Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1568
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/31/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 151 and 152
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
    6  381.00655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read
    7         381.00655 Connection of existing onsite sewage treatment
    8  and disposal systems to central sewerage system; requirements.—
    9         (2) The provisions of subsection (1) or any other provision
   10  of law to the contrary notwithstanding:
   11         (c) A local government or water and sewer district
   12  responsible for the operation of a centralized sewer system
   13  under s. 153.62 may grant a variance to an owner of a
   14  performance-based onsite sewage treatment and disposal system
   15  permitted by the department as long as the onsite system is
   16  functioning properly and satisfying the conditions of the
   17  operating permit. The department or a district created under
   18  chapter 189 may waive the requirements for the owner of an
   19  individual septic system to connect to a centralized sewer
   20  system or construct an onsite treatment system provided the
   21  individual lots operating on a septic system was identified in
   22  the master plan of the centralized sewer plan and approved by
   23  the permitting entities as being excluded for service by the
   24  centralized sewer system. Nothing in This paragraph may not
   25  shall be construed to require a local government or water and
   26  sewer district to issue a variance under any circumstance.
   27  Nothing in This paragraph may not shall be construed as limiting
   28  local government authority to enact ordinances under s. 4,
   29  chapter 99-395, Laws of Florida. A local government or water and
   30  sewer district located in any of the following areas is shall
   31  not be required to issue a variance under any circumstance:
   32         1. An area of critical state concern.
   33         2. An area that was designated as an area of critical state
   34  concern for at least 20 consecutive years prior to removal of
   35  the designation.
   36         3. An area in the South Florida Water Management District
   37  west C-11 basin that discharges through the S-9 pump into the
   38  Everglades.
   39         4. An area designated by the Lake Okeechobee Protection
   40  Act.
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   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete line 20
   45  and insert:
   46         contracting; amending s. 381.00655, F.S.; authorizing
   47         the department or certain districts to waive
   48         requirements related to conversion of septic systems
   49         to centralized sewer systems under certain
   50         circumstances; creating s. 381.00635, F.S.;
   51         transferring