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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 saltwater intrusion vulnerability 2
assessments; amending s. 380.093, F.S.; authorizing 3
the Department of Environmental Protection to provide 4
grants to coastal counties for saltwater intrusion 5
vulnerability assessments; specifying the purpose of 6
and requirements for the assessments; requiring the 7
department to update the comprehensive statewide flood 8
vulnerability and sea level rise data set and make 9
certain information received from the saltwater 10
intrusion vulnerability assessments available on its 11
website; requiring the department to provide cost -12
share funding up to a specified amount for awarded 13
grants; specifying that certain counties are not 14
required to contribute to the cost -share funding; 15
providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 20
380.093, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph ( e) is 21
added to that subsection, to read: 22
380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive 23
statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and 24
assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience 25
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Plan; regional resilience entities. — 26
(3) RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM. — 27
(b) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide 28
grants to a county or municipality to fund: 29
1. The costs of community resilience planning and 30
necessary data collection for such planning, including 31
comprehensive plan amendments and necessary corresponding 32
analyses that address the requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f). 33
2. Vulnerability assessments that identify or address 34
risks of inland or coastal flooding and sea level rise. 35
3. The development of proje cts, plans, and policies that 36
allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and sea 37
level rise. 38
4. Preconstruction activities for projects to be submitted 39
for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise 40
Resilience Plan which that are located in a municipality that 41
has a population of 10,000 or less fewer or a county that has a 42
population of 50,000 or less fewer, according to the most recent 43
April 1 population estimates posted on the Office of Economic 44
and Demographic Research's website . 45
5. For coastal counties, saltwater intrusion vulnerability 46
assessments pursuant to paragraph (e). 47
(e) Under the Resilient Florida Grant Program, beginning 48
July 1, 2024, the department may provide grants to coastal 49
counties to conduct vulnerability as sessments analyzing the 50
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effects of saltwater intrusion on a county's water supply and 51
the preparedness of the county to respond to such a threat, 52
including water utility infrastructure, wellfield protection, 53
and freshwater supply management. 54
1. Each saltwater vulnerability assessment must include 55
all of the following information: 56
a. The county's primary water utilities. 57
b. Current maps of the county's freshwater wellfields and 58
latest saltwater intrusion impact lines. 59
c. Projections of saltwater intrusion over the next 60
decade, including specific wells that may be impacted during 61
that timeframe. 62
d. An analysis of the costs necessary to relocate 63
freshwater wellfields anticipated to be impacted, including 64
current projects that are underway to reloc ate the freshwater 65
wellfields. 66
2. The department shall use the information contained in 67
the county's vulnerability assessment to update its 68
comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise 69
data set under subsection (4). 70
3. The department shall make available to the public, on 71
the department's website, any appropriate information from the 72
vulnerability assessment it receives from coastal counties 73
pursuant to this paragraph. 74
4. The department shall provide 50 percent cost -share 75
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funding, up to $250,000, for each grant awarded under this 76
paragraph. A county with a population of 50,000 or less is not 77
required to contribute to the cost share. 78
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 79