Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2076
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 6/AD/2R         .                                
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       Senator Siplin moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 824 and 825
    4  insert:
    5         Section 36. Subsection (3) of section 582.30(3), Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         (3) In the alternative, upon review and recommendation of
    8  the Soil and Water Conservation Council regarding the continued
    9  viability of a district, the Commissioner of Agriculture may
   10  dissolve or discontinue such district if the commissioner
   11  certifies that the continued operation of the district is not
   12  administratively practicable and feasible. If a district has
   13  failed to comply with any of the audit and financial reporting
   14  requirements of chapter 189, the commissioner, after review and
   15  confirmation by the department's Inspector General, may certify
   16  dissolution or discontinuance of such district without prior
   17  review and recommendation of the Soil and Water Conservation
   18  Council. Notice of such proposed certification of dissolution or
   19  discontinuance shall be published once a week for 2 weeks in a
   20  newspaper of general circulation within the county or counties
   21  wherein the district is located, stating the name of the
   22  district and a general description of the territory included in
   23  the district, and requiring that any objections to the proposed
   24  dissolution or any claims against the assets of the district
   25  must be filed with the department clerk not later than 60 days
   26  following the date of last publication.
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 144
   31  and insert:
   32         Plant Advisory Council within the department; amending
   33         s. 582.30, F.S.; authorizing the Commissioner of
   34         Agriculture to certify the dissolution or
   35         discontinuance of a soil and water conservation
   36         district without the review or recommendation of the
   37         Soil and Water Conservation Council under certain
   38         circumstances; amending