House Bill 2091

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2091

        By Representative Edwards






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to management and storage of

  3         surface waters; amending s. 373.406, F.S.;

  4         exempting the Lake Region Lakes Management

  5         District from specified permitting requirements

  6         of pt. IV of ch. 373, F.S.; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 373.406,

12  Florida Statutes, to read:

13         373.406  Exemptions.--The following exemptions shall

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15         (9)  The Lake Region Lakes Management District, as

16  created by chapter 8378, Laws of Florida, 1919, is exempt from

17  the permitting requirements of this part to the extent

18  described in this subsection. The district is not required to

19  obtain a permit to:

20         (a)  Install for lake-level-management purposes up to

21  two 24-inch pipes or their equivalent, which are incorporated

22  with a structure, and are operated based on a water management

23  district's adopted lake-levels program.

24         (b)  Remove pipes or other restrictions if such items

25  are too small for or restrict the flow of water in a ditch.

26         (c)  Add or change the inverts of pipes located in

27  ditch crossovers when existing crossovers restrict the flow of

28  water in an existing ditch.

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

30  law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2091

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      Exempts the Lake Region Lakes Management District from
  4    specified permitting requirements of pt. IV of ch. 373,
      F.S., relating to management and storage of surface
  5    waters.

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