Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 216
       
       
       
       By Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       7-00238-12                                             2012216__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a moratorium on permits for the
    3         consumptive use of water for commercial profit;
    4         amending s. 373.219, F.S.; prohibiting until July 1,
    5         2022, the governing board of a water management
    6         district or the Department of Environmental Protection
    7         from approving an application for a required permit if
    8         the applicant intends to resell the water for a
    9         commercial profit; providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 373.219, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         373.219 Permits required; moratorium on issuing permits.—
   16         (1)(a) The governing board or the department may require
   17  such permits for consumptive use of water and may impose such
   18  reasonable conditions as are necessary to ensure assure that
   19  such use is consistent with the overall objectives of the
   20  district or department and is not harmful to the water resources
   21  of the area. However, no permit shall be required for domestic
   22  consumption of water by individual users.
   23         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
   24  the governing board or the department may not approve until July
   25  1, 2022, an application for an otherwise required permit for the
   26  consumptive use of water if the applicant for the permit
   27  proposes to purchase the water with the intent to resell the
   28  water to the consuming public for a commercial profit.
   29         (2) In the event that any person shall file a complaint
   30  with the governing board or the department that any other person
   31  is making a diversion, withdrawal, impoundment, or consumptive
   32  use of water not expressly exempted under the provisions of this
   33  chapter and without a permit to do so, the governing board or
   34  the department shall cause an investigation to be made, and if
   35  the facts stated in the complaint are verified the governing
   36  board or the department shall order the discontinuance of the
   37  use.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.