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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 5 - NATURAL RESOURCES/ENVIRONMENT/GROWTH MANAGEMENT/TRANSPORTATION areas to minimize the impacts of red tide to residents and visitors. Funds may also be used to implement water quality treatment technologies, identified by the Department, near water control structures in Lake Okeechobee. 1715 GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY EVERGLADES RESTORATION FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 100,000,000 FROM LAND ACQUISITION TRUST FUND . . 514,000,000 From the funds in Specific Appropriation 1715, $64,000,000 in recurring funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund are provided to transfer to the Everglades Trust Fund within the South Florida Water Management District pursuant to section 375.041(3)(b)4., Florida Statutes. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 1715, $450,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund and $100,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund shall be distributed to the South Florida Water Management District for the planning, design, engineering, and construction of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). 1716 GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY NORTHERN EVERGLADES AND ESTUARIES PROTECTION FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 10,000,000 FROM LAND ACQUISITION TRUST FUND . . 61,516,213 From the funds in Specific Appropriation 1716, $29,876,213 in recurring funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund and $10,000,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and $31,640,000 in nonrecurring funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund shall be used to implement the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program, pursuant to section 373.4595, Florida Statutes. 1716A GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANTS AND AIDS - C-51 RESERVOIR IMPLEMENTATION FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 100,000,000 Funds in Specific Appropriation 1716A are provided for the Palm Beach County C-51 Reservoir, pursuant to section 373.4598, Florida Statutes. 1717 GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANTS AND AIDS - HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS MANAGEMENT FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 5,000,000 Funds in Specific Appropriation 1717 are provided to the Department of Environmental Protection to assist county governments responses to emergency conditions associated with Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) (which includes, but is not limited to, red tide and blue-green algae blooms) that may impact the public health, Florida’s environment and fragile ecosystems, including beaches and wildlife. Funds will implement an emergency grant program for the mitigation of HABs to minimize the impacts to Florida residents and visitors. 1718 GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANTS AND AIDS - SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FACILITIES REFURBISHMENTS FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 2,500,000 1719 GRANTS AND AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONSTATE ENTITIES - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANTS AND AIDS - WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS - EVERGLADES RESTORATION FROM LAND ACQUISITION TRUST FUND . . 50,000,000 Funds in Specific Appropriation 1719 shall be distributed to the South Florida Water Management District for the design, engineering, and 278