Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1632
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/20/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Brodeur)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and paragraph
    6  (c) of subsection (6) of section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, are
    7  amended to read:
    8         163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive
    9  plan; studies and surveys.—
   10         (3)(a) The comprehensive plan must shall contain a capital
   11  improvements element designed to consider the need for and the
   12  location of public facilities in order to encourage the
   13  efficient use of such facilities and set forth all of the
   14  following:
   15         1. A component that outlines principles for construction,
   16  extension, or increase in capacity of public facilities, as well
   17  as a component that outlines principles for correcting existing
   18  public facility deficiencies, which are necessary to implement
   19  the comprehensive plan. The components must shall cover at least
   20  a 5-year period.
   21         2. Estimated public facility costs, including a delineation
   22  of when facilities will be needed, the general location of the
   23  facilities, and projected revenue sources to fund the
   24  facilities.
   25         3. Standards to ensure the availability of public
   26  facilities and the adequacy of those facilities to meet
   27  established acceptable levels of service.
   28         4. A schedule of capital improvements which includes any
   29  publicly funded projects of federal, state, or local government,
   30  and which may include privately funded projects for which the
   31  local government has no fiscal responsibility. Projects
   32  necessary to ensure that any adopted level-of-service standards
   33  are achieved and maintained for the 5-year period must be
   34  identified as either funded or unfunded and given a level of
   35  priority for funding.
   36         5. The schedule must:
   37         a. Include transportation improvements included in the
   38  applicable metropolitan planning organization’s transportation
   39  improvement program adopted pursuant to s. 339.175(8) to the
   40  extent that such improvements are relied upon to ensure
   41  concurrency and financial feasibility;.
   42         b.Where applicable, include a list of projects necessary
   43  to achieve the pollutant load reductions attributable to the
   44  local government, as established in a basin management action
   45  plan pursuant to s. 403.067(7); and
   46         c.The schedule must Be coordinated with the applicable
   47  metropolitan planning organization’s long-range transportation
   48  plan adopted pursuant to s. 339.175(7).
   49         (6) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1)-(5),
   50  the comprehensive plan shall include the following elements:
   51         (c) A general sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage,
   52  potable water, and natural groundwater aquifer recharge element
   53  correlated to principles and guidelines for future land use,
   54  indicating ways to provide for future potable water, drainage,
   55  sanitary sewer, solid waste, and aquifer recharge protection
   56  requirements for the area. The element may be a detailed
   57  engineering plan including a topographic map depicting areas of
   58  prime groundwater recharge.
   59         1. Each local government shall address in the data and
   60  analyses required by this section those facilities that provide
   61  service within the local government’s jurisdiction. Local
   62  governments that provide facilities to serve areas within other
   63  local government jurisdictions shall also address those
   64  facilities in the data and analyses required by this section,
   65  using data from the comprehensive plan for those areas for the
   66  purpose of projecting facility needs as required in this
   67  subsection. For shared facilities, each local government shall
   68  indicate the proportional capacity of the systems allocated to
   69  serve its jurisdiction.
   70         2. The element must shall describe the problems and needs
   71  and the general facilities that will be required for solution of
   72  the problems and needs, including correcting existing facility
   73  deficiencies. The element must shall address coordinating the
   74  extension of, or increase in the capacity of, or upgrade in
   75  treatment of facilities to meet future needs; prioritizing
   76  advanced waste treatment while maximizing the use of existing
   77  facilities and discouraging urban sprawl; conserving potable
   78  water resources; and protecting the functions of natural
   79  groundwater recharge areas and natural drainage features.
   80         3. Within the local government’s jurisdiction, for any
   81  development of more than 50 residential lots, whether built or
   82  unbuilt, with more than one onsite sewage treatment and disposal
   83  system per 1 acre, the element must include a plan to provide
   84  sanitary sewer services within a 10-year planning horizon. An
   85  onsite sewage treatment and disposal system is presumed to exist
   86  on a parcel if sanitary sewer services are not available at or
   87  adjacent to the parcel boundary. For such developments, the plan
   88  must identify the name and location of the intended wastewater
   89  facility to receive sanitary sewer flows after connection; the
   90  capacity of the facility and any associated transmission
   91  facilities; the projected wastewater flow at that facility for
   92  the next 20 years, inclusive of expected future new construction
   93  and connections of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
   94  to sanitary sewer; and a timeline for the construction of the
   95  sanitary sewer system. Each comprehensive plan must be updated
   96  to include this element by July 1, 2024. This subparagraph does
   97  not apply to a local government designated as a rural area of
   98  opportunity under s. 288.0656.
   99         4. Within 18 months after the governing board approves an
  100  updated regional water supply plan, the element must incorporate
  101  the alternative water supply project or projects selected by the
  102  local government from those identified in the regional water
  103  supply plan pursuant to s. 373.709(2)(a) or proposed by the
  104  local government under s. 373.709(8)(b). If a local government
  105  is located within two water management districts, the local
  106  government must shall adopt its comprehensive plan amendment
  107  within 18 months after the later updated regional water supply
  108  plan. The element must identify such alternative water supply
  109  projects and traditional water supply projects and conservation
  110  and reuse necessary to meet the water needs identified in s.
  111  373.709(2)(a) within the local government’s jurisdiction and
  112  include a work plan, covering at least a 10-year planning
  113  period, for building public, private, and regional water supply
  114  facilities, including development of alternative water supplies,
  115  which are identified in the element as necessary to serve
  116  existing and new development. The work plan must shall be
  117  updated, at a minimum, every 5 years within 18 months after the
  118  governing board of a water management district approves an
  119  updated regional water supply plan. Local governments, public
  120  and private utilities, regional water supply authorities,
  121  special districts, and water management districts are encouraged
  122  to cooperatively plan for the development of multijurisdictional
  123  water supply facilities that are sufficient to meet projected
  124  demands for established planning periods, including the
  125  development of alternative water sources to supplement
  126  traditional sources of groundwater and surface water supplies.
  127         5.4. A local government that does not own, operate, or
  128  maintain its own water supply facilities, including, but not
  129  limited to, wells, treatment facilities, and distribution
  130  infrastructure, and is served by a public water utility with a
  131  permitted allocation of greater than 300 million gallons per day
  132  is not required to amend its comprehensive plan in response to
  133  an updated regional water supply plan or to maintain a work plan
  134  if any such local government’s usage of water constitutes less
  135  than 1 percent of the public water utility’s total permitted
  136  allocation. However, any such local government shall is required
  137  to cooperate with, and provide relevant data to, any local
  138  government or utility provider that provides service within its
  139  jurisdiction, and shall to keep its general sanitary sewer,
  140  solid waste, potable water, and natural groundwater aquifer
  141  recharge element updated in accordance with s. 163.3191.
  142         Section 2. Subsection (4) and paragraph (b) of subsection
  143  (8) of section 253.025, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  144         253.025 Acquisition of state lands.—
  145         (4) An agreement to acquire real property for the purposes
  146  described in this chapter, chapter 259, chapter 260, or chapter
  147  375, title to which will vest in the board of trustees, may not
  148  bind the state before the agreement is reviewed and approved by
  149  the Department of Environmental Protection as complying with
  150  this section and any rules adopted pursuant to this section. If
  151  any of the following conditions exist, the agreement must shall
  152  be submitted to and approved by the board of trustees:
  153         (a) The purchase price agreed to by the seller exceeds the
  154  value as established pursuant to the rules of the board of
  155  trustees.;
  156         (b) The contract price agreed to by the seller and the
  157  acquiring agency exceeds $5 $1 million.;
  158         (c) The acquisition is the initial purchase in a Florida
  159  Forever project; or
  160         (d) Other conditions that the board of trustees may adopt
  161  by rule. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to,
  162  Florida Forever projects when title to the property being
  163  acquired is considered nonmarketable or is encumbered in such a
  164  way as to significantly affect its management.
  165  
  166  If approval of the board of trustees is required pursuant to
  167  this subsection, the acquiring agency must provide a
  168  justification as to why it is in the public’s interest to
  169  acquire the parcel or Florida Forever project. Approval of the
  170  board of trustees is also required for Florida Forever projects
  171  the department recommends acquiring pursuant to subsections (11)
  172  and (22). Review and approval of agreements for acquisitions for
  173  Florida Greenways and Trails Program properties pursuant to
  174  chapter 260 may be waived by the department in any contract with
  175  nonprofit corporations that have agreed to assist the department
  176  with this program. If the contribution of the acquiring agency
  177  exceeds $100 million in any one fiscal year, the agreement must
  178  shall be submitted to and approved by the Legislative Budget
  179  Commission.
  180         (8) Before approval by the board of trustees, or, when
  181  applicable, the Department of Environmental Protection, of any
  182  agreement to purchase land pursuant to this chapter, chapter
  183  259, chapter 260, or chapter 375, and before negotiations with
  184  the parcel owner to purchase any other land, title to which will
  185  vest in the board of trustees, an appraisal of the parcel shall
  186  be required as follows:
  187         (b) Each parcel to be acquired must shall have at least one
  188  appraisal. Two appraisals are required when the estimated value
  189  of the parcel exceeds $5 $1 million. However, if both appraisals
  190  exceed $5 $1 million and differ significantly, a third appraisal
  191  may be obtained. If a parcel is estimated to be worth $100,000
  192  or less and the director of the Division of State Lands finds
  193  that the cost of an outside appraisal is not justified, a
  194  comparable sales analysis, an appraisal prepared by the
  195  division, or other reasonably prudent procedures may be used by
  196  the division to estimate the value of the parcel, provided the
  197  public’s interest is reasonably protected. The state is not
  198  required to appraise the value of lands and appurtenances that
  199  are being donated to the state.
  200  
  201  Notwithstanding this subsection, on behalf of the board of
  202  trustees and before the appraisal of parcels approved for
  203  purchase under this chapter or chapter 259, the Secretary of
  204  Environmental Protection or the director of the Division of
  205  State Lands may enter into option contracts to buy such parcels.
  206  Any such option contract shall state that the final purchase
  207  price is subject to approval by the board of trustees or, if
  208  applicable, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and that
  209  the final purchase price may not exceed the maximum offer
  210  allowed by law. Any such option contract presented to the board
  211  of trustees for final purchase price approval shall explicitly
  212  state that payment of the final purchase price is subject to an
  213  appropriation from the Legislature. The consideration for such
  214  an option may not exceed $1,000 or 0.01 percent of the estimate
  215  by the department of the value of the parcel, whichever amount
  216  is greater.
  217         Section 3. Subsections (2) and (7), paragraph (b) of
  218  subsection (8), and paragraph (d) of subsection (9) of section
  219  259.032, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  220         259.032 Conservation and recreation lands.—
  221         (2) The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of
  222  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, may expend
  223  moneys appropriated by the Legislature to acquire the fee or any
  224  lesser interest in lands for any of the following public
  225  purposes:
  226         (a) To conserve and protect environmentally unique and
  227  irreplaceable lands that contain native, relatively unaltered
  228  flora and fauna representing a natural area unique to, or scarce
  229  within, a region of this state or a larger geographic area.;
  230         (b) To conserve and protect lands within designated areas
  231  of critical state concern, if the proposed acquisition relates
  232  to the natural resource protection purposes of the designation.;
  233         (c) To conserve and protect native species habitat or
  234  endangered or threatened species, emphasizing long-term
  235  protection for endangered or threatened species designated G-1
  236  or G-2 by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, and especially
  237  those areas that are special locations for breeding and
  238  reproduction.;
  239         (d) To conserve, protect, manage, or restore important
  240  ecosystems, landscapes, and forests, if the protection and
  241  conservation of such lands is necessary to enhance or protect
  242  significant surface water, groundwater, coastal, recreational,
  243  timber, or fish or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be
  244  accomplished through local and state regulatory programs.;
  245         (e) To promote water resource development that benefits
  246  natural systems and citizens of the state.;
  247         (f) To facilitate the restoration and subsequent health and
  248  vitality of the Florida Everglades.;
  249         (g) To provide areas, including recreational trails, for
  250  natural resource-based recreation and other outdoor recreation
  251  on any part of any site compatible with conservation purposes.;
  252         (h) To preserve significant archaeological or historic
  253  sites.;
  254         (i) To conserve urban open spaces suitable for greenways or
  255  outdoor recreation which are compatible with conservation
  256  purposes.; or
  257         (j) To preserve agricultural lands under threat of
  258  conversion to development through less-than-fee acquisitions.
