Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 2334
       
       
       
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       3-01462-09                                            20092334__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Water Management Lands Trust
    3         Fund; amending s. 373.1961, F.S.; revising
    4         requirements for the use of moneys in the trust fund;
    5         authorizing the Northwest Florida Water Management
    6         District and the Suwannee River Water Management
    7         District to use a portion of moneys in the trust fund
    8         for specific purposes; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
   13  373.1961, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         373.1961 Water production; general powers and duties;
   15  identification of needs; funding criteria; economic incentives;
   16  reuse funding.—
   17         (3) FUNDING.—
   18         (c) The financial assistance for alternative water supply
   19  projects allocated in each district's budget as required in s.
   20  373.196(6) shall be combined with the state funds and used to
   21  assist in funding the project construction costs of alternative
   22  water supply projects selected by the governing board. Funds If
   23  the district has not completed any regional water supply plan,
   24  or the regional water supply plan does not identify the need for
   25  any alternative water supply projects, funds deposited in the
   26  Water Management Lands Trust Fund to the credit of the Northwest
   27  Florida Water Management District and the Suwannee River Water
   28  Management District that district's trust fund may also be used
   29  for regional water supply planning, water resource development,
   30  and projects, including, but not limited to, springs protection.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.