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| 793 | | - | 163.3162 Agricultural Lands and Practices. — 528 |
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| 794 | | - | (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 529 |
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| 795 | | - | (a) "Department" means the Depart ment of Agriculture and 530 |
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| 796 | | - | Consumer Services. 531 |
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| 797 | | - | (f) "Housing site" means the totality of development 532 |
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| 798 | | - | supporting authorized housing, including buildings, mobile 533 |
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| 799 | | - | homes, barracks, dormitories used as living quarters, parking 534 |
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| 802 | | - | (g) "Legally verified agricultural worker" means a person 537 |
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| 803 | | - | who: 538 |
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| 804 | | - | 1. Is lawfully present in the United States; 539 |
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| 808 | | - | 448.095(2) and is authorized to work at the time of employment; 543 |
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| 809 | | - | 4. Is seasonally or annually employed in a bona fide 544 |
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| 830 | | - | construction or installation of housing for legally verified 553 |
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| 831 | | - | agricultural workers on land classified as agricultural land 554 |
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| 836 | | - | classified as agricultural land under s. 193.461 must satisfy 559 |
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| 838 | | - | 1. The dwelling units must meet federal, state, and l ocal 561 |
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| 839 | | - | building standards, including standards of the Department of 562 |
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| 840 | | - | Health adopted pursuant to ss. 381.008 -381.00897 and federal 563 |
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| 841 | | - | standards for H-2A visa housing. If a written notice of intent 564 |
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| 842 | | - | is required to be submitted to the Department of Health pursuant 565 |
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| 843 | | - | to s. 381.0083, the appropriate governmental entity with 566 |
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| 844 | | - | jurisdiction over the agricultural lands may also require 567 |
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| 845 | | - | submittal of a copy of the written notice. 568 |
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| 846 | | - | 2. The housing site must be maintained in a neat, orderly, 569 |
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| 847 | | - | and safe manner. 570 |
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| 848 | | - | 3. All structures c ontaining dwelling units must be 571 |
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| 849 | | - | located a minimum of 10 feet apart. 572 |
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| 850 | | - | 4. The square footage of the housing site's climate -573 |
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| 851 | | - | controlled facilities may not exceed 1.5 percent of the 574 |
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| 852 | | - | property's area or 35,000 square feet, whichever is less. 575 |
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| 865 | | - | 5. A housing site must provide front, side, and rear yard 576 |
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| 866 | | - | setbacks of at least 50 feet. However, an internal project 577 |
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| 867 | | - | driveway may be located in the required yard space if the yard 578 |
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| 868 | | - | is adjacent to a public roadway or to property that is under 579 |
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| 869 | | - | common ownership with the housin g site. 580 |
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| 870 | | - | 6. A housing site may not be located less than 100 feet 581 |
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| 871 | | - | from a property line adjacent to property zoned for residential 582 |
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| 872 | | - | use. If the housing site is located less than 250 feet from any 583 |
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| 873 | | - | property line, screening must be provided between the housing 584 |
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| 874 | | - | site and any residentially developed adjacent parcels that are 585 |
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| 875 | | - | under different ownership. The screening may be designed in any 586 |
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| 876 | | - | of the following ways: 587 |
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| 877 | | - | a. Evergreen plants that, at the time of planting, are at 588 |
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| 878 | | - | least 6 feet in height and provide an overall screening opacity 589 |
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| 879 | | - | of 75 percent; 590 |
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| 880 | | - | b. A masonry wall at least 6 feet in height and finished 591 |
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| 881 | | - | on all sides with brick, stone, or painted or pigmented stucco; 592 |
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| 882 | | - | c. A solid wood or PVC fence at least 6 feet in height 593 |
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| 883 | | - | with the finished side of the fence facing out; 594 |
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| 884 | | - | d. A row of evergreen shade trees that, at the time of 595 |
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| 885 | | - | planting, are at least 10 feet in height, a minimum of 2 -inch 596 |
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| 886 | | - | caliper, and spaced no more than 20 feet apart; or 597 |
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| 887 | | - | e. A berm made with a combination of the materials listed 598 |
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| 888 | | - | in sub-subparagraphs a.-d., which is at least 6 feet in height 599 |
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| 904 | | - | be made of packed shell, gravel, or a similar material that will 603 |
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| 905 | | - | provide a relatively dust -free surface. 604 |
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| 906 | | - | (c) Any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this 605 |
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| 907 | | - | subsection must comply with all state and federal regulations 606 |
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| 908 | | - | for migrant farmworker housing, as applicable, including rules 607 |
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| 909 | | - | adopted by the Department of Health purs uant to ss. 381.008–608 |
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| 910 | | - | 381.00897 and federal regulations under the Migrant and Seasonal 609 |
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| 911 | | - | Agricultural Worker Protection Act or the H -2A visa program. A 610 |
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| 914 | | - | which still meet regulations established by the Department of 613 |
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| 915 | | - | Health pursuant to ss. 381.008 –381.00897 and federal regulations 614 |
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| 916 | | - | under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 615 |
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| 917 | | - | Act or the H-2A visa program. An ordinance adopted purs uant to 616 |
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| 918 | | - | this paragraph may not conflict with the definition and 617 |
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| 919 | | - | requirements of a legally verified agricultural worker. 618 |
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| 920 | | - | (d) Beginning July 1, 2025, a property owner must maintain 619 |
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| 921 | | - | records of all approved permits, including successor permits, 620 |
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| 922 | | - | for migrant labor camps or residential migrant housing as 621 |
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| 923 | | - | required under s. 381.0081. A property owner must maintain such 622 |
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| 924 | | - | records for at least 3 years and make the records available for 623 |
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| 925 | | - | inspection within 14 days after receipt of a request for records 624 |
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| 926 | | - | by a governmental entity. 625 |
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| 941 | | - | 1. If, for any reason, a housing site is not being used 628 |
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| 942 | | - | for legally verified agricultural workers for longer than 365 629 |
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| 943 | | - | days, any structure used as living quarters must be removed from 630 |
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| 944 | | - | the housing site within 180 days after receipt of written 631 |
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| 945 | | - | notification from the county unless the property owner can 632 |
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| 946 | | - | demonstrate that use of the site for housing legally verified 633 |
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| 947 | | - | agricultural workers w ill occur within 90 days after the written 634 |
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| 948 | | - | notification. 635 |
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| 949 | | - | 2. If the property on which the housing site is located 636 |
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| 950 | | - | ceases to be classified as agricultural land pursuant to s. 637 |
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| 951 | | - | 193.461. 638 |
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| 953 | | - | for the housing site is revoked, all structures must be removed 640 |
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| 954 | | - | from the housing site within 180 days after receipt of written 641 |
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| 955 | | - | notification from the county unless the permit is reinstated by 642 |
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| 956 | | - | the Department of Health. 643 |
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| 957 | | - | 4. If a housing site is found to be occupied by any person 644 |
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| 958 | | - | who does not meet the definition of a legally verified 645 |
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| 959 | | - | agricultural worker, or is otherwise unlawfully present in the 646 |
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| 960 | | - | United States. A property owner who violates this subparagraph 647 |
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| 961 | | - | is subject to a Class I fine pursuant to s. 570.971, not to 648 |
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| 962 | | - | exceed $1,000, for the first violation, and a Class II fine, not 649 |
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| 963 | | - | to exceed $5,000, for any subsequent violations. The fines shall 650 |
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| 976 | | - | be collected by the clerk of the court of the county in which 651 |
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| 977 | | - | the violation occurred. 652 |
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| 978 | | - | (f) Notwithstanding this subsection, the cons truction or 653 |
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| 979 | | - | installation of housing for legally verified agricultural 654 |
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| 980 | | - | workers in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern and 655 |
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| 981 | | - | the City of Key West Area of Critical State Concern is subject 656 |
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| 982 | | - | to the permit allocation systems of the Florida Keys Area of 657 |
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| 983 | | - | Critical State Concern and the City of Key West Area of Critical 658 |
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| 984 | | - | State Concern, respectively. 659 |
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| 985 | | - | (g) A housing site that was constructed and in use before 660 |
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| 986 | | - | July 1, 2024, may continue to be used, and the property owner 661 |
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| 987 | | - | may not be required by a governmental e ntity to make changes to 662 |
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| 988 | | - | meet the requirements of this subsection, unless the housing 663 |
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| 989 | | - | site will be enlarged, remodeled, renovated, or rehabilitated. 664 |
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| 990 | | - | The property owner of a housing site authorized under this 665 |
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| 991 | | - | paragraph must provide regular maintenance and r epair, including 666 |
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| 992 | | - | compliance with health and safety regulations and maintenance 667 |
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| 993 | | - | standards, for such housing site to ensure the health, safety, 668 |
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| 994 | | - | and habitability of the housing site. 669 |
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| 995 | | - | (6) DATA COLLECTION. —The department shall adopt rules 670 |
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| 996 | | - | providing for: 671 |
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| 997 | | - | (a) A method for governmental entities to submit reports 672 |
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| 998 | | - | of property owners who have a housing site for legally verified 673 |
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| 999 | | - | agriculture workers on lands classified as agricultural land 674 |
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| 1000 | | - | pursuant to s. 193.461, as provided in this section. 675 |
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| 1016 | | - | Governmental entities shall provide this information quarterly 679 |
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| 1017 | | - | to the department in a format and timeframe prescribed by rule. 680 |
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| 1018 | | - | (7) ENFORCEMENT.— 681 |
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| 1019 | | - | (a) In addition to the enforcement methods of employment 682 |
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| 1020 | | - | verification outlined in s. 448.095, the department shall 683 |
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| 1021 | | - | enforce the requirements of subsection (5). Enforcement includes 684 |
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| 1022 | | - | completing routine inspections based on a random sample of data 685 |
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| 1023 | | - | collected by governmental entities and submitt ed to the 686 |
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| 1024 | | - | department, the investigation and review of complaints, and the 687 |
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| 1025 | | - | enforcement of violations. 688 |
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| 1026 | | - | (b) The department shall submit the information collected 689 |
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| 1027 | | - | to the State Board of Immigration Enforcement on a quarterly 690 |
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| 1028 | | - | basis, except that the first quart er shall begin 60 days after 691 |
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| 1029 | | - | the first quarterly data report under subsection (6) by a 692 |
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| 1030 | | - | governmental entity is received and reviewed by the department. 693 |
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| 1031 | | - | Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 201.25, Florida 694 |
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| 1032 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 695 |
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| 1033 | | - | 201.25 Tax exemptions for certain loans. —There shall be 696 |
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| 1034 | | - | exempt from all taxes imposed by this chapter: 697 |
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| 1035 | | - | (3) Any loan made by the Agriculture and Aquaculture 698 |
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| 1036 | | - | Producers Emergency Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program 699 |
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| 1050 | | - | Section 4. Subsection (19) is added to section 253.0341, 701 |
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| 1052 | | - | 253.0341 Surplus of state -owned lands.— 703 |
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| 1054 | | - | of Agriculture and Consumer Services may surplus lands acquired 705 |
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| 1055 | | - | pursuant to s. 366.20 which are determined to be suitable for 706 |
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| 1056 | | - | bona fide agricultural production, as defined in s. 193.461. The 707 |
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| 1057 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall consult 708 |
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| 1059 | | - | of making such determination. I n the event that lands acquired 710 |
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| 1060 | | - | pursuant to s. 366.20, which are determined to be suitable for 711 |
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| 1061 | | - | bona fide agricultural production are surplused, the Department 712 |
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| 1062 | | - | of Agriculture and Consumer Services must retain a rural -lands-713 |
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| 1063 | | - | protection easements pursuant to s . 570.71(3), and all proceeds 714 |
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| 1064 | | - | must be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund within the 715 |
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| 1065 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for less than 716 |
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| 1066 | | - | fee simple land acquisition pursuant to ss. 570.71 and 570.715. 717 |
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| 1067 | | - | By January 1, 2026, and each January 1 t hereafter, the 718 |
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| 1068 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall provide a 719 |
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| 1069 | | - | report of lands surplused pursuant to this subsection to the 720 |
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| 1070 | | - | board. 721 |
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| 1071 | | - | (a) Any lands designated as a state forest, state park, or 722 |
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| 1072 | | - | wildlife management area are ineligible to be su rplused pursuant 723 |
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| 1088 | | - | subsection (2) of section 330.41, Florida Statutes, are 727 |
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| 1089 | | - | redesignated as paragraphs (b) through (e) and (j), 728 |
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| 1090 | | - | respectively, subsection (6) is renumbered as subsection (8), 729 |
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| 1092 | | - | new paragraph (a) and paragraphs (f) through (i) are added to 731 |
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| 1096 | | - | (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act, the term: 735 |
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| 1097 | | - | (a) "Commercial property" means real property other than 736 |
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| 1098 | | - | residential property. The term includes, but is not limited to, 737 |
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| 1099 | | - | a property zoned multifamily residential which is comprised of 738 |
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| 1100 | | - | five or more dwelling units, and real property used for 739 |
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| 1101 | | - | commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes. 740 |
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| 1102 | | - | (f) "Private property" means any residential or commercial 741 |
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| 1103 | | - | property. 742 |
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| 1104 | | - | (g) "Property owner" means the owner or own ers of record 743 |
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| 1105 | | - | of real property. The term includes real property held in trust 744 |
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| 1106 | | - | for the benefit of one or more individuals, in which case the 745 |
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| 1107 | | - | individual or individuals may be considered as the property 746 |
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| 1108 | | - | owner or owners, provided that the trustee provides writ ten 747 |
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| 1109 | | - | consent. The term does not include persons renting, using, 748 |
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| 1110 | | - | living, or otherwise occupying real property. 749 |
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| 1125 | | - | fewer dwelling units. 752 |
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| 1126 | | - | (i) "Sport shooting and training range" has the same 753 |
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| 1127 | | - | meaning as in s. 790.333(3)(h). 754 |
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| 1128 | | - | (4) PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. — 755 |
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| 1129 | | - | (d) This subsection and paragraph (2)(b) paragraph (2)(a) 756 |
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| 1130 | | - | shall sunset 60 days after the date that a process pursu ant to 757 |
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| 1131 | | - | s. 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016 758 |
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| 1132 | | - | becomes effective. 759 |
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| 1133 | | - | (6) PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS. — 760 |
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| 1134 | | - | (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully do any of the 761 |
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| 1135 | | - | following on lands classified as agricultural lands pursuant to 762 |
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| 1136 | | - | s. 193.461: 763 |
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| 1137 | | - | 1. Operate a drone. 764 |
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| 1138 | | - | 2. Allow a drone to make contact with any person or object 765 |
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| 1139 | | - | on the premises of or within the boundaries of such lands. 766 |
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| 1140 | | - | 3. Allow a drone to come within a distance close enough to 767 |
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| 1141 | | - | such lands to interfere with or cause a dist urbance to 768 |
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| 1142 | | - | agricultural production. 769 |
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| 1143 | | - | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a 770 |
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| 1144 | | - | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 771 |
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| 1145 | | - | 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or 772 |