  259         (k) To complete critical linkages that will help preserve
  260  and protect this state’s green infrastructure and vital habitat
  261  for wide-ranging wildlife, such as the Florida panther, within
  262  the Florida wildlife corridor.
  263         (7)(a) All lands managed under this chapter and s. 253.034
  264  must shall be:
  265         1.(a) Managed in a manner that will provide the greatest
  266  combination of benefits to the public and to the resources.
  267         2.(b) Managed for public outdoor recreation which is
  268  compatible with the conservation and protection of public lands.
  269  Such management may include, but not be limited to, the
  270  following public recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping,
  271  bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing,
  272  horseback riding, diving, model hobbyist activities, birding,
  273  sailing, jogging, and other related outdoor activities.
  274         (b)(c) Concurrent with its adoption of the annual list of
  275  acquisition projects pursuant to s. 259.035, the board shall
  276  adopt a management prospectus for each project. The management
  277  prospectus shall delineate:
  278         1. The management goals for the property;
  279         2. The conditions that will affect the intensity of
  280  management;
  281         3. An estimate of the revenue-generating potential of the
  282  property, if appropriate;
  283         4. A timetable for implementing the various stages of
  284  management and for providing access to the public, if
  285  applicable;
  286         5. A description of potential multiple-use activities as
  287  described in this section and s. 253.034;
  288         6. Provisions for protecting existing infrastructure and
  289  for ensuring the security of the project upon acquisition;
  290         7. The anticipated costs of management and projected
  291  sources of revenue, including legislative appropriations, to
  292  fund management needs; and
  293         8. Recommendations as to how many employees will be needed
  294  to manage the property, and recommendations as to whether local
  295  governments, volunteer groups, the former landowner, or other
  296  interested parties can be involved in the management.
  297         (c)(d) Concurrent with the approval of the acquisition
  298  contract pursuant to s. 253.025(4)(c) For any interest in lands
  299  except those lands acquired pursuant to s. 259.1052, the board
  300  shall designate an agency or agencies to manage such lands. The
  301  board shall evaluate and amend, as appropriate, the management
  302  policy statement for the project as provided by s. 259.035 to
  303  ensure that the policy statement is compatible with
  304  conservation, recreation, or both. For any fee simple
  305  acquisition of a parcel which is or will be leased back for
  306  agricultural purposes, or any acquisition of a less than fee
  307  interest in land that is or will be used for agricultural
  308  purposes, the board shall first consider having a soil and water
  309  conservation district, created pursuant to chapter 582, manage
  310  and monitor such interests.
  311         (d)(e) State agencies designated to manage lands acquired
  312  under this chapter or with funds deposited into the Land
  313  Acquisition Trust Fund, except those lands acquired under s.
  314  259.1052, may contract with local governments and soil and water
  315  conservation districts to assist in management activities,
  316  including the responsibility of being the lead land manager.
  317  Such land management contracts may include a provision for the
  318  transfer of management funding to the local government or soil
  319  and water conservation district from the land acquisition trust
  320  fund of the lead land managing agency in an amount adequate for
  321  the local government or soil and water conservation district to
  322  perform its contractual land management responsibilities and
  323  proportionate to its responsibilities, and which otherwise would
  324  have been expended by the state agency to manage the property.
  325         (e)(f) Immediately following the acquisition of any
  326  interest in conservation and recreation lands, the department,
  327  acting on behalf of the board, may issue to the lead managing
  328  entity an interim assignment letter to be effective until the
  329  execution of a formal lease.
  330         (8)
  331         (b) Individual management plans required by s. 253.034(5),
  332  for parcels over 160 acres, shall be developed with input from
  333  an advisory group. Members of this advisory group shall include,
  334  at a minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency,
  335  comanaging entities, local private property owners, the
  336  appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local
  337  conservation organization, and a local elected official. If
  338  habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species
  339  is located on state lands, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  340  Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  341  Services shall be included on any advisory group required under
  342  chapter 253, and the short-term and long-term management goals
  343  required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and objectives
  344  of imperiled species management without restricting other uses
  345  identified in the management plan. The advisory group shall
  346  conduct at least one public hearing within the county in which
  347  the parcel or project is located. For those parcels or projects
  348  that are within more than one county, at least one areawide
  349  public hearing shall be acceptable and the lead managing agency
  350  shall invite a local elected official from each county. The
  351  areawide public hearing shall be held in the county in which the
  352  core parcels are located. Notice of such public hearing shall be
  353  posted on the parcel or project designated for management,
  354  advertised in a paper of general circulation, and announced at a
  355  scheduled meeting of the local governing body before the actual
  356  public hearing. The management prospectus required pursuant to
  357  paragraph (7)(b) (7)(c) shall be available to the public for a
  358  period of 30 days before the public hearing.
  359  
  360  By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each
  361  private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the
  362  Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of
  363  funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for
  364  which the agency or entity is responsible.
  365         (9)
  366         (d) Up to one-fifth of the funds appropriated for the
  367  purposes identified in paragraph (b) shall be reserved by the
  368  board for interim management of acquisitions and for associated
  369  contractual services, to ensure the conservation and protection
  370  of natural resources on project sites and to allow limited
  371  public recreational use of lands. Interim management activities
  372  may include, but not be limited to, resource assessments,
  373  control of invasive, nonnative species, habitat restoration,
  374  fencing, law enforcement, controlled burning, and public access
  375  consistent with preliminary determinations made pursuant to
  376  paragraph (7)(e) (7)(f). The board shall make these interim
  377  funds available immediately upon purchase.
  378         Section 4. Section 373.469, Florida Statutes, is created to
  379  read:
  380         373.469Indian River Lagoon Protection Program.—
  381         (1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.—
  382         (a) The Legislature finds that:
  383         1.The Indian River Lagoon is a critical water resource of
  384  this state which provides many economic, natural habitat, and
  385  biodiversity functions that benefit the public interest,
  386  including fishing, navigation, recreation, and habitat to
  387  endangered and threatened species and other flora and fauna.
  388         2.Among other causes, land use changes, onsite sewage
  389  treatment and disposal systems, aging infrastructure, stormwater
  390  runoff, agriculture, and residential fertilizer have resulted in
  391  excess nutrients entering the Indian River Lagoon and adversely
  392  impacting the lagoon’s water quality.
  393         3.Improvement to the hydrology, water quality, and
  394  associated aquatic habitats within the Indian River Lagoon is
  395  essential to the protection of the resource.
  396         4.It is imperative for the state, local governments, and
  397  agricultural and environmental communities to commit to
  398  restoring and protecting the surface water resources of the
  399  Indian River Lagoon, and a holistic approach to address these
  400  issues must be developed and implemented immediately.
  401         5.The expeditious implementation of the Banana River
  402  Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon
  403  Basin Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin
  404  Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance
  405  Plan are necessary to improve the quality of water in the Indian
  406  River Lagoon ecosystem and to provide a reasonable means of
  407  achieving the total maximum daily load requirements and
  408  achieving and maintaining compliance with state water quality
  409  standards.
  410         6.The implementation of the programs contained in this
  411  section will benefit the public health, safety, and welfare and
  412  is in the public interest.
  413         (b) The Legislature intends for this state to protect and
  414  restore surface water resources and achieve and maintain
  415  compliance with water quality standards in the Indian River
  416  Lagoon through the phased, comprehensive, and innovative
  417  protection program set forth in this section, including long
  418  term solutions based upon the total maximum daily loads
  419  established in accordance with s. 403.067. This program is
  420  watershed-based, provides for the consideration of all water
  421  quality issues needed to meet the total maximum daily load, and
  422  includes research and monitoring, development and implementation
  423  of best management practices, refinement of existing
  424  regulations, and structural and nonstructural projects,
  425  including public works.
  426         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  427         (a) “Best management practice” means a practice or
  428  combination of practices determined by the coordinating
  429  agencies, based on research, field-testing, and expert review,
  430  to be the most effective and practicable on-location means,
  431  including economic and technological considerations, for
  432  improving water quality in agricultural and urban discharges.
  433  Best management practices for agricultural discharges must
  434  reflect a balance between water quality improvements and
  435  agricultural productivity.
  436         (b) “Enhanced nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and
  437  disposal system” means an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  438  system approved by the department as capable of meeting or
  439  exceeding a 50 percent total nitrogen reduction before disposal
  440  of wastewater in the drainfield, or at least 65 percent total
  441  nitrogen reduction combined from onsite sewage tank or tanks and
  442  drainfield.
  443         (c)“Total maximum daily load” means the sum of the
  444  individual wasteload allocations for point sources and the load
  445  allocations for nonpoint sources and natural background adopted
  446  pursuant to s. 403.067. Before determining individual wasteload
  447  allocations and load allocations, the maximum amount of a
  448  pollutant that a waterbody or water segment can assimilate from
  449  all sources without exceeding water quality standards must first
  450  be calculated.
  451         (3) THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PROTECTION PROGRAM.—The Indian
  452  River Lagoon Protection Program consists of the Banana River
  453  Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon
  454  Basin Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin
  455  Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance
  456  Plan, and such plans are the components of the Indian River
  457  Lagoon Protection Program which achieve phosphorous and nitrogen
  458  load reductions for the Indian River Lagoon.
  459         (a) Evaluation.—Every 5 years, the department shall
  460  evaluate and update the Banana River Lagoon Basin Management
  461  Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action
  462  Plan, and North Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan
  463  and identify any further load reductions necessary to achieve
  464  compliance with the relevant total maximum daily loads
  465  established pursuant to s. 403.067. As provided in s.
  466  403.067(7)(a)6., such plans must include 5-year milestones for
  467  implementation and water quality improvement and a water quality
  468  monitoring component sufficient to evaluate whether reasonable
  469  progress in pollutant load reductions is being achieved over
  470  time.
  471         (b)Water quality standards and total maximum daily loads.
  472  The department, in coordination with the St. Johns River Water
  473  Management District, South Florida Water Management District,
  474  local governments, the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary
  475  Program, and other stakeholders, shall identify and prioritize
  476  strategies and projects necessary to achieve water quality
  477  standards within the Indian River Lagoon watershed and meet the
  478  total maximum daily loads. Projects identified from this
  479  evaluation must be incorporated into the Banana River Lagoon
  480  Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon Basin
  481  Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin
  482  Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance
  483  Plan, as appropriate.
  484         (c) Indian River Lagoon Watershed Research and Water
  485  Quality Monitoring Program.—The department, in coordination with
  486  the St. Johns River Water Management District, the South Florida
  487  Water Management District, and the Indian River Lagoon National
  488  Estuary Program, shall implement the Indian River Lagoon
  489  Watershed Research and Water Quality Monitoring Program to
  490  establish a comprehensive water quality monitoring network
  491  throughout the Indian River Lagoon and fund research pertaining
  492  to water quality, ecosystem restoration, and seagrass impacts
  493  and restoration. The department shall use the results from the
  494  program to prioritize projects and to make modifications to the
  495  Banana River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian
  496  River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, North Indian River
  497  Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon
  498  Reasonable Assurance Plan, as appropriate.
  499         (d) Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems.
  500         1.Beginning on January 1, 2024, unless previously
  501  permitted, the installation of new onsite sewage treatment and
  502  disposal systems is prohibited within the Banana River Lagoon
  503  Basin Management Action Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon Basin
  504  Management Action Plan, North Indian River Lagoon Basin
  505  Management Action Plan, and Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance
  506  Plan areas where a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage
  507  system is available as defined in s. 381.0065(2)(a). Where
  508  central sewerage is not available, only enhanced nutrient
  509  reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems or other
  510  wastewater treatment systems that achieve at least 50 percent
  511  nutrient reduction compared to a standard onsite sewage
  512  treatment and disposal system are authorized.
  513         2.By July 1, 2030, any commercial or residential property
  514  with an existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal system
  515  located within the Banana River Lagoon Basin Management Action
  516  Plan, Central Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan,
  517  North Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan, and
  518  Mosquito Lagoon Reasonable Assurance Plan areas must connect to
  519  central sewer if available or upgrade to an enhanced nutrient
  520  reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal system or other
  521  wastewater treatment system that achieves at least 50 percent
  522  nutrient reduction compared to a standard onsite sewage
  523  treatment and disposal system.
  524         (4) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.—This
  525  section may not be construed to modify any existing state water
  526  quality standard or to modify s. 403.067(6) and (7)(a).
  527         (5) PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY.—This section may not be
  528  construed to restrict the authority otherwise granted to
  529  agencies pursuant to this chapter and chapter 403, and this
  530  section is supplemental to the authority granted to agencies
  531  pursuant to this chapter and chapter 403.
