Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1005 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 the Indian River Lagoon Protection 2
16	16	Program; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; revising the 3
17	17	percentages of funds to be distributed from the Land 4
18	18	Acquisition Trust Fund to various trust funds; 5
19	19	requiring a specified amount of funds to be used for 6
20	20	the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; providing 7
21	21	criteria for the disbursement of such funds; amending 8
22	22	s. 373.469, F.S.; requiring the Department of 9
23	23	Environmental Protection, using data provided by 10
24	24	identified entities, to identify commercial or 11
25	25	residential properties that use onsite sewage 12
26	26	treatment and disposal systems located within the 13
27	27	Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; requiring the 14
28	28	department to conduct various analyses to determine 15
29	29	projects most worthy of state funding; requiring the 16
30	30	department to provide an annual report that includes a 17
31	31	prioritized list of onsite sewage treatment and 18
32	32	disposal systems eligible for state funding to the 19
33	33	Legislature and certain chairs within a specified 20
34	34	timeframe; providing an effective date. 21
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36	36	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38	38	Section 1. Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (4) of 25
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51	51	section 201.15, Florida Statutes, are amended, and p aragraph (i) 26
52	52	is added to that subsection, to read: 27
53	53	201.15 Distribution of taxes collected. —All taxes 28
54	54	collected under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be 29
55	55	first made available to make payments when due on bonds issued 30
56	56	pursuant to s. 215.618 or s. 215.619, or any other bonds 31
57	57	authorized to be issued on a parity basis with such bonds. Such 32
58	58	pledge and availability for the payment of these bonds shall 33
59	59	have priority over any requirement for the costs of collection 34
60	60	and enforcement under this section. Befo re distribution pursuant 35
61	61	to this section, the Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts 36
62	62	necessary to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of 37
63	63	the tax levied by this chapter. The costs may not be levied 38
64	64	against any portion of taxes pledged to deb t service on bonds to 39
65	65	the extent that the costs are required to pay any amounts 40
66	66	relating to the bonds. All of the costs of the collection and 41
67	67	enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter shall be available 42
68	68	and transferred to the extent necessary to pay de bt service and 43
69	69	any other amounts payable with respect to bonds authorized 44
70	70	before January 1, 2017, secured by revenues distributed pursuant 45
71	71	to this section. All taxes remaining after deduction of costs 46
72	72	shall be distributed as follows: 47
73	73	(4) After the requir ed distributions to the Land 48
74	74	Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), the 49
75	75	lesser of 8 percent of the remainder or $150 million in each 50
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84	84	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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88	88	fiscal year shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit 51
89	89	of the State Housing Trust Fund and sh all be expended pursuant 52
90	90	to s. 420.50871. If 8 percent of the remainder is greater than 53
91	91	$150 million in any fiscal year, the difference between 8 54
92	92	percent of the remainder and $150 million shall be paid into the 55
93	93	State Treasury to the credit of the General R evenue Fund. The 56
94	94	remainder shall be distributed as follows: 57
95	95	(g) An amount equaling 2.875 5.4175 percent of the 58
96	96	remainder shall be paid into the Resilient Florida Trust Fund to 59
97	97	be used for the purposes for which the Resilient Florida Trust 60
98	98	Fund was created and exists by law. Funds may be used for 61
99	99	planning and project grants. 62
100	100	(h)1. An amount equaling 7.959 5.4175 percent of the 63
101	101	remainder shall be paid into the Water Protection and 64
102	102	Sustainability Program Trust Fund to be used to fund water 65
103	103	quality improvement grants as specified in s. 403.0673. 66
104	104	2. Of the proceeds paid into the Water Protection and 67
105	105	Sustainability Program Trust Fund, 40 percent or $60 million, 68
106	106	whichever is greater, shall be credited to the Department of 69
107	107	Environmental Protection to be used f or the Indian River Lagoon 70
108	108	Protection Program. The funds may only be used to install and 71
109	109	connect those onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems 72
110	110	within the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program to wastewater 73
111	111	treatment facilities that have been prioriti zed by the 74
112	112	Department of Environmental Protection under s. 373.469(3)(e). 75
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126	126	governments but may not award grants to local governments to 77
127	127	cover more than 50 percent of the total cost to install and 78
128	128	connect dwellings identified with onsite sewage treatment and 79
129	129	disposal systems to wastewater treatment facilities. 80
130	130	Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of 81
131	131	section 373.469, Florida Statutes, to read: 82
132	132	373.469 Indian River Lagoon Protection Pr ogram.— 83
133	133	(3) THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PROTECTION PROGRAM. —The Indian 84
134	134	River Lagoon Protection Program consists of the Banana River 85
135	135	Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon 86
136	136	Basin Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin 87
137	137	Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance 88
138	138	Plan, and such plans are the components of the Indian River 89
139	139	Lagoon Protection Program which achieve phosphorous and nitrogen 90
140	140	load reductions for the Indian River Lagoon. 91
141	141	(e)1. The Indian River Lagoon Protection Wastewater 92
142	142	Connection Plan.—Using data provided by the Department of 93
143	143	Health, local governments, the St. Johns River Water Management 94
144	144	District, and the South Florida Water Management District, as 95
145	145	applicable, the Department of Environm ental Protection must 96
146	146	identify all the commercial or residential properties that use 97
147	147	onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems located within the 98
148	148	regions encompassed by the Banana River Lagoon Basin Management 99
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162	162	Action Plan, the North Indian River Lagoon Basin Management 101
163	163	Action Plan, and the Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance Plan 102
164	164	and place each of the systems into one of the following 103
165	165	categories and create maps to identify each of their locat ions: 104
166	166	a. Systems that directly impair a waterbody; 105
167	167	b. Systems that potentially impair a waterbody; or 106
168	168	c. Systems that do not impair a waterbody. 107
169	169	2. For each of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal 108
170	170	systems classified in subparagraph 1., the Department of 109
171	171	Environmental Protection must also determine the feasibility and 110
172	172	estimate the economic cost of connecting the system to a 111
173	173	wastewater treatment facility and place each of the systems into 112
174	174	one of the following categories: 113
175	175	a. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 114
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177	177	b. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 116
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179	179	c. Systems for which the economic cost to connect to a 118
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181	181	3. Based on the results, the Department of Environmental 120
182	182	Protection must conduct a cost -benefit analysis to rank and 121
183	183	prioritize systems for which there is a high return on 122
184	184	investment in terms of providing water quality improvements to 123
185	185	the Indian River Lagoon Basin by connecting the systems to 124
186	186	wastewater treatment facilities. The highest ranking projects 125
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199	199	shall be eligible for state funding. 126
200	200	4. The Department of Environmental Protection must submit 127
201	201	an annual report that includes the inform ation in subparagraph 128
202	202	3. to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 129
203	203	Representatives, and the chairs of the appropriations committees 130
204	204	of the Legislature no later than 30 days before the first day of 131
205	205	the next regular session of the Legislatu re. 132
206	206	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 133