Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SR 1572
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/28/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Stewart)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the resolving clause
    4  and insert:
    5         That the Legislature intends to adopt policies focusing on
    6  resiliency efforts and appropriate infrastructure which prepare
    7  Florida for the environmental and economic impact of climate
    8  change, sea-level rise, and flooding and policies relating to
    9  clean and renewable energy, including the provision of adequate
   10  electric vehicle charging stations.
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   12  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   13  And the title is amended as follows:
   14         Delete everything before the resolving clause
   15  and insert:
   16                        A bill to be entitled                      
   17         A resolution expressing the Legislature’s support for
   18         the adoption of policies that will prepare Florida for
   19         the environmental and economic impact of climate
   20         change, sea-level rise, and flooding, and recognizing
   21         the important role that resiliency and infrastructure
   22         will play in fortifying this state.
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   24         WHEREAS, the State of Florida has 1,350 miles of low
   25  elevation coastline, and 75 percent of this state’s population
   26  are living in coastal counties that generate a significant
   27  portion of this state’s economic output, and
   28         WHEREAS, the residents and the economy of this state, and
   29  the State of Florida itself, would benefit from the development
   30  of an established estimated consensus projection of anticipated
   31  sea-level rise and flooding impacts to these communities in
   32  developing future projects, plans, and programs, and
   33         WHEREAS, clean and renewable energy is a tool that combats
   34  climate change, and the provision of adequate electric vehicle
   35  charging stations along our main transportation infrastructure
   36  will make a cleaner fuel source more readily available and
   37  reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and
   38         WHEREAS, appropriate infrastructure will continue to
   39  fortify and protect this state, NOW, THEREFORE,