HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1405 CS
   
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Senate House
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12          Representative Attkisson offered the following:
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14          Amendment (with title amendment)
15          Between line(s) 454 and 456, and insert:
16          Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 373.2295, Florida
17    Statutes, is amended and subsection (14) is added to said
18    section to read:
19          373.2295 Interdistrict transfers of groundwater.--
20          (1) As used in this section, the term"interdistrict
21    transfer and use" means a consumptive water use thatwhich
22    involves the withdrawal of groundwater from a point within one
23    water management district for use outside the boundaries of that
24    district, but does not include a withdrawal and use within the
25    same county.
26          (14) In case of withdrawal of groundwater from a point
27    within one water management district for use outside the
28    boundaries of that district but within the same county, the
29    provisions of subsections (4), (11), and (13) shall apply, and
30    the district considering a permit application for such a
31    consumptive use shall apply the applicable provisions of this
32    chapter, and its rules to the withdrawal and use.
33          Section 11. Any agreements between water management
34    districts entered into before the effective date of this act
35    pursuant to s. 373.046, Florida Statutes, authorizing the
36    issuance of permits for the interdistrict withdrawal and use of
37    water within a county are validated and shall continue in effect
38    until otherwise rescinded.
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42          Remove line 47, and insert:
43          references; amending s. 373.2295, F.S.; redefining the
44    term “interdistrict transfer and use” to exclude transfers
45    of water within a single county; providing for criteria
46    for the issuance of permits for transfer of water from one
47    water management district to another within a single
48    county; validating and providing continued effect of
49    agreements between water management districts which were
50    entered into before the effective date of the act;
51    providing an effective date.