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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1299, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Brown offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 27 and 28

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17         (s)  The repair, stabilization, or paving of existing

18  county maintained roads and the repair or replacement of

19  bridges that are part of the roadway, within the Northwest

20  Florida Water Management District, provided:

21         1.  The road and associated bridge were in existence

22  and in use as a public road or bridge, and were maintained by

23  the county as a public road or bridge on or before January 1,

24  2002;

25         2.  The construction activity does not expand the

26  number of existing traffic lanes of the existing road;

27  however, the work may include the provision of safety

28  shoulders, clearance of vegetation, and other work reasonably

29  necessary to repair, stabilize, pave, or repave the road,

30  provided that the work is constructed by generally accepted

31  engineering standards;

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  1         3.  The construction activity does not expand the

  2  existing width of an existing vehicular bridge in excess of

  3  that reasonably necessary to properly connect the bridge with

  4  the road being repaired, stabilized, paved, or repaved to

  5  safely accommodate the traffic expected on the road, which may

  6  include expanding the width of the bridge to match the

  7  existing connected road. However, no debris from the original

  8  bridge shall be allowed to remain in waters of the state,

  9  including wetlands;

10         4.  Best management practices for erosion control shall

11  be employed as necessary to prevent water quality violations;

12         5.  Roadside swales or other effective means of

13  stormwater treatment must be incorporated as part of the

14  project; and

15         6.  No more dredging or filling of wetlands or water of

16  the state is performed than that which is reasonably necessary

17  to repair, stabilize, pave, or repave the road or to repair or

18  replace the bridge, in accordance with generally accepted

19  engineering standards.

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21  The department shall submit a report to the Governor and the

22  Legislature by March 1, 2004, to evaluate the effects of this

23  exemption and make recommendations for the exemption to apply

24  statewide.

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28  And the title is amended as follows:

29         On page 1, line 4 after the semicolon

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1299, 1st Eng.

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  1         providing an exemption for certain county road

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