Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 244 Barcode 257718 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD/3R . 04/04/2013 02:29 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Soto moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 33 - 72 4 and insert: 5 (2)(a) By November 15, 1997, and annually thereafter, each 6 water management district shall submit to the department for 7 review and approval a priority list and schedule for the 8 establishment of minimum flows and levels for surface 9 watercourses, aquifers, and surface waters within the district. 10 The priority list and schedule mustshallalsoidentify those 11 listed water bodies for which the district will voluntarily 12 undertake independent scientific peer review; any reservations 13 proposed by the district to be established pursuant to s. 14 373.223(4); and those listed water bodies that have the 15 potential to be affected by withdrawals in an adjacent district 16 for which the department’s adoption of a reservation pursuant to 17 s. 373.223(4) or a minimum flow or level pursuant to subsection 18 (1) may be appropriate. 19 (b) By March 1, 2006, and annually thereafter, each water 20 management district shall include its approved priority list and 21 schedule in the consolidated annual report required by s. 22 373.036(7). The priority list mustshallbe based upon the 23 importance of the waters to the state or region and the 24 existence of or potential for significant harm to the water 25 resources or ecology of the state or region, and mustshall26 include those waters thatwhichare experiencing or may 27 reasonably be expected to experience adverse impacts. Each water 28 management district’s priority list and schedule mustshall29 include all first magnitude springs, and all second magnitude 30 springs within state or federally owned lands purchased for 31 conservation purposes. The specific schedule for establishment 32 of spring minimum flows and levels mustshallbe commensurate 33 with the existing or potential threat to spring flow from 34 consumptive uses. Springs within the Suwannee River Water 35 Management District, or second magnitude springs in other areas 36 of the state, need not be included on the priority list if the 37 water management district submits a report to the Department of 38 Environmental Protection demonstrating that adverse impacts are 39 not now occurring andnorare not reasonably expected to occur 40 from consumptive uses during the next 20 years. The priority 41 list and schedule areshallnotbesubject to any proceeding 42 pursuant to chapter 120. Except as provided in subsection (3), 43 the development of a priority list and compliance with the 44 schedule for the establishment of minimum flows and levels 45 pursuant to this subsection satisfyshall satisfythe 46 requirements of subsection (1). 47 (c) Beginning January 1, 2014, and quarterly thereafter, 48 each water management district shall submit a report on the 49 progress of spring restoration efforts to the Governor, the 50 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 51 Representatives. 52 53 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 54 And the title is amended as follows: 55 Delete line 5 56 and insert: 57 bodies in priority lists and schedules; requiring 58 water management districts to submit a quarterly 59 report to the Governor and the Legislature; providing 60 for