Bill > H1169

Introduced Session

An act relating to water management districts; amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term "expenditure"; requiring the Commission on Ethics to investigate a lobbyist or principal who has made a prohibited expenditure and to provide the Governor with a report of its findings and recommendations regarding such investigation; prohibiting certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; amending s. 373.079, F.S.; requiring a quorum for the conduct of official business by the governing board of a water management district; providing requirements for a quorum; requiring an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing board before any action may be taken by the board; amending s. 373.470, F.S.; requiring the South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, to provide a detailed report that includes the total estimated remaining cost of implementation of the Everglades restoration comprehensive plan and the status of all performance indicators; requiring the subdivision of the project components into specified categories based on the project's status; providing legislative findings; requiring recommendations for updates to the CS/ integrated delivery schedule to identify certain funding sources; amending s. 373.501, F.S.; prohibiting a water management district from using state funds for a specified purpose; amending s. 373.503, F.S.; authorizing the districts to levy ad valorem taxes on property by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing board; requiring that a certain levy take effect only upon approval by a majority vote of the electors; requiring the referendum question to include specified information; requiring the resolution to take effect on a specified date; providing requirements for the resolution; providing requirements for certain millage; defining the term "capital improvement projects"; providing the maximum total millage rate for all purposes, rather than for district and basin purposes; reenacting and amending s. 373.535, F.S.; requiring that the preliminary budget for each water management district include a section that contains the district's capital improvement plan for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year; requiring that the section contain specified information; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to include a section in its preliminary budget for all projects within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; requiring CS/ that the section contain specified information; providing that the South Florida Water Management District may only incorporate state revenues up to a specified amount when estimating expenditures for the next fiscal year; providing an exception; amending s. 373.536, F.S.; authorizing the Legislative Budget Commission to reject certain district budget proposals; providing an exception; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to include in its budget document certain sections that incorporate the actual amount of state revenues appropriated for the fiscal year; requiring a water management district's tentative budget for its proposed operations and funding requirements to include the district's capital improvement plan for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year; repealing s. 373.591, F.S., relating to management review teams; amending s. 373.6075, F.S.; requiring a water management district to give preference to certain bids, proposals, or replies for the design, engineering, or construction, or any combination thereof, of capital improvement projects in excess of a specified amount; providing requirements for the competitive selection process and procurement procedures; reenacting s. 373.0697, F.S., relating to basin taxes, to incorporate the amendment CS/ made to s. 373.503, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 373.026(8)(d), F.S., relating to general powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 373.536, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.

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William Conerly (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 7002 (on 04/30/2025)

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