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2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)
SECTION 302
Legislative findings.
Legislative findings.
373.302 Legislative findings.—The Legislature recognizes that the practice of constructing, repairing, and abandoning water wells, if conducted by incompetent contractors, is potentially threatening to the health of the public and to the environment. The Legislature finds that a threat to the public and the environment exists if water resources become contaminated as a result of wells drilled by incompetent or dishonest contractors, and that to prevent contamination, it is necessary to regulate the construction, repair, and abandonment of wells, and the persons and businesses responsible therefor.
History.—s. 9, ch. 88-242.