Bill Text: FL H7015 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Water Protection and Sustainability Program

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 550 (Ch. 2010-205) [H7015 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H7015-Introduced.html

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HB 7015

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Water Protection and Sustainability
3	Program; amending s. 403.890, F.S.; removing obsolete
4	language requiring the Legislature to review the
5	distribution of funds under the Water Protection and
6	Sustainability Program; deleting provisions for an interim
7	project relating to the program and its funding formula;
8	providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 403.890, Florida
13	Statutes, is amended to read:
14	403.890 Water Protection and Sustainability Program;
15	intent; goals; purposes.-
16	(4) For fiscal year 2005-2006, funds deposited or
17	appropriated into the Water Protection and Sustainability
18	Program Trust Fund shall be distributed as follows:
19	(a) One hundred million dollars to the Department of
20	Environmental Protection for the implementation of an
21	alternative water supply program as provided in s. 373.1961.
22	(b) Funds remaining after the distribution provided for in
23	subsection (1) shall be distributed as follows:
24	1. Fifty percent for the implementation of best management
25	practices and capital project expenditures necessary for the
26	implementation of the goals of the total maximum daily load
27	program established in s. 403.067. Of these funds, 85 percent
28	shall be transferred to the credit of the Department of
29	Environmental Protection Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund to
30	address water quality impacts associated with nonagricultural
31	nonpoint sources. Fifteen percent of these funds shall be
32	transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
33	Services General Inspection Trust Fund to address water quality
34	impacts associated with agricultural nonpoint sources. These
35	funds shall be used for research, development, demonstration,
36	and implementation of suitable best management practices or
37	other measures used to achieve water quality standards in
38	surface waters and water segments identified pursuant to s.
39	303(d) of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. ss.
40	1251 et seq. Implementation of best management practices and
41	other measures may include cost-share grants, technical
42	assistance, implementation tracking, and conservation leases or
43	other agreements for water quality improvement. The Department
44	of Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture
45	and Consumer Services may adopt rules governing the distribution
46	of funds for implementation of best management practices. These
47	funds shall not be used to abrogate the financial responsibility
48	of those point and nonpoint sources that have contributed to the
49	degradation of water or land areas. Increased priority shall be
50	given by the department and the water management district
51	governing boards to those projects that have secured a cost-
52	sharing agreement allocating responsibility for the cleanup of
53	point and nonpoint sources.
54	2. Twenty-five percent for the purposes of funding
55	projects pursuant to ss. 373.451-373.459 or surface water
56	restoration activities in water-management-district-designated
57	priority water bodies. The Secretary of Environmental Protection
58	shall ensure that each water management district receives the
59	following percentage of funds annually:
60	a. Thirty-five percent to the South Florida Water
61	Management District;
62	b. Twenty-five percent to the Southwest Florida Water
63	Management District;
64	c. Twenty-five percent to the St. Johns River Water
65	Management District;
66	d. Seven and one-half percent to the Suwannee River Water
67	Management District; and
68	e. Seven and one-half percent to the Northwest Florida
69	Water Management District.
70	3. Twenty-five percent to the Department of Environmental
71	Protection for the Disadvantaged Small Community Wastewater
72	Grant Program as provided in s. 403.1838.
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74	Prior to the end of the 2008 Regular Session, the Legislature
75	must review the distribution of funds under the Water Protection
76	and Sustainability Program to determine if revisions to the
77	funding formula are required. At the discretion of the President
78	of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
79	the appropriate substantive committees of the Legislature may
80	conduct an interim project to review the Water Protection and
81	Sustainability Program and the funding formula and make written
82	recommendations to the Legislature proposing necessary changes,
83	if any.
84	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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