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| 1146 | | - | subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 773 |
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| 1147 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 774 |
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| 1161 | | - | in paragraph (a) which are committed by: 776 |
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| 1162 | | - | 1. The owner of the agricultural lands; 777 |
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| 1163 | | - | 2. A person acting under the prior written consent of the 778 |
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| 1164 | | - | owner of the agricultural lands; or 779 |
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| 1165 | | - | 3. A person or entity acting in compliance with the 780 |
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| 1166 | | - | provisions of s. 934.50. 781 |
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| 1167 | | - | (7) PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND STATE HUNTING 782 |
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| 1168 | | - | LANDS.— 783 |
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| 1169 | | - | (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully allow a drone 784 |
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| 1170 | | - | to make contact with private property, state wildlife management 785 |
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| 1171 | | - | lands, or a sport shooting and training range or any person or 786 |
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| 1172 | | - | object on the premises of or within such property with the 787 |
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| 1173 | | - | intent to harass. 788 |
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| 1174 | | - | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a 789 |
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| 1175 | | - | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 790 |
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| 1176 | | - | 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or 791 |
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| 1177 | | - | subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 792 |
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| 1178 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 793 |
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| 1179 | | - | (c) A person who viol ates paragraph (a) and records video 794 |
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| 1180 | | - | of the private property, state wildlife management lands, or 795 |
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| 1181 | | - | sport shooting and training range, including any person or 796 |
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| 1182 | | - | object on the premises of or within the private property, state 797 |
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| 1183 | | - | wildlife management lands, or sport shooting and training range, 798 |
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| 1184 | | - | commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 799 |
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| 1198 | | - | second or subsequent violation commits a felony of the third 801 |
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| 1199 | | - | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s . 775.083, or s. 802 |
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| 1200 | | - | 775.084. 803 |
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| 1201 | | - | (d) This subsection does not apply to actions identified 804 |
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| 1202 | | - | in paragraph (a) which are committed by: 805 |
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| 1203 | | - | 1. The owner of the private property or sport shooting and 806 |
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| 1204 | | - | training range; 807 |
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| 1205 | | - | 2. A person acting under the prior written consent of the 808 |
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| 1206 | | - | owner of the private property or sport shooting and training 809 |
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| 1207 | | - | range; or 810 |
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| 1208 | | - | 3. A person or entity acting in compliance with the 811 |
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| 1209 | | - | provisions of s. 934.50. 812 |
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| 1210 | | - | Section 6. Effective July, 31 2026, section 366.20, 813 |
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| 1211 | | - | Florida Statutes, is created to read: 814 |
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| 1212 | | - | 366.20 Sale and management of lands owned by electric 815 |
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| 1213 | | - | utilities.— 816 |
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| 1214 | | - | (1) Lands acquired by an electric utility, as defined in 817 |
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| 1215 | | - | s. 366.02(4), on or after January 1, 2009, which have been 818 |
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| 1216 | | - | classified as agricultural lands pursuant to s. 193.461 at any 819 |
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| 1217 | | - | time in the 5 years preceding the acquisition of the land by the 820 |
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| 1218 | | - | electric utility must be offered for fee simple acquisition to 821 |
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| 1219 | | - | the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services through the 822 |
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| 1220 | | - | process outlined in subsection (3) before offering for sale or 823 |
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| 1221 | | - | transferring the land to a private individual or entity. 824 |
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| 1222 | | - | (2) Lands owned by an electric utility, as defined in s. 825 |
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| 1235 | | - | 366.02(4), on or after January 1, 2009, which were classified as 826 |
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| 1236 | | - | agricultural lands pursuant to s. 193.461 at any time in the 5 827 |
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| 1237 | | - | years preceding the date of acquisition of the land by the 828 |
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| 1238 | | - | electric utility must be offered for fee simple acquisition to 829 |
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| 1239 | | - | the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services through the 830 |
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| 1240 | | - | process outlined in subsection (3) before offering for sale or 831 |
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| 1241 | | - | transferring the land to a priva te individual or entity. 832 |
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| 1242 | | - | (3)(a) Within 30 days before offering for sale or 833 |
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| 1243 | | - | transferring lands identified pursuant to subsection (1) or 834 |
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| 1244 | | - | subsection (2) to a private individual or entity, an electric 835 |
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| 1245 | | - | utility must issue a written intent to sell by certified mail to 836 |
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| 1246 | | - | the Commissioner of Agriculture. 837 |
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| 1247 | | - | (b) Within 30 days after the date of receipt by certified 838 |
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| 1248 | | - | mail of the written intent to sell by an electric utility, the 839 |
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| 1249 | | - | Commissioner of Agriculture may issue a written intent to 840 |
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| 1250 | | - | purchase by certified mail to the electric utility. If the 841 |
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| 1251 | | - | Commissioner of Agriculture declines, or does not issue an 842 |
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| 1252 | | - | intent to purchase within 30 days, the electric utility is 843 |
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| 1253 | | - | released from the requirements of this section. 844 |
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| 1254 | | - | (4) Offers accepted by the Department of Agriculture and 845 |
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| 1255 | | - | Consumer Services pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) which are 846 |
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| 1256 | | - | received no later than 6 months before the start of the regular 847 |
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| 1257 | | - | legislative session must be executed no later than July 31 848 |
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| 1258 | | - | following that regular legislative session. 849 |
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| 1259 | | - | (5) The Department of Agriculture an d Consumer Services 850 |
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| 1272 | | - | shall adopt rules to implement this section. 851 |
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| 1273 | | - | Section 7. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 366.94, 852 |
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| 1274 | | - | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) and (5), 853 |
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| 1275 | | - | respectively, subsection (2) of that section is amended, and a 854 |
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| 1276 | | - | new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: 855 |
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| 1277 | | - | 366.94 Electric vehicle charging. — 856 |
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| 1278 | | - | (2)(a) As used in this section, the term "electric vehicle 857 |
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| 1279 | | - | charging station" means the area in the immediate vicinity of 858 |
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| 1280 | | - | electric vehicle supply equipment and includes the electric 859 |
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| 1281 | | - | vehicle supply equipment, supporting equipment, and associated 860 |
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| 1282 | | - | parking spaces. The regulation of electric vehicle charging 861 |
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| 1283 | | - | stations is preempted to the state. 862 |
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| 1284 | | - | (b)(a) A local governmental entity may not enact or 863 |
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| 1285 | | - | enforce an ordinance or regulation related to electric vehicle 864 |
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| 1286 | | - | charging stations. 865 |
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| 1287 | | - | (3)(a)(b) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer 866 |
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| 1288 | | - | Services shall adopt rules to implement this subsection and to 867 |
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| 1289 | | - | provide requirements for electric vehicle charging stations to 868 |
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| 1290 | | - | allow for consistency for c onsumers and the industry. 869 |
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| 1291 | | - | (b) The department may adopt rules to protect the public 870 |
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| 1292 | | - | health, safety, and welfare and establish standards for the 871 |
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| 1293 | | - | placement, design, installation, maintenance, and operation of 872 |
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| 1294 | | - | electric vehicle charging stations. 873 |
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| 1295 | | - | (c) Local governmental entities shall issue permits for 874 |
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| 1296 | | - | electric vehicle charging stations based solely upon standards 875 |
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| 1309 | | - | established by department rule and other applicable provisions 876 |
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| 1310 | | - | of state law. The department shall prescribe by rule the time 877 |
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| 1311 | | - | period for approving or denying permit applications. 878 |
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| 1312 | | - | (d) Before a charger at an electric vehicle charging 879 |
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| 1313 | | - | station is placed into service for use by the public, the 880 |
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| 1314 | | - | charger must be registered with the department on a form 881 |
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| 1315 | | - | prescribed by department rule. 882 |
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| 1316 | | - | (e) The department shall have the authority to inspect 883 |
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| 1317 | | - | electric vehicle charging stations, conduct investigations, and 884 |
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| 1318 | | - | enforce this subsection and any rules adopted under this 885 |
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| 1319 | | - | subsection. The department may impose one or more of the 886 |
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| 1320 | | - | following penalties against a person who v iolates this 887 |
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| 1321 | | - | subsection or any rule adopted under this subsection: 888 |
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| 1322 | | - | 1. Issuance of a warning letter. 889 |
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| 1323 | | - | 2. Imposition of an administrative fine in the Class II 890 |
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| 1324 | | - | category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each violation. 891 |
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| 1325 | | - | (f) If the department determines that an e lectric vehicle 892 |
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| 1326 | | - | charging station or any associated equipment presents a threat 893 |
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| 1327 | | - | to the public health, safety, or welfare, the department may 894 |
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| 1328 | | - | issue an immediate final order prohibiting the use of the 895 |
|---|
| 1329 | | - | electric vehicle charging station or any portion thereof. 896 |
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| 1330 | | - | (g) In addition to the remedies provided in this 897 |
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| 1331 | | - | subsection, and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate 898 |
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| 1332 | | - | remedy at law, the department may bring an action to enjoin a 899 |
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| 1333 | | - | violation of this subsection or rules adopted under this 900 |
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| 1346 | | - | subsection in the circui t court of the county in which the 901 |
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| 1347 | | - | violation occurs or is about to occur. Upon demonstration of 902 |
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| 1348 | | - | competent and substantial evidence by the department to the 903 |
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| 1349 | | - | court of the violation or threatened violation, the court shall 904 |
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| 1350 | | - | immediately issue the temporary or p ermanent injunction sought 905 |
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| 1351 | | - | by the department. The injunction must be issued without bond. 906 |
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| 1352 | | - | Section 8. Subsections (10) and (11) of section 388.011, 907 |
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| 1353 | | - | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (11) and (12), 908 |
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| 1354 | | - | respectively, subsections (2) and (5) of t hat section are 909 |
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| 1355 | | - | amended, and a new subsection (10) is added to that section, to 910 |
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| 1356 | | - | read: 911 |
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| 1357 | | - | 388.011 Definitions. —As used in this chapter: 912 |
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| 1358 | | - | (2) "Board of commissioners" means the governing body of 913 |
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| 1359 | | - | any mosquito control program district, and may include boards o f 914 |
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| 1360 | | - | county commissioners , city councils, municipalities, or other 915 |
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| 1361 | | - | similar governing bodies when context so indicates. 916 |
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| 1362 | | - | (5) "District" means any mosquito control special district 917 |
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| 1363 | | - | established in this state by law for the express purpose of 918 |
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| 1364 | | - | controlling arthropods within boundaries of such said districts. 919 |
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| 1365 | | - | (10) "Program" means any governmental jurisdiction that 920 |
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| 1366 | | - | conducts mosquito control, whether it be a special district, 921 |
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| 1367 | | - | county, or municipality. 922 |
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| 1368 | | - | Section 9. Section 388.021, Florida Statutes, is amended 923 |
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| 1369 | | - | to read: 924 |
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| 1370 | | - | 388.021 Creation of mosquito control special districts.— 925 |
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| 1383 | | - | (1) The abatement or suppression of arthropods, whether 926 |
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| 1384 | | - | disease-bearing or merely pestiferous, within any or all 927 |
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| 1385 | | - | counties of this state is advisable and necessary for the 928 |
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| 1386 | | - | maintenance and bett erment of the comfort, health, and welfare 929 |
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| 1387 | | - | of the people thereof and is found and declared to be for public 930 |
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| 1388 | | - | purposes. Areas where arthropods incubate, hatch, or occur in 931 |
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| 1389 | | - | significant numbers so as to constitute a public health, 932 |
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| 1390 | | - | welfare, or nuisance problem may be controlled or abated as 933 |
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| 1391 | | - | provided in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter 934 |
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| 1392 | | - | promulgated hereunder . Therefore, any municipality city, town, 935 |
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| 1393 | | - | or county, or any portion or portions thereof, whether such 936 |
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| 1394 | | - | portion or portions include incorpora ted territory or portions 937 |
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| 1395 | | - | of two or more counties in the state, may be created into a 938 |
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| 1396 | | - | special taxing district for the control of arthropods under the 939 |
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| 1397 | | - | provisions of this chapter. 940 |
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| 1398 | | - | (2) It is the legislative intent that those mosquito 941 |
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| 1399 | | - | control districts estab lished prior to July 1, 1980, pursuant to 942 |
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| 1400 | | - | the petition process contained in former s. 388.031, may 943 |
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| 1401 | | - | continue to operate as outlined in this chapter. However, on and 944 |
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| 1402 | | - | after that date, no mosquito control districts may be created 945 |
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| 1403 | | - | except pursuant to s. 125.01. 946 |
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| 1404 | | - | Section 10. Section 388.181, Florida Statutes, is amended 947 |
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| 1405 | | - | to read: 948 |
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| 1406 | | - | 388.181 Power to do all things necessary. —The respective 949 |
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| 1420 | | - | do and perform all things necessary to carry out the intent and 951 |
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| 1421 | | - | purposes of this law. 952 |
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| 1422 | | - | Section 11. Subsections (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 953 |
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| 1423 | | - | 388.201, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 954 |
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| 1424 | | - | 388.201 Program District budgets; hearing.— 955 |
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| 1425 | | - | (1) The fiscal year of programs districts operating under 956 |
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| 1426 | | - | the provisions of this chapter shall be the 12 -month period 957 |
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| 1427 | | - | extending from October 1 of one year through September 30 of the 958 |
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| 1428 | | - | following year. The governing board of the programs district 959 |
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| 1429 | | - | shall before July 15 of each year complete the preparation of a 960 |
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| 1430 | | - | tentative detailed work plan budget covering its proposed 961 |
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| 1431 | | - | operations and requirements for arthropod control measures 962 |
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| 1432 | | - | during the ensuing fiscal year and, for the purpose of 963 |
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| 1433 | | - | determining eligibility for state aid, shall submit copies as 964 |
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| 1434 | | - | may be required to the department for review and approval. The 965 |
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| 1435 | | - | tentative detailed work plan budget must shall set forth, 966 |
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| 1436 | | - | classified by account number, title and program items, and by 967 |
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| 1437 | | - | fund from which to be paid, the proposed expenditures of the 968 |
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| 1438 | | - | program district for construction, for acquisition of lan d, and 969 |
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| 1439 | | - | other purposes, for the operation and maintenance of the 970 |
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| 1440 | | - | program's district's works, the conduct of the program district 971 |
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| 1441 | | - | generally, to which may be added an amount to be held as a 972 |
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| 1442 | | - | reserve. 973 |
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| 1466 | | - | may amend, modify, or change such budget; and 985 |
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| 1468 | | - | furnished by the department a certified budget for the programs 987 |
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| 1469 | | - | district which shall be the operating and fiscal guide for the 988 |
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| 1470 | | - | program district. Certified copies of this budget must shall be 989 |
