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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to solid waste management; amending s. 2
403.706, F.S.; prohibiting municipalities and counties 3
from prohibiting or unreasonably restraining private 4
entities from providing recycling or solid waste 5
management services to certain properties; authorizing 6
municipalities and counties to require such private 7
entities to obtain permits, licenses, or nonexclusive 8
franchise equivalents that meet certai n requirements; 9
requiring municipalities and counties to apply certain 10
fees to all permit, license, and nonexclusive 11
franchise equivalent holders; providing requirements 12
for contracts or franchises in place as of a specified 13
date; providing an effective da te. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Present subsection (23) of section 403.706, 18
Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (24), and a new 19
subsection (23) is added to that section, to read: 20
403.706 Local government solid waste responsibilities. — 21
(23) A municipality or county may not prohibit or 22
unreasonably restrain a private entity from providing recycling 23
or solid waste management services to commercial, industrial, or 24
multifamily residential propert ies, including condominiums, 25
HB 975 2023
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within the municipality or county. 26
(a) A municipality or county may require the private 27
entity to obtain a permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 28
equivalent. The permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 29
equivalent may not cost more than the administrative cost to 30
issue the permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent. 31
Such costs must be commensurate with other industries, license 32
fees, insurance requirements, and qualifications for the 33
issuance of the permit, li cense, or nonexclusive franchise 34
equivalent. 35
(b) A municipality or county must: 36
1. Require any franchise fee in place to be paid by all 37
permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent holders. 38
2. Recognize and protect all contracts or franchise s in 39
place as of January 1, 2023, until their current date of 40
expiration. A municipality or county may recognize a contract or 41
exclusive franchise in place as of January 1, 2023, which 42
contains a renewal option during the 2023 calendar year but may 43
not recognize an evergreen contract or an additional renewal or 44
extension of a contract. 45
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 46