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...S., actually purchase lands with funds appropriated to or earmarked by statute for another land-acquiring and land-using agency, or does the board simply authorize the purchase of lands by the agency to which the funds are appropriated or for which the funds are earmarked? 4. Does s. 259.035 , F. S., mandate that all land acquisitions of the Department of Natural Resources be submitted to the selection committee? 5. Does s. 259.035 , F....
...S., mandate that outdoor recreation land acquisitions funded under ch. 375, F. S., be submitted to the selection committee, or are acquisitions made with moneys from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund not required to be submitted to the selection committee? 6. Does s. 259.035 , F....
...Proposals for acquisition projects under ch. 259, F. S., and s. 253.023, F. S., relating to the environmentally endangered lands program and the Conservation and Recreation Land Trust Fund, respectively, must be submitted to the selection committee established by s.
259.035 , but state agencies acquiring lands from moneys in other funds are not required to submit acquisitions of land to the committee for evaluation. Acquisitions from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund established under ss.
375.041 and 375.043, F. S., for outdoor recreation lands may be submitted to the committee pursuant to s. 259.041 (2). The provisions of s.
259.035 do not authorize or require any transfer of funds from the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund if the prescribed priority list of acquisition projects is not completed by January 1 of each year by the selection committee, nor is any penalty provided for failure to meet such deadline....
...te agency's agreement to purchase, but this does not confer on the board of trustees any authority to actually purchase lands itself with funds appropriated to another agency. AS TO QUESTIONS 4 AND 5: Section 14, ch. 79-255, Laws of Florida, created s. 259.035 , F....
...Thus, acquisitions pursuant to ch. 259 F. S., or s. 253.023, F. S., relating to the Conservation and Recreation Lands Trust Fund and the environmentally endangered lands program under the Land Conservation Act of 1972, as amended, will have to be submitted to the committee. Section 259.035 does not by its terms refer to any other acquisition of land, nor does it require any state agency acquiring lands from moneys in another fund, such as the Land Acquisition Trust Fund created by ss....
...79-255, Laws of Florida, which provides: For state capital projects for outdoor recreation lands, the provisions of chapter 375 and s.
253.025 shall apply. Land acquisition projects for outdoor recreation may be included in the priority list established [by the committee] pursuant to s.
259.035 ....
...trol, and other similar purposes. Section
375.031 (3). Acquisitions under this program from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund `may' be submitted to the committee according to s.
259.04 (2), F. S., but such submission is not required. AS TO QUESTION 6: Section
259.035 , F....
...ach year, and s.
259.04 (1)(c), F. S., requires that the board of trustees approve the list, in whole or in part, on or before March 15 of each year. To the greatest extent possible, projects on the list shall be acquired in their order of priority. Section
259.035 makes no reference to any transfer of funds....
