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