Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1698 Barcode 818192 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Dean moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 363 - 373 4 and insert: 5 notifies the Secretary of State by letter of the repeal. A 6 county identified as having a first magnitude spring within its 7 boundaries is prohibited from opting out of this section, but 8 the county may apply its ordinance within all or part of its 9 geographic area. This section sets forth the uniform procedure 10 for local governments to follow in establishing an onsite sewage 11 treatment and disposal system evaluation and assessment program. 12 Except as otherwise provided in this section, a local ordinance 13 may not deviate from or exceed the substantive requirements of 14 the evaluation and assessment program as provided in this 15 section. This section does not derogate or limit county and 16 municipal home rule authority to act outside the scope of this 17 program and does not repeal or affect any other law that may 18 relate to the subject matter in this section. This section does 19 not prohibit counties and municipalities from enforcing existing 20 ordinances or adopting new ordinances relating to onsite sewage 21 treatment facilities to address public health and safety or from 22 adopting local environmental and pollution abatement measures 23 for water quality improvement consistent with and provided for 24 by law if such ordinances do not alter the prescriptive 25 requirements or limitations within the evaluation and assessment 26 program as provided in this section. This subsection is not 27 intended to alter the ability of a local government to exercise 28 its independent and existing authority to meet the requirements 29 of s. 381.00655. The evaluation and assessment program ordinance 30 shall provide the following: