| 1 | Representative Hays offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 34 and 35, insert: |
| 5 | Section 3. (1) Upon completion of the project to develop |
| 6 | passive strategies for nitrogen reduction that complement use of |
| 7 | conventional onsite wastewater treatment systems as provided in |
| 8 | Specific Appropriation 1682 of the 2008-2009 General |
| 9 | Appropriations Act, the Department of Health shall submit a |
| 10 | final report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the |
| 11 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 12 | Representatives. |
| 13 | (2) Notwithstanding s. 369.318(2), Florida Statutes, the |
| 14 | Department of Health shall suspend rulemaking to achieve |
| 15 | nitrogen reductions protective of groundwater quality within the |
| 16 | Wekiva Study Area until completion of the project described in |
| 17 | subsection (1). Upon adjournment sine die of the next regular |
| 18 | session of the Legislature that begins after the Department of |
| 19 | Health submits the project's final report, the department shall |
| 20 | resume rulemaking to achieve nitrogen reductions protective of |
| 21 | groundwater quality within the Wekiva Study Area. |
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| 24 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 25 | Remove line 9 and insert: |
| 26 | positions; requiring the Department of Health to submit a |
| 27 | final report to the Governor's office and presiding |
| 28 | officers of the Legislature upon completion of a specified |
| 29 | project relating to the reduction of nitrogen in |
| 30 | groundwater; requiring the department to suspend |
| 31 | rulemaking relating to nitrogen reduction within the |
| 32 | Wekiva Study Area until completion of the project and |
| 33 | resume the rulemaking at a specified time after the |
| 34 | department submits the project's final report; providing |
| 35 | an effective date. |