Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1079 Compare Versions

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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
15	15	An act relating to saltwater intrusion vulnerability 2
16	16	assessments; amending s. 380.093, F.S.; authorizing 3
17	17	the Department of Environmental Protection to provide 4
18	18	grants to coastal counties for saltwater intrusion 5
19	19	vulnerability assessments; specifying the purpose of 6
20	20	and requirements for the assessments; requiring the 7
21	21	department to update the comprehensive statewide flood 8
22	22	vulnerability and sea level rise data set and make 9
23	23	certain information received from the saltwater 10
24	24	intrusion vulnerability assessments available on its 11
25	25	website; requiring the department to provide cost -12
26	26	share funding up to a specified amount for awarded 13
27	27	grants; specifying that certain counties are not 14
28	28	required to contribute to the cost -share funding; 15
29	29	providing an effective date. 16
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31	31	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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33	33	Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 20
34	34	380.093, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph ( e) is 21
35	35	added to that subsection, to read: 22
36	36	380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive 23
37	37	statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and 24
38	38	assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience 25
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51	51	Plan; regional resilience entities. — 26
52	52	(3) RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM. — 27
53	53	(b) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide 28
54	54	grants to a county or municipality to fund: 29
55	55	1. The costs of community resilience planning and 30
56	56	necessary data collection for such planning, including 31
57	57	comprehensive plan amendments and necessary corresponding 32
58	58	analyses that address the requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f). 33
59	59	2. Vulnerability assessments that identify or address 34
60	60	risks of inland or coastal flooding and sea level rise. 35
61	61	3. The development of proje cts, plans, and policies that 36
62	62	allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and sea 37
63	63	level rise. 38
64	64	4. Preconstruction activities for projects to be submitted 39
65	65	for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise 40
66	66	Resilience Plan which that are located in a municipality that 41
67	67	has a population of 10,000 or less fewer or a county that has a 42
68	68	population of 50,000 or less fewer, according to the most recent 43
69	69	April 1 population estimates posted on the Office of Economic 44
70	70	and Demographic Research's website . 45
71	71	5. For coastal counties, saltwater intrusion vulnerability 46
72	72	assessments pursuant to paragraph (e). 47
73	73	(e) Under the Resilient Florida Grant Program, beginning 48
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75	75	counties to conduct vulnerability as sessments analyzing the 50
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88	88	effects of saltwater intrusion on a county's water supply and 51
89	89	the preparedness of the county to respond to such a threat, 52
90	90	including water utility infrastructure, wellfield protection, 53
91	91	and freshwater supply management. 54
92	92	1. Each saltwater vulnerability assessment must include 55
93	93	all of the following information: 56
94	94	a. The county's primary water utilities. 57
95	95	b. Current maps of the county's freshwater wellfields and 58
96	96	latest saltwater intrusion impact lines. 59
97	97	c. Projections of saltwater intrusion over the next 60
98	98	decade, including specific wells that may be impacted during 61
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100	100	d. An analysis of the costs necessary to relocate 63
101	101	freshwater wellfields anticipated to be impacted, including 64
102	102	current projects that are underway to reloc ate the freshwater 65
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104	104	2. The department shall use the information contained in 67
105	105	the county's vulnerability assessment to update its 68
106	106	comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise 69
107	107	data set under subsection (4). 70
108	108	3. The department shall make available to the public, on 71
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110	110	vulnerability assessment it receives from coastal counties 73
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125	125	funding, up to $250,000, for each grant awarded under this 76
126	126	paragraph. A county with a population of 50,000 or less is not 77
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128	128	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 79