| 1 | Representatives Kendrick and Mayfield offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 149 and 150, insert: |
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| 6 | Section 6. Subsection (5) of section 259.1052, Florida |
| 7 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 8 | 259.1052 Babcock Crescent B Ranch Florida Forever |
| 9 | acquisition; conditions for purchase.-- |
| 10 | (5) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the |
| 11 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall be the |
| 12 | lead managing agencies responsible for the management of Babcock |
| 13 | Crescent B Ranch. This duty shall expire upon the adoption of |
| 14 | the comprehensive business plan pursuant to s. 259.1053(11), and |
| 15 | management responsibilities shall apply to Babcock Ranch |
| 16 | Management, LLC, and, subsequently, Babcock Ranch, Inc. |
| 17 | Section 7. Paragraph (f) of subsection (10) of section |
| 18 | 259.1053, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), a |
| 19 | new paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, and paragraphs |
| 20 | (c) and (d) are added to subsection (13) of that section, to |
| 21 | read: |
| 22 | 259.1053 Babcock Ranch Preserve; Babcock Ranch, Inc.; |
| 23 | creation; membership; organization; meetings.-- |
| 24 | (10) OPERATING FUND, ANNUAL BUDGET, AUDIT, REPORTING |
| 25 | REQUIREMENTS.-- |
| 26 | (f) The Legislature may annually appropriate funds from |
| 27 | the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for use as state matching funds |
| 28 | in conjunction with private donations in aggregates of at least |
| 29 | $60,000 matched by $40,000 of state funds for a total minimum |
| 30 | project amount of $100,000 for capital improvement facility |
| 31 | development at the ranch at either individually designated |
| 32 | locations or for priority projects within the overall ranch |
| 33 | system. Babcock Ranch, Inc., is authorized to properly recognize |
| 34 | and honor a private donor by placing a plaque or other |
| 35 | appropriate designation noting the contribution on project |
| 36 | facilities or by naming project facilities after the person or |
| 37 | organization that provided the matching funds. |
| 38 | (13) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.-- |
| 39 | (c) For the purpose of ensuring financial sustainability |
| 40 | on the ranch and notwithstanding any management agreement to the |
| 41 | contrary, activities relating to agriculture as defined in s. |
| 42 | 570.02 shall not be prohibited or restricted except by general |
| 43 | law. However, except in cases of salvage operations or invasive |
| 44 | exotic control, no cypress tree measuring more than 30 inches in |
| 45 | diameter at breast height may be harvested. Harvested areas |
| 46 | shall be limited to no more than 100 acres per harvest tract. |
| 47 | (d) Until the management plan is adopted, hunting for the |
| 48 | purposes of reasonable wildlife population and habitat |
| 49 | management shall be allowed on the preserve. Such purposes shall |
| 50 | include prevention of overgrazing, disease, and overpopulation. |
| 51 | All hunting shall be conducted pursuant to commission rules and |
| 52 | regulations; however, Babcock Ranch Management, LLC, and, |
| 53 | subsequently, Babcock Ranch, Inc., shall have the authority to |
| 54 | charge access fees to the general public. Special opportunity |
| 55 | hunts for persons with disabilities and those under 18 years of |
| 56 | age shall be a priority. Hunting shall be equivalent in purpose |
| 57 | to any other recreational use on the preserve. |
| 58 | Section 8. Section 259.10521, Florida Statutes, is |
| 59 | repealed. |
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| 62 | Remove line 20 and insert: |
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| 64 | amending s. 259.1052, F.S.; providing that the Fish |
| 65 | and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the |
| 66 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| 67 | management responsibilities for Babcock Crescent B |
| 68 | Ranch shall expire upon the adoption of a |
| 69 | comprehensive business plan; providing for the |
| 70 | application of management responsibilities to Babcock |
| 71 | Ranch Management, LLC, and, subsequently, Babcock |
| 72 | Ranch, Inc.; amending s. 259.1053, F.S.; authorizing |
| 73 | the Legislature to appropriate funds from the Land |
| 74 | Acquisition Trust Fund for use as state matching funds |
| 75 | for capital improvement facility development; |
| 76 | authorizing the placement of designations recognizing |
| 77 | private donors at ranch facilities; specifying that |
| 78 | certain activities relating to agriculture are not |
| 79 | prohibited or restricted; prohibiting the harvesting |
| 80 | of certain cypress trees; limiting the acreage for |
| 81 | certain harvesting areas; authorizing hunting on the |
| 82 | preserve under certain conditions; requiring such |
| 83 | hunting to be conducted under commission rules and |
| 84 | regulations; authorizing hunting access fees for the |
| 85 | general public; specifying that hunts for certain |
| 86 | persons are a priority; providing purpose for hunting |
| 87 | activities; repealing s. 259.10521, F.S., relating to |
| 88 | a citizen support organization for and use of property |
| 89 | of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch; providing an |
| 90 | effective date. |