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| 1471 | | - | submitted by September 30 to the department for approval. 990 |
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| 1472 | | - | (5) County commissioners' mosquito and arthropod control 991 |
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| 1473 | | - | budgets or the budgets of a simil ar governing body of a county, 992 |
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| 1474 | | - | city, or town must shall be made and adopted as prescribed by 993 |
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| 1475 | | - | subsections (1) and (2); summary figures must shall be 994 |
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| 1476 | | - | incorporated into the county budgets as prescribed by the 995 |
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| 1477 | | - | Department of Financial Services. 996 |
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| 1495 | | - | formation of a separate or special board of commissioners, all 1002 |
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| 1496 | | - | the rights, powers, and duties of a board of commissioners as 1003 |
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| 1497 | | - | conferred in this chapter shall be vested in the board of county 1004 |
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| 1498 | | - | commissioners or similar governing body of such said county or 1005 |
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| 1499 | | - | municipality. 1006 |
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| 1500 | | - | Section 13. Section 388.261, Florida Statutes, is amended 1007 |
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| 1502 | | - | 388.261 State aid to counties , municipalities, and 1009 |
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| 1503 | | - | districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and 1010 |
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| 1504 | | - | limitations.— 1011 |
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| 1505 | | - | (1) A county, municipality, or district may, without 1012 |
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| 1506 | | - | contributing matching funds, receive state funds, supplies, 1013 |
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| 1507 | | - | services, or equipment in an amount of no more than $75,000 1014 |
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| 1508 | | - | $50,000 per year for up to 3 years for any new program for the 1015 |
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| 1509 | | - | control of mosquitoes and other arthrop ods which serves an area 1016 |
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| 1510 | | - | not previously served by the county , municipality, or district. 1017 |
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| 1511 | | - | These funds may be expended for any and all types of control 1018 |
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| 1512 | | - | measures approved by the department. 1019 |
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| 1513 | | - | (2) Every county, municipality, or district budgeting 1020 |
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| 1514 | | - | local funds to be used exclusively for the control of mosquitoes 1021 |
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| 1515 | | - | and other arthropods, under a plan submitted by the county , 1022 |
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| 1516 | | - | municipality, or district and approved by the department, is 1023 |
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| 1517 | | - | eligible to receive state funds and supplies, services, and 1024 |
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| 1518 | | - | equipment on a dollar -for-dollar matching basis to the amount of 1025 |
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| 1531 | | - | local funds budgeted. If state funds appropriated by the 1026 |
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| 1532 | | - | Legislature are insufficient to grant each county , municipality, 1027 |
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| 1533 | | - | or district state funds on a dollar -for-dollar matching basis to 1028 |
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| 1534 | | - | the amount budgeted in loca l funds, the department must shall 1029 |
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| 1535 | | - | distribute the funds as prescribed by rule. Such rules must 1030 |
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| 1536 | | - | shall provide for up to 80 percent of the funds to be 1031 |
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| 1537 | | - | distributed to programs with local funds for mosquito control 1032 |
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| 1538 | | - | budgets of less than $1 million, if the count y, municipality, or 1033 |
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| 1539 | | - | district meets the eligibility requirements. The funds must 1034 |
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| 1540 | | - | shall be distributed as equally as possible within the category 1035 |
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| 1541 | | - | of counties pursuant to this section. The remaining funds must 1036 |
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| 1542 | | - | shall be distributed as prescribed by rule among the remaining 1037 |
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| 1543 | | - | counties to support mosquito control and to support research, 1038 |
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| 1544 | | - | education, and outreach. 1039 |
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| 1545 | | - | (3) Every county shall be limited to receive a total of 1040 |
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| 1546 | | - | $120,000 of state funds, exclusive of state funds brought 1041 |
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| 1547 | | - | forward, during any one year. 1042 |
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| 1548 | | - | (4) Up to 20 percent of the annual funds appropriated to 1043 |
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| 1549 | | - | local governments for arthropod control may be used for 1044 |
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| 1550 | | - | arthropod control research or demonstration projects as approved 1045 |
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| 1551 | | - | by the department. 1046 |
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| 1552 | | - | (5) If more than one program local mosquito control agency 1047 |
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| 1553 | | - | exists in a county or municipality, the funds must shall be 1048 |
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| 1554 | | - | prorated between the programs agencies based on the population 1049 |
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| 1555 | | - | served by each program agency. 1050 |
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| 1568 | | - | (6) The Commissioner of Agriculture may exempt counties , 1051 |
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| 1569 | | - | municipalities, or districts from the requirements in subsection 1052 |
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| 1570 | | - | (1) or, subsection (2), or subsection (3) when the department 1053 |
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| 1571 | | - | determines state funds, supplies, services, or equipment are 1054 |
|---|
| 1572 | | - | necessary for the immediate control of mosquitoes and other 1055 |
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| 1573 | | - | arthropods that pose a threat to human or animal health. 1056 |
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| 1574 | | - | (7) The department may use state funds appropriated for a 1057 |
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| 1575 | | - | county, municipality, or district under subsection (1) or 1058 |
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| 1576 | | - | subsection (2) to provide state mosquito or other arthropod 1059 |
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| 1577 | | - | control equipment, supplies, or services whe n requested by a 1060 |
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| 1578 | | - | county, municipality, or district eligible to receive state 1061 |
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| 1579 | | - | funds under s. 388.271. 1062 |
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| 1580 | | - | (8) The department is authorized to use up to 5 percent of 1063 |
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| 1581 | | - | the funds appropriated annually by the Legislature under this 1064 |
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| 1582 | | - | section to provide technical ass istance to the counties , 1065 |
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| 1583 | | - | municipalities, or districts, or to purchase equipment, 1066 |
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| 1584 | | - | supplies, or services necessary to administer the provisions of 1067 |
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| 1585 | | - | this chapter. 1068 |
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| 1586 | | - | Section 14. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 388.271, 1069 |
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| 1587 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read : 1070 |
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| 1588 | | - | 388.271 Prerequisites to participation. — 1071 |
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| 1589 | | - | (1) When state funds are involved, it is the duty of the 1072 |
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| 1590 | | - | department to guide, review, approve, and coordinate the 1073 |
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| 1591 | | - | activities of all county and municipal governments and special 1074 |
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| 1592 | | - | districts receiving state funds in furtherance of the goal of 1075 |
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| 1605 | | - | integrated arthropod control. Each program county eligible to 1076 |
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| 1606 | | - | participate may, and each district must, begin participation on 1077 |
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| 1607 | | - | October 1 of any year by filing with the department not later 1078 |
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| 1608 | | - | than July 15 a tentative integrated arthropod management plan 1079 |
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| 1609 | | - | work plan and tentative detailed work plan budget providing for 1080 |
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| 1610 | | - | the control of arthropods. Following approval of the plan and 1081 |
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| 1611 | | - | budget by the department, a copy two copies of the program's 1082 |
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| 1612 | | - | county's or district's certified budget based on the approved 1083 |
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| 1613 | | - | integrated arthropod management work plan and detailed work plan 1084 |
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| 1614 | | - | budget must shall be submitted to the department by September 30 1085 |
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| 1615 | | - | following. State funds, supplies, and services must shall be 1086 |
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| 1616 | | - | made available to such program county or district by and through 1087 |
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| 1617 | | - | the department immediately upon release of funds by the 1088 |
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| 1618 | | - | Executive Office of the Governor. 1089 |
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| 1619 | | - | (2) All purchases of supplies, materials , and equipment by 1090 |
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| 1620 | | - | programs must counties or districts shall be made in accordance 1091 |
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| 1621 | | - | with the laws governing purchases by boards of county 1092 |
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| 1622 | | - | commissioners or similar governing bodies , except that programs 1093 |
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| 1623 | | - | districts with special laws relative to competitive bidding 1094 |
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| 1624 | | - | shall make purchases in accordance therewith. 1095 |
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| 1625 | | - | Section 15. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 388.281, 1096 |
|---|
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| 1627 | | - | 388.281 Use of state matching funds. — 1098 |
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| 1628 | | - | (1) All funds, supplies, and services released to programs 1099 |
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| 1642 | | - | be used in accordance with the integrated arthropod management 1101 |
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| 1643 | | - | detailed work plan and certified budget approved by both the 1102 |
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| 1644 | | - | department and the board of commissioners or an appropriate 1103 |
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| 1645 | | - | representative county or district. The integrated arthropod 1104 |
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| 1646 | | - | management plan and budget may be amended at any time upon prior 1105 |
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| 1647 | | - | approval of the department. 1106 |
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| 1648 | | - | (3) In any program county or district where the arthropod 1107 |
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| 1649 | | - | problem has been eliminated, or reduced to such an extent that 1108 |
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| 1650 | | - | it does not constitute a health, comfort, or economic problem as 1109 |
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| 1651 | | - | determined by the department, the maximum amount of state funds 1110 |
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| 1652 | | - | available under this chapter shall be reduced to the amount 1111 |
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| 1653 | | - | necessary to meet actual need. 1112 |
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| 1654 | | - | Section 16. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 388.291, 1113 |
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| 1655 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1114 |
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| 1656 | | - | 388.291 Source reduction meas ures; supervision by 1115 |
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| 1657 | | - | department.— 1116 |
|---|
| 1658 | | - | (1) Any program county or district may perform source 1117 |
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| 1659 | | - | reduction measures in conformity with good engineering practices 1118 |
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| 1660 | | - | in any area, provided that the department cooperating with the 1119 |
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| 1661 | | - | county, municipality, or district has approved the operating or 1120 |
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| 1662 | | - | construction plan as outlined in the integrated arthropod 1121 |
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| 1663 | | - | management plan and that it has been determined by criteria 1122 |
|---|
| 1664 | | - | contained in rule that the area or areas to be controlled would 1123 |
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| 1665 | | - | produce arthropods in significant numbers to con stitute a health 1124 |
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| 1666 | | - | or nuisance problem. 1125 |
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| 1679 | | - | (2) The program county or district shall manage the 1126 |
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| 1680 | | - | detailed business affairs and supervise the said work, and the 1127 |
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| 1681 | | - | department shall advise the programs districts as to the best 1128 |
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| 1682 | | - | and most effective measures to be used in bringing about better 1129 |
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| 1683 | | - | temporary control and the permanent elimination of breeding 1130 |
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| 1684 | | - | conditions. The department may at its discretion discontinue any 1131 |
|---|
| 1685 | | - | state aid provided under this chapter if hereunder in the event 1132 |
|---|
| 1686 | | - | it finds the jointly agreed upon program i s not being followed 1133 |
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| 1687 | | - | or is not efficiently and effectively administered. 1134 |
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| 1688 | | - | Section 17. Section 388.301, Florida Statutes, is amended 1135 |
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| 1689 | | - | to read: 1136 |
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| 1690 | | - | 388.301 Payment of state funds; supplies and services. —1137 |
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| 1691 | | - | State funds shall be payable quarterly, in accordance with the 1138 |
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| 1692 | | - | rules of the department, upon requisition by the department to 1139 |
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| 1693 | | - | the Chief Financial Officer. The department is authorized to 1140 |
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| 1694 | | - | furnish insecticides, chemicals, materials, equipment, vehicles, 1141 |
|---|
| 1695 | | - | and personnel in lieu of state funds where mass purchasing may 1142 |
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| 1696 | | - | save funds for the state, or where it would be more practical 1143 |
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| 1697 | | - | and economical to use equipment, supplies, and services between 1144 |
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| 1698 | | - | two or more programs counties or districts . 1145 |
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| 1699 | | - | Section 18. Section 388.311, Florida Statutes, is amended 1146 |
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| 1700 | | - | to read: 1147 |
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| 1701 | | - | 388.311 Carry over of state funds and local funds. —State 1148 |
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| 1702 | | - | and local funds budgeted for the control of mosquitoes and other 1149 |
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| 1703 | | - | arthropods shall be carried over at the end of the program's 1150 |
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| 1716 | | - | county or district's fiscal year, and rebudgeted for such 1151 |
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| 1717 | | - | control measures the following fiscal year. 1152 |
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| 1718 | | - | Section 19. Section 388.321, Florida Statutes, is amended 1153 |
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| 1719 | | - | to read: 1154 |
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| 1720 | | - | 388.321 Equipment to become property of a program the 1155 |
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| 1721 | | - | county or district.—All equipment purchased und er this chapter 1156 |
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| 1722 | | - | with state funds made available directly to a program the county 1157 |
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| 1723 | | - | or district shall become the property of the program county or 1158 |
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| 1724 | | - | district unless otherwise provided, and may be traded in on 1159 |
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| 1725 | | - | other equipment, or sold, when no longer needed by t he program 1160 |
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| 1726 | | - | county or district. 1161 |
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| 1727 | | - | Section 20. Section 388.322, Florida Statutes, is amended 1162 |
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| 1728 | | - | to read: 1163 |
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| 1729 | | - | 388.322 Record and inventory of certain property. —A record 1164 |
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| 1730 | | - | and inventory of certain property purchased with state funds for 1165 |
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| 1731 | | - | arthropod control use owned by the program must district shall 1166 |
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| 1732 | | - | be maintained in accordance with s. 274.02. 1167 |
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| 1733 | | - | Section 21. Section 388.323, Florida Statutes, is amended 1168 |
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| 1734 | | - | to read: 1169 |
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| 1735 | | - | 388.323 Disposal of surplus property. —Surplus property 1170 |
|---|
| 1736 | | - | shall be disposed of according to the provisions set forth in s. 1171 |
|---|
| 1737 | | - | 274.05 with the following exceptions: 1172 |
|---|
| 1738 | | - | (1) Serviceable equipment purchased using state funds for 1173 |
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| 1739 | | - | arthropod control use no longer needed by a program must county 1174 |
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| 1740 | | - | or district shall first be offered to any or all other programs 1175 |
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| 1754 | | - | established by the board of commissioners owning the equipment. 1177 |
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| 1755 | | - | (2) The alternative procedure for disposal of surplus 1178 |
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| 1756 | | - | property, as prescribed in s. 274.06, must shall be followed if 1179 |
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| 1757 | | - | it is determined that no other program county or district 1180 |
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| 1758 | | - | engaged in arthropod control has need for the equipment. 1181 |
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| 1759 | | - | (3) All proceeds from the sale of any real or tangible 1182 |
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| 1760 | | - | personal property owned by the program and purchased using state 1183 |
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| 1761 | | - | funds county or district shall be deposited in the program's 1184 |
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| 1762 | | - | county's or district's state fund account unless otherwise 1185 |
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| 1763 | | - | specifically designated by the department. 1186 |
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| 1764 | | - | Section 22. Section 388.341, Florida Statutes, is amended 1187 |
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| 1765 | | - | to read: 1188 |
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| 1766 | | - | 388.341 Reports of expenditures and accomplishments. —Each 1189 |
|---|
| 1767 | | - | program receiving state aid county and district participating 1190 |
|---|
| 1768 | | - | under the provisions of this chapter shall within 30 days after 1191 |
|---|
| 1769 | | - | the end of each month submit to the department a monthly report 1192 |
|---|
| 1770 | | - | for the preceding month of expenditures from all funds for 1193 |
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| 1771 | | - | arthropod control, and each program participating under this 1194 |
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| 1772 | | - | chapter shall provide such reports of activities and 1195 |
|---|
| 1773 | | - | accomplishments as may be required by the department. 1196 |
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| 1774 | | - | Section 23. Section 388.351, Florida Statutes, is amended 1197 |
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| 1775 | | - | to read: 1198 |
|---|
| 1776 | | - | 388.351 Transfer of equipment, personnel, and supplies 1199 |
|---|
| 1777 | | - | during an emergency. —The department, upon notifying a program 1200 |
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| 1790 | | - | county or district and obtaining its approval, is authorized to 1201 |
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| 1791 | | - | transfer equipment, materials, and personnel from one program 1202 |
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| 1792 | | - | district to another in the event of an emergency brought about 1203 |
