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CS/CS/HB 991: Lake Okeechobee

GENERAL BILL by Environmental Protection ; Water & Resource Management ; Pruitt ; Bloom ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Eggelletion ; Feeney ; Constantine ; Putnam ; Maygarden ; Jones ; Cantens ; Dockery ; Argenio ; Fasano ; Lynn ; Peaden ; Murman ; Minton ; Arnall ; Cosgrove ; Bainter ; Crow ; Ogles ; Smith ; Hart ; Brummer ; Kyle ; Russell ; Fiorentino ; Flanagan ; Bradley ; Bullard ; Tullis ; Greenstein ; Bilirakis ; Kilmer ; Miller ; Bense ; Stafford ; Rayson ; Gottlieb ; Sobel ; Henriquez ; Hafner ; Ball ; Littlefield ; Argenziano ; Casey ; Alexander ; Bitner ; Patterson ; Roberts-Burke ; Bronson ; Byrd ; Chestnut ; Harrington ; Greene ; Wise ; Melvin ; Sembler ; Sanderson ; Garcia ; Villalobos ; Posey ; Sorensen ; Levine ; Betancourt ; Wiles ; Spratt ; Crist

Lake Okeechobee; provides for implementation of Lake Okeechobee Protection Program; requires completion of Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan by specified date; requires implementation of regional water quality treatment construction project; requires completion of research & rulemaking re Lake Okeechobee; restricts certain diversions of waters; preserves provisions re Everglades; preserves rights of Seminole Tribe of Florida, etc. Amends 373.4595,.406, 403.067.

Effective Date: 05/16/2000
 Last Action: 5/16/2000 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor; Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-130; See also HB 1189 (Ch. 2000-131), CS/HB 2365 (Ch. 2000-133)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/8/2000 House • Prefiled
2/24/2000 House • Referred to Water & Resource Management (RLC); Environmental Protection (RLC); Agriculture (RLC); General Government Appropriations (FRC)
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Water & Resource Management (RLC); Environmental Protection (RLC); Agriculture (RLC); General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00067
3/10/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Water & Resource Management (RLC), 03/14/00, 1:00 pm, 212-K
3/14/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS by Water & Resource Management (RLC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00336
3/22/2000 House • CS read first time on 03/22/00 -HJ 00331
3/17/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00336; Now in Environmental Protection (RLC) -HJ 00336
3/21/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Protection (RLC), 03/23/00, 1:15 pm, Reed Hall
3/23/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS/CS by Environmental Protection (RLC); YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00366
3/29/2000 House • CS read first time on 03/29/00 -HJ 00360
3/28/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00366; Now in Agriculture (RLC) -HJ 00366; On Committee agenda-- Agriculture (RLC), 03/30/00, 9:00 am, 214-C
3/30/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable by Agriculture (RLC); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 00417; Now in General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00417
4/3/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations (FRC), 04/05/00, 8:00 am, 214-C
4/5/2000 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by General Government Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00502
4/6/2000 House • Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00502
4/12/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00517; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00517
4/18/2000 House • Read third time -HJ 00559; CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 00559
4/19/2000 Senate • In Messages
4/26/2000 Senate • Received, referred to Natural Resources; Agriculture and Consumer Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00538
4/28/2000 Senate • Withdrawn from Natural Resources; Agriculture and Consumer Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00626; Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1494 -SJ 00626; Read second time -SJ 00626
5/2/2000 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00809; CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00810
5/2/2000 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 01446
5/16/2000 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor; Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-130; See also HB 1189 (Ch. 2000-131), CS/HB 2365 (Ch. 2000-133)