Florida Senate - 2010 SB 548
By Senator Constantine
22-00324-10 2010548__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to greenways and trails; amending s.
3 260.019, F.S.; deleting an obsolete provision
4 requiring that the Department of Environmental
5 Protection submit a report to the Governor and
6 Legislature; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 260.019, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 260.019 Florida Circumnavigation Saltwater Paddling Trail.—
13 (2) The department shall establish the initial starting and
14 ending points by latitude and longitude for the trail segments
15 described in subsection (3) within 180 days after the effective
16 date of this act. Except for the Big Bend Historic Saltwater
17 Paddling Trail, segment 6, the department has the exclusive
18 authority to officially name and locate the remaining 25 trail
19 segments. The department shall name and locate the segments
20 based on logical geographical boundaries, safety to trail users,
21 ease of management, desires of local communities and user
22 groups, and other factors that assist in the overall success of
23 the trail system. The department may adjust the location of any
24 trail segment; give official recognition to specific sites along
25 the trail route; publish official trail guides and literature in
26 cooperation with other governmental and private entities; and
27 resolve conflicts that may arise between competing and
28 conflicting parties over trail issues. The Florida Greenways and
29 Trails Council may advise the department on all matters relating
30 to the paddling trail. By January 1, 2008, the department shall
31 prepare and submit a report setting forth the names and
32 locations adopted for each trail segment to the Governor, the
33 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
34 Representatives.
35 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
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