Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 584
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/02/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Simpson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. The state may purchase land outside an area of
    6  critical concern for conservation purposes only if:
    7         (1) An accurate inventory, not more than 1 year old, of
    8  state-owned property is made public;
    9         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the state’s annual
   10  budget for the restoration and maintenance of existing
   11  properties;
   12         (3) A description of the current use of existing properties
   13  and an analysis of proposed future uses of existing properties
   14  is made public; and
   15         (4) An analysis by the state describing the annual cost of
   16  restoration and maintenance of the proposed land purchase is
   17  completed and made public, and funds sufficient to restore and
   18  maintain the proposed land purchase in perpetuity are approved
   19  and set aside. A purchase of land by the state is exempt from
   20  this subsection if it is approved by referendum or if it is for
   21  active public use.
   22         Section 2. A county may purchase land outside an area of
   23  critical concern for conservation purposes only if:
   24         (1) An accurate inventory, not more than 1 year old, of
   25  county-owned property is made public;
   26         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the county’s annual
   27  budget for the restoration and maintenance of existing
   28  properties;
   29         (3) A description of the current use of existing properties
   30  and an analysis of proposed future uses of existing properties
   31  is made public; and
   32         (4) An analysis by the county describing the annual cost of
   33  restoration and maintenance of the proposed land purchase is
   34  completed and made public, and funds sufficient to restore and
   35  maintain the proposed land purchase in perpetuity are approved
   36  and set aside. A purchase of land by a county is exempt from
   37  this subsection if it is approved by referendum or if it is for
   38  active public use.
   39         Section 3. A municipality may purchase land outside an area
   40  of critical concern for conservation purposes only if:
   41         (1) An accurate inventory, not more than 1 year old, of
   42  municipally-owned property is made public;
   43         (2) Sufficient funds are approved in the municipality’s
   44  annual budget for the restoration and maintenance of existing
   45  properties;
   46         (3) A description of the current use of existing properties
   47  and an analysis of proposed future uses of existing properties
   48  is made public; and
   49         (4) An analysis by the municipality describing the annual
   50  cost of restoration and maintenance of the proposed land
   51  purchase is completed and made public, and funds sufficient to
   52  restore and maintain the proposed land purchase in perpetuity
   53  are approved and set aside. A purchase of land by a municipality
   54  is exempt from this subsection if it is approved by referendum
   55  or if it is for active public use.
   56         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59         And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   61  and insert:
   62                        A bill to be entitled                      
   63         An act relating to the purchase of land by a
   64         governmental entity; limiting the state, a county, or
   65         a municipality’s ability to purchase land outside an
   66         area of critical concern for conservation purposes;
   67         providing criteria; providing an effective date.