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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(866008):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 1509 and 1510,

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insert:

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Section 23.  Part V of chapter 377, Florida Statutes,

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consisting of sections 377.950 and 377.975, is created 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 this state joined

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as a 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, which

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has the common goal of developing and managing a greenhouse gas

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reporting system of high integrity which is capable of

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supporting various policies for reporting and reducing

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greenhouse gas emissions of the member states and other

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reporting entities. The climate registry will provide an

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accurate, transparent, and verified set of data concerning

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greenhouse gas emissions from reporting entities which is

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supported by a robust accounting and verification

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infrastructure. As such, the registry will greatly assist this

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state in 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 is mandatory for all agencies of the state and

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all utilities operating in this state. Reporting data by

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counties and private businesses is discretionary. The department

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shall seek ways to assist local governments, counties, and

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businesses to voluntarily participate in the department's

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registry and inventory.

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     (3) The department may adopt rules to implement

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methodologies for recording and monitoring emissions of

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greenhouse gases and for maintaining a ledger to record

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reductions in such emissions.

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     377.957 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 this state'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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The appropriate mechanism to develop such polices is by the

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Florida Energy Commission using a consensus-based, stakeholder-

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driven process.

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     (2) This state's initial long-term reduction targets for

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greenhouse gas emissions are as follows:

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     (a) By 2020 achieve 2000 emission levels;

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     (b) By 2030 achieve 1990 emission levels; and

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     (c) By 2050 achieve 80 percent below 1990 levels.

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     (3) The targets established in this section are subject to

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review in 2013. The Florida Energy Commission and the

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Legislature shall reassess the relevant concepts, science,

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economics, and state policies in order to determine if the

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targets should be changed and, if so, what the new targets

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should be.

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     (4) Starting in 2014, the Florida Energy Commission shall

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provide an annual assessment report on the progress being made

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in achieving the emission-reduction targets. Such assessment

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report will be provided to the Legislature as part of the

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commission's annual report to the Legislature due by December 31

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of each year.

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     Redesignate subsequent sections.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 2089, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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creating part V of ch. 377, F.S.; providing legislative

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intent; requiring the Department of Environmental

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Protection to maintain a greenhouse gas registry and

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inventory; requiring all agencies of the state to report

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greenhouse gas data to the department; making reporting

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greenhouse gas data by counties and private businesses

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discretionary; requiring the department to assist local

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governments, counties, and businesses to voluntarily

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participate in the department's registry and inventory;

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authorizing the department to adopt rules; setting the

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state's initial long-term reduction targets for greenhouse

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gas emissions; providing that the initial long-term

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reduction targets are subject to review in 2013; requiring

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the Florida Energy Commission to issue an annual

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assessment report on the progress being made in achieving

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the emission-reduction targets;

3/12/2008  3:58:00 PM     592-04860-08