A proposed constitutional amendment would give more state funding to environmental purposes. It would take a third of the revenue brought in by the current tax on real estate documents.
The money would go to acquiring new public land to protect aquifers and other resources - as well as allowing the state to better maintain and restore current lands.
Pegeen Hanrahan, director of the campaign for the amendment, says it will allow the state to take a stronger approach to conservation.
“More aggressively protect the lands and water that are currently owned by the state, to provide resources to protect drinking water resources, restore the Florida everglades, improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams and of course our beaches and shores.”
The group behind the amendment says they have 95 percent of the signatures needed to get it on the ballot.
But the state has to verify the signatures before they can be officially counted.