SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 2365, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 16, between lines 19 and 20,

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17         Section 4.  Subsection 10 of section 20.255, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         20.255  Department of Environmental Protection.--There

20  is created a Department of Environmental Protection.

21         (10)  There is created as a part of the Department of

22  Environmental Protection an Environmental Regulation

23  Commission. The commission shall be composed of seven

24  residents of this state appointed by the Governor, subject to

25  confirmation by the Senate. In making appointments, the

26  Governor shall provide reasonable representation from all

27  sections of the state. The commission shall include one, but

28  not more than two, members from each water management district

29  who have resided in the district for at least 1 year, and the

30  remainder shall be selected from the state at large.

31  Membership shall be representative of agriculture, the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 2365, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  development industry, local government, the environmental

 2  community, lay citizens, and members of the scientific and

 3  technical community who have substantial expertise in the

 4  areas of the fate and transport of water pollutants,

 5  toxicology, epidemiology, geology, biology, environmental

 6  sciences, or engineering. The Governor shall appoint the

 7  chair, and the vice chair shall be elected from among the

 8  membership. The members serving on the commission on July 1,

 9  1995, shall continue to serve on the commission for the

10  remainder of their current terms. All appointments thereafter

11  shall continue to be for 4-year terms. The Governor may at any

12  time fill a vacancy for the unexpired term. The members of the

13  commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid

14  travel and per diem as provided in s. 112.061 while in the

15  performance of their official duties. Administrative,

16  personnel, and other support services necessary for the

17  commission shall be furnished by the department.

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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 2, line 6, after the semicolon

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27         amending s. 20.255, F.S.; requiring the

28         Governor to provide reasonable representation

29         from all sections of the state in making

30         appointments to the Environmental Regulation

31         Commission;

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