  532         (6) RULES.—The department and governing boards of the St.
  533  Johns River Water Management District and South Florida Water
  534  Management District may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1)
  535  and 120.54 to implement this section.
  536         Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 373.501, Florida
  537  Statutes, is amended to read:
  538         373.501 Appropriation of funds to water management
  539  districts.—
  540         (1) The department shall transfer may allocate to the water
  541  management districts, from funds appropriated to the districts
  542  through the department in, such sums as may be deemed necessary
  543  to defray the costs of the administrative, regulatory, and other
  544  operational activities of the districts. The governing boards
  545  shall submit annual budget requests for such purposes to the
  546  department, and the department shall consider such budgets in
  547  preparing its budget request for the Legislature. The districts
  548  shall annually report to the department on the use of the funds.
  549         Section 6. Present subsections (2) through (8) of section
  550  373.802, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3)
  551  through (9), respectively, and a new subsection (2) is added to
  552  that section, to read:
  553         373.802 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
  554         (2) “Enhanced nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and
  555  disposal system” means an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  556  system approved by the department as capable of meeting or
  557  exceeding a 50 percent total nitrogen reduction before disposal
  558  of wastewater in the drainfield, or at least 65 percent total
  559  nitrogen reduction combined from onsite sewage tank or tanks and
  560  drainfield.
  561         Section 7. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 373.807,
  562  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  563         373.807 Protection of water quality in Outstanding Florida
  564  Springs.—By July 1, 2016, the department shall initiate
  565  assessment, pursuant to s. 403.067(3), of Outstanding Florida
  566  Springs or spring systems for which an impairment determination
  567  has not been made under the numeric nutrient standards in effect
  568  for spring vents. Assessments must be completed by July 1, 2018.
  569         (2) By July 1, 2017, each local government, as defined in
  570  s. 373.802(3) s. 373.802(2), that has not adopted an ordinance
  571  pursuant to s. 403.9337, shall develop, enact, and implement an
  572  ordinance pursuant to that section. It is the intent of the
  573  Legislature that ordinances required to be adopted under this
  574  subsection reflect the latest scientific information,
  575  advancements, and technological improvements in the industry.
  576         (3) As part of a basin management action plan that includes
  577  an Outstanding Florida Spring, the department, relevant local
  578  governments, and relevant local public and private wastewater
  579  utilities shall develop an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  580  system remediation plan for a spring if the department
  581  determines onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems within a
  582  basin management action plan priority focus area contribute at
  583  least 20 percent of nonpoint source nitrogen pollution or if the
  584  department determines remediation is necessary to achieve the
  585  total maximum daily load. The plan must shall identify cost
  586  effective and financially feasible projects necessary to reduce
  587  the nutrient impacts from onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  588  systems and shall be completed and adopted as part of the basin
  589  management action plan no later than the first 5-year milestone
  590  required by subparagraph (1)(b)8. The department is the lead
  591  agency in coordinating the preparation of and the adoption of
  592  the plan. The department shall:
  593         (a) Collect and evaluate credible scientific information on
  594  the effect of nutrients, particularly forms of nitrogen, on
  595  springs and springs systems; and
  596         (b) Develop a public education plan to provide area
  597  residents with reliable, understandable information about onsite
  598  sewage treatment and disposal systems and springs.
  599  
  600  In addition to the requirements in s. 403.067, the plan must
  601  shall include options for repair, upgrade, replacement,
  602  drainfield modification, addition of effective nitrogen reducing
  603  features, connection to a central sewerage system, or other
  604  action for an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system or
  605  group of systems within a basin management action plan priority
  606  focus area that contribute at least 20 percent of nonpoint
  607  source nitrogen pollution or if the department determines
  608  remediation is necessary to achieve a total maximum daily load.
  609  For these systems, the department shall include in the plan a
  610  priority ranking for each system or group of systems that
  611  requires remediation and shall award funds to implement the
  612  remediation projects contingent on an appropriation in the
  613  General Appropriations Act, which may include all or part of the
  614  costs necessary for repair, upgrade, replacement, drainfield
  615  modification, addition of effective nitrogen reducing features,
  616  initial connection to a central sewerage system, or other
  617  action. In awarding funds, the department may consider expected
  618  nutrient reduction benefit per unit cost, size and scope of
  619  project, relative local financial contribution to the project,
  620  and the financial impact on property owners and the community.
  621  The department may waive matching funding requirements for
  622  proposed projects within an area designated as a rural area of
  623  opportunity under s. 288.0656.
  624         Section 8. Section 373.811, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  625  read:
  626         373.811 Prohibited activities within a basin management
  627  action plan priority focus area.—The following activities are
  628  prohibited within a basin management action plan priority focus
  629  area in effect for an Outstanding Florida Spring:
  630         (1) New domestic wastewater disposal facilities, including
  631  rapid infiltration basins, with permitted capacities of 100,000
  632  gallons per day or more, except for those facilities that meet
  633  an advanced wastewater treatment standard of no more than 3 mg/l
  634  total nitrogen, expressed as N, on an annual permitted basis, or
  635  a more stringent treatment standard if the department determines
  636  the more stringent standard is necessary to attain a total
  637  maximum daily load for the Outstanding Florida Spring.
  638         (2) New onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems where
  639  connection to a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system
  640  is available as defined in s. 381.0065(2)(a). On lots of 1 acre
  641  or less, if a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system
  642  is not available, only the installation of enhanced nutrient
  643  reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems or other
  644  wastewater treatment systems that achieve at least 50 percent
  645  nutrient reduction compared to a standard onsite sewage
  646  treatment and disposal system are authorized on lots of less
  647  than 1 acre, if the addition of the specific systems conflicts
  648  with an onsite treatment and disposal system remediation plan
  649  incorporated into a basin management action plan in accordance
  650  with s. 373.807(3).
  651         (3) New facilities for the disposal of hazardous waste.
  652         (4) The land application of Class A or Class B domestic
  653  wastewater biosolids not in accordance with a department
  654  approved nutrient management plan establishing the rate at which
  655  all biosolids, soil amendments, and sources of nutrients at the
  656  land application site can be applied to the land for crop
  657  production while minimizing the amount of pollutants and
  658  nutrients discharged to groundwater or waters of the state.
  659         (5) New agriculture operations that do not implement best
  660  management practices, measures necessary to achieve pollution
  661  reduction levels established by the department, or groundwater
  662  monitoring plans approved by a water management district or the
  663  department.
  664         Section 9. Present paragraphs (f) through (r) of subsection
  665  (2) of section 381.0065, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  666  paragraphs (g) through (s), respectively, a new paragraph (f) is
  667  added to that subsection, and paragraph (n) of subsection (4) of
  668  that section is amended, to read:
  669         381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems;
  670  regulation.—
  671         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in ss. 381.0065-381.0067, the
  672  term:
  673         (f) “Enhanced nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and
  674  disposal system” means an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  675  system approved by the department as capable of meeting or
  676  exceeding a 50 percent total nitrogen reduction before disposal
  677  of wastewater in the drainfield, or at least 65 percent total
  678  nitrogen reduction combined from onsite sewage tank or tanks and
  679  drainfield.
  680         (4) PERMITS; INSTALLATION; CONDITIONS.—A person may not
  681  construct, repair, modify, abandon, or operate an onsite sewage
  682  treatment and disposal system without first obtaining a permit
  683  approved by the department. The department may issue permits to
  684  carry out this section, except that the issuance of a permit for
  685  work seaward of the coastal construction control line
  686  established under s. 161.053 is shall be contingent upon receipt
  687  of any required coastal construction control line permit from
  688  the department. A construction permit is valid for 18 months
  689  after the date of issuance and may be extended by the department
  690  for one 90-day period under rules adopted by the department. A
  691  repair permit is valid for 90 days after the date of issuance.
  692  An operating permit must be obtained before the use of any
  693  aerobic treatment unit or if the establishment generates
  694  commercial waste. Buildings or establishments that use an
  695  aerobic treatment unit or generate commercial waste shall be
  696  inspected by the department at least annually to assure
  697  compliance with the terms of the operating permit. The operating
  698  permit for a commercial wastewater system is valid for 1 year
  699  after the date of issuance and must be renewed annually. The
  700  operating permit for an aerobic treatment unit is valid for 2
  701  years after the date of issuance and must be renewed every 2
  702  years. If all information pertaining to the siting, location,
  703  and installation conditions or repair of an onsite sewage
  704  treatment and disposal system remains the same, a construction
  705  or repair permit for the onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  706  system may be transferred to another person, if the transferee
  707  files, within 60 days after the transfer of ownership, an
  708  amended application providing all corrected information and
  709  proof of ownership of the property. A fee is not associated with
  710  the processing of this supplemental information. A person may
  711  not contract to construct, modify, alter, repair, service,
  712  abandon, or maintain any portion of an onsite sewage treatment
  713  and disposal system without being registered under part III of
  714  chapter 489. A property owner who personally performs
  715  construction, maintenance, or repairs to a system serving his or
  716  her own owner-occupied single-family residence is exempt from
  717  registration requirements for performing such construction,
  718  maintenance, or repairs on that residence, but is subject to all
  719  permitting requirements. A municipality or political subdivision
  720  of the state may not issue a building or plumbing permit for any
  721  building that requires the use of an onsite sewage treatment and
  722  disposal system unless the owner or builder has received a
  723  construction permit for such system from the department. A
  724  building or structure may not be occupied and a municipality,
  725  political subdivision, or any state or federal agency may not
  726  authorize occupancy until the department approves the final
  727  installation of the onsite sewage treatment and disposal system.
  728  A municipality or political subdivision of the state may not
  729  approve any change in occupancy or tenancy of a building that
  730  uses an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system until the
  731  department has reviewed the use of the system with the proposed
  732  change, approved the change, and amended the operating permit.
  733         (n) Evaluations for determining the seasonal high-water
  734  table elevations or the suitability of soils for the use of a
  735  new onsite sewage treatment and disposal system shall be
  736  performed by department personnel, professional engineers
  737  registered in the state, or such other persons with expertise,
  738  as defined by rule, in making such evaluations. Evaluations for
  739  determining mean annual flood lines shall be performed by those
  740  persons identified in paragraph (2)(l) (2)(k). The department
  741  shall accept evaluations submitted by professional engineers and
  742  such other persons as meet the expertise established by this
  743  section or by rule unless the department has a reasonable
  744  scientific basis for questioning the accuracy or completeness of
  745  the evaluation.
  746         Section 10. Subsection (3) is added to section 381.00655,
  747  Florida Statutes, to read:
  748         381.00655 Connection of existing onsite sewage treatment
  749  and disposal systems to central sewerage system; requirements.—
  750         (3)Local governmental agencies, as defined in s.
  751  403.1835(2), that receive grants or loans from the department to
  752  offset the cost of connecting onsite sewage treatment and
  753  disposal systems to publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage
  754  systems are encouraged to do all of the following while such
  755  funds remain available:
  756         (a)Identify the owners of onsite sewage treatment and
  757  disposal systems within the jurisdiction of the respective local
  758  governmental agency who are eligible to apply for the grant or
  759  loan funds and notify such owners of the funding availability.
  760         (b) Maintain a publicly available website with information
  761  relating to the availability of the grant or loan funds,
  762  including the amount of funds available and information on how
  763  the owner of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system may
  764  apply for such funds.
  765         Section 11. Section 403.031, Florida Statutes, is reordered
  766  and amended to read:
  767         403.031 Definitions.—In construing this chapter, or rules
  768  and regulations adopted pursuant hereto, the following words,
  769  phrases, or terms, unless the context otherwise indicates, have
  770  the following meanings:
  771         (1) “Contaminant” is any substance which is harmful to
  772  plant, animal, or human life.
  773         (2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental
  774  Protection.
  775         (3) “Effluent limitations” means any restriction
  776  established by the department on quantities, rates, or
  777  concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, or other
  778  constituents which are discharged from sources into waters of
  779  the state.
  780         (5) “Enhanced nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and
  781  disposal system” means an onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  782  system approved by the department as capable of meeting or
  783  exceeding a 50 percent total nitrogen reduction before disposal
  784  of wastewater in the drainfield, or at least 65 percent total
  785  nitrogen reduction combined from onsite sewage tank or tanks and
  786  drainfield.
  787         (6)(4) “Installation” means is any structure, equipment, or
  788  facility, or appurtenances thereto, or operation which may emit
  789  air or water contaminants in quantities prohibited by rules of
  790  the department.
