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By the Committee on Natural Resources; and Senators
Brown-Waite and Constantine
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to water-supply policy;
3 amending s. 163.3177, F.S.; specifying
4 additional requirements for local comprehensive
5 plans relating to potable water facilities;
6 requiring local governments to consider the
7 water management district's regional water
8 supply plans in the potable-water element;
9 amending s. 163.3191, F.S., relating to
10 evaluation and appraisal of comprehensive
11 plans; requiring an evaluation of the
12 availability of potable water and whether
13 future water-supply-development needs are
14 addressed in the capital-improvements element;
15 amending s. 403.064, F.S.; requiring the reuse
16 of reclaimed water when feasible; requiring the
17 dissemination of public information regarding
18 the status of major water sources; amending s.
19 403.1835, F.S.; providing for below-market
20 interest rate loans to qualified entities;
21 repealing s. 373.498, F.S., relating to
22 disbursements from the water resources
23 development account; amending s. 367.022, F.S.;
24 providing an exemption from regulation by the
25 Florida Public Service Commission for certain
26 water suppliers who provide nonpotable water
27 for fireflow; amending s. 373.1961, F.S.;
28 providing requirements for disbursements for
29 alternative water supply projects; repealing s.
30 403.804(3), F.S., relating to obsolete
31 provisions concerning grants for water and
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1 wastewater facilities; providing a legislative
2 finding that the linkage of land use and water
3 supply planning is of great public importance;
4 providing an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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8 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3), paragraph
9 (a) of subsection (4), and paragraphs (c), (d), and (h) of
10 subsection (6) of section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, are
11 amended to read:
12 163.3177 Required and optional elements of
13 comprehensive plan; studies and surveys.--
14 (3)(a) The comprehensive plan shall contain a capital
15 improvements element designed to consider the need for and the
16 location of public facilities in order to encourage the
17 efficient utilization of such facilities and set forth:
18 1. A component which outlines principles for
19 construction, extension, or increase in capacity of public
20 facilities, including potable water facilities compatible with
21 the applicable regional water supply plan developed pursuant
22 to s. 373.0361, as well as a component which outlines
23 principles for correcting existing public facility
24 deficiencies, which are necessary to implement the
25 comprehensive plan. The components shall cover at least a
26 5-year period.
27 2. Estimated public facility costs, including a
28 delineation of when facilities will be needed, the general
29 location of the facilities, and projected revenue sources to
30 fund the facilities.
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1 3. Standards to ensure the availability of public
2 facilities and the adequacy of those facilities including
3 acceptable levels of service.
4 4. Standards for the management of debt.
5 (4)(a) Coordination of the local comprehensive plan
6 with the comprehensive plans of adjacent municipalities, the
7 county, adjacent counties, or the region; with the appropriate
8 water management district's regional water supply plans
9 approved pursuant to s. 373.0361; with adopted rules
10 pertaining to designated areas of critical state concern; and
11 with the state comprehensive plan shall be a major objective
12 of the local comprehensive planning process. To that end, in
13 the preparation of a comprehensive plan or element thereof,
14 and in the comprehensive plan or element as adopted, the
15 governing body shall include a specific policy statement
16 indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the
17 area to the comprehensive plans of adjacent municipalities,
18 the county, adjacent counties, or the region and to the state
19 comprehensive plan, as the case may require and as such
20 adopted plans or plans in preparation may exist.
21 (b) When all or a portion of the land in a local
22 government jurisdiction is or becomes part of a designated
23 area of critical state concern, the local government shall
24 clearly identify those portions of the local comprehensive
25 plan that shall be applicable to the critical area and shall
26 indicate the relationship of the proposed development of the
27 area to the rules for the area of critical state concern.
