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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Gaetz) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(223658):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 2157 and 2158,

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insert:

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     Section 41. The Department of Environmental Protection, in

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conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

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Services, shall conduct an economic impact analysis on the

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effects of granting financial incentives to energy producers who

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use woody biomass as fuel. It shall include an analysis of the

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effects on wood supply and prices and the impacts on current

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markets and on forest sustainability. The department shall submit

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the results of the study to the President of the Senate and the

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Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 2396 after the semicolon,

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insert:

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requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in

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conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and

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Consumer Services, to conduct an economic impact analysis

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on the effect of granting financial incentives to energy

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producers who use woody biomass; requiring the department

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to submit the results to the Legislature;

3/19/2008  7:53:00 AM     4-05273-08