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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to a review of the water management

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districts under the Florida Government Accountability Act;

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reenacting s. 373.069, F.S., relating to the creating of

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the water management districts; providing an effective

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date.

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     WHEREAS, ss. 11.901-11.920, Florida Statutes, the Florida

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Government Accountability Act, subjects the water management

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districts and each district's respective advisory committees to

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a sunset review process in order to determine whether the

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districts should be retained, modified, or abolished, and

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     WHEREAS, the water management districts produced reports

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providing specific information, as enumerated in s. 11.906,

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Florida Statutes, and

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     WHEREAS, upon receipt of the reports, the Joint

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Legislative Sunset Committee and committees of the Senate and

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the House of Representatives assigned to act as sunset review

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committees reviewed the reports and requested studies by the

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Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government

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Accountability, and

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     WHEREAS, based on the reports of the water management

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districts, studies of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and

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Government Accountability, and public input, the Joint

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Legislative Sunset Committee and legislative sunset review

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committees made recommendations on the abolition, continuation,

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or reorganization of the water management districts and each

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district's advisory committees; on the need for the functions

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performed by the districts and the advisory committees; and on

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the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of programs

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within the water management districts, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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     Section 1. Section 373.069, Florida Statutes, is reenacted.

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