Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1178 Barcode 758314 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/30/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Detert) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 373.236, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 373.236 Duration of permits; compliance reports.— 8 (5)(a) Permits approved for the development of alternative 9 water supplies shall be granted for a term of at least 20 years 10 if there is sufficient data to provide reasonable assurance that 11 the conditions for permit issuance will be met for the duration 12 of the permit. However, if the permittee issues bonds for the 13 construction of the project, upon request of the permittee 14 beforeprior tothe expiration of the permit, thethatpermit 15 shall be extended for such additional time as is required for 16 the retirement of bonds, not including any refunding or 17 refinancing of such bonds, ifprovided thatthe governing board 18 determines that the use will continue to meet the conditions for 19 the issuance of the permit. Such a permit is subject to 20 compliance reports under subsection (4). 21 (b)1. Permits approved after July 1, 2012, for the 22 development of alternative water supplies shall be granted for a 23 term of at least 30 years if there is sufficient data to provide 24 reasonable assurance that the conditions for permit issuance 25 will be met for the duration of the permit. If, within 7 years 26 after a permit is granted, the permittee issues bonds to finance 27 the project, completes construction of the project, and requests 28 an extension of the permit duration, the permit shall be 29 extended to expire upon the retirement of such bonds or 30 years 30 after the date construction of the project is complete, 31 whichever occurs later. However, a permit's duration may not be 32 extended by more than 7 years beyond the permit's original 33 expiration date. A 7-year permit extension, as described in this 34 subparagraph, shall be applicable to any 30-year permit for the 35 development of alternative water supplies granted between June 36 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. 37 2. Permits issued under this paragraph are subject to 38 compliance reports under subsection (4). However, if the 39 permittee demonstrates that bonds issued to finance the project 40 are outstanding, the quantity of alternative water allocated in 41 the permit may not be reduced during a compliance report review 42 unless a reduction is needed to address unanticipated harm to 43 water resources or to existing legal uses present when the 44 permit was issued. A reduction required by an applicable water 45 shortage order shall apply to permits issued under this 46 paragraph. 47 3. Permits issued under this paragraph may not authorize 48 the use of nonbrackish groundwater supplies or nonalternative 49 water supplies. 50 (c) Entities that wish to develop alternative water 51 supplies may apply for a permit under paragraph (a) or paragraph 52 (b). 53 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. 54 55 56 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 57 And the title is amended as follows: 58 Delete everything before the enacting clause 59 and insert: 60 A bill to be entitled 61 An act relating to permits for alternative water supplies; 62 amending s. 373.236, F.S.; specifying conditions of issuance; 63 requiring that certain permits approved for the development of 64 alternative water supplies by certain entities be granted for at 65 least 30 years; requiring that such permits be extended under 66 specified conditions; providing for a reduction in permitted 67 water quantities during compliance reviews under certain 68 circumstances; excluding from application of the act a permit 69 for nonbrackish groundwater or nonalternative water supplies; 70 providing an option for the duration of an alternative water 71 supply permit to a county, special district, regional water 72 supply authority, multijurisdictional water supply entity, or 73 publicly or privately owned utility; providing an effective 74 date. 75