  Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State,

27  the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, the Southwest Florida

28  Water Management District, the Southwest Florida Regional

29  Planning Council, Manatee County, Sarasota County, Charlotte

30  County, the City of Sarasota, the City of North Port,

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 1  agricultural interests, environmental organizations, and any

 2  others deemed advisable by the department.

 3         (b)  The coordinating council shall review and make

 4  recommendations on all proposals for amendments or

 5  modifications to this section and to the permanent management

 6  plan, as well as on other matters which may be brought before

 7  the council by the department, any local government, or any

 8  member of the council, and shall render its nonbinding

 9  advisory opinion to the Southwest Florida Water Management

10  District, the department, and affected local governments.

11         (c)  The Myakka River Management Coordinating Council

12  shall provide a report, which includes recommendations

13  concerning the potential expansion of the Florida Wild and

14  Scenic River designation to the entire Myakka River. The

15  report shall include, at a minimum, a description of the

16  extent of the Myakka River area, which may be covered under

17  the designation, and any recommendations or concerns of

18  affected parties or other interests. During the development of

19  the report, at least one public hearing shall be held in the

20  affected area of Manatee County. The report shall be provided

21  to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker

22  of the House of Representatives no later than January 1, 2008.

23         (d)(c)  The council may adopt bylaws to provide for

24  election of such officers as it deems necessary, removal of

25  officers for just cause, meetings, quorum, procedures, and

26  other such matters as its members may deem advisable in the

27  conduct of its business. Such bylaws shall be approved by the

28  department.

29         (e)(d)  Such professional staff as the coordinating

30  council may require shall be provided by the department.

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

 2  law.

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 4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 5                         senate bill 2346

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 7  Revises the Myakka River Wild and Scenic Designation and
    Preservation Act requiring the Myakka River Management
 8  Coordination Council to provide a report of recommendations
    for the potential expansion of the designation to encompass
 9  the entire Myakka River.  The report shall be provided to the
    Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
10  House of Representatives no later than January 1, 2008.

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