Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2200

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-752-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water resources; amending s.

  3         373.036, F.S.; providing that amendments to the

  4         water resource implementation rule take effect

  5         only upon approval by the Legislature; amending

  6         s. 373.1502, F.S.; providing for water

  7         reservations to be adopted by rule under the

  8         Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

  9         Regulation Act; amending s. 373.219, F.S.;

10         exempting the consumption or use of domestic

11         wastewater effluent from certain permit

12         requirements; repealing s. 373.223(4), F.S.,

13         relating to water reservations for the purposes

14         of protecting fish and wildlife or the public

15         health and safety; providing an effective date.

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17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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19         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 373.036, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         373.036  Florida water plan; district water management

22  plans.--

23         (1)  FLORIDA WATER PLAN.--In cooperation with the water

24  management districts, regional water supply authorities, and

25  others, the department shall develop the Florida water plan.

26  The Florida water plan shall include, but not be limited to:

27         (a)  The programs and activities of the department

28  related to water supply, water quality, flood protection and

29  floodplain management, and natural systems.

30         (b)  The water quality standards of the department.

31         (c)  The district water management plans.

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 1         (d)  Goals, objectives, and guidance for the

 2  development and review of programs, rules, and plans relating

 3  to water resources, based on statutory policies and

 4  directives. The state water policy rule, renamed the water

 5  resource implementation rule pursuant to s. 373.019(20), shall

 6  serve as this part of the plan. Amendments or additions to

 7  this part of the Florida water plan shall be adopted by the

 8  department as part of the water resource implementation rule.

 9  In accordance with s. 373.114, the department shall review

10  rules of the water management districts for consistency with

11  this rule. Amendments to the water resource implementation

12  rule must be adopted by the secretary of the department and be

13  submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

14  the House of Representatives within 7 days after publication

15  in the Florida Administrative Weekly. Amendments shall not

16  become effective only upon approval by until the conclusion of

17  the next regular session of the Legislature following their

18  adoption.

19         Section 2.  Subsection (4) is added to section

20  373.1502, Florida Statutes, to read:

21         373.1502  Regulation of comprehensive plan project

22  components.--

23         (4)  RULES.--Water reservations may be adopted by rule

24  in order to assist in the purposes of the comprehensive plan

25  as defined in s. 373.470(2)(a) and the purposes provided in

26  the Federal Water Resource Development Act of 2002, which

27  include restoring, preserving, and protecting the South

28  Florida ecosystem; providing for the protection of water

29  quality in and the reduction of the loss of fresh water from

30  the Everglades; and providing features that are necessary to

31  meet the other water-related needs of the region, including

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 1  flood control, the enhancement of water supplies, and other

 2  objectives served by the project.

 3         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 373.219, Florida

 4  Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         373.219  Permits required.--

 6         (1)  The governing board or the department may require

 7  such permits for consumptive use of water and may impose such

 8  reasonable conditions as are necessary to assure that such use

 9  is consistent with the overall objectives of the district or

10  department and is not harmful to the water resources of the

11  area. However, no permit shall be required for domestic

12  consumption of water by individual users or for consumption or

13  use of domestic wastewater effluent which is subject to review

14  under s. 403.064.

15         Section 4.  Subsection (4) of section 373.223, Florida

16  Statutes, is repealed.

17         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Provides that amendments to the water resource
      implementation rule of the Florida water plan require
23    legislative approval. Authorizes the adoption of rules
      providing for water reservations under the Comprehensive
24    Everglades Restoration Plan Regulation Act. Provides that
      the consumption or use of domestic wastewater effluent is
25    exempt from certain permit requirements. Repeals a
      provision authorizing water reservations for purposes of
26    protecting fish and wildlife or the public health and
      safety.
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