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| 1793 | | - | by an arthropod-borne epidemic or other disaster requirin g 1204 |
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| 1794 | | - | emergency control. 1205 |
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| 1795 | | - | Section 24. Subsection (7) of section 388.361, Florida 1206 |
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| 1796 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1207 |
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| 1797 | | - | 388.361 Department authority and rules; administration. — 1208 |
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| 1798 | | - | (7) The department shall have the authority to collect, 1209 |
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| 1799 | | - | detect, suppress, and control mosquitoes and other arthropods 1210 |
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| 1800 | | - | that are determined by the State Health Officer to pose a threat 1211 |
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| 1801 | | - | to public health, or determined by the Commissioner of 1212 |
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| 1802 | | - | Agriculture to pose a threat to animal health, wherever they may 1213 |
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| 1803 | | - | occur on public or private land in thi s state, and to do all 1214 |
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| 1804 | | - | things necessary in the exercise of such authority. Before Prior 1215 |
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| 1805 | | - | to the start of treatments for the control of mosquitoes or 1216 |
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| 1806 | | - | other arthropods, the department shall consult with the mosquito 1217 |
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| 1807 | | - | control programs districts in the proposed treatment areas, the 1218 |
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| 1808 | | - | Department of Health, the Department of Environmental 1219 |
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| 1809 | | - | Protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 1220 |
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| 1810 | | - | regarding the proposed locations, dates, and methods to be used. 1221 |
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| 1811 | | - | Section 25. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 388 .3711, 1222 |
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| 1812 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1223 |
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| 1813 | | - | 388.3711 Enforcement. — 1224 |
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| 1827 | | - | fine; deny, suspend, or revoke any license or certification , or 1226 |
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| 1828 | | - | the disbursal of state aid ; or deny participation , in accordance 1227 |
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| 1829 | | - | with the provisions of chapter 120, upon any one or more of the 1228 |
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| 1830 | | - | following grounds as may be applicable: 1229 |
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| 1831 | | - | (a) Violation of any rule of the department or provision 1230 |
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| 1832 | | - | of this chapter. 1231 |
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| 1833 | | - | (b) Violation of FIFRA or any relevant EPA rule or 1232 |
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| 1834 | | - | regulation pertaining to the use of arthropod control pesticides 1233 |
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| 1835 | | - | by the licensee. 1234 |
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| 1836 | | - | (c) Failure to give the department, or any authorized 1235 |
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| 1837 | | - | representative thereof, true information upon request regarding 1236 |
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| 1838 | | - | methods and materials used, work performed, or other information 1237 |
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| 1839 | | - | essential to the administration of this chapter. 1238 |
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| 1840 | | - | (3) The department may, if it finds a violation is of such 1239 |
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| 1841 | | - | nature or circumstances that imposition of a fine, or denial, 1240 |
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| 1842 | | - | revocation, or suspension of a certification or license or 1241 |
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| 1843 | | - | disbursal of state aid wou ld be detrimental to the public or be 1242 |
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| 1844 | | - | unnecessarily harsh under the circumstances, in its discretion, 1243 |
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| 1845 | | - | place the offending party on probation for a period of not more 1244 |
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| 1846 | | - | than 2 years. If the department determines that the terms of 1245 |
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| 1847 | | - | such probation have been viol ated, it may reinstitute license or 1246 |
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| 1848 | | - | certification or state aid denial, suspension, or revocation 1247 |
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| 1849 | | - | proceedings. 1248 |
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| 1864 | | - | 388.381 Cooperation by programs counties and district .—Any 1251 |
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| 1865 | | - | program conducting county or district carrying on an arthropod 1252 |
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| 1866 | | - | control program may cooperate with another county, district, or 1253 |
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| 1867 | | - | municipality in carrying out work a program for the control of 1254 |
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| 1868 | | - | mosquitoes and other arthropods, by agreement as to the program 1255 |
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| 1869 | | - | and reimbursement thereof, when approved by the department. 1256 |
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| 1870 | | - | Section 27. Section 388.391, Florida Statutes, is amended 1257 |
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| 1872 | | - | 388.391 Control measures in municipalities and portions of 1259 |
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| 1873 | | - | counties located outside boundaries of programs districts.—Any 1260 |
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| 1874 | | - | program district whose operation is limited to a portion of the 1261 |
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| 1875 | | - | county in which it is located may perform any control measures 1262 |
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| 1876 | | - | authorized by this chapter in any municipality located in the 1263 |
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| 1877 | | - | same county or in any portions of the same county, where there 1264 |
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| 1878 | | - | is no established program district, when requested to do so by 1265 |
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| 1879 | | - | the municipality or county, pursuant to s. 388.381. 1266 |
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| 1880 | | - | Section 28. Section 388.401, Florida Statutes, is amended 1267 |
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| 1881 | | - | to read: 1268 |
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| 1882 | | - | 388.401 Penalty for damage to property or operations. —1269 |
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| 1883 | | - | Whoever shall willfully damages damage any of the property of 1270 |
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| 1884 | | - | any program county or district created under this or other 1271 |
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| 1885 | | - | chapters, or any works constructed, maintained, or controlled by 1272 |
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| 1886 | | - | such program county or district, or who obstructs shall obstruct 1273 |
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| 1887 | | - | or causes cause to be obstructed any of the operations of such 1274 |
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| 1888 | | - | program county or district, or who shall knowingly or willfully 1275 |
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| 1901 | | - | violates violate any provisions of this chapter or any rule or 1276 |
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| 1902 | | - | regulation adopted promulgated by any board of commissioners of 1277 |
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| 1903 | | - | any program, commits county or district s hall be guilty of a 1278 |
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| 1904 | | - | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 1279 |
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| 1905 | | - | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 1280 |
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| 1906 | | - | Section 29. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 1281 |
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| 1907 | | - | 388.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1282 |
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| 1908 | | - | 388.46 Florida Coordinating Council on Mosq uito Control; 1283 |
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| 1909 | | - | establishment; membership; organization; responsibilities. — 1284 |
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| 1910 | | - | (2) MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, AND RESPONSIBILITIES. — 1285 |
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| 1911 | | - | (a) Membership.—The Florida Coordinating Council on 1286 |
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| 1912 | | - | Mosquito Control shall be composed comprised of the following 1287 |
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| 1913 | | - | representatives or their authorized designees: 1288 |
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| 1914 | | - | 1. The Secretary of Environmental Protection. 1289 |
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| 1915 | | - | 2. The State Surgeon General. 1290 |
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| 1916 | | - | 3. The executive director of the Fish and Wildlife 1291 |
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| 1917 | | - | Conservation Commission. 1292 |
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| 1918 | | - | 4. The state epidemiologist. 1293 |
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| 1919 | | - | 5. The Commissioner of Agriculture. 1294 |
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| 1920 | | - | 6. The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust 1295 |
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| 1921 | | - | Fund. 1296 |
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| 1922 | | - | 7. Representatives from: 1297 |
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| 1923 | | - | a. The University of Florida, Institute of Food and 1298 |
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| 1924 | | - | Agricultural Sciences, Florida Medical Entomological Research 1299 |
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| 1925 | | - | Laboratory. 1300 |
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| 1938 | | - | b. The United State s Environmental Protection Agency. 1301 |
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| 1939 | | - | c. The United States Department of Agriculture, Center of 1302 |
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| 1940 | | - | Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology Insects 1303 |
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| 1941 | | - | Affecting Man Laboratory . 1304 |
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| 1942 | | - | d. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1305 |
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| 1943 | | - | 8. Four Two mosquito control directors to be nominated by 1306 |
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| 1944 | | - | the Florida Mosquito Control Association, two representatives of 1307 |
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| 1945 | | - | Florida environmental groups, and two private citizens who are 1308 |
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| 1946 | | - | property owners whose lands are regularly subject to mosquito 1309 |
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| 1947 | | - | control operations, to be appointe d to 4-year terms by the 1310 |
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| 1948 | | - | Commissioner of Agriculture and serve until his or her successor 1311 |
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| 1949 | | - | is appointed. 1312 |
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| 1950 | | - | Section 30. Paragraph (d) of subsection (7) of section 1313 |
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| 1951 | | - | 403.067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1314 |
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| 1952 | | - | 403.067 Establishment and implementation of total maximum 1315 |
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| 1953 | | - | daily loads.— 1316 |
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| 1954 | | - | (7) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 1317 |
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| 1955 | | - | IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS. — 1318 |
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| 1956 | | - | (d) Enforcement and verification of basin management 1319 |
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| 1957 | | - | action plans and management strategies. — 1320 |
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| 1958 | | - | 1. Basin management action plans are enforceable pursuant 1321 |
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| 1959 | | - | to this section and ss. 403.121, 403.141, and 403.161. 1322 |
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| 1960 | | - | Management strategies, including best management practices and 1323 |
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| 1961 | | - | water quality monitoring, are enforceable under this chapter. 1324 |
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| 1962 | | - | 2. No later than January 1, 2017: 1325 |
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| 1975 | | - | a. The department, in consultation with the water 1326 |
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| 1976 | | - | management districts and the Department of Agriculture and 1327 |
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| 1977 | | - | Consumer Services, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures 1328 |
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| 1978 | | - | to verify implementation of water quality monitoring required in 1329 |
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| 1979 | | - | lieu of implementation of best ma nagement practices or other 1330 |
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| 1980 | | - | measures pursuant to sub -subparagraph (b)2.g.; 1331 |
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| 1981 | | - | b. The department, in consultation with the water 1332 |
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| 1982 | | - | management districts and the Department of Agriculture and 1333 |
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| 1983 | | - | Consumer Services, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures 1334 |
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| 1984 | | - | to verify implementation of nonagricultural interim measures, 1335 |
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| 1985 | | - | best management practices, or other measures adopted by rule 1336 |
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| 1986 | | - | pursuant to subparagraph (c)1.; and 1337 |
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| 1987 | | - | c. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in 1338 |
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| 1988 | | - | consultation with the water management di stricts and the 1339 |
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| 1989 | | - | department, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures to 1340 |
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| 1990 | | - | verify implementation of agricultural interim measures, best 1341 |
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| 1991 | | - | management practices, or other measures adopted by rule pursuant 1342 |
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| 1992 | | - | to subparagraph (c)2. 1343 |
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| 1993 | | - | 1344 |
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| 1994 | | - | The rules required under this subparagraph shall include 1345 |
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| 1995 | | - | enforcement procedures applicable to the landowner, discharger, 1346 |
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| 1996 | | - | or other responsible person required to implement applicable 1347 |
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| 1997 | | - | management strategies, including best management practices or 1348 |
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| 1998 | | - | water quality monitoring as a result of no ncompliance. 1349 |
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| 1999 | | - | 3. At least every 2 years, the Department of Agriculture 1350 |
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| 2012 | | - | and Consumer Services shall perform onsite inspections of each 1351 |
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| 2013 | | - | agricultural producer that enrolls in a best management 1352 |
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| 2014 | | - | practice, except those enrolled by rule in subparagraph 4., to 1353 |
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| 2015 | | - | ensure that such practice is being properly implemented. Such 1354 |
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| 2016 | | - | verification must include a collection and review of the best 1355 |
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| 2017 | | - | management practice documentation from the previous 2 years 1356 |
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| 2018 | | - | required by rules adopted pursuant to subparagraph (c)2., 1357 |
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| 2019 | | - | including, but not limited to, nitrogen and phosphorus 1358 |
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| 2020 | | - | fertilizer application records, which must be collected and 1359 |
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| 2021 | | - | retained pursuant to subparagraphs (c)3., 4., and 6. The 1360 |
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| 2022 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall initially 1361 |
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| 2023 | | - | prioritize the inspection of agricul tural producers located in 1362 |
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| 2024 | | - | the basin management action plans for Lake Okeechobee, the 1363 |
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| 2025 | | - | Indian River Lagoon, the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary, and 1364 |
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| 2026 | | - | Silver Springs. 1365 |
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| 2027 | | - | 4. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is 1366 |
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| 2028 | | - | authorized to adopt rules estab lishing an enrollment in best 1367 |
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| 2029 | | - | management practices by rule process that agricultural pollutant 1368 |
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| 2030 | | - | sources and agricultural producers may use in lieu of the best 1369 |
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| 2031 | | - | management practices adopted in paragraph (c) and identify best 1370 |
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| 2032 | | - | management practices for landowner s of parcels which meet all of 1371 |
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| 2033 | | - | the following requirements: 1372 |
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| 2034 | | - | a. A parcel not more than 25 acres in size. 1373 |
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| 2035 | | - | b. A parcel designated as agricultural land use by the 1374 |
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| 2036 | | - | county in which it is located or the parcel is granted 1375 |
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| 2049 | | - | agricultural tax classification by the county property appraiser 1376 |
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| 2050 | | - | of the county in which it is located. 1377 |
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| 2051 | | - | c. A parcel with water use not exceeding 100,000 gallons 1378 |
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| 2052 | | - | per day on average unless the entire use is met using recycled 1379 |
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| 2053 | | - | water from wet detention treatment ponds or reuse water. 1380 |
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| 2054 | | - | d. A parcel where the agricultural activity on the parcel 1381 |
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| 2055 | | - | is not a vegetable crop, an agronomic crop, a nursery, or a 1382 |
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| 2056 | | - | dairy operation. 1383 |
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| 2057 | | - | e. A parcel not abutting an impaired water body identified 1384 |
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| 2058 | | - | in subsection (4). 1385 |
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| 2059 | | - | f. A parcel not part of a larger operation that is 1386 |
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| 2060 | | - | enrolled in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1387 |
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| 2061 | | - | best management practices or conducting water quality monitoring 1388 |
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| 2062 | | - | prescribed by the department or a water management district. 1389 |
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| 2063 | | - | 1390 |
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| 2064 | | - | Such requirements must specify design or performance criteria 1391 |
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| 2065 | | - | that, if applied, would result in compliance with appropriate 1392 |
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| 2066 | | - | water quality standards. The Department of Agriculture and 1393 |
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| 2067 | | - | Consumer Services is authorized to adopt additional eligibility 1394 |
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| 2068 | | - | criteria for landowners or producers to use enrollment by rule 1395 |
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| 2069 | | - | and to revoke enrollment by rule. 1396 |
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| 2070 | | - | 5. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1397 |
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| 2071 | | - | shall annually perform onsite inspections of 20 percent for all 1398 |
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| 2072 | | - | enrollments that meet the qualifications pursuant to 1399 |
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| 2073 | | - | subparagraph 4. by rule within basin management action pla n 1400 |
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| 2086 | | - | areas, to ensure that practices are being properly implemented. 1401 |
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| 2087 | | - | Such inspections must include a collection and review of the 1402 |
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| 2088 | | - | identified best management practice documentation from the 1403 |
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| 2089 | | - | previous 2 years required by rules adopted pursuant to 1404 |
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| 2090 | | - | subparagraph (c)2. All agricultural producers enrolled by rule 1405 |
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| 2091 | | - | in a best management practice must annually submit nutrient 1406 |
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| 2092 | | - | records, including nitrogen and phosphorus application records 1407 |
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| 2093 | | - | for the previous calendar year, to the Department of Agriculture 1408 |
