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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following substitute for amendment

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(932140):

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     Senate Amendment

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     Between line(s) 1509 and 1510

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and insert:

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     Section 23.  Section 377.950, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     377.950 .--Greenhouse Gas Registry and Inventory--

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(1) The legislature declares its support for this State's

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participation in the Climate Registry which Florida joined as a

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founding member in May 2007. The Climate Registry is an

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international organization of, as of November 7, 2007, 40

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states, plus the District of Columbia, four Native American

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Tribes, four Canadian Provinces and one Mexican State with the

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common goal of developing and managing a greenhouse gas

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reporting system with high integrity that is capable of

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supporting various greenhouse gas emission reporting and

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reduction polices for our member states and other reporting

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entities. It will provide an accurate, transparent, and

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verified set of greenhouse gas emission data from reporting

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entities, supported by a robust accounting and verification

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infrastructure. As such, it will greatly assist Florida in

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developing its own registry.

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(2) The Department of Environmental Protection shall

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maintain a greenhouse gas registry and inventory. Reporting to

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the Department shall be mandatory for all of state government

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and all utilities operating in the State. Reporting shall be

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optional for county governments and all other businesses. The

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Department shall seek ways to assist local governments, counties

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and businesses to voluntarily participate in the Department's

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registry and inventory.

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(3) The Department shall have rule making authority to

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adopt and implement methodologies for the recording and

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monitoring of emissions of greenhouse gas and to maintain a

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ledger to record reductions in such emissions.

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     Section 24.  Section 377.975, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     377.975 .-- Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets.--

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the initial

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greenhouse gas emission targets established in this section are

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to provide guidance in Florida's long term response to global

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warming. As such, no specific implementing policies to achieve

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greenhouse gas emission reductions are statutorily specified.

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(2) The State's initial long-term reduction targets for

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greenhouse gas emissions are as follows:

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by 2020 achieve 2000 emission levels,

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by 2030 achieve 1990 emission levels, and

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by 2050 achieve 80% below 1990 levels

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(3) The targets established in section are subject to

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review in 2013. Such review will require the Legislature to

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reassess the relevant concepts, science, economics, and state

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policies to determine if such targets should be changed, and, if

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so, what the new targets should be.

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(Renumber subsequent sections)

3/13/2008  1:42:00 PM     EP.EP.04971