Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1168
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/29/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Hays)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 32 - 57
    4  and insert:
    5         1. A minimum of the lesser of 25 percent or $145 million
    6  shall be appropriated annually for Everglades projects that
    7  implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set
    8  forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning
    9  Project subject to Congressional authorization; the Long-Term
   10  Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); and the Northern Everglades
   11  and Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595.
   12  From these funds, $32 million shall be distributed each fiscal
   13  year through the 2023-2024 fiscal year to the South Florida
   14  Water Management District for the Long-Term Plan as defined in
   15  s. 373.4592(2). After deducting the $32 million distributed
   16  under this subparagraph, from the funds remaining, a minimum of
   17  the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100 million shall be appropriated
   18  each fiscal year through the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the
   19  planning, design, engineering, and construction of the
   20  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set forth in s.
   21  373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning Project
   22  subject to Congressional authorization. The Department of
   23  Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management
   24  District shall give preference to those Everglades restoration
   25  projects that reduce harmful discharges of water from Lake
   26  Okeechobee to the St. Lucie or Caloosahatchee estuaries in a
   27  timely manner. This distribution shall be reduced by an amount
   28  equal to the debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) on
   29  bonds financed with distributions under this subparagraph.
   30         2. A minimum of the lesser of 7.6 percent or $50 million
   31  shall be appropriated annually for spring restoration,
   32  protection, and management projects. This distribution shall be
   33  reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to
   34  paragraph (a) on bonds financed with distributions under this
   35  subparagraph.
   36         3. The sum of $5 million shall be appropriated annually to
   37  the St. Johns River Water Management District for projects
   38  dedicated to the restoration of Lake Apopka. This distribution
   39  shall be reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid
   40  pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds financed with distributions
   41  under this subparagraph Then, to pay the debt
   42  
   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44  And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete lines 5 - 13
   46  and insert:
   47         amount of funds within the Land Acquisition Trust Fund
   48         to be appropriated for Everglades restoration
   49         projects; providing a preference in the use of funds
   50         to certain projects that reduce harmful discharges to
   51         the St. Lucie Estuary and the Caloosahatchee Estuary;
   52         requiring the distribution to be reduced by an amount
   53         equal to the debt service paid on certain bonds;
   54         requiring a minimum specified amount of funds within
   55         the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be appropriated for
   56         spring restoration, protection, and management
   57         projects; requiring the distribution to be reduced by
   58         an amount equal to the debt service paid on certain
   59         bonds; requiring a specified appropriation for
   60         projects dedicated to the restoration of Lake Apopka;
   61         requiring the distribution to be reduced by an amount
   62         equal to the debt service paid on certain bonds;
   63         deleting an obsolete provision;