CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 91 Ì1598326Î159832 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 12/15/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on General Provisions (Thurlow-Lippisch) recommended the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 7 of Article II of the State Constitution is 6 amended to read: 7 ARTICLE II 8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 9 SECTION 7. Natural resources and scenic beauty.— 10 (a) It shall be the policy of the state to conserve and 11 protect its natural resources and scenic beauty. Adequate 12 provision shall be made by law for the abatement of air and 13 water pollution and of excessive and unnecessary noise and for 14 the conservation and protection of natural resources. 15 (b) Those in the Everglades Agricultural Area who cause 16 water pollution within the Everglades Protection Area or the 17 Everglades Agricultural Area shall be primarily responsible for 18 paying the costs of the abatement of that pollution. For the 19 purposes of this subsection, the terms “Everglades Protection 20 Area” and “Everglades Agricultural Area” shall have the meanings 21 as defined in statutes in effect on January 1, 1996. 22 (c) To protect the people of Florida and their environment, 23 drilling for exploration or extraction of oil or natural gas is 24 prohibited on lands beneath all state waters which have not been 25 alienated and that lie between the mean high water line and the 26 outermost boundaries of the state’s territorial seas. This 27 prohibition does not apply to the transportation of oil and gas 28 products produced outside of such waters. This section is self 29 executing. 30 31 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 32 And the title is amended as follows: 33 Delete everything before the proposal clause 34 and insert: 35 A proposal to amend 36 Section 7 of Article X of the State Constitution to 37 prohibit the drilling for exploration and extraction of oil 38 and natural gas in specified coastal waters. 39