28 (6) In addition to the requirements of subsections
29 (1)-(5), the comprehensive plan shall include the following
30 elements:
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1 (c) A general sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage,
2 potable water, and natural groundwater aquifer recharge
3 element correlated to principles and guidelines for future
4 land use, indicating ways to provide for future potable water,
5 drainage, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and aquifer recharge
6 protection requirements for the area. The element may be a
7 detailed engineering plan including a topographic map
8 depicting areas of prime groundwater recharge. The element
9 shall describe the problems and needs and the general
10 facilities that will be required for solution of the problems
11 and needs. The element shall also include a topographic map
12 depicting any areas adopted by a regional water management
13 district as prime groundwater recharge areas for the Floridan
14 or Biscayne aquifers, pursuant to s. 373.0395. These areas
15 shall be given special consideration when the local government
16 is engaged in zoning or considering future land use for said
17 designated areas. For areas served by septic tanks, soil
18 surveys shall be provided which indicate the suitability of
19 soils for septic tanks. By July 1, 2007, or the Evaluation and
20 Appraisal Report adoption deadline established for the local
21 government pursuant to s. 163.3191(a), whichever date occurs
22 first, the element must consider the appropriate water
23 management district's regional water supply plan approved
24 pursuant to s. 373.0361. The element must include a work plan,
25 covering at least a 10-year planning period, for building any
26 water supply facilities that are identified in the element as
27 necessary to serve existing and new development and for which
28 the local government is responsible.
29 (d) A conservation element for the conservation, use,
30 and protection of natural resources in the area, including
31 air, water, water recharge areas, wetlands, waterwells,
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1 estuarine marshes, soils, beaches, shores, flood plains,
2 rivers, bays, lakes, harbors, forests, fisheries and wildlife,
3 marine habitat, minerals, and other natural and environmental
4 resources. Local governments shall assess their current, as
5 well as projected, water needs and sources for at least a
6 10-year period, considering the appropriate regional water
7 supply plan approved pursuant to s. 373.0361 or the district
8 water management plan approved pursuant to s. 373.036(2), in
9 the absence of an approved regional water supply plan. This
10 information shall be submitted to the appropriate agencies.
11 The land use map or map series contained in the future land
12 use element shall generally identify and depict the following:
13 1. Existing and planned waterwells and cones of
14 influence where applicable.
15 2. Beaches and shores, including estuarine systems.
16 3. Rivers, bays, lakes, flood plains, and harbors.
17 4. Wetlands.
18 5. Minerals and soils.
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20 The land uses identified on such maps shall be consistent with
21 applicable state law and rules.
22 (h)1. An intergovernmental coordination element
23 showing relationships and stating principles and guidelines to
24 be used in the accomplishment of coordination of the adopted
25 comprehensive plan with the plans of school boards and other
26 units of local government providing services but not having
27 regulatory authority over the use of land, with the
28 comprehensive plans of adjacent municipalities, the county,
29 adjacent counties, or the region, and with the state
30 comprehensive plan, and with the applicable regional water
31 supply plan approved pursuant to s. 373.0361, as the case may
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1 require and as such adopted plans or plans in preparation may
2 exist. This element of the local comprehensive plan shall
3 demonstrate consideration of the particular effects of the
4 local plan, when adopted, upon the development of adjacent
5 municipalities, the county, adjacent counties, or the region,
6 or upon the state comprehensive plan, as the case may require.
7 a. The intergovernmental coordination element shall
8 provide for procedures to identify and implement joint
9 planning areas, especially for the purpose of annexation,
10 municipal incorporation, and joint infrastructure service
11 areas.
12 b. The intergovernmental coordination element shall
13 provide for recognition of campus master plans prepared
14 pursuant to s. 240.155.
15 c. The intergovernmental coordination element may
16 provide for a voluntary dispute resolution process as
17 established pursuant to s. 186.509 for bringing to closure in
18 a timely manner intergovernmental disputes. A local
19 government may develop and use an alternative local dispute
20 resolution process for this purpose.
21 2. The intergovernmental coordination element shall
22 further state principles and guidelines to be used in the
23 accomplishment of coordination of the adopted comprehensive
24 plan with the plans of school boards and other units of local
25 government providing facilities and services but not having
26 regulatory authority over the use of land. In addition, the
27 intergovernmental coordination element shall describe joint
28 processes for collaborative planning and decisionmaking on
29 population projections and public school siting, the location
30 and extension of public facilities subject to concurrency, and
31 siting facilities with countywide significance, including
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1 locally unwanted land uses whose nature and identity are
2 established in an agreement. Within 1 year of adopting their
3 intergovernmental coordination elements, each county, all the
4 municipalities within that county, the district school board,
5 and any unit of local government service providers in that
6 county shall establish by interlocal or other formal agreement
7 executed by all affected entities, the joint processes
8 described in this subparagraph consistent with their adopted
9 intergovernmental coordination elements.
