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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

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     Delete line(s) 520-535

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and insert:

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(14)(a) All lands for which the Fish and Wildlife

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Conservation Commission acts as lead manager, may be used to

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protect, manage, or restore habitat for native or imperiled

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species. The commission shall submit an annual workplan for such

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uses to the Acquisition and Restoration Council and the council

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may, at its discretion, modify the workplan prior to approval.

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Following approval of the workplan by the council, the commission

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shall submit the approved workplan to the Board of Trustees of

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the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for adoption. The board

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shall not delegate the final adoption of the workplan to any

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other agency.

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(b) By February 1, 2010, the commission shall submit a report to

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the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives on the efficacy of utilizing state-owned lands to

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protect, manage, or restore habitat for native or imperiled

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species. This subsection expires July 1, 2014.     

4/2/2008  7:16:00 PM     EP.EP.06582