Senate Bill 2124

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2124

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-1279-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the National Pollutant

  3         Discharge Elimination System; amending s. 86,

  4         ch. 93-213, Laws of Florida; deleting a

  5         requirement for the repayment of a loan;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 86 of chapter 93-213, Laws of

11  Florida, is amended to read:

12         Section 86.  The Department of Environmental Regulation

13  is authorized 54 career service positions for administering

14  the state NPDES program. Twenty-five career service positions

15  are authorized for startup of the program beginning July 1,

16  1993, and the remaining 29 career service positions beginning

17  January 1, 1994. The state NPDES program staffing shall start

18  July 1, 1993, with completion targeted for 6 months following

19  the United States Environmental Protection Agency

20  authorization to administer the National Pollutant Discharge

21  Elimination System program. Implementation of positions is

22  subject to review and final approval by the secretary of the

23  Department of Environmental Regulation. The sum of $3.2

24  million is hereby appropriated from the Pollution Recovery

25  Trust Fund to cover program startup costs. Such funds are to

26  be repaid from a fund the Legislature deems appropriate, no

27  later than July 1, 2000.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Deletes the repayment requirement for a loan from the
      Pollution Recovery Trust Fund to cover startup costs for
  4    the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

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