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FL Stat § 373.619 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (Ss. 373.603-373.69)|373.619 - Recognition of water and sewer-saving devices.

373.619 Recognition of water and sewer-saving devices.—The Legislature urges all public-owned or investor-owned water and sewerage systems to reduce connection fees and regular service charges for customers who utilize water or sewer-saving devices, including, but not limited to, individual graywater disposal systems.History.—s. 2, ch. 82-10.
FL Stat § 373.621 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (Ss. 373.603-373.69)|373.621 - Water conservation.

373.621 Water conservation.—The Legislature recognizes the significant value of water conservation in the protection and efficient use of water resources. Accordingly, consideration in the administration of ss. 373.223, 373.233, and 373.236 shall be given to applicants who implement water conservation practices pursuant to s. 570.93 or other applicable water conservation measures as determined by the department or a water management district.History.—s. 51, ch. 2001-279; s. 8, ch. 2014-150.
FL Stat § 373.63 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (Ss. 373.603-373.69)|373.63 - Preference to State University System in award of projects or studies.

373.63 Preference to State University System in award of projects or studies.—Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing boards of the water management districts, in considering the awarding of projects or studies relating to research, restoration, or similar projects or studies, shall give preferential consideration to universities in the State University System.History.—s. 14, ch. 92-288.
FL Stat § 373.711 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VII - Water Supply Policy, Planning, Production, and Funding (Ss. 373.701-373.715)|373.711 - Technical assistance to local governments.

373.711 Technical assistance to local governments.—The water management districts shall assist local governments in the development and future revision of local government comprehensive plan elements or public facilities report as required by s. 189.08, related to water resource issues.History.—s. 82, ch. 2010-102; ss. 1, 28, 49, ch. 2010-205; s. 85, ch. 2014-22.
FL Stat § 373.802 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VIII - Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (Ss. 373.801-373.813)|373.802 - Definitions.

373.802 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:(1) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection, which includes the Florida Geological Survey or its successor agencies.(2) “Local government” means a county or municipal government the jurisdictional boundaries of which include an Outstanding Florida Spring or any part of a springshed or delineated priority focus area of an Outstanding Florida Spring.(3) “Onsite sewage treatment and disposal system” means a system that contains a standard subsurface, filled, or mound drainfield system; an aerobic treatment unit; a graywater system tank; a laundry wastewater system tank; a septic tank; a grease interceptor; a pump tank; a solids or effluent pump; a waterless, incinerating, or organic waste-composting toilet; or a sanitary pit privy that is installed or proposed to be installed beyond the building sewer on land of the owner or on other land on which the owner has the legal right to install such system. The term includes any item placed within, or intended to be used as a part of or in conjunction with, the system. The term does not include package sewage treatment facilities and other treatment works regulated under chapter 403.(4) “Outstanding Florida Spring” includes all historic first magnitude springs, including their associated spring runs, as determined by the department using the most recent Florida Geological Survey springs bulletin, and the following additional springs, including their associated spring runs:(a) De Leon Springs;(b) Peacock Springs;(c) Poe Springs;(d) Rock Springs;(e) Wekiwa Springs; and(f) Gemini Springs.The term does not include submarine springs or river rises.(5) “Priority focus area” means the area or areas of a basin where the Floridan Aquifer is generally most vulnerable to pollutant inputs where there is a known connectivity between groundwater pathways and an Outstanding Florida Spring, as determined by the department in consultation with the appropriate water management districts, and delineated in a basin management action plan.(6) “Springshed” means the areas within the groundwater and surface water basins which contribute, based upon all relevant facts, circumstances, and data, to the discharge of a spring as defined by potentiometric surface maps and surface watershed boundaries.(7) “Spring run” means a body of flowing water that originates from a spring or whose primary source of water is a spring or springs under average rainfall conditions.(8) “Spring vent” means a location where groundwater flows out of a natural, discernible opening in the ground onto the land surface or into a predominantly fresh surface water body.History.—s. 24, ch. 2016-1.
FL Stat § 373.803 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VIII - Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (Ss. 373.801-373.813)|373.803 - Delineation of priority focus areas for Outstanding Florida Springs.

