HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1221
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11 Representative(s) Cantens offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (2) of
18 section 373.1961, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 373.1961 Water production.--
20 (2) The Legislature finds that, due to a combination
21 of factors, vastly increased demands have been placed on
22 natural supplies of fresh water, and that, absent increased
23 development of alternative water supplies, such demands may
24 increase in the future. The Legislature also finds that
25 potential exists in the state for the production of
26 significant quantities of alternative water supplies,
27 including reclaimed water, and that water production includes
28 the development of alternative water supplies, including
29 reclaimed water, for appropriate uses. It is the intent of
30 the Legislature that utilities develop reclaimed water
31 systems, where reclaimed water is the most appropriate
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1 alternative water supply option, to deliver reclaimed water to
2 as many users as possible through the most cost-effective
3 means, and to construct reclaimed water system infrastructure
4 to their owned or operated properties and facilities where
5 they have reclamation capability. It is also the intent of the
6 Legislature that the water management districts which levy ad
7 valorem taxes for water management purposes should share a
8 percentage of those tax revenues with water providers and
9 users, including local governments, water, wastewater, and
10 reuse utilities, municipal, industrial, and agricultural water
11 users, and other public and private water users, to be used to
12 supplement other funding sources in the development of
13 alternative water supplies. The Legislature finds that public
14 moneys or services provided to private entities for such uses
15 constitute public purposes which are in the public interest.
16 In order to further the development and use of alternative
17 water supply systems, including reclaimed water systems, the
18 Legislature provides the following:
19 (k) The Florida Public Service Commission shall allow
20 entities under its jurisdiction constructing alternative water
21 supply facilities, including but not limited to aquifer
22 storage and recovery wells, to recover the full, prudently
23 incurred cost of such facilities through their rate structure.
24 Every component of an alternative water supply facility
25 constructed by an investor-owned utility shall be recovered in
26 current rates.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 373.1961, F.S.; allowing certain
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4 the cost of such facilities through rate
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