Crist signs controversial water bill
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Michael C. Bender
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a bill that, among other things, strips public access from state decisions about who controls Florida’s precious water resources.
The new law takes effect Wednesday.
“It is surprising,” said Charles Lee of the group Audubon of Florida, who had denounced the bill as this year’s worst piece of legislation. “My hope is the governor will put his political efforts toward undoing this.”
Environmentalists also decried another portion of the wide-ranging bill that gives the state’s largest landholders the ability to secure water permits for as long as 50 years. Before Crist signed the bill, the longest a water permit could be secured was 20 years.
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