373.803 Delineation of priority focus areas for Outstanding Florida Springs.—Using the best data available from the water management districts and other credible sources, the department, in coordination with the water management districts, shall delineate priority focus areas for each Outstanding Florida Spring or group of springs that contains one or more Outstanding Florida Springs and is identified as impaired in accordance with s. 373.807. In delineating priority focus areas, the department shall consider groundwater travel time to the spring, hydrogeology, nutrient load, and any other factors that may lead to degradation of an Outstanding Florida Spring. The delineation of priority focus areas must be completed by July 1, 2018, shall use understood and identifiable boundaries such as roads or political jurisdictions for ease of implementation, and is effective upon incorporation in a basin management action plan.History.—s. 25, ch. 2016-1.
FL Stat § 373.811 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VIII - Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (Ss. 373.801-373.813)|373.811 - Prohibited activities within a priority focus area.

373.811 Prohibited activities within a priority focus area.—The following activities are prohibited within a priority focus area in effect for an Outstanding Florida Spring:(1) New domestic wastewater disposal facilities, including rapid infiltration basins, with permitted capacities of 100,000 gallons per day or more, except for those facilities that meet an advanced wastewater treatment standard of no more than 3 mg/l total nitrogen, expressed as N, on an annual permitted basis, or a more stringent treatment standard if the department determines the more stringent standard is necessary to attain a total maximum daily load for the Outstanding Florida Spring.(2) New onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems on lots of less than 1 acre, if the addition of the specific systems conflicts with an onsite treatment and disposal system remediation plan incorporated into a basin management action plan in accordance with s. 373.807(3).(3) New facilities for the disposal of hazardous waste.(4) The land application of Class A or Class B domestic wastewater biosolids not in accordance with a department approved nutrient management plan establishing the rate at which all biosolids, soil amendments, and sources of nutrients at the land application site can be applied to the land for crop production while minimizing the amount of pollutants and nutrients discharged to groundwater or waters of the state.(5) New agriculture operations that do not implement best management practices, measures necessary to achieve pollution reduction levels established by the department, or groundwater monitoring plans approved by a water management district or the department.History.—s. 28, ch. 2016-1.
FL Stat § 373.813 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 373 - Water Resources|Part VIII - Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (Ss. 373.801-373.813)|373.813 - Rules.

373.813 Rules.—(1) The department shall adopt rules to improve water quantity and water quality to administer this part, as applicable.(2)(a) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is the lead agency coordinating the reduction of agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution for the protection of Outstanding Florida Springs. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the department, pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(c)4., shall study new or revised agricultural best management practices for improving and protecting Outstanding Florida Springs and, if necessary, in cooperation with applicable local governments and stakeholders, initiate rulemaking to require the implementation of such practices within a reasonable period.(b) The department, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences shall cooperate in conducting the necessary research and demonstration projects to develop improved or additional nutrient management tools, including the use of controlled release fertilizer that can be used by agricultural producers as part of an agricultural best management practices program. The development of such tools must reflect a balance between water quality improvement and agricultural productivity and, if applicable, must be incorporated into the revised agricultural best management practices adopted by rule by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.History.—s. 29, ch. 2016-1.
FL Stat § 374.975 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 374.975-374.978)|374.975 - Inland navigation districts; legislative intent.

374.975 Inland navigation districts; legislative intent.—(1) The Legislature hereby recognizes the continuing need for inland navigation districts to undertake programs necessary to accomplish the purposes of construction, maintenance, and operation of Florida’s inland waterways pursuant to s. 107 of the federal River and Harbor Act of 1960, 33 U.S.C. s. 577, and that it is in the public interest for inland navigation districts to operate and maintain the intracoastal waterway and any other public navigation channels authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.(2) The Legislature hereby directs all inland navigation districts to undertake, as outlined in this act, additional programs designed to alleviate the problems associated with the districts’ waterways.(3) The Florida Inland Navigation District and the West Coast Inland Navigation District are directed to develop long-range plans for maintenance of the intracoastal waterway and for spoil disposal.History.—s. 1, ch. 85-200; s. 29, ch. 87-225; s. 1, ch. 90-264; s. 16, ch. 95-146; s. 1, ch. 2008-40.
FL Stat § 374.977 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 374.975-374.978)|374.977 - Inland navigation districts; manatee protection speed zones, responsibility for sign posting.

