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Senate Bill 0312
    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 312

    By Senators Brown-Waite, Bronson, Cowin, Williams and Horne





    10-239-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water sources; amending s.

  3         373.223, F.S.; prescribing matters to be

  4         considered in authorizing the transport of

  5         ground or surface water; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 373.223, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         373.223  Conditions for a permit.--

13         (2)  The governing board or the department may

14  authorize the holder of a use permit to transport and use

15  ground or surface water beyond overlying land, across county

16  boundaries, or outside the watershed from which it is taken if

17  the governing board or department determines that such

18  transport and use is consistent with the public interest, and

19  no local government shall adopt or enforce any law, ordinance,

20  rule, regulation, or order to the contrary. In evaluating

21  whether the transport of ground or surface water is consistent

22  with the public interest, the governing board or department

23  shall consider:

24         (a)  The proximity of the proposed source of water to

25  the area in which it is to be used or applied.

26         (b)  Other environmentally, economically, and

27  technically feasible alternatives to the source being

28  proposed, including, but not limited to, desalination, reuse,

29  stormwater, and aquifer storage and recovery.

30         (c)  Cumulative impacts due to ground water withdrawal.

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  1         (d)  The recommendations of any affected local

  2  government.

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

  4  law.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Provides criteria to be considered by water management
      districts and the Department of Environmental Protection
  9    in authorizing the transport of surface or ground water
      under a permit for the consumptive use of water.
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