| 1 | Representative Grimsley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 38 and 39, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 373.236, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 373.236 Duration of permits; compliance reports.-- |
| 8 | (6)(a) The need for alternative water supply development |
| 9 | projects to meet anticipated public water supply demands of the |
| 10 | state is so important that it is essential to encourage |
| 11 | participation in and contribution to these projects by private |
| 12 | rural land owners who characteristically have relatively modest |
| 13 | near-term water demands but substantially increasing demands |
| 14 | after the 20-year planning horizon in s. 373.0361. Where such |
| 15 | landowners make extraordinary contributions of lands or |
| 16 | construction funding to enable the expeditious implementation of |
| 17 | such projects, water management districts and the department may |
| 18 | grant permits for such projects for a period of up to 50 years |
| 19 | to municipalities, counties, special districts, regional water |
| 20 | supply authorities, multijurisdictional water supply entities, |
| 21 | and publicly owned or privately owned utilities, with the |
| 22 | exception of any of the foregoing created for or by a private |
| 23 | landowner after April 1, 2008, which have entered into an |
| 24 | agreement with the private landowner for the purpose of more |
| 25 | efficiently pursuing alternative public water supply development |
| 26 | projects identified in a district's regional water supply plan |
| 27 | and of meeting water demands of both the applicant and the |
| 28 | landowner. |
| 29 | (b) Any permit pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be granted |
| 30 | only for that period of time for which there is sufficient data |
| 31 | to provide reasonable assurance that the conditions for permit |
| 32 | issuance will be met. Such a permit shall require a compliance |
| 33 | report by the permittee every 5 years during the term of the |
| 34 | permit. The report shall contain sufficient data to maintain |
| 35 | reasonable assurance that the conditions for permit issuance |
| 36 | applicable at the time of district review of the compliance |
| 37 | report are met. Following review of this report, the governing |
| 38 | board or the department may modify the permit to ensure that the |
| 39 | use meets the conditions for issuance. This subsection does not |
| 40 | limit the existing authority of the department or the governing |
| 41 | board to modify or revoke a consumptive use permit. |
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| 44 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 45 | Remove lines 2-8 and insert: |
| 46 | An act relating to water supply; providing legislative |
| 47 | intent; directing the Secretary of Environmental |
| 48 | Protection to coordinate with the water management |
| 49 | districts to conduct a study of certain desalination |
| 50 | technologies; providing study requirements; requiring the |
| 51 | secretary to report to the Governor and the Legislature by |
| 52 | a specified date; amending s. 373.236, F.S.; authorizing |
| 53 | water management districts and the Department of |
| 54 | Environmental Protection to grant permits as incentives |
| 55 | for landowners to pursue alternative water resource |
| 56 | projects; providing requirements for the permits; |
| 57 | providing an effective |