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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to solid waste management; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 403.706, F.S.; prohibiting municipalities and counties 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | from prohibiting or unreasonably restraining private 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | entities from providing recycling or solid waste 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | management services to certain properties; authorizing 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | municipalities and counties to require such private 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | entities to obtain permits, licenses, or nonexclusive 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | franchise equivalents that meet certai n requirements; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | requiring municipalities and counties to apply certain 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | fees to all permit, license, and nonexclusive 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | franchise equivalent holders; providing requirements 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for contracts or franchises in place as of a specified 13 |
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| 27 | | - | date; authorizing municipalitie s and counties to 14 |
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| 28 | | - | impose certain franchise fees under a specified 15 |
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| 29 | | - | condition; providing applicability; providing an 16 |
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| 30 | | - | effective date. 17 |
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| 32 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19 |
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| 34 | | - | Section 1. Present subsection (23) of section 403.706, 21 |
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| 35 | | - | Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (24), and a new 22 |
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| 36 | | - | subsection (23) is added to that section, to read: 23 |
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| 37 | | - | 403.706 Local government solid waste responsibilities. — 24 |
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| 38 | | - | (23) A municipality or county may not prohibit or 25 |
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| 27 | + | date; providing an effective da te. 14 |
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| 29 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 |
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| 31 | + | Section 1. Present subsection (23) of section 403.706, 18 |
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| 32 | + | Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (24), and a new 19 |
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| 33 | + | subsection (23) is added to that section, to read: 20 |
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| 34 | + | 403.706 Local government solid waste responsibilities. — 21 |
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| 35 | + | (23) A municipality or county may not prohibit or 22 |
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| 36 | + | unreasonably restrain a private entity from providing recycling 23 |
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| 37 | + | or solid waste management services to commercial, industrial, or 24 |
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| 38 | + | multifamily residential propert ies, including condominiums, 25 |
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| 51 | | - | unreasonably restrain a private e ntity from providing recycling 26 |
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| 52 | | - | or solid waste management services to commercial, industrial, or 27 |
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| 53 | | - | multifamily residential properties, including condominiums, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | within the municipality or county. 29 |
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| 55 | | - | (a) A municipality or county may require the private 30 |
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| 56 | | - | entity to obtain a permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 31 |
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| 57 | | - | equivalent. The permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 32 |
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| 58 | | - | equivalent may not cost more than the administrative cost to 33 |
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| 59 | | - | issue the permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent. 34 |
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| 60 | | - | Such costs must be commensurate with other industries, license 35 |
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| 61 | | - | fees, insurance requirements, and qualifications for the 36 |
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| 62 | | - | issuance of the permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 37 |
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| 63 | | - | equivalent. 38 |
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| 64 | | - | (b) A municipality or county must: 39 |
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| 65 | | - | 1. Require any franchise fee in place to be p aid by all 40 |
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| 66 | | - | permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent holders. 41 |
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| 67 | | - | 2. Recognize and protect all contracts or franchises in 42 |
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| 68 | | - | place as of January 1, 2023, until their current date of 43 |
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| 69 | | - | expiration. A municipality or county may recognize a contract or 44 |
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| 70 | | - | exclusive franchise in place as of January 1, 2023, which 45 |
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| 71 | | - | contains a renewal option during the 2023 calendar year but may 46 |
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| 72 | | - | not recognize an evergreen contract or an additional renewal or 47 |
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| 73 | | - | extension of a contract. 48 |
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| 74 | | - | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipa lity or 49 |
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| 75 | | - | county that had a franchise fee in place as of January 1, 2023, 50 |
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| 88 | | - | that contains a surcharge may continue to impose such fee for 51 |
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| 89 | | - | the duration of a contract recognized pursuant to subparagraph 52 |
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| 90 | | - | (b)2. if the franchise fee otherwise complies with this 53 |
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| 91 | | - | subsection. 54 |
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| 92 | | - | (d) This subsection does not apply to a municipality or 55 |
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| 93 | | - | county that is an exclusive provider of solid waste collection 56 |
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| 94 | | - | services in its jurisdiction performed by employees of the 57 |
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| 95 | | - | municipality or county using equipment owned by the municipality 58 |
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| 96 | | - | or county. 59 |
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| 97 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 60 |
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| 51 | + | within the municipality or county. 26 |
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| 52 | + | (a) A municipality or county may require the private 27 |
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| 53 | + | entity to obtain a permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 28 |
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| 54 | + | equivalent. The permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise 29 |
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| 55 | + | equivalent may not cost more than the administrative cost to 30 |
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| 56 | + | issue the permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent. 31 |
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| 57 | + | Such costs must be commensurate with other industries, license 32 |
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| 58 | + | fees, insurance requirements, and qualifications for the 33 |
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| 59 | + | issuance of the permit, li cense, or nonexclusive franchise 34 |
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| 60 | + | equivalent. 35 |
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| 61 | + | (b) A municipality or county must: 36 |
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| 62 | + | 1. Require any franchise fee in place to be paid by all 37 |
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| 63 | + | permit, license, or nonexclusive franchise equivalent holders. 38 |
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| 64 | + | 2. Recognize and protect all contracts or franchise s in 39 |
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| 65 | + | place as of January 1, 2023, until their current date of 40 |
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| 66 | + | expiration. A municipality or county may recognize a contract or 41 |
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| 67 | + | exclusive franchise in place as of January 1, 2023, which 42 |
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| 68 | + | contains a renewal option during the 2023 calendar year but may 43 |
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| 69 | + | not recognize an evergreen contract or an additional renewal or 44 |
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| 70 | + | extension of a contract. 45 |
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| 71 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 46 |
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