Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 552
       
       
       
       By Senator Constantine
       
       
       
       
       22-00322-10                                            2010552__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to land management; amending s.
    3         259.032, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring the
    4         Legislature to review certain funding formulas;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (11) of section
   10  259.032, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         259.032 Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund;
   12  purpose.—
   13         (11)
   14         (c) The Land Management Uniform Accounting Council shall
   15  prepare and deliver a report on the methodology and formula for
   16  allocating land management funds to the Acquisition and
   17  Restoration Council. The Acquisition and Restoration Council
   18  shall review, modify as appropriate, and submit the report to
   19  the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
   20  The board of trustees shall review, modify as appropriate, and
   21  submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
   22  of the House of Representatives no later than December 31, 2008,
   23  which provides an interim management formula and a long-term
   24  management formula, and the methodologies used to develop the
   25  formulas, which shall be used to allocate land management funds
   26  provided for in paragraph (b) for interim and long-term
   27  management of all lands managed pursuant to this chapter and for
   28  associated contractual services. The methodology and formula for
   29  interim management shall be based on the estimated land
   30  acquisitions for the fiscal year in which the interim funds will
   31  be expended. The methodology and formula for long-term
   32  management shall recognize, but not be limited to, the
   33  following:
   34         1. The assignment of management intensity associated with
   35  managed habitats and natural communities and the related
   36  management activities to achieve land management goals provided
   37  in s. 253.034(5) and subsection (10).
   38         a. The acres of land that require minimal effort for
   39  resource preservation or restoration.
   40         b. The acres of land that require moderate effort for
   41  resource preservation or restoration.
   42         c. The acres of land that require significant effort for
   43  resource preservation or restoration.
   44         2. The assignment of management intensity associated with
   45  public access, including, but not limited to:
   46         a. The acres of land that are open to the public but offer
   47  no more than minimally developed facilities;
   48         b. The acres of land that have a high degree of public use
   49  and offer highly developed facilities; and
   50         c. The acres of land that are sites that have historic
   51  significance, unique natural features, or a very high degree of
   52  public use.
   53         3. The acres of land that have a secondary manager
   54  contributing to the overall management effort.
   55         4. The anticipated revenues generated from management of
   56  the lands.
   57         5. The impacts of, and needs created or addressed by,
   58  multiple-use management strategies.
   59         6. The acres of land that have infestations of nonnative or
   60  invasive plants, animals, or fish.
   61  
   62  In evaluating the management funding needs of lands based on the
   63  above categories, the lead land managing agencies shall include
   64  in their considerations the impacts of, and needs created or
   65  addressed by, multiple-use management strategies. The funding
   66  formulas for interim and long-term management proposed by the
   67  agencies shall be reviewed by the Legislature during the 2009
   68  regular legislative session. The Legislature may reject, modify,
   69  or take no action relative to the proposed funding formulas. If
   70  no action is taken, the funding formulas shall be used in the
   71  allocation and distribution of funds provided in paragraph (b).
   72         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.