Florida SB 1386: Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker

Bill Text

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Implementation of the Recommendations of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force 
2026-01-07T11:33:30Z 
Requiring owners of certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems to have the systems periodically inspected beginning on a specified date; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to administer the inspection program and implement program standards, procedures, and requirements; requiring that estimated pollutant load reductions in basin management action plans meet or exceed certain total maximum daily load requirements; revising requirements for the allocation of pollutant load reductions in such plans, etc. 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1386 

 By Senator Smith 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to implementation of the 
 3 recommendations of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force; 
 4 amending s. 381.0065, F.S.; requiring owners of 
 5 certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems 
 6 to have the systems periodically inspected beginning 
 7 on a specified date; requiring the Department of 
 8 Environmental Protection to administer the inspection 
 9 program and implement program standards, procedures, 
 10 and requirements; providing for rulemaking; amending 
 11 s. 403.067, F.S.; requiring that estimated pollutant 
 12 load reductions in basin management action plans meet 
 13 or exceed certain total maximum daily load 
 14 requirements; revising requirements for the allocation 
 15 of pollutant load reductions in such plans; requiring 
 16 that the plans provide strategies for mitigating or 
 17 eliminating pollutant load increases; requiring that 
 18 the strategies be reevaluated during plan updates; 
 19 requiring the department to assess certain projects; 
 20 requiring that the written assessments be included in 
 21 plan updates; deleting obsolete provisions; providing 
 22 an effective date. 
 23 
 24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 26 Section 1. Present subsections (8) and (9) of section 
 27 381.0065, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (9) 
 28 and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to 
 29 that section, to read: 
 30 381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; 
 31 regulation.— 
 32 (8) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.—Effective July 1, 2026, the owner 
 33 of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system, excluding a 
 34 system required to have an operating permit, must have the 
 35 system inspected at least once every 5 years to assess the 
 36 fundamental operational condition of the system, prolong the 
 37 life of the system, and identify any failure within the system. 
 38 The department shall administer an onsite sewage treatment and 
 39 disposal system inspection program for such periodic 
 40 inspections. The department shall implement the program 
 41 standards, procedures, and requirements and adopt rules that 
 42 must include, at a minimum, all of the following: 
 43 (a) A schedule for a 5-year inspection cycle. 
 44 (b) A county-by-county implementation plan phased in over a 
 45 10-year period, with first priority given to those areas within 
 46 a priority focus area for springs identified by the department. 
 47 (c) Minimum standards for a functioning system. 
 48 (d) Requirements for the pumpout or repair of a failing 
 49 system. 
 50 (e) Enforcement procedures for failure of a system owner to 
 51 obtain an inspection of the system and for failure of a 
 52 contractor to timely report inspection results to the department 
 53 and the system owner. 
 54 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 
 55 403.067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 56 403.067 Establishment and implementation of total maximum 
 57 daily loads.— 
 58 (7) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 
 59 IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS.— 
 60 (a) Basin management action plans.— 
 61 1. In developing and implementing the total maximum daily 
 62 load for a waterbody, the department, or the department in 
 63 conjunction with a water management district, may develop a 
 64 basin management action plan that addresses some or all of the 
 65 watersheds and basins tributary to the waterbody. Such plan must 
 66 integrate the appropriate management strategies available to the 
 67 state through existing water quality protection programs to 
 68 achieve the total maximum daily loads and may provide for phased 
 69 implementation of these management strategies to promote timely, 
 70 cost-effective actions as provided for in s. 403.151. Estimated 
 71 pollutant load reductions in a basin management action plan must 
 72 meet or exceed the total amount of pollutant load reductions 
 73 needed to meet the total maximum daily load requirements under 
 74 the plan. The plan must establish a schedule implementing the 
 75 management strategies, establish a basis for evaluating the 
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