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CS/CS/CS/HB 973: Water Quality Improvements

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Appropriations Committee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Payne ; Ingoglia ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Plasencia

Water Quality Improvements; Transfers Onsite Sewage Program in DOH to DEP; directs WMDs to submit consolidated annual reports to OEDR; provides criteria for calculating certain lot size; removes provisions relating to DOH technical review & advisory panel & research & review advisory committee; directs DEP to determine that hardship exists for certain OSTDS onsite variance requests; allows use of specified systems; creates OSTDS & biosolids technical advisory committees; directs county health departments to coordinate with DEP to administer evaluation programs; requires basin management action plans to include treatment & remediation plans; directs DEP to submit cost estimates to OEDR; establishes clean water grant program; provides notice requirements for unlawful discharges of certain sewage; provides for management of biosolids, land application permits, & water quality monitoring; requires DEP to submit reports to Governor & Legislature.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

  • CS/CS/CS/HB 973, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/22/2019 at 7:28 PM

  • CS/CS/HB 973, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/5/2019 at 11:09 AM

  • CS/HB 973, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/11/2019 at 8:46 AM

  • HB 973, Original Filed Version Posted 2/20/2019 at 4:33 PM