Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1444
       
       
       
       By Senator Constantine
       
       
       
       
       22-01418-09                                           20091444__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to greenways and trails; amending s.
    3         260.019, F.S.; deleting an obsolete provision
    4         requiring that the Department of Environmental
    5         Protection submit a report to the Governor and
    6         Legislature; providing an effective date.
    7         
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 260.019, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         260.019 Florida Circumnavigation Saltwater Paddling Trail.—
   13         (2) The department shall establish the initial starting and
   14  ending points by latitude and longitude for the trail segments
   15  described in subsection (3) within 180 days after the effective
   16  date of this act. Except for the Big Bend Historic Saltwater
   17  Paddling Trail, segment 6, the department has the exclusive
   18  authority to officially name and locate the remaining 25 trail
   19  segments. The department shall name and locate the segments
   20  based on logical geographical boundaries, safety to trail users,
   21  ease of management, desires of local communities and user
   22  groups, and other factors that assist in the overall success of
   23  the trail system. The department may adjust the location of any
   24  trail segment; give official recognition to specific sites along
   25  the trail route; publish official trail guides and literature in
   26  cooperation with other governmental and private entities; and
   27  resolve conflicts that may arise between competing and
   28  conflicting parties over trail issues. The Florida Greenways and
   29  Trails Council may advise the department on all matters relating
   30  to the paddling trail. By January 1, 2008, the department shall
   31  prepare and submit a report setting forth the names and
   32  locations adopted for each trail segment to the Governor, the
   33  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   34  Representatives.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.