Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1054
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/03/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Hays) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 22 - 49
    4  and insert:
    5         (9)(a) The division shall may implement a program to
    6  administer the discovery finds of isolated historic or
    7  archaeological artifacts from sovereignty submerged lands. The
    8  program shall include, at a minimum:
    9         1. An application for an annual permit and an application
   10  fee of $100.
   11         2. A written agreement to report all discovered and removed
   12  artifacts to the division within 14 days after the discovery and
   13  removal, along with a map indicating the location of the
   14  discovery and photographs of the artifacts, and to allow the
   15  division to inspect, analyze, and photograph any such artifacts.
   16         3. A requirement that tools may not be used for the
   17  excavation of any isolated artifacts, except that a trowel or
   18  hand-held implement may be used to extract exposed artifacts
   19  from a packed matrix in a river or lake bottom.
   20         4. A map of clearly defined areas and sites that are
   21  excluded from excavation activities. The map must be provided to
   22  the applicant with the issuance of a permit.
   23         5. Authorization to transfer ownership rights for
   24  discovered artifacts to the permitholder.
   25         6. Penalties for violations of program requirements,
   26  including, but not limited to, an administrative fine of up to
   27  $1,000 and forfeiture of the permit and ownership rights for any
   28  artifacts discovered under the program state-owned river bottoms
   29  whereby the division may transfer ownership of such artifacts to
   30  the finder in exchange for information about the artifacts and
   31  the circumstances and location of their discovery.
   32         (b) This subsection may not be construed to abrogate or
   33  preempt federal law.
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 8
   38  and insert:
   39         for construction; providing an effective date.