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| 2094 | | - | and Consumer Service s as required by rules adopted pursuant to 1409 |
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| 2095 | | - | subparagraph (c)2. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer 1410 |
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| 2096 | | - | Services shall collect and retain these nutrient records 1411 |
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| 2097 | | - | pursuant to subparagraphs (c)3., 4., and 6. 1412 |
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| 2098 | | - | Section 31. Subsection (19) is added to sectio n 403.852, 1413 |
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| 2099 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 1414 |
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| 2100 | | - | 403.852 Definitions; ss. 403.850 -403.864.—As used in ss. 1415 |
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| 2101 | | - | 403.850-403.864: 1416 |
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| 2102 | | - | (19) "Water quality additive" means any chemical, 1417 |
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| 2103 | | - | additive, or substance that is used in a public water system for 1418 |
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| 2104 | | - | the purpose of: 1419 |
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| 2105 | | - | (a) Meeting or surpassing primary or secondary drinking 1420 |
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| 2106 | | - | water standards; 1421 |
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| 2107 | | - | (b) Preventing, reducing, or removing contaminants; or 1422 |
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| 2108 | | - | (c) Improving water quality. 1423 |
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| 2109 | | - | Section 32. Subsection (8) is added to section 403.859, 1424 |
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| 2110 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 1425 |
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| 2123 | | - | 403.859 Prohibited acts.—The following acts and the 1426 |
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| 2124 | | - | causing thereof are prohibited and are violations of this act: 1427 |
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| 2125 | | - | (8) The use of any additive in a public water system that 1428 |
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| 2126 | | - | does not meet the definition of a water quality additive as 1429 |
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| 2127 | | - | defined in s. 403.852(19). 1430 |
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| 2128 | | - | Section 33. Subsection (10) of section 482.111, Florida 1431 |
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| 2129 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1432 |
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| 2130 | | - | 482.111 Pest control operator's certificate. — 1433 |
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| 2131 | | - | (10) In order to renew a certificate, the 1434 |
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| 2132 | | - | certificateholder must complete 2 hours of approved continuing 1435 |
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| 2133 | | - | education on legislation, safety, pesticide labeling, and 1436 |
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| 2134 | | - | integrated pest management and 2 hours of approved continuing 1437 |
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| 2135 | | - | education in each category of her or his certificate or must 1438 |
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| 2136 | | - | pass an examination that the department shall provide in person 1439 |
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| 2137 | | - | and remotely through a t hird-party vendor. The third -party 1440 |
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| 2138 | | - | vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee given by the 1441 |
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| 2139 | | - | department. The department may not renew a certificate if the 1442 |
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| 2140 | | - | continuing education or examination requirement is not met. 1443 |
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| 2141 | | - | (a) Courses or programs, to be consi dered for credit, must 1444 |
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| 2142 | | - | include one or more of the following topics: 1445 |
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| 2143 | | - | 1. The law and rules of this state pertaining to pest 1446 |
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| 2144 | | - | control. 1447 |
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| 2145 | | - | 2. Precautions necessary to safeguard life, health, and 1448 |
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| 2146 | | - | property in the conducting of pest control and the application 1449 |
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| 2147 | | - | of pesticides. 1450 |
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| 2160 | | - | 3. Pests, their habits, recognition of the damage they 1451 |
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| 2161 | | - | cause, and identification of them by accepted common name. 1452 |
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| 2162 | | - | 4. Current accepted industry practices in the conducting 1453 |
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| 2163 | | - | of fumigation, termites and other wood -destroying organisms pest 1454 |
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| 2164 | | - | control, lawn and ornamental pest control, and household pest 1455 |
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| 2165 | | - | control. 1456 |
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| 2166 | | - | 5. How to read labels, a review of current state and 1457 |
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| 2167 | | - | federal laws on labeling, and a review of changes in or 1458 |
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| 2168 | | - | additions to labels used in pest control. 1459 |
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| 2169 | | - | 6. Integrated pest management. 1460 |
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| 2170 | | - | (b) The certificateholder must submit with her or his 1461 |
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| 2171 | | - | application for renewal a statement certifying that she or he 1462 |
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| 2172 | | - | has completed the required number of hours of continuing 1463 |
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| 2173 | | - | education. The statement must be on a form prescribed by the 1464 |
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| 2174 | | - | department and must id entify at least the date, location, 1465 |
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| 2175 | | - | provider, and subject of the training and must provide such 1466 |
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| 2176 | | - | other information as required by the department. 1467 |
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| 2177 | | - | (c) The department shall charge the same fee for 1468 |
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| 2178 | | - | examination as provided in s. 482.141(2). 1469 |
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| 2179 | | - | Section 34. Subsection (1) of section 482.141, Florida 1470 |
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| 2180 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1471 |
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| 2181 | | - | 482.141 Examinations. — 1472 |
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| 2182 | | - | (1) Each individual seeking certification must 1473 |
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| 2183 | | - | satisfactorily pass an examination which must be written but 1474 |
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| 2184 | | - | which may include practical demonstration. The dep artment shall 1475 |
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| 2197 | | - | provide in-person and remote testing through a third -party 1476 |
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| 2198 | | - | vendor. A third-party vendor may collect and retain a 1477 |
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| 2199 | | - | convenience fee hold at least two examinations each year . An 1478 |
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| 2200 | | - | applicant may seek certification in one or more categories. 1479 |
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| 2201 | | - | Section 35. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 1480 |
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| 2202 | | - | 482.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1481 |
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| 2203 | | - | 482.155 Limited certification for governmental pesticide 1482 |
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| 2204 | | - | applicators or private applicators. — 1483 |
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| 2205 | | - | (1) 1484 |
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| 2206 | | - | (b) A person seeking limited certification under this 1485 |
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| 2207 | | - | subsection must pass an examination that the department shall 1486 |
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| 2208 | | - | provide in person and remotely through a third -party vendor. The 1487 |
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| 2209 | | - | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1488 |
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| 2210 | | - | given or approved by the department . Each application for 1489 |
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| 2211 | | - | examination must be accompanied by an examination fee set by the 1490 |
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| 2212 | | - | department, in an amount of not more than $150 or less than $50; 1491 |
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| 2213 | | - | and a recertification fee of $25 every 4 years. Until rules 1492 |
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| 2214 | | - | setting these fees are adopted by the department, the 1493 |
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| 2215 | | - | examination fee is $50. Application for recertification must be 1494 |
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| 2216 | | - | accompanied by proof of having completed 4 classroom hours of 1495 |
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| 2217 | | - | acceptable continuing education. The limited certificate expires 1496 |
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| 2218 | | - | 4 years after the date of issuanc e. If the certificateholder 1497 |
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| 2219 | | - | fails to renew his or her certificate and provide proof of 1498 |
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| 2220 | | - | completion of the required continuing education units within 60 1499 |
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| 2221 | | - | days after the expiration date, the certificateholder may be 1500 |
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| 2234 | | - | recertified only after reexamination. The de partment shall make 1501 |
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| 2235 | | - | available provide the appropriate reference material and make 1502 |
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| 2236 | | - | the examination readily accessible and available to all 1503 |
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| 2237 | | - | applicants at least quarterly or as necessary in each county . 1504 |
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| 2238 | | - | Section 36. Subsection (2) of section 482.156, Flori da 1505 |
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| 2239 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1506 |
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| 2240 | | - | 482.156 Limited certification for commercial landscape 1507 |
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| 2241 | | - | maintenance personnel. — 1508 |
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| 2242 | | - | (2)(a) A person seeking limited certification under this 1509 |
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| 2243 | | - | section must pass an examination that the department shall 1510 |
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| 2244 | | - | provide in person and re motely through a third -party vendor. The 1511 |
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| 2245 | | - | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1512 |
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| 2246 | | - | given by the department . Each application for examination must 1513 |
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| 2247 | | - | be accompanied by an examination fee set by rule of the 1514 |
|---|
| 2248 | | - | department, in an amount of not more than $150 or less than $50. 1515 |
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| 2249 | | - | Before the department issues a limited certification under this 1516 |
|---|
| 2250 | | - | section, each person applying for the certification must furnish 1517 |
|---|
| 2251 | | - | proof of having a certificate of insurance which states that the 1518 |
|---|
| 2252 | | - | employer meets the requirements f or minimum financial 1519 |
|---|
| 2253 | | - | responsibility for bodily injury and property damage required by 1520 |
|---|
| 2254 | | - | s. 482.071(4). 1521 |
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| 2255 | | - | (b) The department shall make available provide the 1522 |
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| 2256 | | - | appropriate reference materials for the examination and provide 1523 |
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| 2257 | | - | in-person and remote testing through a third-party vendor. A 1524 |
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| 2258 | | - | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee make 1525 |
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| 2271 | | - | the examination readily accessible and available to applicants 1526 |
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| 2272 | | - | at least quarterly or as necessary in each county . 1527 |
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| 2273 | | - | Section 37. Subsection (2) of section 482.157, Fl orida 1528 |
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| 2274 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1529 |
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| 2275 | | - | 482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife 1530 |
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| 2276 | | - | management personnel. — 1531 |
|---|
| 2277 | | - | (2) The department shall issue a limited certificate to an 1532 |
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| 2278 | | - | applicant who: 1533 |
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| 2279 | | - | (a) Submits an application and examination fee of at least 1534 |
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| 2280 | | - | $150, but not more than $300, as prescribed by the department by 1535 |
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| 2281 | | - | rule; 1536 |
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| 2282 | | - | (b) Passes an examination that the department shall 1537 |
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| 2283 | | - | provide in person and remotely through a third -party vendor. The 1538 |
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| 2284 | | - | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1539 |
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| 2285 | | - | administered by the department . The department shall make 1540 |
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| 2286 | | - | available provide the appropriate study materials for the 1541 |
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| 2287 | | - | examination and make the examination readily available to 1542 |
|---|
| 2288 | | - | applicants in each county as necessary, but not less frequently 1543 |
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| 2289 | | - | than quarterly; and 1544 |
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| 2290 | | - | (c) Provides proof, including a certificate of insurance, 1545 |
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| 2291 | | - | that the applicant has met the minimum bodily injury and 1546 |
|---|
| 2292 | | - | property damage insurance requirements in s. 482.071(4). 1547 |
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| 2293 | | - | Section 38. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (1) of 1548 |
|---|
| 2294 | | - | section 482.161, Florida S tatutes, to read: 1549 |
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| 2295 | | - | 482.161 Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. — 1550 |
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| 2308 | | - | (1) The department may issue a written warning to or 1551 |
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| 2309 | | - | impose a fine against, or deny the application for licensure or 1552 |
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| 2310 | | - | licensure renewal of, a licensee, certified operator, limit ed 1553 |
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| 2311 | | - | certificateholder, identification cardholder, or special 1554 |
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| 2312 | | - | identification cardholder or any other person, or may suspend, 1555 |
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| 2313 | | - | revoke, or deny the issuance or renewal of any license, 1556 |
|---|
| 2314 | | - | certificate, limited certificate, identification card, or 1557 |
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| 2315 | | - | special identification card that is within the scope of this 1558 |
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| 2316 | | - | chapter, in accordance with chapter 120, upon any of the 1559 |
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| 2317 | | - | following grounds: 1560 |
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| 2318 | | - | (m) Upon the issuance of a final order imposing civil 1561 |
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| 2319 | | - | penalties under subsection 14(a) of the Federal Insecticide, 1562 |
|---|
| 2320 | | - | Fungicide, and Rodent icide Act (FIFRA) or a criminal conviction 1563 |
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| 2321 | | - | under subsection 14(b) of FIFRA. 1564 |
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| 2322 | | - | Section 39. Subsection (2) of section 487.044, Florida 1565 |
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| 2323 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 1566 |
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| 2324 | | - | 487.044 Certification; examination. — 1567 |
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| 2325 | | - | (2) The department shall require each applicant fo r a 1568 |
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| 2326 | | - | certified applicator's license to demonstrate competence by a 1569 |
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| 2327 | | - | written or oral examination in which the applicant must 1570 |
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| 2328 | | - | demonstrate adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and 1571 |
|---|
| 2329 | | - | application of restricted -use pesticides in each classification 1572 |
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| 2330 | | - | for which application for license is made. The department shall 1573 |
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| 2331 | | - | provide in-person and remote testing through a third -party 1574 |
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| 2345 | | - | convenience fee. The examination may be prepared, administered, 1576 |
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| 2346 | | - | and evaluated by the department. Each applicant for a certified 1577 |
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| 2347 | | - | applicator's license must shall demonstrate minimum competence 1578 |
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| 2348 | | - | as to: 1579 |
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| 2349 | | - | (a) The proper use of the equipment. 1580 |
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| 2350 | | - | (b) The environmental hazards tha t may be involved in 1581 |
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| 2351 | | - | applying restricted-use pesticides. 1582 |
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| 2352 | | - | (c) Calculating the concentration of restricted -use 1583 |
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| 2353 | | - | pesticides to be used in particular circumstances. 1584 |
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| 2354 | | - | (d) Identification of common pests to be controlled and 1585 |
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| 2355 | | - | the damages caused by such pests. 1586 |
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| 2356 | | - | (e) Protective clothing and respiratory equipment required 1587 |
|---|
| 2357 | | - | during the handling and application of restricted -use 1588 |
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| 2358 | | - | pesticides. 1589 |
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| 2359 | | - | (f) General precautions to be followed in the disposal of 1590 |
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| 2360 | | - | containers, as well as the cleaning and decontamination of the 1591 |
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| 2361 | | - | equipment which the applicant proposes to use. 1592 |
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| 2362 | | - | (g) Applicable state and federal pesticide laws, rules, 1593 |
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| 2363 | | - | and regulations. 1594 |
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| 2364 | | - | (h) General safety precautions. 1595 |
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| 2365 | | - | Section 40. Subsection (6) is added to section 487.175, 1596 |
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| 2366 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 1597 |
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| 2367 | | - | 487.175 Penalties; administrative fine; injunction. — 1598 |
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| 2368 | | - | (6) Licensure may be suspended, revoked, or denied by the 1599 |
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| 2369 | | - | department, upon the issuance of a final order to a licensee 1600 |
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| 2382 | | - | imposing civil penalties under subsection 14(a) of the Federal 1601 |
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| 2383 | | - | Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticid e Act (FIFRA) or a 1602 |
|---|
| 2384 | | - | criminal conviction under subsection 14(b) of FIFRA. 1603 |
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| 2385 | | - | Section 41. Subsections (13) through (28) of section 1604 |
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| 2386 | | - | 496.404, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (15) 1605 |
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| 2387 | | - | through (30), respectively, and new subsections (13) and (14) 1606 |
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| 2388 | | - | are added to that section, to read: 1607 |
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| 2389 | | - | 496.404 Definitions. —As used in ss. 496.401 -496.424, the 1608 |
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| 2390 | | - | term: 1609 |
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| 2391 | | - | (13) "Foreign country of concern" has the same meaning as 1610 |
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| 2392 | | - | in s. 286.101(1)(b). 1611 |
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| 2393 | | - | (14) "Foreign source of concern" means any of the 1612 |
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| 2394 | | - | following: 1613 |
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| 2395 | | - | (a) The government or any official of the government of a 1614 |
|---|
| 2396 | | - | foreign country of concern; 1615 |
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| 2397 | | - | (b) A political party or member of a political party or 1616 |
|---|
| 2398 | | - | any subdivision of a political party in a foreign country of 1617 |
|---|
| 2399 | | - | concern; 1618 |
|---|
| 2400 | | - | (c) A partnership, an association, a corporation, an 1619 |
|---|
| 2401 | | - | organization, or other combination of persons organized under 1620 |
|---|
| 2402 | | - | the laws of or having its principal place of business in a 1621 |
|---|
