Bill > S1382

This bill: 1) Provides additional management strategies for basin management action plans, including regional treatment systems, voluntary water quality credit trading, interim measures, best management practices, and cooperative agricultural and urban regional water quality improvement projects. 2) Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to work with the Department of Environmental Protection to improve the accuracy of data used to estimate agricultural land uses and to identify agricultural technologies that could be implemented. 3) Prohibits local governments from recognizing, granting, or extending legal rights to animals or parts of the natural environment, except as specifically authorized by state law or the State Constitution. 4) Establishes a nutrient reduction cost-share program within the Department of Environmental Protection to provide funding for projects to reduce nutrient pollution, such as septic system retrofits, advanced wastewater treatment, and cooperative regional projects. 5) Defines "rural homesteads" as low-density rural residential properties up to 50 acres in size, and exempts them from certain agricultural best management practice requirements. The bill aims to enhance water quality management strategies and programs, with a focus on implementing total maximum daily loads and basin management action plans through a combination of regulatory, incentive-based, and cooperative regional approaches.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

Environment and Natural Resources (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1382