  791         (7)“Nutrient or nutrient-related standards” means water
  792  quality standards and criteria established for total nitrogen
  793  and total phosphorous, or their organic or inorganic forms;
  794  biological variables, such as chlorophyll-a, biomass, or the
  795  structure of the phytoplankton, periphyton, or vascular plant
  796  community, that respond to nutrient load or concentration in a
  797  predictable and measurable manner; or dissolved oxygen if it is
  798  demonstrated for the waterbody that dissolved oxygen conditions
  799  result in a biological imbalance and the dissolved oxygen
  800  responds to a nutrient load or concentration in a predictable
  801  and measurable manner.
  802         (8)Onsite sewage treatment and disposal system” means a
  803  system that contains a standard subsurface, filled, or mound
  804  drainfield system; an aerobic treatment unit; a graywater system
  805  tank; a laundry wastewater system tank; a septic tank; a grease
  806  interceptor; a pump tank; a solids or effluent pump; a
  807  waterless, incinerating, or organic waste-composting toilet; or
  808  a sanitary pit privy that is installed or proposed to be
  809  installed beyond the building sewer on land of the owner or on
  810  other land to which the owner has the legal right to install a
  811  system. The term includes any item placed within, or intended to
  812  be used as a part of or in conjunction with, the system. The
  813  term does not include package sewage treatment facilities and
  814  other treatment works regulated under chapter 403.
  815         (9)(5) “Person” means the state or any agency or
  816  institution thereof, the United States or any agency or
  817  institution thereof, or any municipality, political subdivision,
  818  public or private corporation, individual, partnership,
  819  association, or other entity and includes any officer or
  820  governing or managing body of the state, the United States, any
  821  agency, any municipality, political subdivision, or public or
  822  private corporation.
  823         (10)(6) “Plant” is any unit operation, complex, area, or
  824  multiple of unit operations that produce, process, or cause to
  825  be processed any materials, the processing of which can, or may,
  826  cause air or water pollution.
  827         (11)(7) “Pollution” is the presence in the outdoor
  828  atmosphere or waters of the state of any substances,
  829  contaminants, noise, or manmade or human-induced impairment of
  830  air or waters or alteration of the chemical, physical,
  831  biological, or radiological integrity of air or water in
  832  quantities or at levels which are or may be potentially harmful
  833  or injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life,
  834  or property or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment
  835  of life or property, including outdoor recreation unless
  836  authorized by applicable law.
  837         (12)(8) “Pollution prevention” means the steps taken by a
  838  potential generator of contamination or pollution to eliminate
  839  or reduce the contamination or pollution before it is discharged
  840  into the environment. The term includes nonmandatory steps taken
  841  to use alternative forms of energy, conserve or reduce the use
  842  of energy, substitute nontoxic materials for toxic materials,
  843  conserve or reduce the use of toxic materials and raw materials,
  844  reformulate products, modify manufacturing or other processes,
  845  improve in-plant maintenance and operations, implement
  846  environmental planning before expanding a facility, and recycle
  847  toxic or other raw materials.
  848         (14)(9) “Sewerage system” means pipelines or conduits,
  849  pumping stations, and force mains and all other structures,
  850  devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or
  851  conducting wastes to an ultimate point for treatment or
  852  disposal.
  853         (15)(10) “Source” means is any and all points of origin of
  854  a contaminant the item defined in subsection (1), whether
  855  privately or publicly owned or operated.
  856         (21)(11) “Treatment works” and “disposal systems” mean any
  857  plant or other works used for the purpose of treating,
  858  stabilizing, or holding wastes.
  859         (22)(12) “Wastes” means sewage, industrial wastes, and all
  860  other liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substances
  861  which may pollute or tend to pollute any waters of the state.
  862         (23)(13) “Waters” include, but are not limited to, rivers,
  863  lakes, streams, springs, impoundments, wetlands, and all other
  864  waters or bodies of water, including fresh, brackish, saline,
  865  tidal, surface, or underground waters. Waters owned entirely by
  866  one person other than the state are included only in regard to
  867  possible discharge on other property or water. Underground
  868  waters include, but are not limited to, all underground waters
  869  passing through pores of rock or soils or flowing through in
  870  channels, whether manmade or natural. Solely for purposes of s.
  871  403.0885, waters of the state also include navigable waters or
  872  waters of the contiguous zone as used in s. 502 of the Clean
  873  Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq., as in
  874  existence on January 1, 1993, except for those navigable waters
  875  seaward of the boundaries of the state set forth in s. 1, Art.
  876  II of the State Constitution. Solely for purposes of this
  877  chapter, waters of the state also include the area bounded by
  878  the following:
  879         (a) Commence at the intersection of State Road (SRD) 5
  880  (U.S. 1) and the county line dividing Miami-Dade and Monroe
  881  Counties, said point also being the mean high-water line of
  882  Florida Bay, located in section 4, township 60 south, range 39
  883  east of the Tallahassee Meridian for the point of beginning.
  884  From said point of beginning, thence run northwesterly along
  885  said SRD 5 to an intersection with the north line of section 18,
  886  township 58 south, range 39 east; thence run westerly to a point
  887  marking the southeast corner of section 12, township 58 south,
  888  range 37 east, said point also lying on the east boundary of the
  889  Everglades National Park; thence run north along the east
  890  boundary of the aforementioned Everglades National Park to a
  891  point marking the northeast corner of section 1, township 58
  892  south, range 37 east; thence run west along said park to a point
  893  marking the northwest corner of said section 1; thence run
  894  northerly along said park to a point marking the northwest
  895  corner of section 24, township 57 south, range 37 east; thence
  896  run westerly along the south lines of sections 14, 15, and 16 to
  897  the southwest corner of section 16; thence leaving the
  898  Everglades National Park boundary run northerly along the west
  899  line of section 16 to the northwest corner of section 16; thence
  900  east along the northerly line of section 16 to a point at the
  901  intersection of the east one-half and west one-half of section
  902  9; thence northerly along the line separating the east one-half
  903  and the west one-half of sections 9, 4, 33, and 28; thence run
  904  easterly along the north line of section 28 to the northeast
  905  corner of section 28; thence run northerly along the west line
  906  of section 22 to the northwest corner of section 22; thence
  907  easterly along the north line of section 22 to a point at the
  908  intersection of the east one-half and west one-half of section
  909  15; thence run northerly along said line to the point of
  910  intersection with the north line of section 15; thence easterly
  911  along the north line of section 15 to the northeast corner of
  912  section 15; thence run northerly along the west lines of
  913  sections 11 and 2 to the northwest corner of section 2; thence
  914  run easterly along the north lines of sections 2 and 1 to the
  915  northeast corner of section 1, township 56 south, range 37 east;
  916  thence run north along the east line of section 36, township 55
  917  south, range 37 east to the northeast corner of section 36;
  918  thence run west along the north line of section 36 to the
  919  northwest corner of section 36; thence run north along the west
  920  line of section 25 to the northwest corner of section 25; thence
  921  run west along the north line of section 26 to the northwest
  922  corner of section 26; thence run north along the west line of
  923  section 23 to the northwest corner of section 23; thence run
  924  easterly along the north line of section 23 to the northeast
  925  corner of section 23; thence run north along the west line of
  926  section 13 to the northwest corner of section 13; thence run
  927  east along the north line of section 13 to a point of
  928  intersection with the west line of the southeast one-quarter of
  929  section 12; thence run north along the west line of the
  930  southeast one-quarter of section 12 to the northwest corner of
  931  the southeast one-quarter of section 12; thence run east along
  932  the north line of the southeast one-quarter of section 12 to the
  933  point of intersection with the east line of section 12; thence
  934  run east along the south line of the northwest one-quarter of
  935  section 7 to the southeast corner of the northwest one-quarter
  936  of section 7; thence run north along the east line of the
  937  northwest one-quarter of section 7 to the point of intersection
  938  with the north line of section 7; thence run northerly along the
  939  west line of the southeast one-quarter of section 6 to the
  940  northwest corner of the southeast one-quarter of section 6;
  941  thence run east along the north lines of the southeast one
  942  quarter of section 6 and the southwest one-quarter of section 5
  943  to the northeast corner of the southwest one-quarter of section
  944  5; thence run northerly along the east line of the northwest
  945  one-quarter of section 5 to the point of intersection with the
  946  north line of section 5; thence run northerly along the line
  947  dividing the east one-half and the west one-half of Lot 5 to a
  948  point intersecting the north line of Lot 5; thence run east
  949  along the north line of Lot 5 to the northeast corner of Lot 5,
  950  township 54 1/2 south, range 38 east; thence run north along the
  951  west line of section 33, township 54 south, range 38 east to a
  952  point intersecting the northwest corner of the southwest one
  953  quarter of section 33; thence run easterly along the north line
  954  of the southwest one-quarter of section 33 to the northeast
  955  corner of the southwest one-quarter of section 33; thence run
  956  north along the west line of the northeast one-quarter of
  957  section 33 to a point intersecting the north line of section 33;
  958  thence run easterly along the north line of section 33 to the
  959  northeast corner of section 33; thence run northerly along the
  960  west line of section 27 to a point intersecting the northwest
  961  corner of the southwest one-quarter of section 27; thence run
  962  easterly to the northeast corner of the southwest one-quarter of
  963  section 27; thence run northerly along the west line of the
  964  northeast one-quarter of section 27 to a point intersecting the
  965  north line of section 27; thence run west along the north line
  966  of section 27 to the northwest corner of section 27; thence run
  967  north along the west lines of sections 22 and 15 to the
  968  northwest corner of section 15; thence run easterly along the
  969  north lines of sections 15 and 14 to the point of intersection
  970  with the L-31N Levee, said intersection located near the
  971  southeast corner of section 11, township 54 south, range 38
  972  east; thence run northerly along Levee L-31N crossing SRD 90
  973  (U.S. 41 Tamiami Trail) to an intersection common to Levees L
  974  31N, L-29, and L-30, said intersection located near the
  975  southeast corner of section 2, township 54 south, range 38 east;
