| 1 | Representative(s) Randolph offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 78 through 149 and insert: |
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| 6 | Section 2. The amendment of s. 201.15, Florida Statutes, |
| 7 | by this act shall expire July 1, 2012, and the text of that |
| 8 | section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2007, |
| 9 | except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by |
| 10 | this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the |
| 11 | extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions |
| 12 | of such text which expire pursuant to this section. |
| 13 | Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 403.890, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 403.890 Water Protection and Sustainability Program; |
| 16 | intent; goals; purposes.-- |
| 17 | (1) Effective July 1, 2006, revenues transferred from the |
| 18 | Department of Revenue pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d)2. shall be |
| 19 | deposited into the Water Protection and Sustainability Program |
| 20 | Trust Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection. These |
| 21 | revenues and any other additional revenues deposited into or |
| 22 | appropriated to the Water Protection and Sustainability Trust |
| 23 | Fund shall be distributed by the Department of Environmental |
| 24 | Protection in the following manner: |
| 25 | (a) Thirty million dollars Sixty percent to the Department |
| 26 | of Environmental Protection for the implementation of an |
| 27 | alternative water supply program as provided in s. 373.1961. |
| 28 | (b) Twenty million dollars percent for the implementation |
| 29 | of best management practices and capital project expenditures |
| 30 | necessary for the implementation of the goals of the total |
| 31 | maximum daily loads program established in s. 403.067. Of these |
| 32 | funds, 85 percent shall be transferred to the credit of the |
| 33 | Department of Environmental Protection Water Quality Assurance |
| 34 | Trust Fund to address water quality impacts associated with |
| 35 | nonagricultural nonpoint sources. Fifteen percent of these funds |
| 36 | shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and |
| 37 | Consumer Services General Inspection Trust Fund to address water |
| 38 | quality impacts associated with agricultural nonpoint sources. |
| 39 | These funds shall be used for research, development, |
| 40 | demonstration, and implementation of the total maximum daily |
| 41 | load program under s. 403.067, suitable best management |
| 42 | practices or other measures used to achieve water quality |
| 43 | standards in surface waters and water segments identified |
| 44 | pursuant to s. 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92- |
| 45 | 500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq. Implementation of best |
| 46 | management practices and other measures may include cost-share |
| 47 | grants, technical assistance, implementation tracking, and |
| 48 | conservation leases or other agreements for water quality |
| 49 | improvement. The Department of Environmental Protection and the |
| 50 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules |
| 51 | governing the distribution of funds for implementation of |
| 52 | capital projects, best management practices, and other measures. |
| 53 | These funds shall not be used to abrogate the financial |
| 54 | responsibility of those point and nonpoint sources that have |
| 55 | contributed to the degradation of water or land areas. Increased |
| 56 | priority shall be given by the department and the water |
| 57 | management district governing boards to those projects that have |
| 58 | secured a cost-sharing agreement allocating responsibility for |
| 59 | the cleanup of point and nonpoint sources. |
| 60 | (c) Ten million dollars percent shall be disbursed for the |
| 61 | purposes of funding projects pursuant to ss. 373.451-373.459 or |
| 62 | surface water restoration activities in water-management- |
| 63 | district-designated priority water bodies. The Secretary of |
| 64 | Environmental Protection shall ensure that each water management |
| 65 | district receives the following percentage of funds annually: |
| 66 | 1. Thirty-five percent to the South Florida Water |
| 67 | Management District; |
| 68 | 2. Twenty-five percent to the Southwest Florida Water |
| 69 | Management District; |
| 70 | 3. Twenty-five percent to the St. Johns River Water |
| 71 | Management District; |
| 72 | 4. Seven and one-half percent to the Suwannee River Water |
| 73 | Management District; and |
| 74 | 5. Seven and one-half percent to the Northwest Florida |
| 75 | Water Management District. |
| 76 | (d) Ten million dollars percent to the Department of |
| 77 | Environmental Protection for the Disadvantaged Small Community |
| 78 | Wastewater Grant Program as provided in s. 403.1838. |
| 79 | (e) Beginning June 30, 2007, and every 24 months |
| 80 | thereafter, the Department of Environmental Protection shall |
| 81 | request the return of all unencumbered funds distributed |
| 82 | pursuant to this section. These funds shall be deposited into |
| 83 | the Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund and |
| 84 | redistributed pursuant to the provisions of this section. |
| 85 | Section 4. The amendment of s. 403.890, Florida Statutes, |
| 86 | by this act shall expire July 1, 2012, and the text of that |
| 87 | section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2007, |
| 88 | except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by |
| 89 | this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the |
| 90 | extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions |
| 91 | of such text which expire pursuant to this section. |
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| 95 | Remove lines 7 through 9 and insert: |
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| 97 | providing for expiration of the amendments to s. 201.15, |
| 98 | F.S., made by this act and reversion of the provisions; |
| 99 | amending s. 403.890, F.S.; revising the distribution of |
| 100 | funds within the Water Protection and Sustainability |
| 101 | Program Trust Fund by the department; providing for |
| 102 | expiration of the amendments to s. 403.890, F.S., made by |
| 103 | this act and reversion of the provisions; reenacting ss. |