Bill Summary
HB 547 Water Pollution Control (2008 Session)
Water Pollution Control: Provides requirements for basin management action plans; allows such plans to take into account benefits of pollutant load reduction achieved by point or nonpoint sources; requires that DEP adopt such plan or amendment thereto by secretarial order pursuant to state law; provides that provisions of department's rule relating to equitable abatement of pollutants into surface waters may not be applied to water bodies or water body segments for which certain basin management plan has been adopted; authorizes water quality protection programs to include trading of water quality credits; specifies that water quality credit trading pilot project be limited to Lower St. Johns River Basin as pilot project; requires that department provide Legislature with annual report regarding effectiveness of pilot project...Effective Date: July 1, 2008
Committee references not assigned.
01/15/08
HOUSE
Filed
01/23/08
HOUSE
Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council
01/25/08
HOUSE
Referred to Committee on Environmental Protection by Environment & Natural Resources Council
02/13/08
HOUSE
On Committee agenda - Environmental Protection, 02/20/08, 9:00 am, 404 H
02/20/08
HOUSE
Favorable with 7 Amendments by Environmental Protection; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/21/08
HOUSE
Now in Environment & Natural Resources Council
03/03/08
HOUSE
On Council agenda - Environment & Natural Resources Council, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 404 H
03/05/08
HOUSE
PCS Favorable by Environment & Natural Resources Council; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/10/08
HOUSE
Committee Substitute (C1) Filed; Now in Policy & Budget Council; On Council agenda - Policy & Budget Council, 03/11/08, 1:00 pm, 212 K
03/11/08
HOUSE
Favorable by Policy & Budget Council; 34 Yeas, 0 Nays; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
04/21/08
HOUSE
Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08
04/23/08
HOUSE
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (104767); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/28/08
HOUSE
Read Third Time; Amendment(s) Adopted (283279, 476465); Amendment(s) Withdrawn (292195); Passed (Vote: 116 Yeas / 0 Nays); Engrossed Text (E2) Filed; In Senate messages
04/29/08
SENATE
Received, referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs
04/30/08
SENATE
Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Substituted for SB 1208; Read Second Time
05/01/08
SENATE
Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 38 Yeas / 0 Nays); House Ordered enrolled
05/07/08
HOUSE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
06/11/08
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Signed by Officers and Presented to Governor (Governor must act by 06/26/08)
06/17/08
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2008-189
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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