374.977 Inland navigation districts; manatee protection speed zones, responsibility for sign posting.—The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall assume the responsibility for posting and maintaining regulatory markers for manatee protection speed zones as posted by the inland navigation districts pursuant to a rule adopted by the commission under s. 379.2431(2). The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may apply to inland navigation districts for funding under s. 374.976 to assist with implementing its responsibility under this section for maintaining regulatory markers for manatee protection speed zones.History.—s. 6, ch. 90-219; s. 3, ch. 90-264; s. 281, ch. 94-356; s. 6, ch. 2001-272; s. 3, ch. 2008-40; s. 37, ch. 2009-21.
FL Stat § 374.978 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 374.975-374.978)|374.978 - District board; compensation.

374.978 District board; compensation.—Members of inland navigation districts shall be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.History.—s. 3, ch. 85-200.
FL Stat § 374.980 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.980 - Legislative intent.

374.980 Legislative intent.—(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to consolidate and codify in this part all current and applicable laws or acts relating to the Florida Inland Navigation District and to locate these provisions within this chapter. It is the further intent of the Legislature that all prior laws or acts, insofar as they relate to the Florida Inland Navigation District, are repealed as provided in this act.(2) By codifying the charter of the Florida Inland Navigation District in this part, the Legislature has no intention of restricting or withdrawing the ad valorem taxing authority vested in the Florida Inland Navigation District pursuant to ss. 2 and 15, Art. XII of the State Constitution.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-425.
FL Stat § 374.981 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.981 - Short title.

374.981 Short title.—This part may be cited as the “Florida Inland Navigation District Law.”History.—s. 2, ch. 96-425.
FL Stat § 374.982 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.982 - District.

374.982 District.—An independent special taxing district to be known as the “Florida Inland Navigation District” is hereby created. The territorial boundaries of the district shall be the counties of Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. For purposes of this chapter, the term “district” means the Florida Inland Navigation District and the term “board” means the Board of Commissioners of the Florida Inland Navigation District.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-425; s. 1, ch. 2004-15.
FL Stat § 374.987 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.987 - Financial matters.

374.987 Financial matters.—(1) The funds of the district shall be paid out only upon warrant signed by any two of the following board officers: the treasurer, the chair, or the vice chair. No warrant shall be drawn or issued against funds of said district except for a purpose authorized by this act, and no such warrant against funds of the district shall be drawn or used unless the account or expenditure for which the same is to be given in payment has been ordered and approved by the board; except that the board may approve through any two of the following board officers, chair, vice chair, or treasurer, the payment of expenses for authorized official travel and per diem of commissioners and employees, the payment of salaries of regular employees, and the payment of continuing expenses for office rent, electricity, telephone, telegraph, heat, stationery, stamps, maps, newspapers, and petty cash items, on vouchers properly certified by the commissioner or employee concerned.(2) The title, right, use, and ownership of property, collected and uncollected taxes, dues, claims, judgment, moneys, authorized and unissued bonds, decrees, and choses in action held, authorized, or owned by either the district or its board shall pass to and be vested in the district organized and created under this act. No debt, obligation, or contract of the district shall be impaired or voided by this act, but debts, obligations, and contracts shall pass to and be binding upon the district created and existing under this act.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-425; s. 141, ch. 2001-266.
FL Stat § 374.988 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.988 - Preservation of taxing authority.

374.988 Preservation of taxing authority.—The enactment of this act shall not affect the taxing authority granted to the district or any contract or obligation of such district entered into prior to July 1, 1996. The district shall continue to exercise the taxing power previously authorized by the Laws of Florida, until such power shall be specifically revoked or modified by the Legislature.History.—s. 2, ch. 96-425.
FL Stat § 374.989 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 374 - Navigation Districts; Waterways Development|Part II - Florida Inland Navigation District Law (Ss. 374.980-374.989)|374.989 - Construction.

