(1) The department may allocate to the water management districts, from funds appropriated to the department, such sums as may be deemed necessary to defray the costs of the administrative, regulatory, and other activities of the districts. The governing boards shall submit annual budget requests for such purposes to the department, and the department shall consider such budgets in preparing its budget request for the Legislature.
(2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of funding a specific water management district project shall be transferred to the water management district when the proposed project has been reviewed by the secretary of the pertinent state agency and upon receipt of a governing board resolution requesting such funds.
History.—s. 11, part I, ch. 72-299; ss. 5, 25, ch. 73-190; s. 22, ch. 2001-256.
Note.—Former s. 373.066.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part V - Finance and Taxation (Ss. 373.470-373.591)
373.470 - Everglades restoration.
373.472 - Save Our Everglades Trust Fund.
373.475 - Water storage facility revolving loan fund.
373.501 - Appropriation of funds to water management districts.
373.5071 - Audit report; furnishing to governing board and clerks of circuit courts.
373.535 - Preliminary district budgets.
373.536 - District budget and hearing thereon.
373.539 - Imposition of taxes.
373.543 - Land held by Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; areas not taxed.
373.553 - Treasurer of the board; payment of funds; depositories.
373.559 - May borrow money temporarily.
373.573 - Bonds to be validated.
373.579 - Proceeds from taxes for bond purposes.
373.583 - Registration of bonds.
373.586 - Unpaid warrants to draw interest.
373.59 - Payment in lieu of taxes for lands acquired for water management district purposes.
373.5905 - Reinstatement of payments in lieu of taxes; duration.