Sierra Club Florida ALERT!
Calls needed prior to Committee Vote
on Wednesday, March 27 at 4:30 pm
HB 33 by Representative Jimmie T. Smith will be heard in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27 at 4:30 p.m.
This bill proposes to give state lands away in return for a temporary easement. It does an end-run around statutes that ensure Florida gets equal or better value in any land exchange. And it could be applied to any land next to a state highway or state owned water body. Please call the members of the committee and tell them that Florida’s conservation lands belong to all of us and must not be given away for a song.
This bill proposes to give state lands away in return for a temporary easement. It does an end-run around statutes that ensure Florida gets equal or better value in any land exchange. And it could be applied to any land next to a state highway or state owned water body. Please call the members of the committee and tell them that Florida’s conservation lands belong to all of us and must not be given away for a song.
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee 2013
Rep.
Rep. Matt Caldwell, Chair (239) 694-0161 (850) 717-5079 matt.caldwell@myfloridahouse.
Rep. Tom Goodson V. Ch. (321) 383-5151 (850) 717-5050 tom.goodson@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Halsey Beshears (850) 342-0016 (850) 717-5007
Rep. Jim Boyd (941) 708-4968 (850) 717-5071 jim.boyd@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Katie A. Edwards (954) 838-1371 (850) 717-5098 Katie.Edwards@myfloridahouse.
Rep. Larry Lee (L) (772) 595-1391 (850) 717-5084 Larry.Lee@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Cary Pigman (863) 386-6000 (850) 717-5055 Cary.Pigman@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Ray Pilon (941) 955-8077 (850) 717-5072 ray.pilon@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Elizabeth W. Porter (386) 719-4600 (850) 717-5010 elizabeth.porter@
Rep. Kevin Rader (561) 218-5010 (850) 717-5081 kevin.rader@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Betty Reed (813) 241-8024 (850) 717-5061 betty.reed@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Patrick Rooney, Jr. (561) 625-5176 (850) 717-5085 pat.rooney@myfloridahouse.gov
Rep. Clovis Watson (C) (352) 264-4001 (850) 717-5020 Clovis.Watson@myfloridahouse.
Talking Points:
- The state-owned land the private party might want title to could be sovereignty submerged land, State Forest, Everglades parcels,Green Swamp, you name it. These state-owned lands should not be up for a swap meet.
- Under no circumstances should the bill allow the Ordinary High Water Mark issue to be resolved in favor of turning over 500,000 acres of sovereign submerged lands to private interests in exchange for a conservation easement, permanent or temporary. (NB: Property owners on the state’s water bodies meet the condition of contiguousness.)
- If state lands are to be exchanged for a conservation easement, the easement should be permanent and the equal or better value provisions should apply. The state-owned land to be exchanged should only be non-conservation land.
Thank You!
David Cullen
cullenasea@aol.com
David Cullen
cullenasea@aol.com
Sierra Club Florida
