HB 4137

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to basins; amending s. 373.0693, F.S.;
3	repealing provisions relating to the formation and
4	designation of the Manasota Basin; repealing
5	provisions relating to the termination of the Oklawaha
6	River Basin and the Greater St. Johns River Basin;
7	providing an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Subsections (9) and (10) of section 373.0693,
12	Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7) and (8),
13	respectively, and present subsections (7) and (8) of that
14	section are amended to read:
15	373.0693  Basins; basin boards.-
16	(7)  At 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1976, the Manasota
17	Watershed Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast Water
18	Management District, which is annexed to the Southwest Florida
19	Water Management District by change of its boundaries pursuant
20	to chapter 76-243, Laws of Florida, shall be formed into a
21	subdistrict or basin of the Southwest Florida Water Management
22	District, subject to the same provisions as the other basins in
23	such district. Such subdistrict shall be designated initially as
24	the Manasota Basin. The members of the governing board of the
25	Manasota Watershed Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast Water
26	Management District shall become members of the governing board
27	of the Manasota Basin of the Southwest Florida Water Management
28	District. Notwithstanding other provisions in this section,
29	beginning on July 1, 2001, the membership of the Manasota Basin
30	Board shall be comprised of two members from Manatee County and
31	two members from Sarasota County. Matters relating to tie votes
32	shall be resolved pursuant to subsection (6) by the chair
33	designated by the governing board to vote in case of a tie vote.
34	(8)(a)  At 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 1988, the area
35	transferred from the Southwest Florida Water Management District
36	to the St. Johns River Water Management District by change of
37	boundaries pursuant to chapter 76-243, Laws of Florida, shall
38	cease to be a subdistrict or basin of the St. Johns River Water
39	Management District known as the Oklawaha River Basin and said
40	Oklawaha River Basin shall cease to exist. However, any
41	recognition of an Oklawaha River Basin or an Oklawaha River
42	Hydrologic Basin for regulatory purposes shall be unaffected.
43	The area formerly known as the Oklawaha River Basin shall
44	continue to be part of the St. Johns River Water Management
45	District.
46	(b)  Also, the entire area of the St. Johns River Water
47	Management District, less those areas formerly in the Oklawaha
48	Basin, shall cease to be a subdistrict or basin of the St. Johns
49	River Water Management District known as the Greater St. Johns
50	River Basin and said Greater St. Johns River Basin shall cease
51	to exist. The area formerly known as the Greater St. Johns River
52	Basin shall continue to be part of the St. Johns River Water
53	Management District.
54	(c)  As of 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 1988, assets and
55	liabilities of the former Oklawaha River and Greater St. Johns
56	River Basins shall be assets and liabilities of the St. Johns
57	River Water Management District. Any contracts, plans, orders,
58	or agreements of such basins shall continue to be in effect, but
59	may be modified or repealed by the St. Johns River Water
60	Management District in accordance with law. For all purposes for
61	assessing and levying the millage rate authorized under s.
62	373.503, subsequent to December 31, 1987, including the purposes
63	of certifying the millage rate for fiscal year 1988-1989,
64	pursuant to chapter 200, said millage rate shall be levied
65	retroactive to January 1, 1988.
66	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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