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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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(088992):

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 519-520

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insert:

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     (8)(a)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section,

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the Division of State Lands is directed to prepare a state

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inventory of all federal lands and all lands titled in the name

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of the state, a state agency, a water management district, or a

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local government on a county-by-county basis. To facilitate the

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development of the state inventory, each county shall direct the

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appropriate county office with authority over the information to

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provide the division with a county inventory of all lands

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identified as federal lands and lands titled in the name of the

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state, a state agency, a water management district, or a local

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government. The Legislature recognizes the value of the state's

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conservation lands as water recharge areas and air filters, and

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in an effort to better understand to scientific underpinnings of

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carbon sequestration, carbon capture and greenhouse gas

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mitigation, to inform policy and decision-makers, and to provide

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the infrastructure for land owners, the Division of State lands

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shall contract with an organization experienced and specialized

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in carbon sinks and emission budgets, to conduct an inventory of

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all lands acquired pursuant to Preservation 2000 and Florida

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Forever and that were titled in the name of the Board of Trustees

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of the Internal Improvement Trust fund. The inventory shall

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determine the value of carbon capture, and carbon sequestration.

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Such inventory shall consider potential carbon offset values of

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changes in land management practices including, but not limited

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to replanting of trees, routine prescribed burns and land use

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conversion. Such an inventory shall be completed and presented

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to the Board of Trustees by July 1, 2009.

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     (b)  The state inventory must distinguish between lands

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purchased by the state or a water management district as part of

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a core parcel or within original project boundaries, as those

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terms are used to meet the surplus requirements of subsection

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(6), and lands purchased by the state, a state agency, or a water

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management district which are not essential or necessary for

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conservation purposes.

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     (c)  In any county having a population of 75,000 or less, or

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a county having a population of 100,000 or less that is

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contiguous to a county having a population of 75,000 or less, in

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which more than 50 percent of the lands within the county

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boundary are federal lands and lands titled in the name of the

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state, a state agency, a water management district, or a local

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government, those lands titled in the name of the state or a

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state agency which are not essential or necessary to meet

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conservation purposes may, upon request of a public or private

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entity, be made available for purchase through the state's

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surplusing process. Rights-of-way for existing, proposed, or

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anticipated transportation facilities are exempt from the

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requirements of this paragraph. Priority consideration shall be

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given to buyers, public or private, willing to return the

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property to productive use so long as the property can be

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reentered onto the county ad valorem tax roll. Property acquired

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with matching funds from a local government shall not be made

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available for purchase without the consent of the local

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government.

4/2/2008  7:22:00 PM     EP.EP.06590