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CS/CS/CS/HB 157: Water Management Districts

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Porter ; Pilon ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Van Zant ; Williams, T.

Water Management Districts; Requires districts to include certain reservations & water bodies in priority lists & schedules; provides for adoption of certain reservations & minimum flows & levels by DEP; requires districts to provide certain information & support to DEP; requires districts to apply, without adopting by rule, certain reservations, minimum flows & levels, & recovery & prevention strategies; authorizes water management districts to enter into interagency agreements for resource management activities under specified conditions; authorizes water management districts to provide group insurance for employees of other districts; requires regional water supply authority & applicable district to jointly develop component of regional water supply plan; exempts cooperative funding programs from rulemaking requirements.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  4. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/19/2011 House • Filed
    10/3/2011 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 19
    1/9/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 19
    1/11/2012 House • CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 228
    1/17/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 220
    1/19/2012 House • Now in Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee -HJ 235
    1/20/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee, 01/24/12, 2:00 pm, 306 HOB
    1/24/2012 House • CS/CS by Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 283
    1/25/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS/CS by Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 277
    1/26/2012 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 297
    2/6/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/08/12, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
    2/8/2012 House • CS/CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 577
    2/10/2012 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS/CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 575
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 581
    2/13/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/15/12
    2/15/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 623
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    2/16/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 652
    • CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 652
    2/22/2012 Senate • In Messages
    3/5/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 812
    • Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 812
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)

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  • CS/CS/CS/HB 157, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/10/2012 at 10:17 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 366 (e1) Group Insurance for Public Employees Gaetz Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In messages from Senate
    S 560 (c2) Water Management Districts Dean Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In committee/council (BC)
    S 1178 (c3) Water Management Hays Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1389 (Ch. 2012-187), SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In committee/council (BC)
    S 1986 (er) Water Management Districts Budget Compare Last Action: 4/22/2012 Chapter No. 2012-126, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2012-118)
    Location: Became Law

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/16/2012 3:40 PM House 119 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    373.042 Minimum flows and levels. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.046 Interagency agreements. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.171 Rules. Page 5 (pdf)
    373.605 Group insurance for water management districts. Page 4 (pdf)
    373.709 Regional water supply planning. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/HB 157, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 1/25/2012 at 11:31 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 560 (c2) Water Management Districts Dean Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In committee/council (BC)

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    564635 - Amendment
    Remove lines 37-52 and insert:
    Porter 2/7/2012
    6:03 PM
    Adopted
    2/8/2012
    PDF
    816339 - Amendment
    Remove lines 67-97 and insert:
    Pilon 2/7/2012
    6:04 PM
    Withdrawn
    2/8/2012
    PDF
    818021 - Amendment
    Remove lines 67-97
    Porter 2/7/2012
    6:05 PM
    Adopted
    2/8/2012
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    373.042 Minimum flows and levels. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.046 Interagency agreements. Page 4 (pdf)
    373.171 Rules. Page 5 (pdf)
    373.223 Conditions for a permit. Page 3 (pdf)
    373.605 Group insurance for water management districts. Page 4 (pdf)
    373.709 Regional water supply planning. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 157, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/17/2012 at 4:04 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/25/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 560 (c1) Water Management Districts Dean Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In committee/council (BC)

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    336899 - Amendment
    Between lines 30 and 31, insert:
    Porter 1/23/2012
    6:57 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/24/2012
    PDF
    827791 - Amendment
    Remove lines 69-73 and insert:
    Porter 1/23/2012
    6:51 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/24/2012
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    373.046 Interagency agreements. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.171 Rules. Page 4 (pdf)
    373.223 Conditions for a permit. Page 2 (pdf)
    373.605 Group insurance for water management districts. Page 3 (pdf)
    373.709 Regional water supply planning. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • HB 157, Original Filed Version Posted 9/19/2011 at 12:16 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 560 (c1) Water Management Districts Dean Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch. 2012-126)
    Location: In committee/council (BC)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    010893 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Porter 1/10/2012
    6:31 PM
    Adopted
    1/11/2012
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    373.046 Interagency agreements. Page 1 (pdf)
    373.223 Conditions for a permit. Page 2 (pdf)

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