Bill Text: FL S0640 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Indian River Lagoon State Matching Grant Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government [S0640 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0640-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 640
By Senator Harrell
25-00849-20 2020640__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Indian River Lagoon State
3 Matching Grant Program; creating s. 373.4594, F.S.;
4 providing that certain projects identified in a
5 specified Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive
6 Conservation and Management Plan are eligible for
7 state funding consideration; directing the Department
8 of Environmental Protection to coordinate with the
9 South Florida Water Management District and the St.
10 Johns River Water Management District to identify
11 projects and grant recipients and to submit an annual
12 report to the Governor, the Legislature, and specified
13 persons; requiring certain county and municipal
14 governments to submit annual reports to the department
15 and appropriate water management districts; providing
16 an effective date.
17
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
19
20 Section 1. Section 373.4594, Florida Statutes, is created
21 to read:
22 373.4594 Indian River Lagoon State Matching Grant Program.—
23 (1) Projects dedicated to the conservation and management
24 of the Indian River Lagoon are eligible for state funding
25 consideration. The department shall use program funds to provide
26 grants for the following projects identified in the Indian River
27 Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, as
28 updated in 2008:
29 (a) The upgrade of existing facilities that provide
30 advanced waste treatment, as defined in s. 403.086(4).
31 (b) The expansion of existing wastewater treatment
32 facilities to bring services to existing homes and businesses
33 that are not connected to an existing wastewater treatment
34 facility.
35 (c) The connection of onsite sewage treatment and disposal
36 systems to a central sewer system.
37 (2) Each grant shall require a minimum of a 50 percent
38 local match.
39 (3) The department shall coordinate with the South Florida
40 Water Management District and the St. Johns River Water
41 Management District to identify eligible projects and grant
42 recipients for state funding consideration.
43 (4) Beginning January 1, 2021, and each January 1
44 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the
45 Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
46 of Representatives, and each state senator and state
47 representative for the areas in the Indian River Lagoon
48 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan regarding the
49 projects proposed for state funding consideration and the
50 projects receiving state funding under this section. The report
51 must include:
52 (a) The projects identified for state funding
53 consideration, including, at a minimum:
54 1. A priority ranking based on the most cost-effective
55 pollutant reduction projects for each listed project that will
56 be ready to proceed in the upcoming fiscal year.
57 2. The estimated cost of each listed project.
58 3. The estimated completion date of each listed project.
59 4. The source and amount of financial assistance to be
60 provided by county or municipal governments, water management
61 districts, or other entities for each listed project.
62 (b) The implementation status of each project receiving
63 state funding under this section.
64 (5) The county or municipal government shall annually
65 submit a status report on each project receiving state funding
66 under this section to the department and to the appropriate
67 water management district for inclusion in the consolidated
68 water management district annual report required by s.
69 373.036(7).
70 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
