Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1326
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01015-22                                           20221326__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Comprehensive Review Study of
    3         the Central and Southern Florida Project; amending s.
    4         373.1501, F.S.; requiring the South Florida Water
    5         Management District to prepare and submit a
    6         consolidated annual report regarding the status of the
    7         project to the Office of Economic and Demographic
    8         Research, the Department of Environmental Protection,
    9         the Governor, and the Legislature by a specified date;
   10         providing report requirements; providing an effective
   11         date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 373.1501,
   16  Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         373.1501 South Florida Water Management District as local
   18  sponsor.—
   19         (10)(a) By October 1, 2023, and each October 1 thereafter,
   20  the district shall prepare and submit a consolidated annual
   21  report regarding the status of the restudy to the Office of
   22  Economic and Demographic Research, the department, the Governor,
   23  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   24  Representatives.
   25         (b) The report must include:
   26         1. A summary of the findings in the district’s annual sea
   27  level rise and flood resiliency plan.
   28         2. A list of structures that are expected to fall below the
   29  expected service level in the next 5 years.
   30         3. Initial recommendations for the refurbishment or
   31  replacement of the structures identified in subparagraph 2.,
   32  including:
   33         a. Future cost estimates and timelines for the
   34  refurbishment or replacement of the most vulnerable structures.
   35         b. An estimate of any projected annual funding gaps
   36  required to implement the recommendations based on a 10-year
   37  horizon.
   38         4. A summary of the state and federal funds expended toward
   39  the implementation of the restudy and other regional resiliency
   40  efforts of the district through June 30 of each year.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.