| 2403 | | - | foreign country of concern, or a subsidiary of such entity; 1622 |
|---|
| 2404 | | - | (d) Any person who is domiciled in a foreign country of 1623 |
|---|
| 2405 | | - | concern and is not a citizen or lawful permanent citizen of the 1624 |
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| 2406 | | - | United States; 1625 |
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| 2418 | | - | |
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| 2419 | | - | (e) An agent, including a subsidiary or an affiliate of a 1626 |
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| 2420 | | - | foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source of 1627 |
|---|
| 2421 | | - | concern; or 1628 |
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| 2422 | | - | (f) An entity in which a person, entity, or collection o f 1629 |
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| 2423 | | - | persons or entities described in paragraphs (a) –(e) has a 1630 |
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| 2424 | | - | controlling interest. As used in this paragraph, the term 1631 |
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| 2425 | | - | "controlling interest" means the possession of the power to 1632 |
|---|
| 2426 | | - | direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of 1633 |
|---|
| 2427 | | - | an entity, whether through ownership of securities, by contract, 1634 |
|---|
| 2428 | | - | or otherwise. A person or an entity that directly or indirectly 1635 |
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| 2429 | | - | has the right to vote 25 percent or more of the voting interest 1636 |
|---|
| 2430 | | - | of the company or is entitled to 25 percent or more of its 1637 |
|---|
| 2431 | | - | profits is presumed to possess a controlling interest. 1638 |
|---|
| 2432 | | - | Section 42. Paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection (2) 1639 |
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| 2433 | | - | of section 496.405, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 1640 |
|---|
| 2434 | | - | paragraphs (f) through (i), respectively, new paragraphs (d) and 1641 |
|---|
| 2435 | | - | (e) are added to that subsection, su bsection (11) is added to 1642 |
|---|
| 2436 | | - | that section, and subsection (1) and paragraph (b) of subsection 1643 |
|---|
| 2437 | | - | (7) of that section are amended, to read: 1644 |
|---|
| 2438 | | - | 496.405 Registration statements by charitable 1645 |
|---|
| 2439 | | - | organizations and sponsors. — 1646 |
|---|
| 2440 | | - | (1) A charitable organization or sponsor, un less exempted 1647 |
|---|
| 2441 | | - | pursuant to s. 496.406, which intends to solicit contributions 1648 |
|---|
| 2442 | | - | in or from this state by any means or have funds solicited on 1649 |
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| 2443 | | - | its behalf by any other person, charitable organization, 1650 |
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| 2455 | | - | |
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| 2456 | | - | sponsor, commercial co -venturer, or professional solicitor, or 1651 |
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| 2457 | | - | that participates in a charitable sales promotion or sponsor 1652 |
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| 2458 | | - | sales promotion, must, before engaging in any of these 1653 |
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| 2459 | | - | activities, file an initial registration statement, which 1654 |
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| 2460 | | - | includes an attestation statement, and a renewal statement 1655 |
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| 2461 | | - | annually thereafter, with the department. 1656 |
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| 2462 | | - | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), any changes in 1657 |
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| 2463 | | - | the information submitted on the initial registration statement 1658 |
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| 2464 | | - | or the last renewal statement must be updated annually on a 1659 |
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| 2465 | | - | renewal statement provided by the department on or b efore the 1660 |
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| 2466 | | - | date that marks 1 year after the date the department approved 1661 |
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| 2467 | | - | the initial registration statement as provided in this section. 1662 |
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| 2468 | | - | The department shall annually provide a renewal statement to 1663 |
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| 2469 | | - | each registrant by mail or by electronic mail at least 30 d ays 1664 |
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| 2470 | | - | before the renewal date. 1665 |
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| 2471 | | - | (b) Any changes to the information submitted to the 1666 |
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| 2472 | | - | department pursuant to paragraph (2)(f) (2)(d) on the initial 1667 |
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| 2473 | | - | registration statement , which includes an attestation statement, 1668 |
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| 2474 | | - | or the last renewal statement must be reported to the department 1669 |
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| 2475 | | - | on a form prescribed by the department within 10 days after the 1670 |
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| 2476 | | - | change occurs. 1671 |
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| 2477 | | - | (c) A charitable organization or sponsor that is required 1672 |
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| 2478 | | - | to file an initial registration statement or annual renewal 1673 |
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| 2479 | | - | statement may not, before approval of its statement by the 1674 |
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| 2493 | | - | contributions or have contributions solicited on its behalf by 1676 |
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| 2494 | | - | any other person, charitable organization, sponsor, commercial 1677 |
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| 2495 | | - | co-venturer, or professional solicitor or participate i n a 1678 |
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| 2496 | | - | charitable sales promotion or sponsor sales promotion. 1679 |
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| 2497 | | - | (d) The registration of a charitable organization or 1680 |
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| 2498 | | - | sponsor may not continue in effect and shall expire without 1681 |
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| 2499 | | - | further action of the department under either of the following 1682 |
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| 2500 | | - | circumstances: 1683 |
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| 2501 | | - | 1. After the date the charitable organization or sponsor 1684 |
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| 2502 | | - | should have filed, but failed to file, its renewal statement in 1685 |
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| 2503 | | - | accordance with this section. 1686 |
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| 2504 | | - | 2. For failure to provide a financial statement within any 1687 |
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| 2505 | | - | extension period provided under s. 496.407. 1688 |
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| 2506 | | - | (2) The initial registration statement must be submitted 1689 |
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| 2507 | | - | on a form prescribed by the department, signed by an authorized 1690 |
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| 2508 | | - | official of the charitable organization or sponsor who shall 1691 |
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| 2509 | | - | certify that the registration statement is true and correct, and 1692 |
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| 2510 | | - | include the following information or material: 1693 |
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| 2511 | | - | (d) An attestation statement, which must be submitted on a 1694 |
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| 2512 | | - | form prescribed by the department and signed by an authorized 1695 |
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| 2513 | | - | official of the charitable organization, who shall certify and 1696 |
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| 2514 | | - | attest that the charitable organ ization, if engaged in 1697 |
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| 2515 | | - | activities that would require registration pursuant to chapter 1698 |
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| 2516 | | - | 106 is registered with the Department of State, pursuant to 1699 |
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| 2530 | | - | (e) An attestation statement on a form prescribed by the 1701 |
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| 2531 | | - | department, signed by an authorized of ficial of the charitable 1702 |
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| 2532 | | - | organization, who shall certify and attest that the charitable 1703 |
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| 2533 | | - | organization, if prohibited by applicable federal or state law, 1704 |
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| 2534 | | - | is not engaged in activities that would require registration 1705 |
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| 2535 | | - | with the Department of State pursuant to ch apter 106. 1706 |
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| 2536 | | - | (7) 1707 |
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| 2537 | | - | (b) If a charitable organization or sponsor discloses 1708 |
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| 2538 | | - | information specified in subparagraphs (2)(f)2.-7. (2)(d)2.-7. 1709 |
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| 2539 | | - | in the initial registration statement or annual renewal 1710 |
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| 2540 | | - | statement, the time limits set forth in paragraph (a) are 1711 |
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| 2541 | | - | waived, and the department shall process such initial 1712 |
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| 2542 | | - | registration statement or annual renewal statement in accordance 1713 |
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| 2543 | | - | with the time limits set forth in chapter 120. The registration 1714 |
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| 2544 | | - | of a charitable organization or sponsor shall be automatically 1715 |
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| 2545 | | - | suspended for failure to disclose any information specified in 1716 |
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| 2546 | | - | subparagraphs (2)(f)2.-7. (2)(d)2.-7. until such time as the 1717 |
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| 2547 | | - | required information is submitted to the department. 1718 |
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| 2548 | | - | (11) The department may investigate and refer a charitable 1719 |
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| 2549 | | - | organization or sponsor to the Flor ida Elections Commission for 1720 |
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| 2550 | | - | investigation of violations pursuant to chapters 104 and 106. 1721 |
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| 2551 | | - | Section 43. Subsection (20) is added to section 496.415, 1722 |
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| 2552 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 1723 |
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| 2553 | | - | 496.415 Prohibited acts. —It is unlawful for any person in 1724 |
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| 2554 | | - | connection with the planning, conduct, or execution of any 1725 |
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| 2567 | | - | solicitation or charitable or sponsor sales promotion to: 1726 |
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| 2568 | | - | (20) Solicit or accept contributions or anything of value 1727 |
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| 2569 | | - | from a foreign source of concern. 1728 |
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| 2570 | | - | (a) The first violation of this subsection is considered 1729 |
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| 2571 | | - | involuntary, and shall result in no punitive action from the 1730 |
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| 2572 | | - | department if a charitable organization satisfies all of the 1731 |
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| 2573 | | - | following requirements: 1732 |
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| 2574 | | - | 1. Provides the department with a solicitation or 1733 |
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| 2575 | | - | contribution form containing an attestation from such foreign 1734 |
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| 2576 | | - | source or country of concern in which the person, country, or 1735 |
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| 2577 | | - | entity falsely certifies that they are not a foreign country of 1736 |
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| 2578 | | - | concern as defined in s. 496.404(13) or a foreign source of 1737 |
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| 2579 | | - | concern as defined in s. 496.404(14). 1738 |
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| 2580 | | - | 2. Provides the department wi th a copy of a refund to the 1739 |
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| 2581 | | - | foreign source or country of concern within 30 days after 1740 |
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| 2582 | | - | notification by the department of the prohibited act. 1741 |
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| 2583 | | - | 3. Provides the department with a plan of action to 1742 |
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| 2584 | | - | prevent the acceptance of contributions from a foreign countr y 1743 |
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| 2585 | | - | or source of concern in future solicitation activities by the 1744 |
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| 2586 | | - | charitable organization. 1745 |
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| 2587 | | - | (b) A second or subsequent violation of this subsection is 1746 |
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| 2588 | | - | considered voluntary, and the charitable organization or sponsor 1747 |
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| 2589 | | - | is subject to the penalties specified in s. 496.419(5) at the 1748 |
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| 2590 | | - | discretion of the department. 1749 |
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| 2591 | | - | Section 44. Section 496.417, Florida Statutes, is amended 1750 |
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| 2604 | | - | to read: 1751 |
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| 2605 | | - | 496.417 Criminal penalties. —Except as otherwise provided 1752 |
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| 2606 | | - | in ss. 496.401-496.424, and in addition to any administrative or 1753 |
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| 2607 | | - | civil penalties, any person who willfully and knowingly violates 1754 |
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| 2608 | | - | ss. 496.401-496.424 commits a felony of the third degree, 1755 |
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| 2609 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 1756 |
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| 2610 | | - | For a second or subsequent conviction, such violation 1757 |
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| 2611 | | - | constitutes a felony of the second degree, punishable as 1758 |
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| 2612 | | - | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The 1759 |
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| 2613 | | - | department may also investigate and refer a charitable 1760 |
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| 2614 | | - | organization or sponsor to the Florida Elections Commission for 1761 |
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| 2615 | | - | investigation of violations pursuant to chapters 104 and 106. 1762 |
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| 2616 | | - | Section 45. Subsection (11) is added to section 496.419, 1763 |
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| 2617 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 1764 |
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| 2618 | | - | 496.419 Powers of the department. — 1765 |
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| 2619 | | - | (11) A charitable organization or sponsor whose 1766 |
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| 2620 | | - | registration is denied or revoked for submitting a false 1767 |
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| 2621 | | - | attestation required pursuant to s. 496.405(2)(d) or (2)(e) is 1768 |
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| 2622 | | - | subject to the penalties specified in subsection (5) at the 1769 |
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| 2623 | | - | discretion of the department. 1770 |
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| 2624 | | - | Section 46. Section 496.431, Florida Statutes, is created 1771 |
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| 2625 | | - | to read: 1772 |
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| 2626 | | - | 496.431 Honest Services Registry. — 1773 |
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| 2627 | | - | (1) The department shall create the Honest Services 1774 |
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| 2628 | | - | Registry to provide the residents of this state with the 1775 |
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| 2639 | | - | |
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| 2640 | | - | |
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| 2641 | | - | information necessary to make an informed choice when deciding 1776 |
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| 2642 | | - | which charitable organizations to support. 1777 |
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| 2643 | | - | (2) To be included on the Honest Services R egistry, a 1778 |
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| 2644 | | - | charitable organization must, at a minimum, submit to the 1779 |
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| 2645 | | - | department an attestation statement on a form prescribed by the 1780 |
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| 2646 | | - | department, verified as provided in s. 92.525, attesting to all 1781 |
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| 2647 | | - | of the following: 1782 |
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| 2648 | | - | (a) That the organization does not soli cit or accept, 1783 |
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| 2649 | | - | directly or indirectly, contributions, funding, support, or 1784 |
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| 2650 | | - | services from a foreign source of concern. 1785 |
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| 2651 | | - | (b) That the organization's messaging and content are not 1786 |
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| 2652 | | - | directly or indirectly produced or influenced by a foreign 1787 |
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| 2653 | | - | source of concern. 1788 |
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| 2654 | | - | (3) The department shall publish the Honest Services 1789 |
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| 2655 | | - | Registry on the department's website. 1790 |
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| 2656 | | - | (4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 1791 |
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| 2657 | | - | section. 1792 |
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| 2658 | | - | Section 47. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section 1793 |
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| 2659 | | - | 500.03, Florida Statutes, is amended t o read: 1794 |
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| 2660 | | - | 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability. — 1795 |
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| 2661 | | - | (1) For the purpose of this chapter, the term: 1796 |
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| 2662 | | - | (j) "Cottage food product" means food that is not time or 1797 |
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| 2663 | | - | temperature controlled for safety or a potentially hazardous 1798 |
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| 2664 | | - | food as defined by departm ent rule which is sold by a cottage 1799 |
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| 2665 | | - | food operation in accordance with s. 500.80. 1800 |
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| 2678 | | - | Section 48. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of 1801 |
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| 2679 | | - | section 500.12, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1802 |
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| 2680 | | - | 500.12 Food permits; building permits. — 1803 |
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| 2681 | | - | (1)(a) A food permit from the department is required of 1804 |
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| 2682 | | - | any person or business that who operates a food establishment, 1805 |
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| 2683 | | - | except: 1806 |
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| 2684 | | - | 1. Persons or businesses operating minor food outlets that 1807 |
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| 2685 | | - | sell food that is commercially prepackaged, not potentially 1808 |
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| 2686 | | - | hazardous, not age restricted, and not time or temperature 1809 |
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| 2687 | | - | controlled for safety, if the shelf space for those items does 1810 |
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| 2688 | | - | not exceed 12 total linear feet and no other food is sold by the 1811 |
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| 2689 | | - | person or business minor food outlet. 1812 |
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| 2690 | | - | 2. Persons subject to continuous, onsite federal or s tate 1813 |
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| 2691 | | - | inspection. 1814 |
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| 2692 | | - | 3. Persons selling only legumes in the shell, either 1815 |
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| 2693 | | - | parched, roasted, or boiled. 1816 |
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| 2694 | | - | 4. Persons selling sugar cane or sorghum syrup that has 1817 |
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| 2695 | | - | been boiled and bottled on a premise located within this state. 1818 |
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| 2696 | | - | Such bottles must contain a label listing the producer's name 1819 |
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| 2697 | | - | and street address, all added ingredients, the net weight or 1820 |
|---|
| 2698 | | - | volume of the product, and a statement that reads, "This product 1821 |
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| 2699 | | - | has not been produced in a facility permitted by the Florida 1822 |
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| 2700 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer S ervices." 1823 |
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| 2701 | | - | (b) Each food establishment regulated under this chapter 1824 |
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| 2702 | | - | must apply for and receive a food permit before operation 1825 |
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| 2715 | | - | begins. An application for a food permit from the department 1826 |
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| 2716 | | - | must be accompanied by a fee in an amount determined by 1827 |
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| 2717 | | - | department rule. The department shall adopt by rule a schedule 1828 |
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| 2718 | | - | of fees to be paid by each food establishment as a condition of 1829 |