  976  thence run northeasterly, northerly, and northeasterly along
  977  Levee L-30 to a point of intersection with the Miami
  978  Dade/Broward Levee, said intersection located near the northeast
  979  corner of section 17, township 52 south, range 39 east; thence
  980  run due east to a point of intersection with SRD 27 (Krome
  981  Ave.); thence run northeasterly along SRD 27 to an intersection
  982  with SRD 25 (U.S. 27), said intersection located in section 3,
  983  township 52 south, range 39 east; thence run northerly along
  984  said SRD 25, entering into Broward County, to an intersection
  985  with SRD 84 at Andytown; thence run southeasterly along the
  986  aforementioned SRD 84 to an intersection with the southwesterly
  987  prolongation of Levee L-35A, said intersection being located in
  988  the northeast one-quarter of section 5, township 50 south, range
  989  40 east; thence run northeasterly along Levee L-35A to an
  990  intersection of Levee L-36, said intersection located near the
  991  southeast corner of section 12, township 49 south, range 40
  992  east; thence run northerly along Levee L-36, entering into Palm
  993  Beach County, to an intersection common to said Levees L-36, L
  994  39, and L-40, said intersection located near the west quarter
  995  corner of section 19, township 47 south, range 41 east; thence
  996  run northeasterly, easterly, and northerly along Levee L-40,
  997  said Levee L-40 being the easterly boundary of the Loxahatchee
  998  National Wildlife Refuge, to an intersection with SRD 80 (U.S.
  999  441), said intersection located near the southeast corner of
 1000  section 32, township 43 south, range 40 east; thence run
 1001  westerly along the aforementioned SRD 80 to a point marking the
 1002  intersection of said road and the northeasterly prolongation of
 1003  Levee L-7, said Levee L-7 being the westerly boundary of the
 1004  Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; thence run southwesterly
 1005  and southerly along said Levee L-7 to an intersection common to
 1006  Levees L-7, L-15 (Hillsborough Canal), and L-6; thence run
 1007  southwesterly along Levee L-6 to an intersection common to Levee
 1008  L-6, SRD 25 (U.S. 27), and Levee L-5, said intersection being
 1009  located near the northwest corner of section 27, township 47
 1010  south, range 38 east; thence run westerly along the
 1011  aforementioned Levee L-5 to a point intersecting the east line
 1012  of range 36 east; thence run northerly along said range line to
 1013  a point marking the northeast corner of section 1, township 47
 1014  south, range 36 east; thence run westerly along the north line
 1015  of township 47 south, to an intersection with Levee L-23/24
 1016  (Miami Canal); thence run northwesterly along the Miami Canal
 1017  Levee to a point intersecting the north line of section 22,
 1018  township 46 south, range 35 east; thence run westerly to a point
 1019  marking the northwest corner of section 21, township 46 south,
 1020  range 35 east; thence run southerly to the southwest corner of
 1021  said section 21; thence run westerly to a point marking the
 1022  northwest corner of section 30, township 46 south, range 35
 1023  east, said point also being on the line dividing Palm Beach and
 1024  Hendry Counties; from said point, thence run southerly along
 1025  said county line to a point marking the intersection of Broward,
 1026  Hendry, and Collier Counties, said point also being the
 1027  northeast corner of section 1, township 49 south, range 34 east;
 1028  thence run westerly along the line dividing Hendry and Collier
 1029  Counties and continuing along the prolongation thereof to a
 1030  point marking the southwest corner of section 36, township 48
 1031  south, range 29 east; thence run southerly to a point marking
 1032  the southwest corner of section 12, township 49 south, range 29
 1033  east; thence run westerly to a point marking the southwest
 1034  corner of section 10, township 49 south, range 29 east; thence
 1035  run southerly to a point marking the southwest corner of section
 1036  15, township 49 south, range 29 east; thence run westerly to a
 1037  point marking the northwest corner of section 24, township 49
 1038  south, range 28 east, said point lying on the west boundary of
 1039  the Big Cypress Area of Critical State Concern as described in
 1040  rule 28-25.001, Florida Administrative Code; thence run
 1041  southerly along said boundary crossing SRD 84 (Alligator Alley)
 1042  to a point marking the southwest corner of section 24, township
 1043  50 south, range 28 east; thence leaving the aforementioned west
 1044  boundary of the Big Cypress Area of Critical State Concern run
 1045  easterly to a point marking the northeast corner of section 25,
 1046  township 50 south, range 28 east; thence run southerly along the
 1047  east line of range 28 east to a point lying approximately 0.15
 1048  miles south of the northeast corner of section 1, township 52
 1049  south, range 28 east; thence run southwesterly 2.4 miles more or
 1050  less to an intersection with SRD 90 (U.S. 41 Tamiami Trail),
 1051  said intersection lying 1.1 miles more or less west of the east
 1052  line of range 28 east; thence run northwesterly and westerly
 1053  along SRD 90 to an intersection with the west line of section
 1054  10, township 52 south, range 28 east; thence leaving SRD 90 run
 1055  southerly to a point marking the southwest corner of section 15,
 1056  township 52 south, range 28 east; thence run westerly crossing
 1057  the Faka Union Canal 0.6 miles more or less to a point; thence
 1058  run southerly and parallel to the Faka Union Canal to a point
 1059  located on the mean high-water line of Faka Union Bay; thence
 1060  run southeasterly along the mean high-water line of the various
 1061  bays, rivers, inlets, and streams to the point of beginning.
 1062         (b) The area bounded by the line described in paragraph (a)
 1063  generally includes those waters to be known as waters of the
 1064  state. The landward extent of these waters shall be determined
 1065  by the delineation methodology ratified in s. 373.4211. Any
 1066  waters which are outside the general boundary line described in
 1067  paragraph (a) but which are contiguous thereto by virtue of the
 1068  presence of a wetland, watercourse, or other surface water, as
 1069  determined by the delineation methodology ratified in s.
 1070  373.4211, shall be a part of this waterbody water body. Any
 1071  areas within the line described in paragraph (a) which are
 1072  neither a wetland nor surface water, as determined by the
 1073  delineation methodology ratified in s. 373.4211, shall be
 1074  excluded therefrom. If the Florida Environmental Regulation
 1075  Commission designates the waters within the boundaries an
 1076  Outstanding Florida Water, waters outside the boundaries may
 1077  shall not be included as part of such designation unless a
 1078  hearing is held pursuant to notice in each appropriate county
 1079  and the boundaries of such lands are specifically considered and
 1080  described for such designation.
 1081         (16)(14) “State water resource implementation rule” means
 1082  the rule authorized by s. 373.036, which sets forth goals,
 1083  objectives, and guidance for the development and review of
 1084  programs, rules, and plans relating to water resources, based on
 1085  statutory policies and directives. The waters of the state are
 1086  among its most basic resources. Such waters should be managed to
 1087  conserve and protect water resources and to realize the full
 1088  beneficial use of these resources.
 1089         (17)(15) “Stormwater management program” means the
 1090  institutional strategy for stormwater management, including
 1091  urban, agricultural, and other stormwater.
 1092         (18)(16) “Stormwater management system” means a system
 1093  which is designed and constructed or implemented to control
 1094  discharges that which are necessitated by rainfall events,
 1095  incorporating methods to collect, convey, store, absorb,
 1096  inhibit, treat, use, or reuse water to prevent or reduce
 1097  flooding, overdrainage, environmental degradation and water
 1098  pollution or otherwise affect the quantity and quality of
 1099  discharges from the system.
 1100         (19)(17) “Stormwater utility” means the funding of a
 1101  stormwater management program by assessing the cost of the
 1102  program to the beneficiaries based on their relative
 1103  contribution to its need. It is operated as a typical utility
 1104  which bills services regularly, similar to water and wastewater
 1105  services.
 1106         (24)(18) “Watershed” means the land area that which
 1107  contributes to the flow of water into a receiving body of water.
 1108         (13)(19) “Regulated air pollutant” means any pollutant
 1109  regulated under the federal Clean Air Act.
 1110         (4)(20) “Electrical power plant” means, for purposes of
 1111  this part of this chapter, any electrical generating facility
 1112  that uses any process or fuel and that is owned or operated by
 1113  an electric utility, as defined in s. 403.503(14), and includes
 1114  any associated facility that directly supports the operation of
 1115  the electrical power plant.
 1116         (20)(21) “Total maximum daily load” is defined as the sum
 1117  of the individual wasteload allocations for point sources and
 1118  the load allocations for nonpoint sources and natural
 1119  background. Prior to determining individual wasteload
 1120  allocations and load allocations, the maximum amount of a
 1121  pollutant that a waterbody water body or water segment can
 1122  assimilate from all sources without exceeding water quality
 1123  standards must first be calculated.
 1124         Section 12. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (7) of
 1125  section 403.067, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1126         403.067 Establishment and implementation of total maximum
 1127  daily loads.—
 1128         (7) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS AND
 1129  IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS.—
 1130         (a) Basin management action plans.—
 1131         1. In developing and implementing the total maximum daily
 1132  load for a waterbody water body, the department, or the
 1133  department in conjunction with a water management district, may
 1134  develop a basin management action plan that addresses some or
 1135  all of the watersheds and basins tributary to the waterbody
 1136  water body. Such plan must integrate the appropriate management
 1137  strategies available to the state through existing water quality
 1138  protection programs to achieve the total maximum daily loads and
 1139  may provide for phased implementation of these management
 1140  strategies to promote timely, cost-effective actions as provided
 1141  for in s. 403.151. The plan must establish a schedule
 1142  implementing the management strategies, establish a basis for
 1143  evaluating the plan’s effectiveness, and identify feasible
 1144  funding strategies for implementing the plan’s management
 1145  strategies. The management strategies may include regional
 1146  treatment systems or other public works, when appropriate, and
 1147  voluntary trading of water quality credits to achieve the needed
 1148  pollutant load reductions.
 1149         2. A basin management action plan must equitably allocate,
 1150  pursuant to paragraph (6)(b), pollutant reductions to individual
 1151  basins, as a whole to all basins, or to each identified point
 1152  source or category of nonpoint sources, as appropriate. For
 1153  nonpoint sources for which best management practices have been
 1154  adopted, the initial requirement specified by the plan must be
 1155  those practices developed pursuant to paragraph (c). When
 1156  appropriate, the plan may take into account the benefits of
 1157  pollutant load reduction achieved by point or nonpoint sources
 1158  that have implemented management strategies to reduce pollutant
 1159  loads, including best management practices, before the
 1160  development of the basin management action plan. The plan must
 1161  also identify the mechanisms that will address potential future
 1162  increases in pollutant loading.
 1163         3. The basin management action planning process is intended
 1164  to involve the broadest possible range of interested parties,
 1165  with the objective of encouraging the greatest amount of
 1166  cooperation and consensus possible. In developing a basin
 1167  management action plan, the department shall assure that key
 1168  stakeholders, including, but not limited to, applicable local
 1169  governments, water management districts, the Department of
 1170  Agriculture and Consumer Services, other appropriate state
 1171  agencies, local soil and water conservation districts,
 1172  environmental groups, regulated interests, and affected
 1173  pollution sources, are invited to participate in the process.
 1174  The department shall hold at least one public meeting in the
 1175  vicinity of the watershed or basin to discuss and receive
 1176  comments during the planning process and shall otherwise
 1177  encourage public participation to the greatest practicable
 1178  extent. Notice of the public meeting must be published in a
 1179  newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the
 1180  watershed or basin lies at least 5 days, but not more than 15
 1181  days, before the public meeting. A basin management action plan
 1182  does not supplant or otherwise alter any assessment made under
 1183  subsection (3) or subsection (4) or any calculation or initial
 1184  allocation.
 1185         4. Each new or revised basin management action plan must
 1186  shall include all of the following:
 1187         a. The appropriate management strategies available through
 1188  existing water quality protection programs to achieve total
 1189  maximum daily loads, which may provide for phased implementation
 1190  to promote timely, cost-effective actions as provided for in s.
 1191  403.151.;
 1192         b. A description of best management practices adopted by
 1193  rule.;
 1194         c. For the applicable 5-year implementation milestone, a
 1195  list of projects that will achieve the pollutant load reductions
 1196  needed to meet the total maximum daily load or the load
 1197  allocations established pursuant to subsection (6). Each project
 1198  must include a planning-level cost estimate and an estimated
 1199  date of completion. A list of projects in priority ranking with
 1200  a planning-level cost estimate and estimated date of completion
 1201  for each listed project;
 1202         d.A list of projects developed pursuant to paragraph (e),
 1203  if applicable.
 1204         e.d. The source and amount of financial assistance to be
 1205  made available by the department, a water management district,
 1206  or other entity for each listed project, if applicable.; and
 1207         f.e. A planning-level estimate of each listed project’s
 1208  expected load reduction, if applicable.
 1209         5. The department shall adopt all or any part of a basin
 1210  management action plan and any amendment to such plan by
 1211  secretarial order pursuant to chapter 120 to implement this
 1212  section.
 1213         6. The basin management action plan must include 5-year
 1214  milestones for implementation and water quality improvement, and
 1215  an associated water quality monitoring component sufficient to
 1216  evaluate whether reasonable progress in pollutant load
 1217  reductions is being achieved over time. An assessment of
 1218  progress toward these milestones shall be conducted every 5
 1219  years, and revisions to the plan shall be made as appropriate.
 1220  Any entity with a specific pollutant load reduction requirement
 1221  established in a basin management action plan shall identify the
 1222  projects or strategies that such entity will undertake to meet
 1223  current 5-year pollution reduction milestones, beginning with
 1224  the first 5-year milestone for new basin management action
 1225  plans, and submit such projects to the department for inclusion
 1226  in the appropriate basin management action plan. Each project
 1227  identified must include an estimated amount of nutrient
 1228  reduction that is reasonably expected to be achieved based on
 1229  the best scientific information available. Revisions to the
 1230  basin management action plan shall be made by the department in
 1231  cooperation with basin stakeholders. Revisions to the management
 1232  strategies required for nonpoint sources must follow the
 1233  procedures in subparagraph (c)4. Revised basin management action
 1234  plans must be adopted pursuant to subparagraph 5.
 1235         7. In accordance with procedures adopted by rule under
 1236  paragraph (9)(c), basin management action plans, and other
 1237  pollution control programs under local, state, or federal
 1238  authority as provided in subsection (4), may allow point or
 1239  nonpoint sources that will achieve greater pollutant reductions
 1240  than required by an adopted total maximum daily load or
 1241  wasteload allocation to generate, register, and trade water
 1242  quality credits for the excess reductions to enable other
 1243  sources to achieve their allocation; however, the generation of
 1244  water quality credits does not remove the obligation of a source
 1245  or activity to meet applicable technology requirements or
 1246  adopted best management practices. Such plans must allow trading
 1247  between NPDES permittees, and trading that may or may not
 1248  involve NPDES permittees, where the generation or use of the
 1249  credits involve an entity or activity not subject to department
 1250  water discharge permits whose owner voluntarily elects to obtain
 1251  department authorization for the generation and sale of credits.
 1252         8. The department’s rule relating to the equitable
 1253  abatement of pollutants into surface waters do not apply to
 1254  water bodies or waterbody water body segments for which a basin
 1255  management plan that takes into account future new or expanded
 1256  activities or discharges has been adopted under this section.
 1257         9. In order to promote resilient wastewater utilities, if
 1258  the department identifies domestic wastewater treatment
 1259  facilities or onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems as
 1260  contributors of at least 20 percent of point source or nonpoint
 1261  source nutrient pollution or if the department determines
 1262  remediation is necessary to achieve the total maximum daily
 1263  load, a basin management action plan for a nutrient total
 1264  maximum daily load must include the following:
 1265         a. A wastewater treatment plan developed by each local
 1266  government, in cooperation with the department, the water
 1267  management district, and the public and private domestic
 1268  wastewater treatment facilities within the jurisdiction of the
 1269  local government, that addresses domestic wastewater. The
 1270  wastewater treatment plan must:
 1271         (I) Provide for construction, expansion, or upgrades
 1272  necessary to achieve the total maximum daily load requirements
 1273  applicable to the domestic wastewater treatment facility.
 1274         (II) Include the permitted capacity in average annual
 1275  gallons per day for the domestic wastewater treatment facility;
 1276  the average nutrient concentration and the estimated average
 1277  nutrient load of the domestic wastewater; a projected timeline
 1278  of the dates by which the construction of any facility
 1279  improvements will begin and be completed and the date by which
 1280  operations of the improved facility will begin; the estimated
 1281  cost of the improvements; and the identity of responsible
 1282  parties.
 1283  
 1284  The wastewater treatment plan must be adopted as part of the
 1285  basin management action plan no later than July 1, 2025. A local
 1286  government that does not have a domestic wastewater treatment
 1287  facility in its jurisdiction is not required to develop a
 1288  wastewater treatment plan unless there is a demonstrated need to
 1289  establish a domestic wastewater treatment facility within its
 1290  jurisdiction to improve water quality necessary to achieve a
 1291  total maximum daily load. A local government is not responsible
 1292  for a private domestic wastewater facility’s compliance with a
 1293  basin management action plan unless such facility is operated
 1294  through a public-private partnership to which the local
 1295  government is a party.
 1296         b. An onsite sewage treatment and disposal system
 1297  remediation plan developed by each local government in
 1298  cooperation with the department, the Department of Health, water
 1299  management districts, and public and private domestic wastewater
 1300  treatment facilities.
 1301         (I) The onsite sewage treatment and disposal system
 1302  remediation plan must identify cost-effective and financially
 1303  feasible projects necessary to achieve the nutrient load
 1304  reductions required for onsite sewage treatment and disposal
 1305  systems. To identify cost-effective and financially feasible
 1306  projects for remediation of onsite sewage treatment and disposal
 1307  systems, the local government shall:
 1308         (A) Include an inventory of onsite sewage treatment and
 1309  disposal systems based on the best information available;
 1310         (B) Identify onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
 1311  that would be eliminated through connection to existing or
 1312  future central domestic wastewater infrastructure in the
 1313  jurisdiction or domestic wastewater service area of the local
 1314  government, that would be replaced with or upgraded to enhanced
 1315  nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems,
 1316  or that would remain on conventional onsite sewage treatment and
 1317  disposal systems;
 1318         (C) Estimate the costs of potential onsite sewage treatment
 1319  and disposal system connections, upgrades, or replacements; and
 1320         (D) Identify deadlines and interim milestones for the
 1321  planning, design, and construction of projects.
 1322         (II) The department shall adopt the onsite sewage treatment
 1323  and disposal system remediation plan as part of the basin
 1324  management action plan no later than July 1, 2025, or as
 1325  required for Outstanding Florida Springs under s. 373.807.
 1326         10. The installation of new onsite sewage treatment and
 1327  disposal systems constructed within a basin management action
 1328  plan area adopted under this section, a reasonable assurance
 1329  plan, or a pollution reduction plan is prohibited where
 1330  connection to a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system
 1331  is available as defined in s. 381.0065(2)(a). On lots of 1 acre
 1332  or less within a basin management action plan adopted under this
 1333  section, a reasonable assurance plan, or a pollution reduction
 1334  plan where a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system is
 1335  not available, the installation of enhanced nutrient-reducing
 1336  onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems or other wastewater
 1337  treatment systems that achieve at least 50 percent nutrient
 1338  reduction compared to a standard onsite sewage treatment and
 1339  disposal system is required.
 1340         11.10. When identifying wastewater projects in a basin
 1341  management action plan, the department may not require the
 1342  higher cost option if it achieves the same nutrient load
 1343  reduction as a lower cost option. A regulated entity may choose
 1344  a different cost option if it complies with the pollutant
 1345  reduction requirements of an adopted total maximum daily load
 1346  and meets or exceeds the pollution reduction requirement of the
 1347  original project.
 1348         12.Annually, local governments subject to a basin
 1349  management action plan or located within the basin of a
 1350  waterbody not attaining nutrient or nutrient-related standards
 1351  must provide to the department an update on the status of
 1352  construction of sanitary sewers to serve such areas, in a manner
 1353  prescribed by the department.
 1354         (e) Cooperative agricultural regional water quality
 1355  improvement element.—
 1356         1. The department and, the Department of Agriculture and
 1357  Consumer Services, in cooperation with and owners of
 1358  agricultural operations in the basin, shall develop a
 1359  cooperative agricultural regional water quality improvement
 1360  element as part of a basin management action plan where only if:
 1361         a. Agricultural measures have been adopted by the
 1362  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to
 1363  subparagraph (c)2. and have been implemented and the water body
 1364  remains impaired;
 1365         b. Agricultural nonpoint sources contribute to at least 20
 1366  percent of nonpoint source nutrient discharges; or and
 1367         b.c. The department determines that additional measures, in
 1368  combination with state-sponsored regional projects and other
 1369  management strategies included in the basin management action
 1370  plan, are necessary to achieve the total maximum daily load.
 1371         2. The element will be implemented through the use of cost
 1372  effective and technically and financially practical regional
 1373  agricultural nutrient reduction cost-sharing projects and. The
 1374  element must include a list of such projects submitted to the
 1375  department by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 1376  Services which, in combination with the best management
 1377  practices, additional measures, and other management strategies,
 1378  will achieve the needed pollutant load reductions established
 1379  for agricultural nonpoint sources cost-effective and technically
 1380  and financially practical cooperative regional agricultural
 1381  nutrient reduction projects that can be implemented on private
 1382  properties on a site-specific, cooperative basis. Such
 1383  cooperative regional agricultural nutrient reduction projects
 1384  may include, but are not limited to, land acquisition in fee or
 1385  conservation easements on the lands of willing sellers and site
 1386  specific water quality improvement or dispersed water management
 1387  projects. The list of regional projects included in the
 1388  cooperative agricultural regional water quality improvement
 1389  element must include a planning-level cost estimate of each
 1390  project along with the estimated amount of nutrient reduction
 1391  that such project will achieve on the lands of project
 1392  participants.
 1393         3. To qualify for participation in the cooperative
 1394  agricultural regional water quality improvement element, the
 1395  participant must have already implemented and be in compliance
 1396  with best management practices or other measures adopted by the
 1397  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to
 1398  subparagraph (c)2. The element must may be included in the basin
 1399  management action plan as a part of the next 5-year assessment
 1400  under subparagraph (a)6.
 1401         4. The department or the Department of Agriculture and
 1402  Consumer Services may submit a legislative budget request to
 1403  fund projects developed pursuant to this paragraph. In
 1404  allocating funds for projects funded pursuant to this paragraph,
 1405  the department shall provide at least 20 percent of its annual
 1406  appropriation for projects in subbasins with the highest
 1407  nutrient concentrations within a basin management action plan.
 1408  Projects submitted pursuant to this paragraph are eligible for
 1409  funding in accordance with s. 403.0673.
 1410         Section 13. Section 403.0673, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1411  to read:
 1412         403.0673 Water quality improvement Wastewater grant
 1413  program.—A wastewater grant program is established within the
 1414  Department of Environmental Protection to address wastewater,
 1415  stormwater, and agricultural sources of nutrient loading to
 1416  surface water or groundwater.
 1417         (1) The purpose of the grant program is to fund projects
 1418  that will improve the quality of waters that:
 1419         (a)Are not attaining nutrient or nutrient-related
 1420  standards;
 1421         (b)Have an established total maximum daily load; or
 1422         (c)Are located Subject to the appropriation of funds by
 1423  the Legislature, the department may provide grants for the
 1424  following projects within a basin management action plan area, a
 1425  reasonable assurance plan area an alternative restoration plan
 1426  adopted by final order, an accepted alternative restoration plan
 1427  area, or a rural area of opportunity under s. 288.0656.
 1428         (2) The department may provide grants for all of the
 1429  following types of projects that reduce the amount of nutrients
 1430  entering those waters identified in subsection (1):
 1431         (a)Connecting onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
 1432  to central sewer facilities.
 1433         (b)Upgrading domestic wastewater treatment facilities to
 1434  advanced waste treatment or greater.
 1435         (c)Repairing, upgrading, expanding, or constructing
 1436  stormwater treatment facilities that result in improvements to
 1437  surface water or groundwater quality.
 1438         (d)Repairing, upgrading, expanding, or constructing
 1439  domestic wastewater treatment facilities that result in
 1440  improvements to surface water or groundwater quality, including
 1441  domestic wastewater reuse and collection systems.
 1442         (e)Projects identified pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(a) or
 1443  (7)(e).
 1444         (f)Projects identified in a wastewater treatment plan or
 1445  an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system remediation plan
 1446  developed pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(a)9.a. and b.
 1447         (g)Projects listed in a city or county capital improvement
 1448  element pursuant to s. 163.3177(3)(a)4.b.
 1449         (h)Retrofitting onsite sewage treatment and disposal
 1450  systems to upgrade such systems to enhanced nutrient-reducing
 1451  onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems where central
 1452  sewerage is unavailable which will individually or collectively
 1453  reduce excess nutrient pollution:
 1454         (a) Projects to retrofit onsite sewage treatment and
 1455  disposal systems to upgrade such systems to enhanced nutrient
 1456  reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems.
 1457         (b) Projects to construct, upgrade, or expand facilities to
 1458  provide advanced waste treatment, as defined in s. 403.086(4).
 1459         (c) Projects to connect onsite sewage treatment and
 1460  disposal systems to central sewer facilities.
 1461         (3)(2)In allocating such funds, priority must be given to
 1462  projects that subsidize the connection of onsite sewage
 1463  treatment and disposal systems to wastewater treatment
 1464  facilities. First priority must be given to subsidize the
 1465  connection of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems to
 1466  existing infrastructure. Second priority must be given to any
 1467  expansion of a collection or transmission system that promotes
 1468  efficiency by planning the installation of wastewater
 1469  transmission facilities to be constructed concurrently with
 1470  other construction projects occurring within or along a
 1471  transportation facility right-of-way. Third priority must be
 1472  given to all other connections of onsite sewage treatment and
 1473  disposal systems to wastewater treatment facilities. The
 1474  department shall consider and prioritize those projects that
 1475  have the maximum estimated reduction in nutrient load per
 1476  project; demonstrate project readiness; are cost-effective,
 1477  including the percent cost share identified by the applicant,
 1478  except for rural areas of opportunity; provide an the cost
 1479  effectiveness of the project; the overall environmental benefit,
 1480  including any projected water savings associated with reclaimed
 1481  water use; and are in of a project; the location where
 1482  reductions are most needed of a project; the availability of
 1483  local matching funds; and projected water savings or quantity
 1484  improvements associated with a project.
 1485         (3) Each grant for a project described in subsection (1)
 1486  must require a minimum of a 50-percent local match of funds.
 1487  However, the department may, at its discretion, waive, in whole
 1488  or in part, this consideration of the local contribution for
 1489  proposed projects within an area designated as a rural area of
 1490  opportunity under s. 288.0656.
 1491         (4) The department shall coordinate annually with each
 1492  water management district, as necessary, to identify potential
 1493  projects grant recipients in each district.
 1494         (5) The department shall coordinate with local governments
 1495  and stakeholders to identify the most effective and beneficial
 1496  water quality improvement projects.
 1497         (6) Beginning January 1, 2024 2021, and each January 1
 1498  thereafter, the department shall submit a report regarding the
 1499  projects funded pursuant to this section to the Governor, the
 1500  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 1501  Representatives.
