Senate Bill sb2770

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SM 2770

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-1214-07                                              See HB

  1                         Senate Memorial

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United

  3         States, urging Congress to fully authorize the

  4         conditionally approved projects in section 601

  5         of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000

  6         and the Indian River Lagoon and Picayune Strand

  7         projects in the Comprehensive Everglades

  8         Restoration Plan and to provide funding for the

  9         federal share of the full and equal

10         partnership.

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12         WHEREAS, the Everglades is one of the most unique and

13  fragile ecosystems in the world, and

14         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the Congress of the United

15  States have long recognized that the Everglades is imperiled

16  and must be restored, and

17         WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

18  was approved by Congress as a framework for restoration of the

19  Everglades in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, and

20         WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

21  will restore more than 2.4 million acres of the south Florida

22  ecosystem while meeting the other water-related needs of the

23  region, and

24         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the governing board of the

25  South Florida Water Management District have appropriated more

26  than $2 billion to implement the Comprehensive Everglades

27  Restoration Plan since the passage of the Water Resources

28  Development Act of 2000, and

29         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the governing board of the

30  South Florida Water Management District have provided more

31  than 90 percent of the funding to implement the plan, and the

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SM 2770
    27-1214-07                                              See HB




 1  South Florida Water Management District has begun construction

 2  on the initial conditionally authorized projects, and

 3         WHEREAS, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000

 4  approved the restoration plan as a full and equal partnership

 5  between the state government and the Federal Government, and

 6         WHEREAS, the Indian River Lagoon and Picayune Strand

 7  projects and 10 conditionally authorized projects require

 8  authorization from Congress, NOW, THEREFORE,

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10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         That the Congress of the United States is requested to

13  fully authorize the conditionally approved projects in section

14  601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and the

15  Indian River Lagoon and Picayune Strand projects in the

16  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and to provide

17  funding for the federal share of the full and equal

18  partnership.

19         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

20  dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

21  President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

22  United States House of Representatives, and to each member of

23  the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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