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                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
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Representative(s): Pafford
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 05 On Page: 211 Specific Appropriation: 1533
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Explanation:
Funding the purchase of 153,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land delinieated as 
"option land" in the August 12, 2010 Second Amended Agreement
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        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: State Lands
        Land Administration And Management

        In Section 05  On Page 211
1533    Fixed Capital Outlay
        Land Acquisition, Environmentally 
        Endangered, Unique/ Irreplaceable Lands, 
        Statewide

In Section 05, on Page 211, DELETE the following:

From   the   funds   in  Specific  Appropriation  1533,  $35,000,000  in
nonrecurring  funds  from  the Florida Forever Trust Fund is provided to
the  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the acquisition
of agricultural lands through perpetual conservation easements and other
perpetual less-than-fee techniques, which will achieve the objectives of
Florida Forever and section 570.91, Florida Statutes.

From   the   funds   in  Specific  Appropriation  1533,  $30,000,000  in
nonrecurring  funds  from  the Florida Forever Trust Fund is provided to
the  water  management  districts  as  provided  in section 259.105(11),
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Florida  Statutes,  to fund water resource development projects intended
to  achieve the goal of ensuring that sufficient quantities of water are
available  to  meet  current and future needs of natural systems and the
citizens  of  the  state  as specified in section 259.105(4)(d), Florida
Statutes.

The  remaining  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation 1533 are provided for
land  acquisitions  that are less-than-fee interest, for partnerships in
which  the  state's  portion  of the acquisition cost is no more than 50
percent, or for conservation lands needed for military buffering.

and insert in lieu thereof:

From   the   funds   in  Specific  Appropriation  1533, $80,156,206 in 
nonrecurring funds from the Florida Forever Trust Fund is provided for 
the acquisition of 153,209 acres of land which the state was granted the 
option to purchase pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement 
for Sale and Purchase among United States Sugar Corp, SBG Farms, Inc., 
Southern Gardens Groves Corporation and the South Florida Water 
Management District dated August 12, 2010.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
































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