Bill Amendment: FL H5001 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: General Appropriations Act
Status: 2016-03-21 - Chapter No. 2016-66, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), HB 5005 (Ch. 2016-63), HB 5007 (Ch. 2016-64), HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65), HB 5103 (Ch. 2016-25) [H5001 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H5001-Senate_Floor_Amendment_990006.html
Bill Title: General Appropriations Act
Status: 2016-03-21 - Chapter No. 2016-66, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), HB 5005 (Ch. 2016-63), HB 5007 (Ch. 2016-64), HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65), HB 5103 (Ch. 2016-25) [H5001 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H5001-Senate_Floor_Amendment_990006.html
990006 No. 5 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT HB5001 CHAMBER ACTION SENATE . HOUSE . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL STAMP BELOW ________________________________________________________________________ Representative(s): Pafford offered the following amendment: In Section: 05 On Page: 211 Specific Appropriation: 1533 ________________________________________________________________________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 ________________________________________________________________________ | DELETE | INSERT | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 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), 990006 Log:0004 RPK/RPK 02/08/16 06:08:03 PM House Page: 1
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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