Bill Summary

by Bradley Co Sponsors: Flores CS Sponsors: Appropriations

Water Resources; Authorizing the South Florida Water Management District and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to negotiate the amendment and termination of leases on lands within the Everglades Agricultural Area for exchange or use for the reservoir project; requiring certain lease agreements for agricultural work programs to be terminated in accordance with the lease terms; requiring the district to request that the United States Army Corps of Engineers jointly develop a post-authorization change report for the Central Everglades Planning Project; providing requirements for the C-51 reservoir project if state funds are appropriated for the project; prohibiting the use of inmates for correctional work programs in the agricultural industry in certain areas, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate Effective Date: 5/9/2017

   S Environmental Preservation and Conservation
   S Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources
   S Appropriations