| 18 | | - | Gas Safety Law of 1967; requiring the Florida Public 5 |
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| 19 | | - | Service Commission, after a date certain and annually 6 |
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| 20 | | - | thereafter, to establish and revise maximum penalties 7 |
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| 21 | | - | by rule based on specified factors; providing 8 |
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| 22 | | - | rulemaking authority; providing an effective date . 9 |
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| 24 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 368.061, Florida 13 |
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| 27 | | - | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that 14 |
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| 28 | | - | section, to read: 15 |
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| 29 | | - | 368.061 Penalty.— 16 |
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| 30 | | - | (1) A Any person who violates any provision of this part, 17 |
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| 31 | | - | or any regulation issued hereunder, is shall be subject to a 18 |
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| 32 | | - | civil penalty not to exceed the following: 19 |
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| 33 | | - | (a) Until June 30, 2025, $266,015 $25,000 for each 20 |
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| 34 | | - | violation for each day that the such violation persists, except 21 |
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| 35 | | - | that the maximum civil penalty may shall not exceed $2,660,135 22 |
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| 36 | | - | $500,000 for any related series of violations. 23 |
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| 37 | | - | (b) After July 1, 2025, maximum penalties established by 24 |
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| 38 | | - | the Florida Public Service Commission by rule. In establishing 25 |
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| 44 | | - | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 47 | | - | 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 |
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| 51 | | - | such penalties, the commission must consider the penalties 26 |
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| 52 | | - | established in paragraph (a) and make revisions based upon 27 |
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| 53 | | - | consideration of the consumer price index, penalties established 28 |
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| 54 | | - | in federal law for pipeline safety violations, and the intent of 29 |
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| 55 | | - | the Legislature that the commission maintai n its certification 30 |
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| 56 | | - | with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 31 |
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| 57 | | - | or any of its successor agencies, to enforce pipeline safety. 32 |
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| 58 | | - | The commission shall review the penalties established in this 33 |
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| 59 | | - | paragraph at least annually and revise, as nece ssary, using the 34 |
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| 60 | | - | considerations specified in this paragraph. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | (4) The commission may adopt rules to implement this 36 |
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| 62 | | - | section. 37 |
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| 63 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 38 |
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| 18 | + | Gas Safety Law of 1967; making grammatical changes; 5 |
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| 19 | + | providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 20 | + | 7 |
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| 21 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 22 | + | 9 |
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| 23 | + | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 368.061, Florida 10 |
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| 24 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 11 |
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| 25 | + | 368.061 Penalty.— 12 |
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| 26 | + | (1) Any person who violates any provision of this part, or 13 |
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| 27 | + | any regulation issued under this part hereunder, is shall be 14 |
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| 28 | + | subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $257,664 $25,000 for 15 |
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| 29 | + | each violation for each day that the such violation persists, 16 |
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| 30 | + | except that the maximum civil penalty may shall not exceed 17 |
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| 31 | + | $2,576,627 $500,000 for any related series of violations. 18 |
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| 32 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 19 |
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