Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2430 & SB 1960
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/17/2009           .                                
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       The Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means (Baker and
       Lawson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (218970) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 16 - 34
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 11. (1) Pursuant to s. 215.619(1), Florida
    7  Statutes, the issuance of $50 million of Everglades Restoration
    8  bonds is authorized, in addition to any previously authorized
    9  bonds. For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the sum of $4,991,600 is
   10  appropriated from the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to the
   11  Department of Environmental Protection for debt service on the
   12  new bonds.
   13         (2) The sum of $47 million is appropriated from the Save
   14  Our Everglades Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental
   15  Protection for the design and construction of Comprehensive
   16  Everglades Restoration Plan components, Lake Okeechobee
   17  Protection Plan components, and Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie
   18  River Watershed Protection Plan components, and for the
   19  acquisition of lands needed for these project components. The
   20  sum of $3 million is appropriated from the Save Our Everglades
   21  Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection for
   22  transfer to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   23  into the General Inspection Trust Fund to fund activities
   24  authorized in subsection (3).
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   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 388 - 394
   29  and insert:
   30         authorizing the issuance of Everglades Restoration
   31         bonds; providing an appropriation for debt service on
   32         such bonds; providing an appropriation to the
   33         Department of Environmental Protection for the design
   34         and construction of certain restoration and protection
   35         plans and for the acquisition of lands needed for
   36         these project components; providing an appropriation
   37         for the