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FL H0377
Bill
Status
2/2/2012
Primary Sponsor
Dwight Bullard
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AI Summary
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Deletes obsolete references to the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan Implementation Committee report and removes outdated provisions from the mitigation plan statute
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Requires water treatment plant upgrade fee proceeds (15 cents per ton on limerock and sand) to be transferred by the Department of Revenue to the South Florida Water Management District and deposited into the Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund beginning July 1, 2012
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Establishes transfer criteria: the water treatment plant upgrade fee transfers to the South Florida Water Management District until either $20 million is deposited or quarterly pathogen sampling shows quarry lake water would be classified as Bin 2 or higher under EPA's Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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Clarifies that mitigation fee proceeds must be used for activities approved by the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Committee to offset wetland losses from mining, including land acquisition, restoration, and structural drainage modifications in the Everglades watershed
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Specifies that water treatment plant upgrade fee proceeds deposited into the trust fund are used solely for seepage mitigation projects with groundwater or surface water management structures designed to improve wetland habitat
Legislative Description
Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan
Last Action
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1059
3/2/2012