Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/SB 274, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (426696) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 1213 - 1242
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 31. Subsection (7) of section 403.9325, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         403.9325 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 403.9321
    9  403.9333, the term:
   10         (7) “Riparian mangrove fringe” means mangroves growing
   11  along the shoreline on private property, property owned by a
   12  governmental entity, or sovereign submerged land, the depth of
   13  which does not exceed 50 feet as measured waterward from the
   14  trunk of the most landward mangrove tree in a direction
   15  perpendicular to the shoreline to the trunk of the most
   16  waterward mangrove tree. Riparian mangrove fringe does not
   17  include mangroves on uninhabited natural islands, or public
   18  lands that have been set aside for conservation or preservation,
   19  or mangroves on lands that have been set aside as mitigation, if
   20  the permit, enforcement instrument, or conservation easement
   21  establishing the mitigation area did not include provisions for
   22  the trimming of mangroves.
   23         Section 32. Subsection (5) of section 403.9329, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         403.9329 Professional mangrove trimmers.—
   26         (5) A professional mangrove trimmer status granted under
   27  ss. 403.9321-403.9333 or by the department may be revoked by the
   28  department for any person who is responsible for any violations
   29  of ss. 403.9321-403.9333 or any adopted mangrove rules.
   30         Section 33. Subsection (3) is added to section 403.9331,
   31  Florida Statutes, to read:
   32         403.9331 Applicability; rules and policies.—
   33  (3) Pursuant to s. 403.9323(2), the provisions of ss. 403.9321
   34  403.9333 do not allow the trimming of mangroves on uninhabited
   35  natural islands that are publicly owned or on lands that are
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38         And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete lines 1725 - 1728
   40  and insert:
   41         mangrove fringe”; amending s. 403.9325, F.S.; revising
   42         the definition of “riparian mangrove fringe”; amending
   43         s. 403.9329, F.S.; clarifying the department’s
   44         authority to revoke a person’s status as a
   45         professional mangrove trimmer; amending s. 403.9331,
   46         F.S.; providing that specified provisions of state law
   47         do