Senate Bill sb0440

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 440

    By Senator Dockery





    15-183A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water resources; amending s.

  3         373.0361, F.S.; revising requirements for

  4         regional water supply planning; providing an

  5         effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 373.0361, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         373.0361  Regional water supply planning.--

12         (1)  By October 1, 1998, The governing board of each

13  water management district shall initiate water supply planning

14  for any each water supply planning region identified in the

15  appropriate district water management plan required under s.

16  373.036, where it determines that existing sources of water

17  are not adequate for the planning period to supply water for

18  all existing and projected reasonable-beneficial uses and to

19  sustain the water resources and related natural systems for

20  the planning period. The planning must be conducted in an open

21  public process, in coordination and cooperation with local

22  governments, regional water supply authorities,

23  government-owned and privately owned water utilities,

24  self-suppliers, and other affected and interested parties.

25  During development but prior to completion of the regional

26  water supply plan, the district must conduct at least one

27  public workshop to discuss the technical data and modeling

28  tools anticipated to be used to support the regional water

29  supply plan. A determination by the governing board that

30  initiation of a regional water supply plan for a specific

31  planning region is not needed pursuant to this section shall

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 440
    15-183A-05




 1  be subject to s. 120.569. The governing board shall reevaluate

 2  such a determination at least once every 5 years and shall

 3  initiate a regional water supply plan, if needed, pursuant to

 4  this subsection.

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

 6  law.

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