HB 1169: Water Management Districts
GENERAL BILL by Conerly
Water Management Districts; Provides requirements for Commission on Ethics relating to prohibited expenditures by water management districts; requires quorum & affirmative vote of majority of members of governing board before any action may be taken by board; requires South Florida Water Management District to provide specified detailed report; prohibits water management district from using state funds for specified purpose; authorizes districts to levy ad valorem taxes on certain property; provides requirements for maximum total millage rate; provides requirements for South Florida Water Management District’s & other water management district’s budgets; requires water management district give preference to certain bids, proposals, or replies for certain capital improvement projects; provides requirements for construction bonds & competitive selection process; requires certain projects for Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan be ranked on separate list; provides requirements for certain projects; restricts funding available to water management districts; authorizes department to issue certain loans; provides for repayment of such loan; provides penalty; requires department to create & maintain separate account in Resilient Florida Trust Fund for certain funds; provides requirements for revolving loan program. APPROPRIATION: $1,554,756,118
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/26/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1169, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 11:51 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 7002 Water Management Districts Environment and Natural Resources Similar Last Action: 2/20/2025 S Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations 
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 112.3261 Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting. Page 6 (pdf) 373.026 General powers and duties of the department. Page 33 (pdf) 373.0697 Basin taxes. Page 32 (pdf) 373.079 Members of governing board; oath of office; staff. Page 7 (pdf) 373.470 Everglades restoration. Page 8 (pdf) 373.501 Appropriation of funds to water management districts. Page 10 (pdf) 373.503 Manner of taxation. Page 10 (pdf) 373.535 Preliminary district budgets. Page 12 (pdf) 373.536 District budget and hearing thereon. Page 17 (pdf) 373.6075 Purchases from contracts of other entities. Page 21 (pdf) 380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan; regional resilience entities. Page 22 (pdf) 380.0935 Resilient Florida Trust Fund. Page 28 (pdf) 380.095 Dedicated funding for conservation lands, resiliency, and clean water infrastructure. Page 29 (pdf)