Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1168
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/09/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Dean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 27 - 49
    4  and insert:
    5  dedicated for other uses:
    6         1. A minimum of the lesser of 25 percent or $200 million
    7  shall be appropriated annually for Everglades projects that
    8  implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set
    9  forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning
   10  Project subject to congressional authorization; the Long-Term
   11  Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); and the Northern Everglades
   12  and Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595.
   13  From these funds, $32 million shall be distributed each fiscal
   14  year through the 2023-2024 fiscal year to the South Florida
   15  Water Management District for the Long-Term Plan as defined in
   16  s. 373.4592(2). After deducting the $32 million distributed
   17  under this subparagraph, from the funds remaining, a minimum of
   18  the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100 million shall be appropriated
   19  each fiscal year through the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the
   20  planning, design, engineering, and construction of the
   21  Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set forth in s.
   22  373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning Project
   23  subject to congressional authorization. The Department of
   24  Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management
   25  District shall give preference to those Everglades restoration
   26  projects that reduce harmful discharges of water from Lake
   27  Okeechobee to the St. Lucie or Caloosahatchee estuaries in a
   28  timely manner.
   29         2. A minimum of the lesser of 7.6 percent or $75 million
   30  shall be appropriated annually for spring restoration,
   31  protection, and management projects Then, to pay the debt
   32  service on
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   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Between lines 9 and 10
   37  insert:
   38         requiring a minimum specified percentage of funds
   39         within the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to be
   40         appropriated for certain spring restoration,
   41         protection, and management projects;