 1502         Section 14. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1503  403.086, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1504         403.086 Sewage disposal facilities; advanced and secondary
 1505  waste treatment.—
 1506         (1)
 1507         (c)1. Notwithstanding this chapter or chapter 373, sewage
 1508  disposal facilities may not dispose of any wastes into the
 1509  following waters without providing advanced waste treatment, as
 1510  defined in subsection (4), as approved by the department or a
 1511  more stringent treatment standard if the department determines
 1512  the more stringent standard is necessary to achieve the total
 1513  maximum daily load or applicable water quality criteria:
 1514         a. Old Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, Boca Ciega
 1515  Bay, St. Joseph Sound, Clearwater Bay, Sarasota Bay, Little
 1516  Sarasota Bay, Roberts Bay, Lemon Bay, Charlotte Harbor Bay,
 1517  Biscayne Bay, or any river, stream, channel, canal, bay, bayou,
 1518  sound, or other water tributary thereto.,
 1519         b. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indian River Lagoon, or into any
 1520  river, stream, channel, canal, bay, bayou, sound, or other water
 1521  tributary thereto.
 1522         c.By January 1, 2033, waterbodies that are currently not
 1523  attaining nutrient or nutrient-related standards or that are
 1524  subject to a nutrient or nutrient-related basin management
 1525  action plan adopted pursuant to s. 403.067 or adopted reasonable
 1526  assurance plan.
 1527         2.For any waterbody determined not to be attaining
 1528  nutrient or nutrient-related standards after July 1, 2023, or
 1529  subject to a nutrient or nutrient-related basin management
 1530  action plan adopted pursuant to s. 403.067 or adopted reasonable
 1531  assurance plan after July 1, 2023, sewage disposal facilities
 1532  are prohibited from disposing any wastes into such waters
 1533  without providing advanced waste treatment, as defined in
 1534  subsection (4), as approved by the department within 10 years
 1535  after such determination or adoption, without providing advanced
 1536  waste treatment, as defined in subsection (4), approved by the
 1537  department. This paragraph does not apply to facilities which
 1538  were permitted by February 1, 1987, and which discharge
 1539  secondary treated effluent, followed by water hyacinth
 1540  treatment, to tributaries of tributaries of the named waters; or
 1541  to facilities permitted to discharge to the nontidally
 1542  influenced portions of the Peace River.
 1543         Section 15. Paragraph (h) of subsection (4) of section
 1544  201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1545         201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.—All taxes collected
 1546  under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be first made
 1547  available to make payments when due on bonds issued pursuant to
 1548  s. 215.618 or s. 215.619, or any other bonds authorized to be
 1549  issued on a parity basis with such bonds. Such pledge and
 1550  availability for the payment of these bonds shall have priority
 1551  over any requirement for the payment of service charges or costs
 1552  of collection and enforcement under this section. All taxes
 1553  collected under this chapter, except taxes distributed to the
 1554  Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2),
 1555  are subject to the service charge imposed in s. 215.20(1).
 1556  Before distribution pursuant to this section, the Department of
 1557  Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the costs of the
 1558  collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter.
 1559  The costs and service charge may not be levied against any
 1560  portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent
 1561  that the costs and service charge are required to pay any
 1562  amounts relating to the bonds. All of the costs of the
 1563  collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter and
 1564  the service charge shall be available and transferred to the
 1565  extent necessary to pay debt service and any other amounts
 1566  payable with respect to bonds authorized before January 1, 2017,
 1567  secured by revenues distributed pursuant to this section. All
 1568  taxes remaining after deduction of costs shall be distributed as
 1569  follows:
 1570         (4) After the required distributions to the Land
 1571  Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) and
 1572  deduction of the service charge imposed pursuant to s.
 1573  215.20(1), the remainder shall be distributed as follows:
 1574         (h) An amount equaling 5.4175 percent of the remainder
 1575  shall be paid into the Water Protection and Sustainability
 1576  Program Trust Fund to be used to fund water quality improvement
 1577  wastewater grants as specified in s. 403.0673.
 1578         Section 16. Paragraph (l) of subsection (3), paragraph (a)
 1579  of subsection (5), and paragraph (i) of subsection (15) of
 1580  section 259.105, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1581         259.105 The Florida Forever Act.—
 1582         (3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding
 1583  reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the
 1584  proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this
 1585  section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund
 1586  created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the
 1587  Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner:
 1588         (l) For the purposes of paragraphs (e), (f), (g), and (h),
 1589  the agencies that receive the funds shall develop their
 1590  individual acquisition or restoration lists in accordance with
 1591  specific criteria and numeric performance measures developed
 1592  pursuant to s. 259.035(4). Proposed additions may be acquired if
 1593  they are identified within the original project boundary, the
 1594  management plan required pursuant to s. 253.034(5), or the
 1595  management prospectus required pursuant to s. 259.032(7)(b) s.
 1596  259.032(7)(c). Proposed additions not meeting the requirements
 1597  of this paragraph shall be submitted to the council for
 1598  approval. The council may only approve the proposed addition if
 1599  it meets two or more of the following criteria: serves as a link
 1600  or corridor to other publicly owned property; enhances the
 1601  protection or management of the property; would add a desirable
 1602  resource to the property; would create a more manageable
 1603  boundary configuration; has a high resource value that otherwise
 1604  would be unprotected; or can be acquired at less than fair
 1605  market value.
 1606         (5)(a) All lands acquired pursuant to this section shall be
 1607  managed for multiple-use purposes, where compatible with the
 1608  resource values of and management objectives for such lands. As
 1609  used in this section, “multiple-use” includes, but is not
 1610  limited to, outdoor recreational activities as described in ss.
 1611  253.034 and 259.032(7)(a)2. ss. 253.034 and 259.032(7)(b), water
 1612  resource development projects, sustainable forestry management,
 1613  carbon sequestration, carbon mitigation, or carbon offsets.
 1614         (15) The council shall submit to the board, with its list
 1615  of projects, a report that includes, but need not be limited to,
 1616  the following information for each project listed:
 1617         (i) A management policy statement for the project and a
 1618  management prospectus pursuant to s. 259.032(7)(b) s.
 1619  259.032(7)(c).
 1620         Section 17. Subsection (17) of section 373.019, Florida
 1621  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1622         373.019 Definitions.—When appearing in this chapter or in
 1623  any rule, regulation, or order adopted pursuant thereto, the
 1624  term:
 1625         (17) “Reclaimed water” means water that has received at
 1626  least secondary treatment and basic disinfection and is reused
 1627  after flowing out of a domestic wastewater treatment facility.
 1628  Reclaimed water is not subject to regulation pursuant to s.
 1629  373.175 or part II of this chapter until it has been discharged
 1630  into waters as defined in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(13).
 1631         Section 18. Section 373.4132, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1632  to read:
 1633         373.4132 Dry storage facility permitting.—The governing
 1634  board or the department shall require a permit under this part,
 1635  including s. 373.4145, for the construction, alteration,
 1636  operation, maintenance, abandonment, or removal of a dry storage
 1637  facility for 10 or more vessels that is functionally associated
 1638  with a boat launching area. As part of an applicant’s
 1639  demonstration that such a facility will not be harmful to the
 1640  water resources and will not be inconsistent with the overall
 1641  objectives of the district, the governing board or department
 1642  shall require the applicant to provide reasonable assurance that
 1643  the secondary impacts from the facility will not cause adverse
 1644  impacts to the functions of wetlands and surface waters,
 1645  including violations of state water quality standards applicable
 1646  to waters as defined in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(13), and will meet
 1647  the public interest test of s. 373.414(1)(a), including the
 1648  potential adverse impacts to manatees. Nothing in this section
 1649  shall affect the authority of the governing board or the
 1650  department to regulate such secondary impacts under this part
 1651  for other regulated activities.
 1652         Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 373.414, Florida
 1653  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1654         373.414 Additional criteria for activities in surface
 1655  waters and wetlands.—
 1656         (1) As part of an applicant’s demonstration that an
 1657  activity regulated under this part will not be harmful to the
 1658  water resources or will not be inconsistent with the overall
 1659  objectives of the district, the governing board or the
 1660  department shall require the applicant to provide reasonable
 1661  assurance that state water quality standards applicable to
 1662  waters as defined in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(13) will not be
 1663  violated and reasonable assurance that such activity in, on, or
 1664  over surface waters or wetlands, as delineated in s. 373.421(1),
 1665  is not contrary to the public interest. However, if such an
 1666  activity significantly degrades or is within an Outstanding
 1667  Florida Water, as provided by department rule, the applicant
 1668  must provide reasonable assurance that the proposed activity
 1669  will be clearly in the public interest.
 1670         (a) In determining whether an activity, which is in, on, or
 1671  over surface waters or wetlands, as delineated in s. 373.421(1),
 1672  and is regulated under this part, is not contrary to the public
 1673  interest or is clearly in the public interest, the governing
 1674  board or the department shall consider and balance the following
 1675  criteria:
 1676         1. Whether the activity will adversely affect the public
 1677  health, safety, or welfare or the property of others;
 1678         2. Whether the activity will adversely affect the
 1679  conservation of fish and wildlife, including endangered or
 1680  threatened species, or their habitats;
 1681         3. Whether the activity will adversely affect navigation or
 1682  the flow of water or cause harmful erosion or shoaling;
 1683         4. Whether the activity will adversely affect the fishing
 1684  or recreational values or marine productivity in the vicinity of
 1685  the activity;
 1686         5. Whether the activity will be of a temporary or permanent
 1687  nature;
 1688         6. Whether the activity will adversely affect or will
 1689  enhance significant historical and archaeological resources
 1690  under the provisions of s. 267.061; and
 1691         7. The current condition and relative value of functions
 1692  being performed by areas affected by the proposed activity.
 1693         (b) If the applicant is unable to otherwise meet the
 1694  criteria set forth in this subsection, the governing board or
 1695  the department, in deciding to grant or deny a permit, must
 1696  shall consider measures proposed by or acceptable to the
 1697  applicant to mitigate adverse effects that may be caused by the
 1698  regulated activity. Such measures may include, but are not
 1699  limited to, onsite mitigation, offsite mitigation, offsite
 1700  regional mitigation, and the purchase of mitigation credits from
 1701  mitigation banks permitted under s. 373.4136. It is shall be the
 1702  responsibility of the applicant to choose the form of
 1703  mitigation. The mitigation must offset the adverse effects
 1704  caused by the regulated activity.
 1705         1. The department or water management districts may accept
 1706  the donation of money as mitigation only where the donation is
 1707  specified for use in a duly noticed environmental creation,
 1708  preservation, enhancement, or restoration project, endorsed by
 1709  the department or the governing board of the water management
 1710  district, which offsets the impacts of the activity permitted
 1711  under this part. However, the provisions of this subsection does
 1712  shall not apply to projects undertaken pursuant to s. 373.4137
 1713  or chapter 378. Where a permit is required under this part to
 1714  implement any project endorsed by the department or a water
 1715  management district, all necessary permits must have been issued
 1716  prior to the acceptance of any cash donation. After the
 1717  effective date of this act, when money is donated to either the
 1718  department or a water management district to offset impacts
 1719  authorized by a permit under this part, the department or the
 1720  water management district shall accept only a donation that
 1721  represents the full cost to the department or water management
 1722  district of undertaking the project that is intended to mitigate
 1723  the adverse impacts. The full cost shall include all direct and
 1724  indirect costs, as applicable, such as those for land
 1725  acquisition, land restoration or enhancement, perpetual land
 1726  management, and general overhead consisting of costs such as
 1727  staff time, building, and vehicles. The department or the water
 1728  management district may use a multiplier or percentage to add to
 1729  other direct or indirect costs to estimate general overhead.
 1730  Mitigation credit for such a donation may shall be given only to
 1731  the extent that the donation covers the full cost to the agency
 1732  of undertaking the project that is intended to mitigate the
 1733  adverse impacts. However, nothing herein may shall be construed
 1734  to prevent the department or a water management district from
 1735  accepting a donation representing a portion of a larger project,
 1736  provided that the donation covers the full cost of that portion
 1737  and mitigation credit is given only for that portion. The
 1738  department or water management district may deviate from the
 1739  full cost requirements of this subparagraph to resolve a
 1740  proceeding brought pursuant to chapter 70 or a claim for inverse
 1741  condemnation. Nothing in this section may shall be construed to
 1742  require the owner of a private mitigation bank, permitted under
 1743  s. 373.4136, to include the full cost of a mitigation credit in
 1744  the price of the credit to a purchaser of said credit.
