HB 0279 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Natural Resources recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to water resources; amending s. 373.116,
12	F.S.; requiring certain local governments to be notified
13	of applications for consumptive use permits by electronic
14	mail; requiring permits to include certain language;
15	providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 373.116, Florida
20	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to said
21	section, to read:
22	373.116 Procedure for water use and impoundment
23	construction permit applications.--
24	(2) Upon receipt of an application for a permit of the
25	type referred to in subsection (1), the governing board shall
26	cause a notice thereof to be published in a newspaper having
27	general circulation within the affected area. In addition, the
28	governing board shall send, by regular or electronicmail, a
29	copy of such notice to any person who has filed a written
30	request for notification of any pending applications affecting
31	this particular designated area. Upon written request,Notice of
32	application for the consumptive use of water shall be sent
33	mailed by regular or electronicmail to the county and
34	appropriate city government from which boundaries the withdrawal
35	is proposed to be made.
36	(3) All permits issued under this section shall include
37	the following language:
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39	"This permit does not convey to the
40	permittee any property rights or privileges
41	other than those specified herein or relieve
42	the permittee from complying with any
43	applicable local, state, or federal law,
44	rule, or ordinance."
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46	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.