Florida 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 406 — Big Cypress Basin

Last action — Died in Appropriations

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    To Executive
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This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Big Cypress Basin; Revising the membership of the Big Cypress Basin governing board; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to revise the boundaries of the Big Cypress Basin based on a specified study at a specified time; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to ensure that the distribution of basin ad valorem taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected, etc.

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Florida Senate - 2021 SB 406 By Senator Rodrigues 27-00560A-21 2021406__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Big Cypress Basin;
Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 406 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources;
and Senator Rodrigues 592-02133-21 2021406c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Big Cypress Basin;
requiring the South Florida Water Management District to ensure that the distribution of ad valorem taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects within the counties in which they were collected;
requiring the South Florida Water Management District to ensure that the distribution of basin ad valorem taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected;
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
19 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 373.0693, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 373.0693, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
on July 1, 2021, the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District shall establish the boundary of the Big Cypress Basin as the scientific boundary recommended in the Big Cypress Basin Boundary Delineation study that the district completed in the fall of 2020 and will present to the Legislature on February 1, 2021, except that the new basin boundary may include only counties that have at least 50 percent of their jurisdiction delineated within the boundary If the governing board shall fail to establish the initial boundaries on or before December 31, 1976, the initial boundaries shall be the same boundaries as described for the Big Cypress Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast District.
on July 1, 2021, the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District shall establish the boundary of the Big Cypress Basin as the scientific boundary recommended in the Big Cypress Basin Boundary Delineation study that the district presented to the Legislature on January 12, 2021, except that the new basin boundary may include only counties that have at least 25 percent of their jurisdiction delineated within the boundary If the governing board shall fail to establish the initial boundaries on or before December 31, 1976, the initial boundaries shall be the same boundaries as described for the Big Cypress Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast District.
and 2. The ad valorem taxes levied within the counties that comprise the Big Cypress Basin are used for projects within the counties in which they were collected, respectively.
and 2. The basin ad valorem taxes levied within the counties that comprise the Big Cypress Basin are used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected, respectively.
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Action History

  1. Died in Appropriations

  2. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed

  3. Now in Appropriations

  4. Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/08/21, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building

  6. CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time

  7. Introduced

  8. Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  9. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  10. CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  11. On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/15/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  12. Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

  13. Filed

Sponsors

  • Rodrigues · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Rodrigues

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable with Committee Substitute

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4000
Democrat 1000
Republican 6000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Ausley — Yea
Stewart — Yea
Thurston — Yea
Rodrigues — Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea

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Subjects

taxation environment
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 406 do?
Big Cypress Basin; Revising the membership of the Big Cypress Basin governing board; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to revise the boundaries of the Big Cypress Basin based on a specified study at a specified time; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to ensure that the distribution of basin ad valorem taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected, etc.
Who sponsors SB 406?
SB 406 is sponsored by Rodrigues.
What is the current status of SB 406?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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