| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Water Protection and Sustainability |
| 3 | Program; amending s. 373.1961, F.S.; revising requirements |
| 4 | for the expenditure of funds provided pursuant to the |
| 5 | program; specifying authority for the Northwest Florida |
| 6 | Water Management District and the Suwannee River Water |
| 7 | Management District to use such funds for additional |
| 8 | purposes; 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. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section |
| 13 | 373.1961, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 373.1961 Water production; general powers and duties; |
| 15 | identification of needs; funding criteria; economic incentives; |
| 16 | reuse funding.-- |
| 17 | (3) FUNDING.-- |
| 18 | (c) The financial assistance for alternative water supply |
| 19 | projects allocated in each district's budget as required in s. |
| 20 | 373.196(6) shall be combined with the state funds and used to |
| 21 | assist in funding the project construction costs of alternative |
| 22 | water supply projects selected by the governing board. If the |
| 23 | district has not completed any regional water supply plan, or |
| 24 | the regional water supply plan does not identify the need for |
| 25 | any alternative water supply projects, Funds deposited into the |
| 26 | Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund to the |
| 27 | credit of the Northwest Florida Water Management District and |
| 28 | the Suwannee River Water Management District in that district's |
| 29 | trust fund may be used for regional water supply planning, water |
| 30 | resource development, and water protection and sustainability |
| 31 | projects, including, but not limited to, springs protection. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |