(1) For any material false statement in an application to continue, initiate, or modify a use, or for any material false statement in any report or statement of fact required of the user pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the governing board or the department may revoke the user’s permit, in whole or in part, permanently.
(2) For willful violation of the conditions of the permit, the governing board or the department may permanently or temporarily revoke the permit, in whole or in part.
(3) For violation of any provision of this chapter, the governing board or the department may revoke the permit, in whole or in part, for a period not to exceed 1 year.
(4) For nonuse of the water supply allowed by the permit for a period of 2 years or more, the governing board or the department may revoke the permit permanently and in whole unless the user can prove that his or her nonuse was due to extreme hardship caused by factors beyond the user’s control. For a permit issued pursuant to s. 373.236(7), the governing board or the department may revoke the permit only if the nonuse of the water supply allowed by the permit is for a period of 4 years or more.
(5) The governing board or the department may revoke a permit, permanently and in whole, with the written consent of the permittee.
History.—s. 9, part II, ch. 72-299; s. 14, ch. 78-95; s. 600, ch. 95-148; s. 11, ch. 2009-243.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part II - Permitting of Consumptive Uses of Water (Ss. 373.203-373.250)
373.206 - Artesian wells; flow regulated.
373.207 - Abandoned artesian wells.
373.209 - Artesian wells; penalties for violation.
373.213 - Certain artesian wells exempt.
373.216 - Implementation of program for regulating the consumptive use of water.
373.217 - Superseded laws and regulations.
373.223 - Conditions for a permit.
373.2234 - Preferred water supply sources.
373.2235 - Effect of prior land acquisition on consumptive use permitting.
373.228 - Landscape irrigation design.
373.229 - Application for permit.
373.2295 - Interdistrict transfers of groundwater.
373.22951 - Validation of prior agreements between water management districts.
373.233 - Competing applications.
373.236 - Duration of permits; compliance reports.
373.239 - Modification and renewal of permit terms.
373.243 - Revocation of permits.
373.246 - Declaration of water shortage or emergency.