Notice of Development of Rulemaking

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
18-24.001: General and Definitions
18-24.002: Public Purposes and Categories of Projects Qualifying for Funding
18-24.003: Application Procedures and Requirements
18-24.004: Initial Review of Project Proposals
18-24.005: Full Review of Project Proposals
18-24.006: Council Evaluation and Grouping
18-24.007: Board of Trustees Consideration
18-24.008: Capital Improvement and Restoration Proposals
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To comply with new statutory requirements, rules applying to criteria, goals and measures for the Florida Forever land acquisition, management and restoration program and the Council’s evaluation, selection and ranking of Florida Forever projects shall be developed for consideration of the Board of Trustees.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revision of the Florida Forever Program’s criteria, goals and performance measures and the Council’s procedures for evaluating and ranking Florida Forever projects.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 259.035, 259.105 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 259.035, 259.105 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: September 14, 2009, 10:00 a.m.; HEARING: October 8, 2009, 9:00 a.m.; MEETING: October 9, 2009, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Department of Environmental Protection, Conference Room A, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Office of Environmental Services at (850)245-2784. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Greg Brock, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS. 140, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000; phone: (850)245-2784; E-mail: greg.brock@dep.state.fl.us

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.