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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(866008):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 1374 and 1375

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insert:

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     Section 21.  Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section

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377.703, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     377.703  Additional functions of the Department of

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Environmental Protection; energy emergency contingency plan;

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federal and state conservation programs.--

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     (2)  DEFINITIONS.--

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     (j) "Renewable energy resource" means electrical,

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mechanical, or thermal energy produced from a method that uses

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one or more of the following fuels or energy sources: hydrogen

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produced from sources other than fossil fuels or nuclear energy,

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solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, ocean energy,

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waste heat, hydroelectric power, and biomass. As used in this

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paragraph, "biomass" means a power source that is comprised of

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combustible residues, oils or gases from forest products

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manufacturing, agricultural and orchard crops, waste products

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from livestock and poultry operations and food processing, urban

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wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, municipal liquid

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waste treatment operations, and landfill gas means any method,

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process, or substance the use of which does not diminish its

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availability or abundance, including, but not limited to,

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biomass conversion, geothermal energy, solar energy, wind

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energy, wood fuels derived from waste, ocean thermal gradient

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power, hydroelectric power, and fuels derived from agricultural

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products.

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     Section 22.  Subsection (6) of section 377.803, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     377.803  Definitions.--As used in ss. 377.801-377.806, the

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term:

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     (6) "Renewable energy" means electrical, mechanical, or

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thermal energy produced from a method that uses one or more of

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the following fuels or energy sources: hydrogen produced from

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sources other than fossil fuels or nuclear energy, solar energy,

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geothermal energy, wind energy, ocean energy, waste heat,

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hydroelectric power, and biomass. As used in this subsection,

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"biomass" means a power source that is comprised of combustible

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residues, oils, or gases from forest products manufacturing,

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agricultural and orchard crops, waste products from livestock

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and poultry operations and food processing, urban wood waste,

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biogenic municipal solid waste, municipal liquid waste treatment

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operations, and landfill gas means electrical, mechanical, or

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thermal energy produced from a method that uses one or more of

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the following fuels or energy sources: hydrogen, biomass, solar

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energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, ocean energy, waste

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heat, or hydroelectric power.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 2087, after the second semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 377.703, F.S.; redefining the term "renewable

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energy source"; amending s. 377.803, F.S.; redefining the

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term "renewable energy";

3/12/2008  3:41:00 PM     592-04853-08