Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 584
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì333834.Î333834                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2015           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Dean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 2871 - 2872
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 27. Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section
    6  373.026, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         373.026 General powers and duties of the department.—The
    8  department, or its successor agency, shall be responsible for
    9  the administration of this chapter at the state level. However,
   10  it is the policy of the state that, to the greatest extent
   11  possible, the department may enter into interagency or
   12  interlocal agreements with any other state agency, any water
   13  management district, or any local government conducting programs
   14  related to or materially affecting the water resources of the
   15  state. All such agreements shall be subject to the provisions of
   16  s. 373.046. In addition to its other powers and duties, the
   17  department shall, to the greatest extent possible:
   18         (8)
   19         (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the use of state funds
   20  for land purchases from willing sellers is authorized for
   21  projects within the South Florida Water Management District’s
   22  approved 5-year plan of acquisition pursuant to s. 373.59 or
   23  within the South Florida Water Management District’s approved
   24  Florida Forever water management district work plan pursuant to
   25  s. 373.199.
   26  
   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 84 - 88
   30  and insert:
   31         F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending ss.
   32         338.250, 373.026, and 373.089, F.S.;