PUB 700672: General Edit of Article I, Section 13-27 and Article II, Section 7 by RICHARD CARL SILVESTRI
ARTICLE I: DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, New Section.
The people shall have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Florida’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come, The Public officers of the State, as trustees of these resources, shall protect, preserve, conserve and maintain these resources for the benefit of all the people.
ARTICLE II: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Section 7. Natural resources and scenic beauty.
Everglades ProtectionNatural resources and scenic beauty.
It shall be the policy of the state to conserve and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty. Adequate provision shall be made by law for the abatement of air and water pollution and of excessive and unnecessary noise and for the conservation and protection of natural resources.
Those in the Everglades Agricultural Area who cause water pollution within the Everglades Protection Area or the Everglades Agricultural Area shall be primarily responsible for paying the costs of the abatement of that pollution. For the purposes of this subsection, the terms "Everglades Protection Area" and "Everglades Agricultural Area" shall have the meanings as defined in statutes in effect on January 1, 1996.