10 3. To foster coordination between special districts
11 and local general-purpose governments as local general-purpose
12 governments implement local comprehensive plans, each
13 independent special district must submit a public facilities
14 report to the appropriate local government as required by s.
15 189.415.
16 4. The state land planning agency shall establish a
17 schedule for phased completion and transmittal of plan
18 amendments to implement subparagraphs 1., 2., and 3. from all
19 jurisdictions so as to accomplish their adoption by December
20 31, 1999. A local government may complete and transmit its
21 plan amendments to carry out these provisions prior to the
22 scheduled date established by the state land planning agency.
23 The plan amendments are exempt from the provisions of s.
24 163.3187(1).
25 Section 2. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (2) of
26 section 163.3191, Florida Statutes, to read:
27 163.3191 Evaluation and appraisal of comprehensive
28 plan.--
29 (2) The report shall present an evaluation and
30 assessment of the comprehensive plan and shall contain
31 appropriate statements to update the comprehensive plan,
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1 including, but not limited to, words, maps, illustrations, or
2 other media, related to:
3 (l) The appropriate water management district's
4 regional water supply plan approved pursuant to s. 373.0361.
5 The potable water element must be revised to include a work
6 plan, covering at least a 10-year planning period for building
7 any water supply facilities that are identified in the element
8 as necessary to serve existing and new development and for
9 which the local government is responsible.
10 Section 3. Section 403.064, Florida Statutes, is
11 amended to read:
12 403.064 Reuse of reclaimed water.--
13 (1) The encouragement and promotion of water
14 conservation, and reuse of reclaimed water, as defined by the
15 department, are state objectives and are considered to be in
16 the public interest. The Legislature finds that the reuse of
17 reclaimed water is a critical component of meeting the state's
18 existing and future water supply needs while sustaining
19 natural systems. The Legislature further finds that for those
20 wastewater treatment plants permitted and operated under an
21 approved reuse program by the department, the reclaimed water
22 shall be considered environmentally acceptable and not a
23 threat to public health and safety.
24 (2) All applicants for permits to construct or operate
25 a domestic wastewater treatment facility located within,
26 serving a population located within, or discharging within a
27 water resource caution area shall prepare a reuse feasibility
28 study as part of their application for the permit. Reuse
29 feasibility studies shall be prepared in accordance with
30 department guidelines adopted by rule and shall include, but
31 are not limited to:
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1 (a) Evaluation of monetary costs and benefits for
2 several levels and types of reuse.
3 (b) Evaluation of water savings if reuse is
4 implemented.
5 (c) Evaluation of rates and fees necessary to
6 implement reuse.
7 (d) Evaluation of environmental and water resource
8 benefits associated with reuse.
9 (e) Evaluation of economic, environmental, and
10 technical constraints.
11 (f) A schedule for implementation of reuse. The
12 schedule shall consider phased implementation.
13 (3) The permit applicant shall prepare a plan of study
14 for the reuse feasibility study consistent with the reuse
15 feasibility study guidelines adopted by department rule. The
16 plan of study shall include detailed descriptions of
17 applicable treatment and water supply alternatives to be
18 evaluated and the methods of analysis to be used. The plan of
19 study shall be submitted to the department for review and
20 approval.
21 (4)(3) The study required under subsection (2) shall
22 be performed by the applicant, and, if the study shows that
23 the reuse is feasible, the permitting agency must give
24 significant consideration to its implementation the
25 applicant's determination of feasibility is final if the study
26 complies with the requirements of subsections subsection (2)
27 and (3).
28 (5)(4) A reuse feasibility study is not required if:
29 (a) The domestic wastewater treatment facility has an
30 existing or proposed permitted or design capacity less than
31 0.1 million gallons per day; or
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1 (b) The permitted reuse capacity equals or exceeds the
2 total permitted capacity of the domestic wastewater treatment
3 facility.
4 (6)(5) A reuse feasibility study prepared under
5 subsection (2) satisfies a water management district
6 requirement to conduct a reuse feasibility study imposed on a
7 local government or utility that has responsibility for
8 wastewater management.
