Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/SB 582, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 5/RS/3R         .                                
             04/27/2009 03:52 PM       .                                
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       Senator Baker moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 446 and 447
    4  insert:
    5         Section 9. Subsection (26) of section 334.044, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         334.044 Department; powers and duties.—The department shall
    8  have the following general powers and duties:
    9         (26) To provide for the enhancement of environmental
   10  benefits, including air and water quality, to prevent roadside
   11  erosion, to conserve the conservation of natural roadside growth
   12  and scenery and for the implementation and maintenance of
   13  roadside conservation, enhancement, and stabilization
   14  beautification programs, and no less than 1.5 percent of the
   15  amount contracted for construction projects shall be allocated
   16  by the department to beautification programs. Except where
   17  prohibited by federal law or federal regulation and to the
   18  greatest extent practical, a minimum of 50 percent of these
   19  funds shall be used to purchase large plant materials with the
   20  remaining funds for other plant materials. All such plant
   21  materials shall be purchased from commercial nursery Florida
   22  based nurseryman stock in this state on a uniform competitive
   23  bid basis. The department will develop grades and standards for
   24  landscaping materials purchased through this process. To
   25  accomplish these activities, the department may contract with
   26  nonprofit organizations having the primary purpose of developing
   27  youth employment opportunities.
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   30         And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 48
   32  and insert:
   33         functional at all times; amending s. 334.044, F.S.;
   34         revising the powers and duties of the Department of
   35         Transportation; amending s. 339.62, F.S.;