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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to wastewater grants; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 403.0673, F.S.; authorizing the Department of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Environmental Protection to provide grants for certain 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | projects to restore specified impaired water bodies 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and water segments; providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 403.0673, Florida 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 403.0673 Wastewater grant program. —A wastewater grant 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | program is established within the Department of Environmental 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Protection. 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, the department may provide grants for the following 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | projects within a basin management action plan, an alternative 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | restoration plan adopted by final order, or a rural area of 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | opportunity under s. 288.0656 or intended to restore a water 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | body or water body segment listed as impaired pursuant to s. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 403.067 which will individually or collectively reduce excess 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nutrient pollution: 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) Projects to retrofit onsite sewage treatment and 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | disposal systems to upgrade such systems to enhanced nutrient -24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems. 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 827 2023 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) Projects to constru ct, upgrade, or expand facilities 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to provide advanced waste treatment, as defined in s. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 403.086(4). 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) Projects to connect onsite sewage treatment and 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | disposal systems to central sewer facilities. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 31 |
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