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| 2719 | | - | issuance or renewal of a food permit. Such fees may not exceed 1830 |
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| 2720 | | - | $650 and must be used solely for the recovery of costs for the 1831 |
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| 2721 | | - | services provided, except that the fee accompanying an 1832 |
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| 2722 | | - | application for a food permit for operating a bottled water 1833 |
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| 2723 | | - | plant may not exceed $1,000 and the fee accompanying an 1834 |
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| 2724 | | - | application for a food permit for operating a packaged ice plant 1835 |
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| 2725 | | - | may not exceed $250. The fee for op erating a bottled water plant 1836 |
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| 2726 | | - | or a packaged ice plant must be set by rule of the department. 1837 |
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| 2727 | | - | Food permits are not transferable from one person or physical 1838 |
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| 2728 | | - | location to another. Food permits must be renewed in accordance 1839 |
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| 2729 | | - | with subparagraphs 1. -3. If an application for renewal of a food 1840 |
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| 2730 | | - | permit is not received by the department on or before its due 1841 |
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| 2731 | | - | date, a late fee not exceeding $100 must be paid in addition to 1842 |
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| 2732 | | - | the food permit fee before the department may issue the food 1843 |
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| 2733 | | - | permit. The moneys collected must be depo sited in the General 1844 |
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| 2734 | | - | Inspection Trust Fund. 1845 |
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| 2735 | | - | 1. A food permit issued to a new food establishment on or 1846 |
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| 2736 | | - | after September 1, 2023, is valid for 1 calendar year after the 1847 |
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| 2737 | | - | date of issuance and must be renewed annually on or before that 1848 |
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| 2738 | | - | date thereafter. 1849 |
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| 2739 | | - | 2. Effective January 1, 2024, A food permit issued before 1850 |
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| 2752 | | - | September 1, 2023, expires on the month and day the initial 1851 |
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| 2753 | | - | permit was issued to the food establishment and must be renewed 1852 |
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| 2754 | | - | annually on or before that date thereafter. The department may 1853 |
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| 2755 | | - | charge a prorated permit fee for purposes of this subparagraph. 1854 |
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| 2756 | | - | 3. The department may establish a single permit renewal 1855 |
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| 2757 | | - | date for multiple food establishments owned by the same entity 1856 |
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| 2758 | | - | The owner of 100 or more permitted food establishment locations 1857 |
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| 2759 | | - | may elect to set the ex piration of food permits for such 1858 |
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| 2760 | | - | establishments as December 31 of each calendar year . 1859 |
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| 2761 | | - | Section 49. Section 500.166, Florida Statutes, is amended 1860 |
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| 791 | + | (6), and (7) are added to that section, to read: 526 |
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| 792 | + | 163.3162 Agricultural Lands and Practices. — 527 |
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| 793 | + | (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 528 |
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| 794 | + | (a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 529 |
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| 795 | + | Consumer Services. 530 |
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| 796 | + | (f) "Housing site" means the totality of development 531 |
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| 797 | + | supporting authorized housing, including buildings; mobile 532 |
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| 798 | + | homes; barracks; dormitories used as living quarters; parking 533 |
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| 799 | + | areas; common areas such as athletic fields or playgrounds; 534 |
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| 800 | + | storage structures; and other related structures. 535 |
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| 801 | + | (g) "Legally verified agricultural worker" means a person 536 |
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| 802 | + | who: 537 |
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| 803 | + | 1. Is lawfully present in the United States; 538 |
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| 804 | + | 2. Meets the definition of eligible worker pursuant to 29 539 |
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| 805 | + | C.F.R. s. 502.10; 540 |
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| 806 | + | 3. Has been verifie d through the process provided in s. 541 |
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| 808 | + | 4. Is seasonally or annually employed in a bona fide 543 |
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| 810 | + | 5. Remains lawfully present and authorized to work 545 |
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| 812 | + | 6. Is not an unauthorized alien as defined in s. 547 |
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| 814 | + | (5) HOUSING FOR LEGALLY VERIFIED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. — 549 |
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| 828 | + | legislation, regulation, or ordinance to inhibit the 551 |
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| 829 | + | construction or installation of housing for legally verified 552 |
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| 830 | + | agricultural workers on land classified as agricultural land 553 |
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| 831 | + | pursuant to s. 193.461 which is operated as a bona fide farm 554 |
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| 832 | + | except as provided in this subsection. 555 |
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| 833 | + | (b) Construction or installation of housing units for 556 |
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| 834 | + | legally verified agricultural workers on parcels of land 557 |
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| 835 | + | classified as agricultural land under s. 193.461 must satisfy 558 |
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| 836 | + | all of the following criteria: 559 |
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| 837 | + | 1. The dwelling units must meet federal, state, and local 560 |
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| 838 | + | building standards, including standards of the Department of 561 |
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| 839 | + | Health adopted pursuant to ss. 381.008 -381.00897 and federal 562 |
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| 840 | + | standards for H-2A visa housing. If written notice of intent is 563 |
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| 841 | + | required to be submitted to the Department of Health pursuant to 564 |
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| 842 | + | s. 381.0083, the appropriate governmental entity with 565 |
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| 843 | + | jurisdiction over the agricultural lands may also require 566 |
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| 844 | + | submittal of a copy of the written notice. 567 |
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| 845 | + | 2. The housing site must be maintained in a neat, orderly, 568 |
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| 846 | + | and safe manner. 569 |
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| 847 | + | 3. All structures containing dwelling units must be 570 |
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| 848 | + | located a minimum of 10 feet apart. 571 |
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| 849 | + | 4. The square footage of the housing site's climate -572 |
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| 850 | + | controlled facilities may not exceed 1.5 percent of the 573 |
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| 851 | + | property's area or 35,000 square feet, whichever is less. 574 |
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| 852 | + | 5. A housing site must provide front , side, and rear yard 575 |
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| 865 | + | setbacks of at least 50 feet. However, an internal project 576 |
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| 866 | + | driveway may be located in the required yard space if the yard 577 |
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| 867 | + | is adjacent to a public roadway or to property that is under 578 |
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| 868 | + | common ownership with the housing site. 579 |
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| 869 | + | 6. A housing site may not be located less than 100 feet 580 |
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| 870 | + | from a property line adjacent to property zoned for residential 581 |
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| 871 | + | use. If the housing site is located less than 250 feet from any 582 |
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| 872 | + | property line, screening must be provided between the housing 583 |
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| 873 | + | site and any residentially developed adjacent parcels that are 584 |
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| 874 | + | under different ownership. The screening may be designed in any 585 |
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| 875 | + | of the following ways: 586 |
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| 876 | + | a. Evergreen plants that, at the time of planting, are at 587 |
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| 877 | + | least 6 feet in height and provide an overall screening opacity 588 |
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| 878 | + | of 75 percent; 589 |
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| 879 | + | b. A masonry wall at least 6 feet in height and finished 590 |
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| 880 | + | on all sides with brick, stone, or painted or pigmented stucco; 591 |
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| 881 | + | c. A solid wood or PVC fence at least 6 feet in height 592 |
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| 882 | + | with the finished side of the fence facing out; 593 |
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| 883 | + | d. A row of evergreen shade trees that, at the time of 594 |
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| 884 | + | planting, are at least 10 feet in height, a minimum of 2 -inch 595 |
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| 885 | + | caliper, and spaced no more than 20 feet apart; or 596 |
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| 886 | + | e. A berm made with a combination of the materials listed 597 |
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| 887 | + | in sub-subparagraphs a.-d., which is at least 6 feet in height 598 |
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| 888 | + | and provides an overall screening capacity of 75 percent at the 599 |
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| 889 | + | time of installation. 600 |
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| 902 | + | 7. All access drives that serve the housing site must be 601 |
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| 903 | + | made of packed shell, gravel, or a similar material that will 602 |
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| 904 | + | provide a relatively dust -free surface. 603 |
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| 905 | + | (c) Any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this 604 |
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| 906 | + | subsection must comply with all state and federal regulations 605 |
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| 907 | + | for migrant farmworker housing, as applicable, including rules 606 |
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| 908 | + | adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to ss. 381.008 –607 |
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| 909 | + | 381.00897 and federal regulations under the Migrant and Seasonal 608 |
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| 910 | + | Agricultural Worker Protection Act or the H -2A visa program. A 609 |
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| 911 | + | governmental entity may adopt local government land use 610 |
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| 912 | + | regulations that are less restrictive than this subsection, but 611 |
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| 913 | + | which still meet regulations established by the Department of 612 |
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| 914 | + | Health pursuant to ss. 381.008 –381.00897 and federal regulations 613 |
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| 915 | + | under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 614 |
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| 916 | + | Act or the H-2A visa program. An ordinance adopted pursuant to 615 |
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| 917 | + | this paragraph may not conflict with the definition and 616 |
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| 918 | + | requirements of a legally verified agricultural worker. 617 |
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| 919 | + | (d) Beginning July 1, 2025, a property owner must maintain 618 |
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| 920 | + | records of all approved permits, including successor permits, 619 |
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| 921 | + | for migrant labor camps or residential migrant housing as 620 |
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| 922 | + | required under s. 381.0081. A property owner must maintain such 621 |
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| 923 | + | records for at least 3 years and make the records available for 622 |
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| 924 | + | inspection within 14 days after receipt of a request for records 623 |
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| 925 | + | by a governmental entity. 624 |
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| 926 | + | (e) A housing site may not continue to be used and may be 625 |
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| 939 | + | required to be removed under the following circumstances: 626 |
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| 940 | + | 1. If, for any reason, a housing site is not being used 627 |
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| 941 | + | for legally verified agricultural workers for longer than 365 628 |
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| 942 | + | days, any structure used as living q uarters must be removed from 629 |
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| 943 | + | the housing site within 180 days after receipt of written 630 |
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| 944 | + | notification from the county unless the property owner can 631 |
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| 945 | + | demonstrate that use of the site for housing legally verified 632 |
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| 946 | + | agricultural workers will occur within 90 days a fter the written 633 |
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| 947 | + | notification. 634 |
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| 948 | + | 2. If the property on which the housing site is located 635 |
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| 949 | + | ceases to be classified as agricultural land pursuant to s. 636 |
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| 950 | + | 193.461. 637 |
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| 951 | + | 3. If the permit authorized by the Department of Health 638 |
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| 952 | + | for the housing site is revoked, all str uctures must be removed 639 |
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| 953 | + | from the housing site within 180 days after receipt of written 640 |
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| 954 | + | notification from the county unless the permit is reinstated by 641 |
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| 955 | + | the Department of Health. 642 |
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| 956 | + | 4. If a housing site is found to be occupied by any person 643 |
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| 957 | + | who does not meet the definition of a legally verified 644 |
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| 958 | + | agricultural worker, or is otherwise unlawfully present in the 645 |
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| 959 | + | United States. A property owner who violates this subparagraph 646 |
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| 960 | + | is subject to a Class I fine pursuant to s. 570.971, not to 647 |
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| 961 | + | exceed $1,000, for the first viol ation, and a Class II fine, not 648 |
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| 962 | + | to exceed $5,000, for any subsequent violations. The fines shall 649 |
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| 963 | + | be collected by the clerk of the court of the county in which 650 |
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| 976 | + | the violation occurred. 651 |
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| 977 | + | (f) Notwithstanding this subsection, the construction or 652 |
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| 978 | + | installation of housing for legally verified agricultural 653 |
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| 979 | + | workers in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern and 654 |
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| 980 | + | the City of Key West Area of Critical State Concern is subject 655 |
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| 981 | + | to the permit allocation systems of the Florida Keys Area of 656 |
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| 982 | + | Critical State Concern an d City of Key West Area of Critical 657 |
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| 983 | + | State Concern, respectively. 658 |
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| 984 | + | (g) A housing site that was constructed and in use before 659 |
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| 985 | + | July 1, 2024, may continue to be used, and the property owner 660 |
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| 986 | + | may not be required by a governmental entity to make changes to 661 |
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| 987 | + | meet the requirements of this subsection, unless the housing 662 |
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| 988 | + | site will be enlarged, remodeled, renovated, or rehabilitated. 663 |
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| 989 | + | The property owner of a housing site authorized under this 664 |
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| 990 | + | paragraph must provide regular maintenance and repair, including 665 |
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| 991 | + | compliance with health and safety regulations and maintenance 666 |
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| 992 | + | standards, for such housing site to ensure the health, safety, 667 |
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| 993 | + | and habitability of the housing site. 668 |
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| 994 | + | (6) DATA COLLECTION. —The department shall adopt rules 669 |
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| 995 | + | providing for: 670 |
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| 996 | + | (a) A method for government entit ies to submit reports of 671 |
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| 997 | + | property owners who have a housing site for legally verified 672 |
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| 998 | + | agriculture workers on lands classified as agricultural land 673 |
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| 999 | + | pursuant to s. 193.461, as provided in this section. 674 |
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| 1000 | + | (b) A method for persons to submit complaints for revi ew 675 |
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| 1015 | + | Government entities shall provide this information quarterly to 678 |
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| 1016 | + | the department in a format and timeframe prescribed by rule. 679 |
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| 1017 | + | (7) ENFORCEMENT.— 680 |
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| 1018 | + | (a) In addition to the enforcement methods of employment 681 |
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| 1019 | + | verification outlined in s. 448.095, the department shall 682 |
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| 1020 | + | enforce the requirements of subsection (5). Enforcement includes 683 |
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| 1021 | + | completing routine inspections based on a random sample of data 684 |
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| 1022 | + | collected by government entities and submitted to the 685 |
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| 1023 | + | department, the investigat ion and review of complaints, and the 686 |
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| 1024 | + | enforcement of violations. 687 |
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| 1025 | + | (b) The department shall submit the information collected 688 |
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| 1026 | + | to the State Board of Immigration Enforcement on a quarterly 689 |
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| 1027 | + | basis, except that the first quarter shall begin 60 days after 690 |
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| 1028 | + | the first quarterly data report under subsection (6) by a 691 |
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| 1029 | + | government entity is received and reviewed by the department. 692 |
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| 1030 | + | Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 201.25, Florida 693 |
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| 1031 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 694 |
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| 1032 | + | 201.25 Tax exemptions for certain loans. —There shall be 695 |
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| 1033 | + | exempt from all taxes imposed by this chapter: 696 |
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| 1034 | + | (3) Any loan made by the Agriculture and Aquaculture 697 |
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| 1035 | + | Producers Emergency Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program 698 |
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| 1036 | + | pursuant to s. 570.822. 699 |
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| 1037 | + | Section 4. Subsection (19) is added to section 253.0341, 700 |
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| 1050 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 701 |
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| 1051 | + | 253.0341 Surplus of state -owned lands.— 702 |
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| 1052 | + | (19) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, the Department 703 |
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| 1053 | + | of Agriculture and Consumer Services may surplus lands acquired 704 |
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| 1054 | + | pursuant to s. 366.20 which are determined to be suitable for 705 |
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| 1055 | + | bona fide agricultural production, as defined in s. 193.461. The 706 |
