Florida Senate - 2009                             CS for SB 2334
       
       
       
       By the Committee on General Government Appropriations; and
       Senator Dean
       
       
       
       601-05135A-09                                         20092334c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Water Protection and
    3         Sustainability Program Trust Fund; amending s.
    4         373.1961, F.S.; revising requirements for the use of
    5         moneys in the trust fund; authorizing the Northwest
    6         Florida Water Management District and the Suwannee
    7         River Water Management District to use a portion of
    8         moneys in the trust fund for specific purposes;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
   14  373.1961, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         373.1961 Water production; general powers and duties;
   16  identification of needs; funding criteria; economic incentives;
   17  reuse funding.—
   18         (3) FUNDING.—
   19         (c) The financial assistance for alternative water supply
   20  projects allocated in each district’s budget as required in s.
   21  373.196(6) shall be combined with the state funds and used to
   22  assist in funding the project construction costs of alternative
   23  water supply projects selected by the governing board. Funds If
   24  the district has not completed any regional water supply plan,
   25  or the regional water supply plan does not identify the need for
   26  any alternative water supply projects, funds deposited in the
   27  Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund to the
   28  credit of the Northwest Florida Water Management District and
   29  the Suwannee River Water Management District that district’s
   30  trust fund may also be used for regional water supply planning,
   31  water resource development, and projects, including, but not
   32  limited to, springs protection.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.