Florida HB 1161: Removal of Altered Sexual Depictions Posted without Consent

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Big Cypress Basin; amending s. 2
373.0693, F.S.; revising the membership of the Big 3
Cypress Basin governing board; requiring the South 4
Florida Water Management District to revise the 5
boundaries of the Big Cypress Basin based on a 6
specified study at a specified time; removing obsolete 7
language; amending s. 373.503, F.S.; requiring the 8
South Florida Water Management District to ensure that 9
the distribution of basin ad valorem taxes collected 10
within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and 11
flood control operations and maintenance within the 12
counties in which they were collected; reenacting s. 13
373.0697, F.S., relating to basin taxes, to 14
incorporate the amendment made to s. 373.503, F.S., in 15
a reference thereto; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 373.0693, Florida 20
Statutes, is amended to read: 21
373.0693 Basins; basin boards.— 22
(9) At 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1976, a portion of the 23
Big Cypress Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast District 24
which is being annexed into the South Florida Water Management 25

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District by change of boundaries pursuant to chapter 76-243, 26
Laws of Florida, shall be formed into a subdistrict or basin of 27
the South Florida Water Management District. Such portion shall 28
be designated as the Big Cypress Basin. On or before December 29
31, 1976, The Governor shall appoint six not fewer than five 30
persons from Collier County and two persons from Lee County who 31
reside within the Big Cypress Basin residing in the area to 32
serve as members of the governing board of the basin, effective 33
at the time of transfer and subject to confirmation by the 34
Senate as provided in subsection (4). 35
(a) The initial boundaries of the Big Cypress Basin shall 36
be established by resolution of the governing board of Central 37
and Southern Florida Flood Control District, after notice and 38
hearing, and generally shall encompass the Big Cypress Swamp and 39
southwestern coastal area hydrologic cataloging unit, as 40
indicated on River Basin and Hydrologic Unit Map of Florida—41
1975, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology 42
Map Series No. 72. 43
(b) At 11:59 p.m. on July 1, 2026, the governing board of 44
the South Florida Water Management District shall establish the 45
boundary of the Big Cypress Basin as the scientific boundary 46
recommended in the Big Cypress Basin Boundary Delineation study 47
that the district presented to the Legislature on January 12, 48
2021, except that the new basin boundary may include only 49
counties that have at least 25 percent of their jurisdictions 50

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delineated within the boundary. 51
(b) If the governing board shall fail to establish the 52
initial boundaries on or before December 31, 1976, the initial 53
boundaries shall be the same boundaries as described for the Big 54
Cypress Basin of the Ridge and Lower Gulf Coast District. 55
(c) The governing board of the South Florida Water 56
Management District subsequently may change the boundaries of 57
the basin, but may not abolish the basin. 58
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 59
373.503, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 60
373.503 Manner of taxation.— 61
(3) The districts may levy ad valorem taxes on property 62
within the district solely for the purposes of this chapter and 63
of chapter 25270, 1949, Laws of Florida, as amended, and chapter 64
61-691, Laws of Florida, as amended. If appropriate, taxes 65
levied by each governing board may be separated by the governing 66
board into a millage necessary for the purposes of the district 67
and a millage necessary for financing basin functions specified 68
in s. 373.0695. 69
(b) The apportionment in The South Florida Water 70
Management District shall ensure that: 71
1. The apportionment within the district is be a maximum 72
of 40 percent for district purposes and a maximum of 60 percent 73
for basin purposes; and 74
2. The basin ad valorem taxes levied within the counties 75

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that comprise the Big Cypress Basin are used for projects and 76
flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in 77
which such taxes were collected, respectively. 78
Section 3. For the p