As promised, this is a Coalition for Property Rights (CPR) update on SB 1576, Springs Protection Act that is moving through the Senate Committees. The bill passed through the Senate Agriculture Committee and now sits with the Senate Appropriations Committee. CPR has been advocating on our behalf as this onerous bill moves through the committee process.
SB 1576 has passed the Senate Agriculture Committee with amendments. It now sits with the Senate Appropriations Committee, but as of 4/9/14 is not listed on their 4/10/14 agenda. You are encouraged to once again let your opinion about this bill be known to the committee members http://www.flsenate.gov/committees/show/ap and to your individual Senators and Representatives.
As Dan says in his newsletter below, “silence is consent”. Please don’t be silent.
As written, it is a bill loaded with serious financial consequences to the state budget, county and municipal budgets, as well as to individual homeowners. Although the intent of the bill is to fund projects that improve water quality in the springs, in fact, most of the millions dedicated in the bill will be spent justifying and funding an added bureaucracy (Responsible Management Entity – RME) designed to take full control of the ownership and operation of our septic systems, and the ability to write rules and set fees for whatever action they feel is necessary. The bill even grants water management districts the authority to identify land for acquisition that, in their opinion, and in the name of public interest, will prevent harm to water quality. There is no provision in the bill to provide oversight of rule-making for either the RME model or for the water management districts.
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