Senate Bill sb0554c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 554

    By the Committee on Natural Resources; and Senator Constantine





    312-2110-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the interdistrict transfer

  3         and use of water; amending s. 373.2295, F.S.;

  4         redefining the term "interdistrict transfer and

  5         use"; providing continued effect of agreements

  6         between water management districts which were

  7         entered into before the effective date of the

  8         act; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 373.2295, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         373.2295  Interdistrict transfers of groundwater.--

15         (1)  As used in this section, the term "interdistrict

16  transfer and use" means a consumptive water use that which

17  involves the withdrawal of groundwater from a point within one

18  water management district for use outside the boundaries of

19  that district, but does not include a withdrawal and use

20  within the same county.

21         Section 2.  Any agreement between water management

22  districts which was entered into before the effective date of

23  this act pursuant to section 373.046, Florida Statutes,

24  authorizing the issuance of permits for the interdistrict

25  withdrawal and use of water within a county shall continue in

26  effect until otherwise rescinded.

27         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 554
    312-2110-03




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 554

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 4  The committee substitute provides that the term "interdistrict
    transfer and use" for the withdrawal of groundwater does not
 5  include a withdrawal and use within the same county. This will
    allow utilities that have wellfields in two or more water
 6  management districts to obtain a consumptive use permit from
    one water management district subject to an agreement with the
 7  other affected water management districts.

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