Florida Senate - 2022 SB By Senator Rodriguez 39-01015-22 20221326__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to the Comprehensive Review Study of the Central and Southern Florida Project; amending s. 3 373.1501, F.S.; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to prepare and submit a consolidated annual report regarding the status of the project to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the Department of Environmental Protection, 8 the Governor, and the Legislature by a specified date ; 9 providing report requirements; providing an effective date. 11

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13

Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to

section 373.1501, 15 Florida Statutes, to read: 16 373.1501 South Florida Water Management District as local sponsor.— 18 (10)(

a) By October 1, 2023, and each October thereafter, 19 the district shall prepare and submit a consolidated annual report regarding the status of the restudy to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the department, the Governor, 22 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 24

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b) The report must include: 25 1. A

summary of the findings in the district’s annual sea -26 level rise and flood resiliency plan. 27 2. A list of structures that are expected to fall below the expected service level in the next years. 29 Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1326 39-01015-22 20221326__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 3. Initial recommendations for the refurbishment or replacement of the structures identified in subparagraph 2., 31 including: 32 a. Future cost estimates and timelines for the refurbishment or replacement of the most vulnerable structures. 34 b. An estimate of any projected annual funding gaps required to implement the recommendations based on a 10 -year horizon. 37 4. A

summary of the state and federal funds expended toward the implementation of the restudy and other regional resiliency efforts of the district through June of each year. 40

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 41