9 (7)(6) Local governments may allow the use of
10 reclaimed water for inside activities, including, but not
11 limited to, toilet flushing, fire protection, and decorative
12 water features, as well as for outdoor uses, provided the
13 reclaimed water is from domestic wastewater treatment
14 facilities which are permitted, constructed, and operated in
15 accordance with department rules.
16 (8)(7) Permits issued by the department for domestic
17 wastewater treatment facilities shall be consistent with
18 requirements for reuse included in applicable consumptive use
19 permits issued by the water management district, if such
20 requirements are consistent with department rules governing
21 reuse of reclaimed water. This subsection applies only to
22 domestic wastewater treatment facilities which are located
23 within, or serve a population located within, or discharge
24 within water resource caution areas and are owned, operated,
25 or controlled by a local government or utility which has
26 responsibility for water supply and wastewater management.
27 (9)(8) Local governments may and are encouraged to
28 implement programs for the reuse of reclaimed water. Nothing
29 in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or preempt such
30 local reuse programs.
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1 (10)(9) A local government that implements a reuse
2 program under this section shall be allowed to allocate the
3 costs in a reasonable manner.
4 (11)(10) Pursuant to chapter 367, the Florida Public
5 Service Commission shall allow entities under its jurisdiction
6 which conduct studies or implement reuse projects, including,
7 but not limited to, any study required by subsection (2) or
8 facilities used for reliability purposes for a reclaimed water
9 reuse system, to recover the full, prudently incurred cost of
10 such studies and facilities through their rate structure.
11 (12)(11) In issuing consumptive use permits, the
12 permitting agency shall consider the local reuse program.
13 (13)(12) A local government shall require a developer,
14 as a condition for obtaining a development order, to comply
15 with the local reuse program.
16 (14)(13) If, After conducting a feasibility study
17 under subsection (2), an applicant determines that reuse of
18 reclaimed water is feasible, domestic wastewater treatment
19 facilities that dispose of effluent by Class I deep well
20 injection, as defined in 40 C.F.R. part 144.6(a), must
21 implement reuse according to the schedule for implementation
22 contained in the study conducted under subsection (2), to the
23 degree that reuse is determined feasible, based upon the
24 applicant's reuse feasibility study. Applicable permits issued
25 by the department shall be consistent with the requirements of
26 this subsection.
27 (a) This subsection does not limit the use of a Class
28 I deep well injection facility as backup for a reclaimed water
29 reuse system.
30 (b) This subsection applies only to domestic
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1 population located within, or discharging within a water
2 resource caution area.
3 (15)(14) If, After conducting a feasibility study
4 under subsection (2), an applicant determines that reuse of
5 reclaimed water is feasible, domestic wastewater treatment
6 facilities that dispose of effluent by surface water
7 discharges or by land application methods must implement reuse
8 according to the schedule for implementation contained in the
9 study conducted under subsection (2), to the degree that reuse
10 is determined feasible, based upon the applicant's reuse
11 feasibility study. This subsection does not apply to surface
12 water discharges or land application systems which are
13 currently categorized as reuse under department rules.
14 Applicable permits issued by the department shall be
15 consistent with the requirements of this subsection.
16 (a) This subsection does not limit the use of a
17 surface water discharge or land application facility as backup
18 for a reclaimed water reuse system.
19 (b) This subsection applies only to domestic
20 wastewater treatment facilities located within, serving a
21 population located within, or discharging within a water
22 resource caution area.
23 Section 4. In order to aid in the development of a
24 better understanding of the unique surface and groundwater
25 resources of this state, the water management districts shall
26 develop an information program designed to provide information
27 concerning existing hydrologic conditions of major surface and
28 groundwater sources in this state and suggestions for good
29 conservation practices within those areas. The program shall
30 be developed by December 31, 2002. Beginning January 1, 2003,
31 and on a regular basis no less than every 6 months thereafter,
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1 the information developed pursuant to this section shall be
2 distributed to every member of the Florida Senate and the
3 Florida House of Representatives and to local print and
4 broadcast news organizations. Each water management district
5 shall be responsible for the distribution of this information
6 within its established geographic area.
7 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
8 403.1835, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
9 403.1835 Water pollution control financial
10 assistance.--
11 (3) The department may provide financial assistance
12 through any program authorized under s. 603 of the Federal
13 Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), Pub. L. No.
