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House Bill 1505




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1505

        By Representative Smith






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public water systems;

  3         amending s. 381.0062, F.S.; revising conditions

  4         for an exemption from permitting requirements

  5         for certain establishments with limited-use

  6         commercial public water systems; requiring

  7         one-time registration; requiring posting of

  8         certain notices; providing an exemption from

  9         permitting requirements for the owner of a

10         duplex, triplex, or quadruplex; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section

16  381.0062, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended, and

17  paragraph (c) is added to said subsection, to read:

18         381.0062  Supervision; private and certain public water

19  systems.--

20         (6)  VARIANCES AND EXEMPTIONS.--

21         (b)  Any establishment with a limited-use commercial

22  public water system which does not make tap water available

23  for public consumption and which provides bottled water for

24  consumption by its employees is exempt from this section if

25  the system is registered with the department and a notice is

26  posted at each water outlet that the water is not approved for

27  human consumption.  Registration is required only once for

28  each exempt system and must be in a manner prescribed by the

29  department. meets the water quality standards established by

30  the department shall be exempt from obtaining an annual

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1505

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  1  operating permit from the department, provided the supplier of

  2  water:

  3         1.  Registers with the department;

  4         2.  Performs an initial water quality clearance of the

  5  water supply well; and

  6         3.  Conducts annual testing for bacteria in the form of

  7  one satisfactory microbiological sample per calendar year.  In

  8  the event that the establishment changes ownership or business

  9  activity, reregistration is required.  A fee of $15 shall be

10  assessed for registration.

11         (c)  Any owner of a duplex, triplex, or quadruplex is

12  exempt from obtaining an annual operating permit from the

13  department.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Eliminates current conditions for exempting a limited-use
19    public water system that does not make tap water
      available to the public from Department of Health
20    permitting requirements.  Exempts such systems if they
      provide bottled water for their employees, post
21    nonpotability notices on their water outlets, and pay a
      one-time registration fee to the department. Also exempts
22    any owner of a duplex, triplex, or quadruplex from the
      department's water system permitting requirements.
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