 1745         2. The department and each water management district shall
 1746  report by March 1 of each year, as part of the consolidated
 1747  annual report required by s. 373.036(7), all cash donations
 1748  accepted under subparagraph 1. during the preceding water
 1749  management district fiscal year for wetland mitigation purposes.
 1750  The report must shall exclude those contributions pursuant to s.
 1751  373.4137. The report must shall include a description of the
 1752  endorsed mitigation projects and, except for projects governed
 1753  by s. 373.4135(6), must shall address, as applicable, success
 1754  criteria, project implementation status and timeframe,
 1755  monitoring, long-term management, provisions for preservation,
 1756  and full cost accounting.
 1757         3. If the applicant is unable to meet water quality
 1758  standards because existing ambient water quality does not meet
 1759  standards, the governing board or the department must shall
 1760  consider mitigation measures proposed by or acceptable to the
 1761  applicant that cause net improvement of the water quality in the
 1762  receiving body of water for those parameters which do not meet
 1763  standards.
 1764         4. If mitigation requirements imposed by a local government
 1765  for surface water and wetland impacts of an activity regulated
 1766  under this part cannot be reconciled with mitigation
 1767  requirements approved under a permit for the same activity
 1768  issued under this part, including application of the uniform
 1769  wetland mitigation assessment method adopted pursuant to
 1770  subsection (18), the mitigation requirements for surface water
 1771  and wetland impacts are shall be controlled by the permit issued
 1772  under this part.
 1773         (c) Where activities for a single project regulated under
 1774  this part occur in more than one local government jurisdiction,
 1775  and where permit conditions or regulatory requirements are
 1776  imposed by a local government for these activities which cannot
 1777  be reconciled with those imposed by a permit under this part for
 1778  the same activities, the permit conditions or regulatory
 1779  requirements are shall be controlled by the permit issued under
 1780  this part.
 1781         Section 20. Section 373.4142, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1782  to read:
 1783         373.4142 Water quality within stormwater treatment
 1784  systems.—State surface water quality standards applicable to
 1785  waters of the state, as defined in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(13), do
 1786  shall not apply within a stormwater management system which is
 1787  designed, constructed, operated, and maintained for stormwater
 1788  treatment in accordance with a valid permit or noticed exemption
 1789  issued pursuant to chapter 62-25, Florida Administrative Code; a
 1790  valid permit or exemption under s. 373.4145 within the Northwest
 1791  Florida Water Management District; a valid permit issued on or
 1792  subsequent to April 1, 1986, within the Suwannee River Water
 1793  Management District or the St. Johns River Water Management
 1794  District pursuant to this part; a valid permit issued on or
 1795  subsequent to March 1, 1988, within the Southwest Florida Water
 1796  Management District pursuant to this part; or a valid permit
 1797  issued on or subsequent to January 6, 1982, within the South
 1798  Florida Water Management District pursuant to this part. Such
 1799  inapplicability of state water quality standards shall be
 1800  limited to that part of the stormwater management system located
 1801  upstream of a manmade water control structure permitted, or
 1802  approved under a noticed exemption, to retain or detain
 1803  stormwater runoff in order to provide treatment of the
 1804  stormwater. The additional use of such a stormwater management
 1805  system for flood attenuation or irrigation does shall not divest
 1806  the system of the benefits of this exemption. This section does
 1807  shall not affect the authority of the department and water
 1808  management districts to require reasonable assurance that the
 1809  water quality within such stormwater management systems will not
 1810  adversely impact public health, fish and wildlife, or adjacent
 1811  waters.
 1812         Section 21. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1813  373.430, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1814         373.430 Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent.—
 1815         (1) It shall be a violation of this part, and it shall be
 1816  prohibited for any person:
 1817         (a) To cause pollution, as defined in s. 403.031 s.
 1818  403.031(7), except as otherwise provided in this part, so as to
 1819  harm or injure human health or welfare, animal, plant, or
 1820  aquatic life or property.
 1821         Section 22. Paragraph (n) of subsection (2) of section
 1822  373.4592, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1823         373.4592 Everglades improvement and management.—
 1824         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
 1825         (n) “Stormwater management program” shall have the meaning
 1826  set forth in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(15).
 1827         Section 23. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1828  403.890, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1829         403.890 Water Protection and Sustainability Program.—
 1830         (1) Revenues deposited into or appropriated to the Water
 1831  Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund shall be
 1832  distributed by the Department of Environmental Protection for
 1833  the following purposes:
 1834         (c) The water quality improvement wastewater grant program
 1835  as provided in s. 403.0673.
 1836         Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1837  403.892, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1838         403.892 Incentives for the use of graywater technologies.—
 1839         (1) As used in this section, the term:
 1840         (b) “Graywater” has the same meaning as in s. 381.0065(2)
 1841  s. 381.0065(2)(f).
 1842         Section 25. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of
 1843  section 403.9301, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1844         403.9301 Wastewater services projections.—
 1845         (2) As used in this section, the term:
 1846         (c) “Treatment works” has the same meaning as provided in
 1847  s. 403.031 s. 403.031(11).
 1848         (d) “Wastewater services” means service to a sewerage
 1849  system, as defined in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(9), or service to
 1850  domestic wastewater treatment works.
 1851         Section 26. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
 1852  section 403.9302, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1853         403.9302 Stormwater management projections.—
 1854         (2) As used in this section, the term:
 1855         (b) “Stormwater management program” has the same meaning as
 1856  provided in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(15).
 1857         (c) “Stormwater management system” has the same meaning as
 1858  provided in s. 403.031 s. 403.031(16).
 1859         Section 27. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1860  made by this act to section 259.032, Florida Statutes, in a
 1861  reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 259.045, Florida
 1862  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1863         259.045 Purchase of lands in areas of critical state
 1864  concern; recommendations by department and land authorities.
 1865  Within 45 days after the Administration Commission designates an
 1866  area as an area of critical state concern under s. 380.05, and
 1867  annually thereafter, the Department of Environmental Protection
 1868  shall consider the recommendations of the state land planning
 1869  agency pursuant to s. 380.05(1)(a) relating to purchase of lands
 1870  within an area of critical state concern or lands outside an
 1871  area of critical state concern that directly impact an area of
 1872  critical state concern, which may include lands used to preserve
 1873  and protect water supply, and shall make recommendations to the
 1874  board with respect to the purchase of the fee or any lesser
 1875  interest in any such lands that are:
 1876         (6) Lands used to prevent or satisfy private property
 1877  rights claims resulting from limitations imposed by the
 1878  designation of an area of critical state concern if the
 1879  acquisition of such lands fulfills a public purpose listed in s.
 1880  259.032(2) or if the parcel is wholly or partially, at the time
 1881  of acquisition, on one of the board’s approved acquisition lists
 1882  established pursuant to this chapter. For the purposes of this
 1883  subsection, if a parcel is estimated to be worth $500,000 or
 1884  less and the director of the Division of State Lands finds that
 1885  the cost of an outside appraisal is not justified, a comparable
 1886  sales analysis, an appraisal prepared by the Division of State
 1887  Lands, or other reasonably prudent procedures may be used by the
 1888  Division of State Lands to estimate the value of the parcel,
 1889  provided the public’s interest is reasonably protected.
 1890  
 1891  The department, a local government, a special district, or a
 1892  land authority within an area of critical state concern may make
 1893  recommendations with respect to additional purchases which were
 1894  not included in the state land planning agency recommendations.
 1895         Section 28. The Legislature determines and declares that
 1896  this act fulfills an important state interest.
 1897         Section 29. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
 1898  
 1899  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 1900  And the title is amended as follows:
 1901         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 1902  and insert:
 1903                        A bill to be entitled                      
 1904         An act relating to environmental protection; amending
 1905         s. 163.3177, F.S.; revising the required components of
 1906         a local government comprehensive plan capital
 1907         improvements element and general sanitary sewer, solid
 1908         waste, drainage, potable water, and natural
 1909         groundwater aquifer recharge element; making technical
 1910         changes; requiring the update of comprehensive plans
 1911         by a specified date; providing applicability; amending
 1912         s. 253.025, F.S.; revising the real property purchase
 1913         agreements that must be submitted to and approved by
 1914         the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
 1915         Trust Fund; increasing the estimated threshold that a
 1916         parcel to be acquired must meet before additional
 1917         appraisals are required; amending s. 259.032, F.S.;
 1918         authorizing the board to acquire interests in lands
 1919         that complete certain linkages within the Florida
 1920         wildlife corridor; conforming a provision to changes
 1921         made by the act; making technical changes; creating s.
 1922         373.469, F.S.; providing legislative findings and
 1923         intent; defining terms; providing the components of
 1924         the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; requiring
 1925         the department to evaluate and update the basin
 1926         management action plans within the program at
 1927         specified intervals; requiring the department, in
 1928         coordination with specified entities, to identify and
 1929         prioritize strategies and projects to achieve certain
 1930         water quality standards and total maximum daily loads;
 1931         requiring the department, in coordination with
 1932         specified entities, to implement the Indian River
 1933         Lagoon Watershed Research and Water Quality Monitoring
 1934         Program for specified purposes; prohibiting the
 1935         installation of new onsite sewage treatment and
 1936         disposals systems beginning on a specified date under
 1937         certain circumstances; requiring that commercial or
 1938         residential properties with existing onsite sewage
 1939         treatment and disposal systems be connected to central
 1940         sewer or be upgraded to a certain system by a
 1941         specified date; providing construction; authorizing
 1942         the department and the governing boards of the St.
 1943         Johns River Water Management District and the South
 1944         Florida Water Management District to adopt rules;
 1945         amending s. 373.501, F.S.; requiring, rather than
 1946         authorizing, the department to transfer appropriated
 1947         funds to the water management districts for specified
 1948         purposes; requiring the districts to annually report
 1949         to the department on the use of such funds; amending
 1950         s. 373.802, F.S.; defining the term “enhanced
 1951         nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment and disposal
 1952         system”; amending s. 373.807, F.S.; conforming a
 1953         cross-reference; revising requirements for onsite
 1954         sewage treatment and disposal system remediation plans
 1955         for springs; amending s. 373.811, F.S.; prohibiting
 1956         new onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
 1957         within basin management action plans in effect for
 1958         Outstanding Florida Springs under certain
 1959         circumstances; authorizing the installation of
 1960         enhanced or alternative systems for certain lots;
 1961         amending s. 381.0065, F.S.; defining the term
 1962         “enhanced nutrient-reducing onsite sewage treatment
 1963         and disposal system”; amending s. 381.00655, F.S.;
 1964         encouraging local governmental agencies that receive
 1965         funding for connecting onsite sewage treatment and
 1966         disposal systems to central sewer facilities to
 1967         provide notice of the funding availability to certain
 1968         owners of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems
 1969         and to maintain a website with certain information
 1970         regarding the funding; reordering and amending s.
 1971         403.031, F.S.; defining and revising terms; amending
 1972         s. 403.067, F.S.; revising requirements for new or
 1973         revised basin management action plans; requiring that
 1974         basin management action plans include 5-year
 1975         milestones for implementation; requiring certain
 1976         entities to identify projects or strategies to meet
 1977         such milestones; prohibiting the installation of new
 1978         onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems within
 1979         specified areas under certain circumstances; requiring
 1980         the installation of enhanced or alternative systems
 1981         for certain lots; revising requirements for a basin
 1982         management action plan’s cooperative agricultural
 1983         regional water quality improvement element; amending
 1984         s. 403.0673, F.S.; renaming the wastewater grant
 1985         program as the water quality improvement grant
 1986         program; revising the purposes of the grant program;
 1987         specifying the projects for which the department may
 1988         provide grants under the program; requiring the
 1989         department to prioritize certain projects; requiring
 1990         the department to coordinate with each water
 1991         management district to annually identify projects;
 1992         requiring the department to coordinate with specified
 1993         entities to identify projects; revising reporting
 1994         requirements; amending s. 403.086, F.S.; revising the
 1995         waters that sewage disposal facilities are prohibited
 1996         from disposing wastes into; amending ss. 201.15,
 1997         259.105, 373.019, 373.4132, 373.414, 373.4142,
 1998         373.430, 373.4592, 403.890, 403.892, 403.9301, and
 1999         403.9302, F.S.; conforming cross-references and
 2000         provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s.
 2001         259.045(6), F.S., relating to the purchase of lands in
 2002         areas of critical state concern, to incorporate the
 2003         amendment made to s. 259.032, F.S., in a reference
 2004         thereto; providing a declaration of important state
 2005         interest; providing an effective date.