14 92-500, as amended, including, but not limited to, making
15 grants and loans, providing loan guarantees, purchasing loan
16 insurance or other credit enhancements, and buying or
17 refinancing local debt. This financial assistance must be
18 administered in accordance with this section and applicable
19 federal authorities. The department shall administer all
20 programs operated from funds secured through the activities of
21 the Florida Water Pollution Control Financing Corporation
22 under s. 403.1837, to fulfill the purposes of this section.
23 (b) The department may make or request the corporation
24 to make loans, grants, and deposits to other entities eligible
25 to participate in the financial assistance programs authorized
26 under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or as a result
27 of other federal action, which entities may pledge any revenue
28 available to them to repay any funds borrowed. Notwithstanding
29 s. 18.10, the department may make deposits to financial
30 institutions which earn less than the prevailing rate for
31 United States Treasury securities with corresponding
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1 maturities for the purpose of enabling those financial
2 institutions to make below-market interest rate loans to
3 entities qualified to receive loans under this section and the
4 rules of the department.
5 Section 6. Subsection (11) of section 367.022, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 367.022 Exemptions.--The following are not subject to
8 regulation by the commission as a utility nor are they subject
9 to the provisions of this chapter, except as expressly
10 provided:
11 (11) Any person providing only nonpotable water for
12 irrigation or fireflow purposes in a geographic area where
13 potable water service is available from a governmentally or
14 privately owned utility or a private well.
15 Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 373.1961, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 373.1961 Water production.--
18 (2) The Legislature finds that, due to a combination
19 of factors, vastly increased demands have been placed on
20 natural supplies of fresh water, and that, absent increased
21 development of alternative water supplies, such demands may
22 increase in the future. The Legislature also finds that
23 potential exists in the state for the production of
24 significant quantities of alternative water supplies,
25 including reclaimed water, and that water production includes
26 the development of alternative water supplies, including
27 reclaimed water, for appropriate uses. It is the intent of
28 the Legislature that utilities develop reclaimed water
29 systems, where reclaimed water is the most appropriate
30 alternative water supply option, to deliver reclaimed water to
31 as many users as possible through the most cost-effective
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1 means, and to construct reclaimed water system infrastructure
2 to their owned or operated properties and facilities where
3 they have reclamation capability. It is also the intent of the
4 Legislature that the water management districts which levy ad
5 valorem taxes for water management purposes should share a
6 percentage of those tax revenues with water providers and
7 users, including local governments, water, wastewater, and
8 reuse utilities, municipal, industrial, and agricultural water
9 users, and other public and private water users, to be used to
10 supplement other funding sources in the development of
11 alternative water supplies. The Legislature finds that public
12 moneys or services provided to private entities for such uses
13 constitute public purposes which are in the public interest.
14 In order to further the development and use of alternative
15 water supply systems, including reclaimed water systems, the
16 Legislature provides the following:
17 (a) The governing boards of the water management
18 districts where water resource caution areas have been
19 designated shall include in their annual budgets an amount for
20 the development of alternative water supply systems, including
21 reclaimed water systems, pursuant to the requirements of this
22 subsection. Beginning in 1996, such amounts shall be made
23 available to water providers and users no later than December
24 31 of each year, through grants, matching grants, revolving
25 loans, or the use of district lands or facilities pursuant to
26 the requirements of this subsection and guidelines established
27 by the districts.
28 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that for each
29 reclaimed water utility, or any other utility, which receives
30 funds pursuant to this subsection, the appropriate
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1 all water, wastewater, and reclaimed water and other
2 alternative water supply utilities in the service area of the
3 funded utility, which accomplish the following:
4 1. Provide meaningful progress toward the development
5 and implementation of alternative water supply systems,
6 including reclaimed water systems;
7 2. Promote the conservation of fresh water withdrawn
8 from natural systems;
9 3. Provide for an appropriate distribution of costs
10 for all water, wastewater, and alternative water supply
11 utilities, including reclaimed water utilities, among all of
12 the users of those utilities; and
13 4. Prohibit rate discrimination within classes of
14 utility users.
15 (c) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to
16 this subsection, a project must be consistent with a local
17 government comprehensive plan and the governing body of the
18 local government must require all appropriate new facilities
19 within the project's service area to connect to and use the
20 project's alternative water supplies. The appropriate local
21 government must provide written notification to the
22 appropriate district that the proposed project is consistent
23 with the local government comprehensive plan.
