Senate Bill 2356

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2356

    By Senators Laurent and Dyer





    18-1092-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water resources; amending s.

  3         373.026, F.S.; providing for the Legislature to

  4         approve or disapprove the Central and Southern

  5         Florida Flood Control Project Restudy or any of

  6         its plans or projects; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section

12  373.026, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         373.026  General powers and duties of the

14  department.--The department, or its successor agency, shall be

15  responsible for the administration of this chapter at the

16  state level. However, it is the policy of the state that, to

17  the greatest extent possible, the department may enter into

18  interagency or interlocal agreements with any other state

19  agency, any water management district, or any local government

20  conducting programs related to or materially affecting the

21  water resources of the state. All such agreements shall be

22  subject to the provisions of s. 373.046. In addition to its

23  other powers and duties, the department shall, to the greatest

24  extent possible:

25         (8)(a)  Provide such coordination, cooperation, or

26  approval necessary to the effectuation of any plan or project

27  of the Federal Government in connection with or concerning the

28  waters in the state. Unless otherwise provided by state or

29  federal law, the department shall, subject to confirmation by

30  the Legislature, have the power to approve or disapprove such

31  federal plans or projects on behalf of the state. If such plan

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  1  or project is for a coastal inlet, the department shall first

  2  determine the impact of the plan or project on the sandy

  3  beaches in the state. If the department determines that the

  4  plan will have a significant adverse impact on the sandy

  5  beaches, the department may not approve the plan or project

  6  unless it is revised to mitigate those impacts. For the

  7  Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project Restudy,

  8  and any plans or projects contained in it, the right to

  9  approve or disapprove those plans or projects is reserved to

10  the Legislature. Before any action of the state or the South

11  Florida Water Management District is taken in furtherance of

12  the restudy, whether it involves the expenditure of funds or

13  not, the Legislature must first approve the restudy

14  comprehensive plan.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Reserves to the Legislature the power to approve or
      disapprove the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control
21    Project Restudy and plans or projects contained in it.

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