Bill Text: FL S0540 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Water Resources [EPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S0540 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0540-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 540 
 
By Senator Constantine 
22-00328-10                                            2010540__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to water resources; amending s. 
3         373.036, F.S.; deleting an obsolete date relating to a 
4         water supply assessment conducted by the water 
5         management districts; providing an effective date. 
6 
7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
8 
9         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 
10  373.036, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
11         373.036 Florida water plan; district water management 
12  plans.— 
13         (2) DISTRICT WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
14         (b) The district water management plan shall include, but 
15  not be limited to: 
16         1. The scientific methodologies for establishing minimum 
17  flows and levels under s. 373.042, and all established minimum 
18  flows and levels. 
19         2. Identification of one or more water supply planning 
20  regions that singly or together encompass the entire district. 
21         3. Technical data and information prepared under s. 
22  373.0391. 
23         4. A districtwide water supply assessment that, to be 
24  completed no later than July 1, 1998, which determines for each 
25  water supply planning region: 
26         a. Existing legal uses, reasonably anticipated future 
27  needs, and existing and reasonably anticipated sources of water 
28  and conservation efforts; and 
29         b. Whether existing and reasonably anticipated sources of 
30  water and conservation efforts are adequate to supply water for 
31  all existing legal uses and reasonably anticipated future needs 
32  and to sustain the water resources and related natural systems. 
33         5. Any completed regional water supply plans. 
34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.