House Bill hb1043

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1043

        By Representatives Kilmer, Sorensen, Farkas, Melvin, Diaz
    de la Portilla, Rubio, Kendrick, Stansel, Bean, Baker, Benson,
    Berfield, Hogan, Allen, Baxley, Kallinger, Brutus, Paul,
    Gibson, Brummer, Cantens, Argenziano, Bense, Harrell, Green,
    (Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sewer and water systems and

  3         stormwater systems; providing for

  4         administration of a grant program by the

  5         Department of Environmental Protection to

  6         establish or upgrade sewer and water systems

  7         and stormwater systems; providing priority of

  8         projects to be funded; requiring an annual

  9         report; providing for future repeal; providing

10         an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Grants for sewer and water facilities and

15  stormwater systems.--

16         (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and to

17  the fullest extent possible, the Department of Environmental

18  Protection shall administer grant programs and other

19  authorized disbursements of funds for the purpose of

20  establishing or upgrading sewer and water systems and

21  stormwater systems according to the following priorities:

22         (a)  Projects in communities with a millage rate of 8.5

23  mills or higher that are under a consent order from the

24  department for inadequate sewer and water facilities or

25  stormwater systems.

26         (b)  Projects in communities with a millage rate of 8.5

27  mills or higher that are under a moratorium from the

28  department that inhibits the development of adequate housing

29  for community residents or other economic development

30  activities.

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  1         (2)  Fifty percent of funds remaining after the

  2  criteria in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) have been met shall be

  3  utilized for projects in communities in rural areas of

  4  critical economic concern.

  5         (3)  The department shall report each January 1 to the

  6  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

  7  House of Representatives regarding the amount of funding

  8  disbursed for the projects in the categories identified in

  9  paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and the number and identity of

10  projects remaining in those categories. The department shall

11  also report on the amount of funding disbursed in the category

12  identified in subsection (2).

13         (4)  This section shall stand repealed on June 30,

14  2006.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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18                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Directs the Department of Environmental Protection to
20    administer a grant program to establish or upgrade sewer
      and water systems and stormwater systems in communities
21    that meet specified criteria. Provides priority of
      projects to be funded. Requires the department to report
22    annually to the Governor and Legislature on funding
      disbursed and projects remaining. Terminates the program
23    on June 30, 2006.

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27                       ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

28  Littlefield, Bilirakis, Barreiro, Bowen, Weissman, Needelman,
    Kottkamp, Fiorentino, Bullard, Holloway, Jennings, Davis,
29  Ball, Wallace, Crow, Atwater, Johnson, Spratt, Harrington and
    Byrd
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