Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 7003
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Dean moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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6 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================And the title is amended as follows:Delete everything before the enacting clauseand insert:A bill to be entitledAn act relating to environmental resources; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to publish, update, and maintain a database of conservation lands; requiring the department to submit a report by a certain date each year to the Governor and the Legislature identifying the percentage of such lands which the public has access to and the efforts the department has undertaken to increase public access; amending ss. 260.0144 and 335.065, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 339.81, F.S.; creating the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network; specifying the composition of the network; requiring the network to be included in the Department of Transportation’s work program; declaring the planning, development, operation, and maintenance of the network to be a public purpose; authorizing the department to transfer maintenance responsibilities to certain state agencies and contract with not-for-profit or private sector entities to provide maintenance services; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an appropriation; creating s. 339.82, F.S.; requiring the department to develop a network plan for the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network; creating s. 339.83, F.S.; authorizing the department to enter into concession agreements with not-for-profit or private sector entities for certain commercial sponsorship signs, markings, and exhibits; authorizing the department to contract for the provision of certain services related to the trail sponsorship program; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 373.019, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “water resource development” to include technical assistance to self-suppliers under certain circumstances; amending s. 373.036, F.S.; requiring certain information to be included in the consolidated annual report for all projects related to water quality or water quantity; creating s. 373.037, F.S.; defining terms; providing legislative findings; authorizing certain water management districts to designate and implement pilot projects; providing powers and limitations for the governing boards of such water management districts; requiring a participating water management district to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the effectiveness of its pilot project by a certain date; amending s. 373.042, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection or the governing board of a water management district to adopt a minimum flow or minimum water level for an Outstanding Florida Spring using emergency rulemaking authority under certain circumstances; requiring collaboration in the development and implementation of recovery or prevention strategies under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to use emergency rulemaking procedures under certain circumstances; amending s. 373.0421, F.S.; directing the department or the water management district governing boards to adopt and implement certain recovery or prevention strategies concurrent with the adoption of minimum flows and minimum water levels; providing criteria for such recovery or prevention strategies; requiring certain amendments to regional water supply plans to be concurrent with relevant portions of the recovery or prevention strategy; directing water management districts to notify the department when water use permit applications are denied for a specified reason; providing for the review and update of regional water supply plans in such cases; creating s. 373.0465, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining the term “Central Florida Water Initiative Area”; requiring the department, the St. Johns River Water Management District, the South Florida Water Management District, the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop and implement a multidistrict regional water supply plan; providing plan criteria and requirements; providing applicability; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 373.1501, F.S.; specifying authority of the South Florida Water Management District to allocate quantities of, and assign priorities for the use of, water within its jurisdiction; directing the district to provide recommendations to the United States Army Corps of Engineers when developing or implementing certain water control plans or regulation schedules; amending s. 373.219, F.S.; requiring the department to adopt certain uniform rules; amending s. 373.223, F.S.; requiring consumptive use permits authorizing over a certain amount to be monitored on a specified basis; amending s. 373.2234, F.S.; directing water management district governing boards to consider the identification of preferred water supply sources for certain water users; amending s. 373.227, F.S.; prohibiting water management districts from modifying permitted allocation amounts under certain circumstances; requiring the water management districts to adopt rules to promote water conservation incentives; amending s. 373.233, F.S.; providing conditions under which the department and water management district governing boards are directed to give preference to certain applications; amending s. 373.4591, F.S.; providing priority consideration to certain public-private partnerships for water storage, groundwater recharge, and water quality improvements on private agricultural lands; amending s. 373.4595, F.S.; revising and providing definitions relating to the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program; clarifying provisions of the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Protection Program; directing the South Florida Water Management District to revise certain rules and provide for a watershed research and water quality monitoring program; revising provisions for the Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Program and the St. Lucie River Watershed Protection Program; revising permitting and annual reporting requirements relating to the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program; revising requirements for certain basin management action plans; amending s. 373.467, F.S.; revising the qualifications for membership on the Harris Chain of Lakes Restoration Council; authorizing the Lake County legislative delegation to waive such membership qualifications for good cause; providing for council vacancies; amending s. 373.536, F.S.; requiring a water management district to include an annual funding plan in the water resource development work program; directing the department to post the work program on its website; amending s. 373.703, F.S.; authorizing water management districts to join with private landowners for the purpose of carrying out their powers; amending s. 373.705, F.S.; revising legislative intent; requiring water management district governing boards to include certain information in their annual budget submittals; requiring water management districts to promote expanded cost-share criteria for additional conservation practices; amending s. 373.707, F.S.; authorizing water management districts to provide technical and financial assistance to certain self-suppliers and to waive certain construction costs of alternative water supply development projects sponsored by certain water users; amending s. 373.709, F.S.; requiring regional water supply plans to include traditional and alternative water supply project options that are technically and financially feasible; directing the department to include certain funding analyses and project explanations in regional water supply planning reports; creating part VIII of ch. 373, F.S., entitled the “Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act”; creating s. 373.801, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; creating s. 373.802, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 373.803, F.S.; requiring the department to delineate a priority focus area for each Outstanding Florida Spring by a certain date; creating s. 373.805, F.S.; requiring a water management district or the department to adopt or revise various recovery or prevention strategies under certain circumstances; providing minimum requirements for recovery or prevention strategies for Outstanding Florida Springs; authorizing local governments to apply for an extension for projects in an adopted recovery or prevention strategy; creating s. 373.807, F.S.; requiring the department to initiate assessments of Outstanding Florida Springs by a certain date; requiring the department to develop basin management action plans; authorizing local governments to apply for an extension for projects in an adopted basin management action plan; requiring certain local governments to develop, enact, and implement an urban fertilizer ordinance by a certain date; requiring the department in consultation with the Department of Health and relevant local governments and utilities, to develop onsite sewage treatment and disposal system remediation plans under certain circumstances; creating s. 373.811, F.S.; specifying prohibited activities within a priority focus area of an Outstanding Florida Spring; creating s. 373.813, F.S.; providing rulemaking authority; amending s. 403.061, F.S.; requiring the department to create a consolidated water resources work plan; directing the department to adopt by rule a specific surface water classification to protect surface waters used for treated potable water supply; providing criteria for such rule; authorizing the reclassification of surface waters used for treated potable water supply notwithstanding such rule; requiring the department to create and maintain a web-based interactive map; creating s. 403.0616, F.S.; creating the Florida Water Resources Advisory Council to provide the Legislature with recommendations for projects submitted by governmental entities; requiring the department to adopt rules; creating s. 403.0617, F.S.; requiring the department to propose for adoption rules to competitively evaluate and rank projects for selection and prioritization by the Water Resources Advisory Council by a certain date; amending s. 403.0623, F.S.; requiring the department to establish certain standards; requiring state agencies and water management districts to show that they followed the department’s standards in order to receive certain funding; amending s. 403.067, F.S.; providing requirements for new or revised best management action plans; requiring the department adopt rules relating to the enforcement and verification of best management action plans and management strategies; creating s. 403.0675, F.S.; requiring the department and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to post annual progress reports on their websites and to submit such reports to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring each water management district to post the Department of Environmental Protection’s report on its website; amending s. 403.861, F.S.; directing the department to add treated potable water supply as a designated use of a surface water segment under certain circumstances; providing an effective date.