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 projectswithin the South Florida Water Management District’s22approved 5-year plan of acquisition pursuant to s. 373.59 or23 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.;