24 (d) Any and all revenues disbursed pursuant to this
25 subsection shall be applied only for the payment of capital or
26 infrastructure costs for the construction of alternative water
27 supply systems that provide alternative water supplies for
28 uses within one or more water resource caution areas.
29 (e) By January 1 of each year, the governing boards
30 shall make available written guidelines for the disbursal of
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1 revenues pursuant to this subsection. Such guidelines shall
2 include at minimum:
3 1. An application process and a deadline for filing
4 applications annually.
5 2. A process for determining project eligibility
6 pursuant to the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d).
7 3. A process and criteria for funding projects
8 pursuant to this subsection that cross district boundaries or
9 that serve more than one district.
10 (f) The governing board of each water management
11 district shall establish an alternative water supplies grants
12 advisory committee to recommend to the governing board
13 projects for funding pursuant to this subsection. The
14 advisory committee members shall include, but not be limited
15 to, one or more representatives of county, municipal, and
16 investor-owned private utilities, and may include, but not be
17 limited to, representatives of agricultural interests and
18 environmental interests. Each committee member shall
19 represent his or her interest group as a whole and shall not
20 represent any specific entity. The committee shall apply the
21 guidelines and project eligibility criteria established by the
22 governing board in reviewing proposed projects. After one or
23 more hearings to solicit public input on eligible projects,
24 the committee shall rank the eligible projects and shall
25 submit them to the governing board for final funding approval.
26 The advisory committee may submit to the governing board more
27 projects than the available grant money would fund.
28 (g) All revenues made available annually pursuant to
29 this subsection must be encumbered disbursed annually by the
30 governing board if it approves projects sufficient to expend
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1 the available revenues. Funds must be disbursed within 36
2 months after encumbrance.
3 (h) For purposes of this subsection, alternative water
4 supplies are supplies of water that have been reclaimed after
5 one or more public supply, municipal, industrial, commercial,
6 or agricultural uses, or are supplies of stormwater, or
7 brackish or salt water, that have been treated in accordance
8 with applicable rules and standards sufficient to supply the
9 intended use.
10 (i) This subsection shall not be subject to the
11 rulemaking requirements of chapter 120.
12 (j) By January 30 of each year, each water management
13 district shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the
14 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
15 Representatives which accounts for the disbursal of all
16 budgeted amounts pursuant to this subsection. Such report
17 shall describe all projects funded and shall account
18 separately for moneys provided through grants, matching
19 grants, revolving loans, and the use of district lands or
20 facilities.
21 (k) The Florida Public Service Commission shall allow
22 entities under its jurisdiction constructing alternative water
23 supply facilities, including but not limited to aquifer
24 storage and recovery wells, to recover the full, prudently
25 incurred cost of such facilities through their rate structure.
26 Every component of an alternative water supply facility
27 constructed by an investor-owned utility shall be recovered in
28 current rates.
29 Section 8. Section 373.498 and subsection (3) of
30 section 403.804, Florida Statutes, are repealed.
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1 Section 9. The Legislature finds that the linkage of
2 land use and water supply planning is a matter of great public
3 importance.
4 Section 10. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
5 law.
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10 The committee substitute provides that the local comprehensive
plan must contain a component that outlines principles for
11 construction, extension, or increase in capacity of public
facilities, including potable water facilities compatible with
12 the applicable regional water supply plan.
13 By July 1, 2007, the potable water element must be based on
data and analysis, including, but not limited to, the
14 appropriate water management district's regional water supply
plan.
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Provides that if the feasibility study for reuse performed by
16 the applicant shows that the reuse is feasible, the permitting
agency must give significant consideration to its
17 implementation.
18 The water management districts are required to develop an
information program designed to provide information on
19 existing hydrologic conditions of major surface and
groundwater sources in Florida and suggestions for good
20 conservation practices within those areas. Provides for
distribution of such information.
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Allows water management district alternative water supplies
22 grants to be used for projects outside of water resource
caution areas. All funds made available annually must be
23 encumbered annually. Funds must be disbursed within 36 months
of encumbrance.
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Provides that the Legislature finds that the linkage of land
25 use and water supply planning is a matter of great public
importance.
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