| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the management of funds for water |
| 3 | pollution control loans and grants; amending s. 403.1835, |
| 4 | F.S.; providing for the deposit of specified revenues into |
| 5 | the Department of Environmental Protection's Federal |
| 6 | Grants Trust Fund; requiring service fees to be used for |
| 7 | specified water quality activities in addition to program |
| 8 | administration; clarifying the purposes for which certain |
| 9 | federal appropriations and state matching funds must be |
| 10 | used; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section |
| 15 | 403.1835, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 16 | 403.1835 Water pollution control financial assistance.- |
| 17 | (9) Funds for the loans and grants authorized under this |
| 18 | section must be managed as follows: |
| 19 | (b) Revenues from the loan grant allocations authorized |
| 20 | under subsection (4), federal appropriations used for the |
| 21 | purpose of administering this section, state matching funds for |
| 22 | grants authorized by federal statute or other federal action, |
| 23 | and service fees, and all earnings thereon, shall be deposited |
| 24 | into the department's Federal Grants and Donations Trust Fund. |
| 25 | Service fees and all earnings thereon must be used solely for |
| 26 | program administration and other water quality activities |
| 27 | specifically authorized pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution |
| 28 | Control Act (Clean Water Act). The loan grant allocation |
| 29 | revenues and earnings thereon must be used solely for the |
| 30 | purpose of making grants to financially disadvantaged small |
| 31 | communities. Federal appropriations and state matching funds for |
| 32 | grants authorized by federal statute or other federal action, |
| 33 | and all earnings thereon, must be used solely for the purposes |
| 34 | authorized under this section. All deposits into the |
| 35 | department's Federal Grants and Donations Trust Fund under this |
| 36 | section, and all earnings thereon, must be accounted for |
| 37 | separately from all other moneys deposited into the fund. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |