House Bill hb1025

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1025

        By Representative Ritter






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Broward County; requiring

  3         that licenses and permits for surface water

  4         management activities issued by any special

  5         district or municipality in Broward County be

  6         renewed or recertified every 5 years to ensure

  7         design level water quality treatment and flood

  8         protection; providing that existing licenses

  9         and permits that exceed a 5-year period be

10         brought into compliance within a 6-year period;

11         exempting the South Florida Water Management

12         District from the provisions of the act;

13         defining "special district" for purposes of the

14         act; providing an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  (1)(a)  Notwithstanding any other law to

19  the contrary, any license or permit for surface water

20  management activities issued by any special district, or any

21  municipality or portion thereof, that is located solely within

22  the boundaries of Broward County shall be renewed or

23  recertified every 5 years. The renewal or recertification

24  shall ensure that the facility for which the license or permit

25  was issued has been maintained in such a way as to meet the

26  level of water quality treatment and flood protection of the

27  original design. Special districts shall have 6 years from the

28  effective date of this act to bring into compliance any

29  existing licenses or permits that have been issued,

30  recertified, or renewed for a period exceeding 5 years.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1025

    585-170A-02






  1         (b)  The provisions of this act shall not apply to the

  2  South Florida Water Management District.

  3         (2)  For purposes of this act, "special district" means

  4  a district created under, subject to, or otherwise operating

  5  pursuant to the provisions of chapter 189, chapter 190, or

  6  chapter 298, Florida Statutes, that exercises any general or

  7  special powers to license or permit surface water management

  8  activities, including authorizing, licensing, or permitting

  9  the construction, renovation, or improvement of water

10  management facilities, water control, flood protection, water

11  quantity management, or water quality protection or

12  improvement, or issuing, renewing, or recertifying licenses or

13  permits for any water management activities.

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

15  law.

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