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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Miami Herald
Byline: Charles Savage
Mar. 22--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--A proposal to write a $100 compensation check for every residential tree cut down by the Citrus Canker Eradication Program survived its first Senate committee Wednesday after its champion, Sen. Steve Geller, D-Hallandale Beach, backed away from a proposal to raid the citrus industry for some of the money.
With Geller's assurance that the Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund would not be used to help fund the effort, the...
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