Senate Bill sb2596

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2596

    By Senator Geller





    29-1836A-02                                        See HB 1025

  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; exempting the South

11         Florida Water Management District from the

12         provisions of the act; defining "special

13         district" for purposes of the act; requiring

14         special districts to enact regulations to

15         conform to the act by a specified date;

16         providing for future repeal; providing an

17         effective date.

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

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

22  the contrary, any license or permit for surface water

23  management activities issued by any special district, or any

24  municipality or portion thereof, that is located solely within

25  the boundaries of Broward County shall be renewed or

26  recertified every 5 years. The renewal or recertification

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

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

29  level of water quality treatment and flood protection of the

30  original design. In accord with the regulations adopted

31  pursuant to subsection (3), special districts shall bring into

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2596
    29-1836A-02                                        See HB 1025




  1  compliance any existing licenses or permits that have been

  2  issued, recertified, or renewed for a period exceeding 5

  3  years.

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

  5  South Florida Water Management District.

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

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

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

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

10  special powers to license or permit surface water management

11  activities, including authorizing, licensing, or permitting

12  the construction, renovation, or improvement of water

13  management facilities, water control, flood protection, water

14  quantity management, or water quality protection or

15  improvement, or issuing, renewing, or recertifying licenses or

16  permits for any water management activities.

17         (3)  All special districts, as defined in subsection

18  (2), shall enact regulations providing for surface water

19  management renewals and recertifications pursuant to this

20  section no later than July 1, 2003.

21         (4)  This act expires July 1, 2004.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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