Florida Senate - 2021 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 53, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R . Floor: C
04/26/2021 01:52 PM . 04/28/2021 07:26 PM
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Senator Brodeur moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 183 - 240
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5 assessment due January 1, 2023, pursuant to s. 403.928.
6 (6) This section applies to a rural area of opportunity as
7 defined in s. 288.0656 unless the requirements of this section
8 would create an undue economic hardship for the county,
9 municipality, or special district in the rural area of
10 opportunity.
11 Section 5. Section 403.9302, Florida Statutes, is created
12 to read:
13 403.9302 Stormwater management projections.—
14 (1) The Legislature intends for each county, municipality,
15 or special district providing a stormwater management program or
16 stormwater management system to create a 20-year needs analysis.
17 (2) As used in this section, the term:
18 (a) “Facility” means any equipment, structure, or other
19 property, including conveyance systems, used or useful in
20 connection with providing a stormwater management program or
21 stormwater management system.
22 (b) “Stormwater management program” has the same meaning as
23 provided in s. 403.031(15).
24 (c) “Stormwater management system” has the same meaning as
25 provided in s. 403.031(16).
26 (3) By June 30, 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, each
27 county, municipality, or special district providing a stormwater
28 management program or stormwater management system shall develop
29 a needs analysis for its jurisdiction over the subsequent 20
30 years. In projecting such needs, each local government shall
31 include the following:
32 (a) A detailed description of the stormwater management
33 program or stormwater management system and its facilities and
34 projects.
35 (b) The number of current and projected residents served
36 calculated in 5-year increments.
37 (c) The current and projected service area for the
38 stormwater management program or stormwater management system.
39 (d) The current and projected cost of providing services
40 calculated in 5-year increments.
41 (e) The estimated remaining useful life of each facility or
42 its major components.
43 (f) The most recent 5-year history of annual contributions
44 to, expenditures from, and balances of any capital account for
45 maintenance or expansion of any facility or its major
46 components.
47 (g) The local government’s plan to fund the maintenance or
48 expansion of any facility or its major components. The plan must
49 include historical and estimated future revenues and
50 expenditures with an evaluation of how the local government
51 expects to close any projected funding gap.
52 (4) Upon completing the requirements of subsection (3),
53 each municipality or special district shall submit its needs
54 analysis, as well as the methodology and any supporting data
55 necessary to interpret the results, to the county within which
56 the largest portion of its stormwater management program or
57 stormwater management system is located. Each county shall
58 compile all analyses submitted to it under this subsection into
59 a single document and include its own analysis in the document.
60 The county shall file the compiled document with the Secretary
61 of Environmental Protection and the coordinator of the Office of
62 Economic and Demographic Research no later than July 31, 2022,
63 and every 5 years thereafter.
64 (5) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall
65 evaluate the compiled documents from the counties for the
66 purpose of developing a statewide analysis for inclusion in the
67 assessment due January 1, 2023, pursuant to s. 403.928.
68 (6) This section applies to a rural area of opportunity as
69 defined in s. 288.0656 unless the requirements of this section
70 would create an undue economic hardship for the county,
71 municipality, or special district in the rural area of
72 opportunity.
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75 And the title is amended as follows:
76 Delete lines 26 - 38
77 and insert:
78 annual assessment; providing applicability; creating
79 s. 403.9302, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring
80 counties, municipalities, and special districts that
81 provide stormwater management to develop a needs
82 analysis that includes certain information by a
83 specified date; requiring municipalities and special
84 districts to submit such analyses to a certain county;
85 requiring the county to file a compiled document with
86 the Secretary of Environmental Protection and the
87 coordinator of the Office of Economic and Demographic
88 Research by a specified date; requiring the office to
89 evaluate the document and include an analysis in its
90 annual assessment; providing applicability; providing
91 a determination and