Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (419000) for CS for SB 1168
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/02/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Negron) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 49 - 65
    4  and insert:
    5  Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); the Northern Everglades and
    6  Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595; and
    7  the recommendations included in the final report by the Select
    8  Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin,
    9  dated November 8, 2013. From these funds, $32 million shall be
   10  distributed each fiscal year through the 2023-2024 fiscal year
   11  to the South Florida Water Management District for the Long-Term
   12  Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2). After deducting the $32
   13  million distributed under this subparagraph from the funds
   14  remaining, a minimum of the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100
   15  million shall be appropriated each fiscal year through the 2025
   16  2026 fiscal year for the planning, design, engineering, and
   17  construction of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as
   18  set forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades
   19  Planning Project subject to Congressional authorization. The
   20  Department of Environmental Protection and the South Florida
   21  Water Management District shall give preference to those
   22  Everglades restoration projects that reduce harmful discharges
   23  of water from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie or Caloosahatchee
   24  estuaries, and to the Loxahatchee River and estuary in a
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 9
   29  and insert:
   30         Lucie estuary, the Caloosahatchee estuary, and the
   31         Loxahatchee River and estuary;