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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Dockery) 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) 2154-2155

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and insert:

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          Section 14.  Subsection (7) is added to section

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373.089, Florida Statutes, to read:

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     373.089  Sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights

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in lands.--The governing board of the district may sell lands, or

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interests or rights in lands, to which the district has acquired

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title or to which it may hereafter acquire title in the following

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manner:

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     (7) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the

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governing board shall first offer title to lands acquired in

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whole or in part with Florida Forever funds which are determined

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to be no longer needed for conservation purposes to the Board of

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Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund unless the

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disposition of those lands are for the following purposes:

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     (a) Linear facilities, including electric transmission and

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distribution facilities, telecommunication transmission and

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distribution facilities, pipeline transmission and distribution

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facilities, public transportation corridors, and related

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appurtenances.

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     (b) Disposition of the fee interest in the land where a

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conservation easement is retained by the district to fulfill the

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conservation objectives for which the land was acquired.

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     (c) Exchange of the land for other lands which meet or

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exceed the conservation objectives for which the original land

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was acquired in accordance with s. 373.089(4).

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     (d) To be utilized by a governmental entity for a public

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purpose.

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In the event the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement

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Trust Fund decline to accept title to the lands offered under

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this section, the land may be disposed of by the district under

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the provisions of this section.

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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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     Delete line(s) 2343

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and insert:

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fund; increasing bonding authority; amending s. 373.089,

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F.S.; clarifying surplusing processes; amending s.

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373.1391,

4/2/2008  6:33:00 PM     EP.EP.06514