Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 552
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             01/13/2016 11:19 AM       .                                
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 3243 and 3244
    4  insert:
    5         Section 30. Section 373.814, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         373.814 Restoration Focus Spring.—
    8         (1) In formulating basin management action plans, the
    9  department has established focus areas in which remediation
   10  techniques may be applied and studied. This useful concept shall
   11  be applied to a springshed. In order to demonstrate to the
   12  public that restoration of an Outstanding Florida Spring is
   13  possible within a reasonable period of time, the department
   14  shall designate an Outstanding Florida Spring as a Restoration
   15  Focus Spring and shall develop a plan that will, within 15
   16  years, restore flow to within 10 percent of historical levels
   17  and reduce nitrate levels to below 0.35 mg/l.
   18         (2) The department shall publish the plan by July 1, 2017,
   19  and shall publish progress reports on restoration every 3 years
   20  thereafter.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 164
   25  and insert:
   26         providing rulemaking authority; creating s. 373.814,
   27         F.S.; requiring the department to designate an
   28         Outstanding Florida Spring as a Restoration Focus
   29         Spring and develop a plan to achieve certain goals at
   30         that spring within a specified timeframe; requiring
   31         the department to publish the plan by a specified date
   32         and on a periodic basis thereafter; amending s.
   33         403.061,