Florida Senate Bill S0366 Comm Sub / Bill

 Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 366  By the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; and Senator Yarborough 601-02485-24 2024366c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to civil penalties under the Gas 3 Safety Law of 1967; amending s. 368.061, F.S.; 4 increasing, until a specified date, the civil penalty 5 amount for violating the Gas Safety Law of 1967; 6 increasing the maximum authorized civil penalty for 7 any related series of violations during such 8 timeframe; requiring the Florida Public Service 9 Commission, after a date certain and at least annually 10 thereafter, to establish and, if necessary, revise 11 maximum penalties by rule based on specified factors; 12 authorizing the commission to adopt rules; providing 13 an effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1.Subsection (1) of section 368.061, Florida 18 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that 19 section, to read: 20 368.061Penalty. 21 (1)A Any person who violates any provision of this part, 22 or any regulation issued hereunder, is shall be subject to a 23 civil penalty not to exceed the following: 24 (a)Until June 30, 2025, $266,015 $25,000 for each 25 violation for each day that such violation persists, except that 26 the maximum civil penalty may shall not exceed $2,660,135 27 $500,000 for any related series of violations. 28 (b)On or after July 1, 2025, maximum penalties established 29 by the Florida Public Service Commission by rule. In 30 establishing such penalties, the commission shall consider the 31 penalties established in paragraph (a) and make revisions to 32 such penalties based upon consideration of the Consumer Price 33 Index, penalties established in federal law for pipeline safety 34 violations, and the intent of the Legislature that the 35 commission maintain its certification with the Pipeline and 36 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or any of its 37 successor agencies, to enforce pipeline safety. The commission 38 shall review the penalties established in this paragraph at 39 least annually and revise as necessary, using the considerations 40 specified in this paragraph. 41 (4)The commission may adopt rules to implement this 42 section. 43 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.