Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/SB 274, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 767 and 768
    4  insert:
    5         Section 11. Subsection (7) of section 403.9325, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         403.9325 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 403.9321
    8  403.9333, the term:
    9         (7) “Riparian mangrove fringe” means mangroves growing
   10  along the shoreline on private property, property owned by a
   11  governmental entity, or sovereign submerged land, the depth of
   12  which does not exceed 50 feet as measured waterward from the
   13  trunk of the most landward mangrove tree in a direction
   14  perpendicular to the shoreline to the trunk of the most
   15  waterward mangrove tree. Riparian mangrove fringe does not
   16  include mangroves on uninhabited natural islands, or public
   17  lands that have been set aside for conservation or preservation,
   18  or mangroves on lands that have been set aside as mitigation, if
   19  the permit, enforcement instrument, or conservation easement
   20  establishing the mitigation area did not include provisions for
   21  the trimming of mangroves.
   22         Section 12. Subsection (5) of section 403.9329, Florida
   23  Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         403.9329 Professional mangrove trimmers.—
   25         (5) A professional mangrove trimmer status granted under
   26  ss. 403.9321-403.9333 or by the department may be revoked by the
   27  department for any person who is responsible for any violations
   28  of ss. 403.9321-403.9333 or any adopted mangrove rules.
   29         Section 13. Subsection (3) is added to section 403.9331,
   30  Florida Statutes, to read:
   31         403.9331 Applicability; rules and policies.—
   32         (3) Pursuant to s. 403.9323(2), the provisions of ss.
   33  403.9321-403.9333 do not allow the trimming of mangroves on
   34  uninhabited natural islands that are publicly owned or on lands
   35  that are
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38         And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 61
   40  and insert:
   41         Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 403.9325,
   42         F.S.; revising the definition of “riparian mangrove
   43         fringe”; amending s. 403.9329, F.S.; clarifying the
   44         department’s authority to revoke a person’s status as
   45         a professional mangrove trimmer; amending s. 403.9331,
   46         F.S.; providing that specified provisions of state law
   47         do not allow the trimming of mangroves on uninhabited
   48         natural islands; providing effective