| 1 | Representative(s) Vana offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (177821) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | Remove line(s) 56-165, and insert: |
| 6 | of $70 million in fiscal year 2007-2008 and $100 million in each |
| 7 | fiscal year thereafter, to be paid in quarterly installments and |
| 8 | used as required by s. 403.890. |
| 9 | 3. The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department |
| 10 | of Community Affairs in the amount of $3.25 million in each |
| 11 | fiscal year to be paid in monthly installments, with $3 million |
| 12 | to be used to fund technical assistance to local governments and |
| 13 | school boards on the requirements and implementation of this act |
| 14 | and $250,000 to be used to fund the Century Commission |
| 15 | established in s. 163.3247. |
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| 17 | Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged |
| 18 | for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of |
| 19 | the voters. |
| 20 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 21 | 373.1961, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 22 | 373.1961 Water production; general powers and duties; |
| 23 | identification of needs; funding criteria; economic incentives; |
| 24 | reuse funding.-- |
| 25 | (3) FUNDING.-- |
| 26 | (b) Beginning in fiscal year 2005-2006, the state shall |
| 27 | annually provide a portion of those revenues deposited into the |
| 28 | Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund for the |
| 29 | purpose of providing funding assistance for the development of |
| 30 | alternative water supplies pursuant to the Water Protection and |
| 31 | Sustainability Program. At the beginning of each fiscal year, |
| 32 | beginning with fiscal year 2005-2006, such revenues shall be |
| 33 | distributed by the department into the alternative water supply |
| 34 | trust fund accounts created by each district for the purpose of |
| 35 | alternative water supply development under the following funding |
| 36 | formula: |
| 37 | 1. Thirty percent to the South Florida Water Management |
| 38 | District; |
| 39 | 2. Twenty-five percent to the Southwest Florida Water |
| 40 | Management District; |
| 41 | 3. Twenty-five percent to the St. Johns River Water |
| 42 | Management District; |
| 43 | 4. Ten percent to the Suwannee River Water Management |
| 44 | District; and |
| 45 | 5. Ten percent to the Northwest Florida Water Management |
| 46 | District. |
| 47 | Section 3. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 403.890, |
| 48 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 49 | 403.890 Water Protection and Sustainability Program; |
| 50 | intent; goals; purposes.-- |
| 51 | (1) Effective July 1, 2006, revenues transferred from the |
| 52 | Department of Revenue pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d)2. shall be |
| 53 | deposited into the Water Protection and Sustainability Program |
| 54 | Trust Fund in the Department of Environmental Protection. These |
| 55 | revenues and any other additional revenues deposited into or |
| 56 | appropriated to the Water Protection and Sustainability Program |
| 57 | Trust Fund shall be distributed by the Department of |
| 58 | Environmental Protection in the following manner: |
| 59 | (a) The sum of $42,750,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 and 60 |
| 60 | sixty percent in each fiscal year thereafter to the Department |
| 61 | of Environmental Protection for the implementation of an |
| 62 | alternative water supply program as provided in s. 373.1961. |
| 63 | (b) The sum of $7,250,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 and 20 |
| 64 | twenty percent in each fiscal year thereafter for the |
| 65 | implementation of best management practices and capital project |
| 66 | expenditures necessary for the implementation of the goals of |
| 67 | the total maximum daily loads program established in s. 403.067. |
| 68 | Of these funds, $4,250,000 in fiscal year 2007-2008 and 85 |
| 69 | percent of such funds in each fiscal year thereafter shall be |
| 70 | transferred to the credit of the Department of Environmental |
| 71 | Protection Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund to address water |
| 72 | quality impacts associated with nonagricultural nonpoint |
| 73 | sources. Fifteen percent Of these funds, $3 million in fiscal |
| 74 | year 2007-2008 and 15 percent of such funds in each fiscal year |
| 75 | thereafter shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture |
| 76 | and Consumer Services General Inspection Trust Fund to address |
| 77 | water quality impacts associated with agricultural nonpoint |
| 78 | sources. These funds shall be used for research, development, |
| 79 | demonstration, and implementation of the total maximum daily |
| 80 | load program under s. 403.067, suitable best management |
| 81 | practices or other measures used to achieve water quality |
| 82 | standards in surface waters and water segments identified |
| 83 | pursuant to s. 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92- |
| 84 | 500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq. Implementation of best |
| 85 | management practices and other measures may include cost-share |
| 86 | grants, technical assistance, implementation tracking, and |
| 87 | conservation leases or other agreements for water quality |
| 88 | improvement. The Department of Environmental Protection and the |
| 89 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may adopt rules |
| 90 | governing the distribution of funds for implementation of |
| 91 | capital projects, best management practices, and other measures. |
| 92 | These funds shall not be used to abrogate the financial |
| 93 | responsibility of those point and nonpoint sources that have |
| 94 | contributed to the degradation of water or land areas. Increased |
| 95 | priority shall be given by the department and the water |
| 96 | management district governing boards to those projects that have |
| 97 | secured a cost-sharing agreement allocating responsibility for |
| 98 | the cleanup of point and nonpoint sources. |
| 99 | (c) The sum of $10 million in fiscal year 2007-2008 and 10 |
| 100 | Ten percent in each fiscal year thereafter shall be disbursed |
| 101 | for the purposes of funding projects pursuant to ss. 373.451- |
| 102 | 373.459 or surface water restoration activities in water- |
| 103 | management-district-designated priority water bodies. The |
| 104 | Secretary of Environmental Protection shall ensure that each |
| 105 | water management district receives the following percentage of |
| 106 | funds annually: |
| 107 | 1. Thirty-five percent to the South Florida Water |
| 108 | Management District; |
| 109 | 2. Twenty-five percent to the Southwest Florida Water |
| 110 | Management District; |
| 111 | 3. Twenty-five percent to the St. Johns River Water |
| 112 | Management District; |
| 113 | 4. Seven and one-half percent to the Suwannee River Water |
| 114 | Management District; and |
| 115 | 5. Seven and one-half percent to the Northwest Florida |
| 116 | Water Management District. |
| 117 | (d) The sum of $10 million in fiscal year 2007-2008 and 10 |
| 118 | Ten percent in each fiscal year thereafter |
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| 120 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 121 | Remove lines 5-8, and insert: |
| 122 | Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund in fiscal |
| 123 | year 2007-2008; amending s. 403.890, F.S.; revising amounts |
| 124 | distributed by the Department of Environmental Protection from |
| 125 | the Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund in |
| 126 | fiscal year 2007-2008; |