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SB 724: Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls

GENERAL BILL by Diaz de la Portilla ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel

Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls; Postponing the dates by which domestic wastewater facilities must meet more stringent treatment and management requirements; providing exceptions; providing that certain utilities that shared a common ocean outfall on a specified date are individually responsible for meeting the reuse requirement; authorizing those utilities to enter into binding agreements to share or transfer responsibility for meeting reuse requirements; revising provisions authorizing the backup discharge of domestic wastewater through ocean outfalls; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, the South Florida Water Management District, and affected utilities to consider certain information for the purpose of adjusting reuse requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  4. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/27/2011 Senate • Filed
11/16/2011 Senate • Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Budget -SJ 62
12/21/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 01/09/12, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
1/9/2012 Senate • Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 110
• Now in Community Affairs -SJ 110
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 62
1/18/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/23/12, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
1/23/2012 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 263
• Now in Budget -SJ 263
1/25/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 282
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
1/30/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/02/12, 8:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
2/2/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 325
• Now in Budget -SJ 325
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget