Florida SB 1120: Expert Witnesses

Bill Text

1120 
Water Management Districts 
2026-01-05T11:39:22Z 
Requiring the Commission on Ethics to investigate a lobbyist or principal who has made a prohibited expenditure and to provide the Governor with a report of its findings and recommendations regarding such investigation; requiring the South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, to provide a detailed report that includes the total estimated remaining cost of implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and the status of applicable performance indicators for all project components; authorizing water management districts to levy certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes; requiring that the preliminary budget for each water management district include a section that contains the district’s capital improvement plan for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1120 

 By Senator Brodeur 

 10-00727-26 20261120__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to water management districts; 
 3 amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term 
 4 “expenditure”; requiring the Commission on Ethics to 
 5 investigate a lobbyist or principal who has made a 
 6 prohibited expenditure and to provide the Governor 
 7 with a report of its findings and recommendations 
 8 regarding such investigation; prohibiting certain 
 9 persons from making or accepting expenditures; 
 10 amending s. 373.0693, F.S.; deleting a provision 
 11 requiring legislative approval before the 
 12 establishment of a subdistrict or basin in a certain 
 13 water management district takes effect; amending s. 
 14 373.079, F.S.; requiring a quorum for the conduct of 
 15 official business by the governing board of a water 
 16 management district; providing requirements for a 
 17 quorum; requiring an affirmative vote of a majority of 
 18 the members of the governing board before any action 
 19 may be taken by the board; amending s. 373.470, F.S.; 
 20 requiring the South Florida Water Management District, 
 21 in cooperation with the Department of Environmental 
 22 Protection, to provide a detailed report that includes 
 23 the total estimated remaining cost of implementation 
 24 of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and 
 25 the status of applicable performance indicators for 
 26 all project components; requiring that the project 
 27 components be subdivided into specified categories 
 28 based on the project’s status; specifying requirements 
 29 for performance indicators for certain projects or 
 30 project components; providing legislative recognition 
 31 of the value of the integrated delivery schedule; 
 32 requiring the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task 
 33 Force to identify certain sources of funding when 
 34 making recommendations for updates to the integrated 
 35 delivery schedule; amending s. 373.501, F.S.; 
 36 prohibiting a water management district from using 
 37 state funds for a specified purpose; providing an 
 38 exception; amending s. 373.503, F.S.; authorizing 
 39 water management districts to levy certain ad valorem 
 40 taxes on specified property for certain purposes; 
 41 requiring a district governing board levying ad 
 42 valorem taxes for certain projects to adopt a 
 43 resolution approved by a majority vote of the voting 
 44 electors in the district or basin; specifying 
 45 requirements for such resolution; providing 
 46 specifications for the millage levied; requiring that 
 47 the referendum question on the ballot specify the 
 48 purpose of the levy and the maximum length of time the 
 49 millage may be imposed; defining the term “capital 
 50 improvement projects”; revising requirements for the 
 51 maximum total millage rate; amending s. 373.535, F.S.; 
 52 requiring that the preliminary budget for each water 
 53 management district include a section that contains 
 54 the district’s capital improvement plan for the 
 55 current fiscal year and the next fiscal year; 
 56 requiring that such section contain specified 
 57 information; requiring the South Florida Water 
 58 Management District to include a section in its 
 59 preliminary budget for all projects within the 
 60 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; requiring 
 61 that the section contain specified information; 
 62 requiring the South Florida Water Management District 
 63 to indicate the fiscal year from which certain 
 64 appropriations are expended; requiring the district to 
 65 incorporate state revenues in a certain manner when 
 66 estimating expenditures for the next fiscal year; 
 67 providing an exception; providing construction; 
 68 amending s. 373.536, F.S.; authorizing the Legislative 
 69 Budget Commission to reject certain district budget 
 70 proposals; providing an exception; providing 
 71 construction; requiring the South