SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 591, 2nd Eng.

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11  Senator Forman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 101, between lines 7 and 8,

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17         Section 50.  Subsection (18) is added to section

18  373.414, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         373.414  Additional criteria for activities in surface

20  waters and wetlands.--

21         (18)  MITIGATION STUDIES.--

22         (a)  For impacts resulting from activities regulated

23  under part IV of chapter 373, the Legislature finds that

24  successful mitigation performed by the public and private

25  sectors has helped to preserve the state's natural resources.

26         (b)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

27  Government Accountability shall study the mitigation options

28  as defined by s. 373.414(1)(b), implemented from 1994 to the

29  present, and issue a report by January 31, 2000. The study

30  shall consider the effectiveness and costs of the current

31  mitigation options in offsetting adverse effects to wetlands

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 591, 2nd Eng.

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 1  and wetland functions, including the application of cumulative

 2  impact considerations, and identify, as appropriate,

 3  recommendations for statutory or rule changes to increase the

 4  effectiveness of mitigation strategies.

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 8  And the title is amended as follows:

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12         amending s. 373.414, F.S.; providing for an

13         OPPAGA mitigation study;

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