| 1 | Representative Sands offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1327 and 1328, insert: |
| 5 | Section 52. Subsection (3) of section 582.30, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 582.30 Discontinuance of districts; referendum; |
| 8 | commissioner's authority.- |
| 9 | (3) In the alternative, upon review and recommendation of |
| 10 | the Soil and Water Conservation Council regarding the continued |
| 11 | viability of a district, the Commissioner of Agriculture may |
| 12 | dissolve or discontinue such district if the commissioner |
| 13 | certifies that the continued operation of the district is not |
| 14 | administratively practicable and feasible. If a district has |
| 15 | failed to comply with any of the audit and financial reporting |
| 16 | requirements of chapter 189, the commissioner, after review and |
| 17 | confirmation by the department's inspector general, may certify |
| 18 | dissolution or discontinuance of such district without prior |
| 19 | review and recommendation of the Soil and Water Conservation |
| 20 | Council. Notice of such proposed certification of dissolution or |
| 21 | discontinuance shall be published once a week for 2 weeks in a |
| 22 | newspaper of general circulation within the county or counties |
| 23 | wherein the district is located, stating the name of the |
| 24 | district and a general description of the territory included in |
| 25 | the district, and requiring that any objections to the proposed |
| 26 | dissolution or any claims against the assets of the district |
| 27 | must be filed with the department clerk not later than 60 days |
| 28 | following the date of last publication. |
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| 31 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 32 | Remove line 153 and insert: |
| 33 | expenses; amending s. 582.30, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 34 | Commissioner of Agriculture to certify the dissolution or |
| 35 | discontinuance of a soil and water conservation district |
| 36 | without the review or recommendation of the Soil and Water |
| 37 | Conservation Council under certain circumstances; amending |
| 38 | s. 590.015, F.S.; revising and |