374.989 Construction.—It is intended that the provisions of chapter 96-425, Laws of Florida, shall be liberally construed for accomplishing the work authorized and provided for or intended to be authorized and provided for by chapter 96-425, and where strict construction would result in the defeat of the accomplishment of any part of the work authorized by this act, and a liberal construction would permit or assist in the accomplishment thereof, the liberal construction shall be chosen.History.—s. 3, ch. 96-425.
FL Stat § 377.01 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 377 - Energy Resources|Part I - Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources (Ss. 377.01-377.42)|377.01 - Governor to enter into interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.

377.01 Governor to enter into interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.—The Governor of the state is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name of the state, to join with other states in the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, which was heretofore executed in the City of Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935, and is now deposited with the Department of State of the United States, and which has been extended with the consent of Congress to September 1, 1947.History.—s. 1, ch. 22823, 1945.
FL Stat § 377.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 377 - Energy Resources|Part I - Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources (Ss. 377.01-377.42)|377.03 - Extension of compact.

377.03 Extension of compact.—The Governor of Florida is further authorized and empowered, for and in the name of the state, to execute agreements for the further extension of the expiration date of the said “The Interstate Oil Compact” to conserve oil and gas, and to determine if and when it shall be for the best interest of the state to withdraw from said compact upon 60 days’ notice as provided by its terms. In the event the Governor shall determine that the state should withdraw from said compact he or she shall have full power and authority to give necessary notice and to take any and all steps necessary and proper to effect the withdrawal of the state from said compact.History.—s. 3, ch. 22823, 1945; s. 619, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 377.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 377 - Energy Resources|Part I - Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources (Ss. 377.01-377.42)|377.04 - Official report of state.

377.04 Official report of state.—The Governor shall be the official representative of the state on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, provided for in the compact to conserve oil and gas, and shall exercise and perform for the state all the powers and duties as a member of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission; provided, that the Governor shall have the authority to appoint an assistant representative who shall act in his or her stead as the official representative of the state as a member of said commission. Said assistant representative shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, which shall be filed with the Department of State.History.—s. 4, ch. 22823, 1945; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 620, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 377.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 377 - Energy Resources|Part I - Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources (Ss. 377.01-377.42)|377.06 - Public policy of state concerning natural resources of oil and gas.

377.06 Public policy of state concerning natural resources of oil and gas.—It is hereby declared the public policy of this state to conserve and control the natural resources of oil and gas in this state, and the products made from oil and gas in this state; to prevent waste of natural resources; to provide for the protection and adjustment of the correlative rights of the owners of the land in which the natural resources lie, of the owners and producers of oil and gas resources and the products made from oil and gas, and of others interested in these resources and products; to safeguard the health, property, and public welfare of the residents of this state and other interested persons and for all purposes indicated by the provisions in this section. Further, it is declared that underground storage of natural gas is in the public interest because underground storage promotes conservation of natural gas; makes gas more readily available to the domestic, commercial, and industrial consumers of this state; and allows the accumulation of large quantities of gas in reserve for orderly withdrawal during emergencies or periods of peak demand. It is not the intention of this section to limit, restrict, or modify in any way the provisions of this law.History.—s. 1, ch. 22819, 1945; s. 25, ch. 90-54; s. 5, ch. 2013-205.
FL Stat § 377.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use|Chapter 377 - Energy Resources|Part I - Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources (Ss. 377.01-377.42)|377.07 - Division of Resource Management; powers, duties, and authority.

377.07 Division of Resource Management; powers, duties, and authority.—The Division of Resource Management of the Department of Environmental Protection is hereby vested with power, authority, and duty to administer, carry out, and enforce the provisions of this law as directed in 1s. 370.02(3).History.—s. 2, ch. 22819, 1945; s. 8, ch. 61-231; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 64, ch. 79-65; s. 307, ch. 94-356.1Note.—Repealed by s. 4, ch. 94-356.