Senate Bill sb1044c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1044

    By the Committee on Natural Resources; and Senators
    Argenziano, Fasano and Lynn




    312-2364-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water use and impoundment

  3         construction permits; amending s. 373.116,

  4         F.S.; providing for notice by electronic mail;

  5         requiring that permits contain certain

  6         specified language; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 373.116, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         373.116  Procedure for water use and impoundment

14  construction permit applications.--

15         (1)  Applications for water use permits, under part II

16  of this chapter; for permits for construction or alteration of

17  dams, impoundments, reservoirs, and appurtenant works, under

18  part IV of this chapter; and for permits under s. 403.812

19  shall be filed with the water management district on

20  appropriate forms provided by the governing board.

21         (2)  Upon receipt of an application for a permit of the

22  type referred to in subsection (1), the governing board shall

23  cause a notice thereof to be published in a newspaper having

24  general circulation within the affected area. In addition, the

25  governing board shall send, by regular or electronic mail, a

26  copy of such notice to any person who has filed a written

27  request for notification of any pending applications affecting

28  this particular designated area. Upon written request, Notice

29  of application for the consumptive use of water shall be

30  mailed by regular mail to the county and appropriate city

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1044
    312-2364-03




 1  government from which boundaries the withdrawal is proposed to

 2  be made.

 3         (3)  All permits issued under this section shall

 4  include the following language:

 5         This permit does not convey to the permittee

 6         any property rights or privileges other than

 7         those specified herein, nor relieve the

 8         permittee from complying with any applicable

 9         local government, state, or federal law, rule,

10         or ordinance.

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

12  law.

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14          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
15                         Senate Bill 1044

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17  The committee substitute rewrites the bill and amends s.
    373.116, F.S., to provide that notice for certain water
18  permits may be sent by regular mail or electronic mail. All
    permits for consumptive water use, dam and reservoir
19  construction, and dredge and fill activities for stormwater
    management systems must contain certain specified language.
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