Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/30/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 266 and 267
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Paragraph (f) of subsection (8) of section
    6  373.707, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         373.707 Alternative water supply development.—
    8         (8)
    9         (f) The governing boards shall determine those projects
   10  that will be selected for financial assistance. The governing
   11  boards may establish factors to determine project funding;
   12  however, significant weight shall be given to the following
   13  factors:
   14         1. Whether the project provides substantial environmental
   15  benefits by preventing or limiting adverse water resource
   16  impacts.
   17         2. Whether the project reduces competition for water
   18  supplies.
   19         3. Whether the project brings about replacement of
   20  traditional sources in order to help implement a minimum flow or
   21  level or a reservation.
   22         4. Whether the project will be implemented by a consumptive
   23  use permittee that has achieved the targets contained in a goal
   24  based water conservation program approved pursuant to s.
   25  373.227.
   26         5. The quantity of water supplied by the project as
   27  compared to its cost.
   28         6. Projects in which the construction and delivery to end
   29  users of reuse water is a major component.
   30         7. Whether the project will be implemented by a
   31  multijurisdictional water supply entity or regional water supply
   32  authority.
   33         8. Whether the project implements reuse that assists in the
   34  elimination of domestic wastewater ocean outfalls as provided in
   35  s. 403.086(9).
   36         9. Whether the county or municipality, or the multiple
   37  counties or municipalities, in which the project is located has
   38  implemented a high-water recharge protection tax assessment
   39  program as provided in s. 193.625.
   40         10. Whether the project provides additional storage
   41  capacity of surface water flows to ensure sustainability of the
   42  public water supply.
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   45         And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Delete line 26
   47  and insert:
   48         references; amending s. 373.707, F.S.; providing an
   49         additional weighting factor that the governing board
   50         may consider when determining which alternative water
   51         supply projects to select for financial assistance;
   52         directing each water management district