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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Indian River Lagoon Protection 2
Program; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; revising the 3
percentages of funds to be distributed from the Land 4
Acquisition Trust Fund to various trust funds; 5
requiring a specified amount of funds to be used for 6
the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; providing 7
criteria for the disbursement of such funds; amending 8
s. 373.469, F.S.; requiring the Department of 9
Environmental Protection, using data provided by 10
identified entities, to identify commercial or 11
residential properties that use onsite sewage 12
treatment and disposal systems located within the 13
Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; requiring the 14
department to conduct various analyses to determine 15
projects most worthy of state funding; requiring the 16
department to provide an annual report that includes a 17
prioritized list of onsite sewage treatment and 18
disposal systems eligible for state funding to the 19
Legislature and certain chairs within a specified 20
timeframe; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (4) of 25
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section 201.15, Florida Statutes, are amended, and p aragraph (i) 26
is added to that subsection, to read: 27
201.15 Distribution of taxes collected. —All taxes 28
collected under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be 29
first made available to make payments when due on bonds issued 30
pursuant to s. 215.618 or s. 215.619, or any other bonds 31
authorized to be issued on a parity basis with such bonds. Such 32
pledge and availability for the payment of these bonds shall 33
have priority over any requirement for the costs of collection 34
and enforcement under this section. Befo re distribution pursuant 35
to this section, the Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts 36
necessary to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of 37
the tax levied by this chapter. The costs may not be levied 38
against any portion of taxes pledged to deb t service on bonds to 39
the extent that the costs are required to pay any amounts 40
relating to the bonds. All of the costs of the collection and 41
enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter shall be available 42
and transferred to the extent necessary to pay de bt service and 43
any other amounts payable with respect to bonds authorized 44
before January 1, 2017, secured by revenues distributed pursuant 45
to this section. All taxes remaining after deduction of costs 46
shall be distributed as follows: 47
(4) After the requir ed distributions to the Land 48
Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), the 49
lesser of 8 percent of the remainder or $150 million in each 50
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fiscal year shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit 51
of the State Housing Trust Fund and sh all be expended pursuant 52
to s. 420.50871. If 8 percent of the remainder is greater than 53
$150 million in any fiscal year, the difference between 8 54
percent of the remainder and $150 million shall be paid into the 55
State Treasury to the credit of the General R evenue Fund. The 56
remainder shall be distributed as follows: 57
(g) An amount equaling 2.875 5.4175 percent of the 58
remainder shall be paid into the Resilient Florida Trust Fund to 59
be used for the purposes for which the Resilient Florida Trust 60
Fund was created and exists by law. Funds may be used for 61
planning and project grants. 62
(h)1. An amount equaling 7.959 5.4175 percent of the 63
remainder shall be paid into the Water Protection and 64
Sustainability Program Trust Fund to be used to fund water 65
quality improvement grants as specified in s. 403.0673. 66
2. Of the proceeds paid into the Water Protection and 67
Sustainability Program Trust Fund, 40 percent or $60 million, 68
whichever is greater, shall be credited to the Department of 69
Environmental Protection to be used f or the Indian River Lagoon 70
Protection Program. The funds may only be used to install and 71
connect those onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems 72
within the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program to wastewater 73
treatment facilities that have been prioriti zed by the 74
Department of Environmental Protection under s. 373.469(3)(e). 75
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The Department of Revenue shall disburse funds to local 76
governments but may not award grants to local governments to 77
cover more than 50 percent of the total cost to install and 78
connect dwellings identified with onsite sewage treatment and 79
disposal systems to wastewater treatment facilities. 80
Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of 81
section 373.469, Florida Statutes, to read: 82
373.469 Indian River Lagoon Protection Pr ogram.— 83
(3) THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PROTECTION PROGRAM. —The Indian 84
River Lagoon Protection Program consists of the Banana River 85
Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon 86
Basin Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin 87
Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance 88
Plan, and such plans are the components of the Indian River 89
Lagoon Protection Program which achieve phosphorous and nitrogen 90
load reductions for the Indian River Lagoon. 91
(e)1. The Indian River Lagoon Protection Wastewater 92
Connection Plan.—Using data provided by the Department of 93
Health, local governments, the St. Johns River Water Management 94
District, and the South Florida Water Management District, as 95
applicable, the Department of Environm ental Protection must 96
identify all the commercial or residential properties that use 97
onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems located within the 98
regions encompassed by the Banana River Lagoon Basin Management 99
Action Plan, the Central Indian River Lagoo n Basin Management 100
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Action Plan, the North Indian River Lagoon Basin Management 101
Action Plan, and the Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance Plan 102
and place each of the systems into one of the following 103
categories and create maps to identify each of their locat ions: 104
a. Systems that directly impair a waterbody; 105
b. Systems that potentially impair a waterbody; or 106
c. Systems that do not impair a waterbody. 107
2. For each of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal 108
systems classified in subparagraph 1., the Department of 109
Environmental Protection must also determine the feasibility and 110
estimate the economic cost of connecting the system to a 111
wastewater treatment facility and place each of the systems into 112
one of the following categories: 113
a. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 114
wastewater treatment facility is low; 115
b. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 116
wastewater treatment facility is mid -tier; or 117
c. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 118
wastewater treatment fa cility is high. 119
3. Based on the results, the Department of Environmental 120
Protection must conduct a cost -benefit analysis to rank and 121
prioritize systems for which there is a high return on 122
investment in terms of providing water quality improvements to 123
the Indian River Lagoon Basin by connecting the systems to 124
wastewater treatment facilities. The highest ranking projects 125
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shall be eligible for state funding. 126
4. The Department of Environmental Protection must submit 127
an annual report that includes the inform ation in subparagraph 128
3. to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 129
Representatives, and the chairs of the appropriations committees 130
of the Legislature no later than 30 days before the first day of 131
the next regular session of the Legislatu re. 132
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 133