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| 1056 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall consult 707 |
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| 1057 | + | with the Department of Environmental Protection in the process 708 |
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| 1058 | + | of making such determination. In the event that lands acquired 709 |
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| 1059 | + | pursuant to s. 366.20, which are determined to be suitable for 710 |
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| 1060 | + | bona fide agricultural production are surplused, the Department 711 |
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| 1061 | + | of Agriculture and Consumer Services must retain a rural -lands-712 |
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| 1062 | + | protection easements pursuant to s. 570.71(3), and all proceeds 713 |
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| 1063 | + | must be deposited into the Incidental Trust Fund within the 714 |
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| 1064 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for less than 715 |
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| 1065 | + | fee simple land acquisition pursuant to ss. 570.71 and 570.715. 716 |
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| 1066 | + | By January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter, the 717 |
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| 1067 | + | Department of Agriculture a nd Consumer Services shall provide a 718 |
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| 1068 | + | report of lands surplused pursuant to this subsection to the 719 |
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| 1069 | + | board. 720 |
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| 1070 | + | (a) Any lands designated as a state forest, state park, or 721 |
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| 1071 | + | wildlife management area are ineligible to be surplused pursuant 722 |
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| 1072 | + | to this subsection. 723 |
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| 1073 | + | (b) This subsection is retroactive to January 1, 2009. 724 |
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| 1074 | + | Section 5. Paragraphs (a) through (d) and (e) of 725 |
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| 1087 | + | subsection (2) of section 330.41, Florida Statutes, are 726 |
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| 1088 | + | redesignated as paragraphs (b) through (e) and (j) of subsection 727 |
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| 1089 | + | (2) and subsection (8), respec tively, subsection (6) is 728 |
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| 1090 | + | renumbered as subsection (8), paragraph (d) of subsection (4) 729 |
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| 1091 | + | and present subsection (6) are amended, new paragraphs (a), (f), 730 |
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| 1092 | + | (g), (h), and (i) are added to subsection (2), and new 731 |
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| 1093 | + | subsections (6) and (7) are added to that sectio n, to read: 732 |
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| 1094 | + | 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. — 733 |
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| 1095 | + | (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act, the term: 734 |
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| 1096 | + | (a) "Commercial property" means real property other than 735 |
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| 1097 | + | residential property. The term includes, but is not limited to, 736 |
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| 1098 | + | a property zoned multifamily residential which is comprised of 737 |
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| 1099 | + | five or more dwelling units, and real property used for 738 |
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| 1100 | + | commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes. 739 |
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| 1101 | + | (f) "Private property" means any residential or commercial 740 |
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| 1102 | + | property. 741 |
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| 1103 | + | (g) "Property owner" means the owner or own ers of record 742 |
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| 1104 | + | of real property. The term includes real property held in trust 743 |
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| 1105 | + | for the benefit of one or more individuals, in which case the 744 |
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| 1106 | + | individual or individuals may be considered as the property 745 |
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| 1107 | + | owner or owners, provided that the trustee provides writ ten 746 |
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| 1108 | + | consent. The term does not include persons renting, using, 747 |
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| 1109 | + | living, or otherwise occupying real property. 748 |
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| 1110 | + | (h) "Residential property" means real property zoned as 749 |
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| 1111 | + | residential or multifamily residential and composed of four or 750 |
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| 1124 | + | fewer dwelling units. 751 |
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| 1125 | + | (i) "Sport shooting and training range" has the same 752 |
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| 1126 | + | meaning as in s. 790.333(3)(h). 753 |
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| 1127 | + | (4) PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. — 754 |
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| 1128 | + | (d) This subsection and paragraph (2)(b) paragraph (2)(a) 755 |
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| 1129 | + | shall sunset 60 days after the date that a process pursu ant to 756 |
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| 1130 | + | s. 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016 757 |
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| 1131 | + | becomes effective. 758 |
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| 1132 | + | (6) PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS. — 759 |
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| 1133 | + | (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully do any of the 760 |
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| 1134 | + | following on lands classified as agricultural lands pursuant to 761 |
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| 1135 | + | s. 193.461: 762 |
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| 1136 | + | 1. Operate a drone. 763 |
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| 1137 | + | 2. Allow a drone to make contact with any person or object 764 |
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| 1138 | + | on the premises of or within the boundaries of such lands. 765 |
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| 1139 | + | 3. Allow a drone to come within a distance close enough to 766 |
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| 1140 | + | such lands to interfere with or cause a dist urbance to 767 |
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| 1141 | + | agricultural production. 768 |
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| 1142 | + | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a 769 |
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| 1143 | + | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 770 |
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| 1144 | + | 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or 771 |
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| 1145 | + | subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 772 |
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| 1146 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 773 |
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| 1147 | + | (c) This subsection does not apply to actions identified 774 |
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| 1148 | + | in paragraph (a) which are committed by: 775 |
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| 1166 | + | (7) PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND STATE HUNTING 781 |
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| 1168 | + | (a) A person may not knowingly or willfully allow a drone 783 |
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| 1170 | + | lands, or a sport shooting and training range or any person or 785 |
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| 1172 | + | intent to harass. 787 |
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| 1173 | + | (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) commits a 788 |
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| 1174 | + | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 789 |
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| 1175 | + | 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a second or 790 |
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| 1176 | + | subsequent violation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 791 |
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| 1177 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 792 |
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| 1179 | + | of the private property, state wildlife management lands, or 794 |
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| 1180 | + | sport shooting and training range, including any person or 795 |
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| 1181 | + | object on the premises of or within the private property, state 796 |
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| 1182 | + | wildlife management lands, or sport shooting and training range, 797 |
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| 1184 | + | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a 799 |
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| 1199 | + | 775.084. 802 |
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| 1200 | + | (d) This subsection does not apply to actions identified 803 |
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| 1201 | + | in paragraph (a) which are committed by: 804 |
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| 1202 | + | 1. The owner of the private property or sport shooting and 805 |
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| 1203 | + | training range; 806 |
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| 1204 | + | 2. A person acting under the prior written consent of the 807 |
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| 1205 | + | owner of the private property or sport shooting and training 808 |
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| 1206 | + | range; or 809 |
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| 1207 | + | 3. A person or entity acting in compliance with the 810 |
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| 1208 | + | provisions of s. 934.50. 811 |
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| 1209 | + | Section 6. Section 366.20, Florida Statutes, is created to 812 |
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| 1210 | + | read: 813 |
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| 1211 | + | 366.20 Sale and management of lands owned by electric 814 |
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| 1212 | + | utilities.— 815 |
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| 1213 | + | (1) Lands acquired by an electric utility as defined in s. 816 |
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| 1214 | + | 361.11(2) which have been classified as agricultural lands 817 |
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| 1215 | + | pursuant to s. 193.461 at any time in the 5 years preceding the 818 |
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| 1216 | + | acquisition of the land by the el ectric utility must be offered 819 |
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| 1217 | + | for fee simple acquisition by the Department of Agriculture and 820 |
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| 1218 | + | Consumer Services before offering for sale or transferring the 821 |
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| 1219 | + | land to a private individual or entity. 822 |
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| 1220 | + | (2) Lands owned by an electric utility as defined in s. 823 |
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| 1221 | + | 361.11(2) which were classified as agricultural lands pursuant 824 |
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| 1222 | + | to s. 193.461 at any time in the 5 years preceding the date of 825 |
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| 1237 | + | Consumer Services before offering for sale or transferring the 828 |
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| 1238 | + | land to a private individual or entity. 829 |
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| 1239 | + | (3) This section is retroactive to January 1, 2009. 830 |
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| 1240 | + | Section 7. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 366.94, 831 |
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| 1241 | + | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsect ions (4) and (5), 832 |
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| 1242 | + | respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to that section, and 833 |
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| 1243 | + | subsection (2) of that section is amended, to read: 834 |
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| 1244 | + | 366.94 Electric vehicle charging. — 835 |
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| 1245 | + | (2)(a) As used in this section, the term "electric vehicle 836 |
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| 1246 | + | charging station" means the area in the immediate vicinity of 837 |
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| 1247 | + | electric vehicle supply equipment and includes the electric 838 |
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| 1248 | + | vehicle supply equipment, supporting equipment, and associated 839 |
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| 1249 | + | parking spaces. The regulation of electric vehicle charging 840 |
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| 1250 | + | stations is preempted to the state . 841 |
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| 1251 | + | (b)(a) A local governmental entity may not enact or 842 |
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| 1252 | + | enforce an ordinance or regulation related to electric vehicle 843 |
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| 1253 | + | charging stations. 844 |
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| 1254 | + | (3)(a)(b) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer 845 |
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| 1255 | + | Services shall adopt rules to implement this subsection and to 846 |
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| 1256 | + | provide requirements for electric vehicle charging stations to 847 |
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| 1257 | + | allow for consistency for consumers and the industry. 848 |
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| 1258 | + | (b) The department may adopt rules to protect the public 849 |
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| 1259 | + | health, safety, and welfare and establish standards for the 850 |
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| 1272 | + | placement, design, i nstallation, maintenance, and operation of 851 |
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| 1273 | + | electric vehicle charging stations. 852 |
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| 1274 | + | (c) Local governmental entities shall issue permits for 853 |
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| 1275 | + | electric vehicle charging stations based solely upon standards 854 |
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| 1276 | + | established by department rule and other applicable provisions 855 |
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| 1277 | + | of state law. The department shall prescribe by rule the time 856 |
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| 1278 | + | period for approving or denying permit applications. 857 |
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| 1279 | + | (d) Before a charger at an electric vehicle charging 858 |
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| 1280 | + | station is placed into service for use by the public, the 859 |
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| 1281 | + | charger must be registered with the department on a form 860 |
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| 1282 | + | prescribed by department rule. 861 |
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| 1283 | + | (e) The department shall have the authority to inspect 862 |
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| 1284 | + | electric vehicle charging stations, conduct investigations, and 863 |
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| 1285 | + | enforce this subsection and any rules adopted under this 864 |
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| 1286 | + | subsection. The department may impose one or more of the 865 |
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| 1287 | + | following penalties against a person who violates this 866 |
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| 1288 | + | subsection or any rule adopted under this subsection: 867 |
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| 1289 | + | 1. Issuance of a warning letter. 868 |
|---|
| 1290 | + | 2. Imposition of an administrative fine in the Class II 869 |
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| 1291 | + | category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each violation. 870 |
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| 1292 | + | (f) If the department determines that an electric vehicle 871 |
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| 1293 | + | charging station or any associated equipment presents a threat 872 |
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| 1294 | + | to the public health, safety, or welfare, the department may 873 |
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| 1295 | + | issue an immediate final order prohibiting the use of the 874 |
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| 1296 | + | electric vehicle charging station or any portion thereof. 875 |
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| 1309 | + | (g) In addition to the remedies provided in this 876 |
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| 1310 | + | subsection, and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate 877 |
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| 1311 | + | remedy at law, the department may bring an action t o enjoin a 878 |
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| 1312 | + | violation of this subsection or rules adopted under this 879 |
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| 1313 | + | subsection in the circuit court of the county in which the 880 |
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| 1314 | + | violation occurs or is about to occur. Upon demonstration of 881 |
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| 1315 | + | competent and substantial evidence by the department to the 882 |
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| 1316 | + | court of the violation or threatened violation, the court shall 883 |
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| 1317 | + | immediately issue the temporary or permanent injunction sought 884 |
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| 1318 | + | by the department. The injunction shall be issued without bond. 885 |
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| 1319 | + | Section 8. Subsections (10) and (11) of section 388.011, 886 |
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| 1320 | + | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (11) and (12), 887 |
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| 1321 | + | respectively, subsections (2) and (5) of that section are 888 |
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| 1322 | + | amended, and a new subsection (10) is added to that section, to 889 |
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| 1323 | + | read: 890 |
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| 1324 | + | 388.011 Definitions. —As used in this chapter: 891 |
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| 1325 | + | (2) "Board of commissioners " means the governing body of 892 |
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| 1326 | + | any mosquito control program district, and may include boards of 893 |
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| 1327 | + | county commissioners , city councils, municipalities, or other 894 |
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| 1328 | + | similar governing bodies when context so indicates. 895 |
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| 1329 | + | (5) "District" means any mosquito control special district 896 |
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| 1330 | + | established in this state by law for the express purpose of 897 |
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| 1331 | + | controlling arthropods within boundaries of such said districts. 898 |
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| 1332 | + | (10) "Program" means any governmental jurisdiction that 899 |
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| 1333 | + | conducts mosquito control, whether it be a special district , 900 |
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| 1346 | + | county, or municipality. 901 |
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| 1347 | + | Section 9. Section 388.021, Florida Statutes, is amended 902 |
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| 1348 | + | to read: 903 |
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| 1349 | + | 388.021 Creation of mosquito control special districts.— 904 |
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| 1350 | + | (1) The abatement or suppression of arthropods, whether 905 |
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| 1351 | + | disease-bearing or merely pestiferous, wit hin any or all 906 |
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| 1352 | + | counties of this state is advisable and necessary for the 907 |
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| 1353 | + | maintenance and betterment of the comfort, health, and welfare 908 |
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| 1354 | + | of the people thereof and is found and declared to be for public 909 |
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| 1355 | + | purposes. Areas where arthropods incubate, hatch, or oc cur in 910 |
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| 1356 | + | significant numbers so as to constitute a public health, 911 |
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| 1357 | + | welfare, or nuisance problem may be controlled or abated as 912 |
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| 1358 | + | provided in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter 913 |
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| 1359 | + | promulgated hereunder . Therefore, any municipality city, town, 914 |
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| 1360 | + | or county, or any portion or portions thereof, whether such 915 |
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| 1361 | + | portion or portions include incorporated territory or portions 916 |
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| 1362 | + | of two or more counties in the state, may be created into a 917 |
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| 1363 | + | special taxing district for the control of arthropods under the 918 |
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| 1364 | + | provisions of this chapter. 919 |
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| 1365 | + | (2) It is the legislative intent that those mosquito 920 |
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| 1366 | + | control districts established prior to July 1, 1980, pursuant to 921 |
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| 1367 | + | the petition process contained in former s. 388.031, may 922 |
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| 1368 | + | continue to operate as outlined in this chapter. However, on and 923 |
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| 1369 | + | after that date, no mosquito control districts may be created 924 |
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| 1370 | + | except pursuant to s. 125.01. 925 |
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| 1383 | + | Section 10. Section 388.181, Florida Statutes, is amended 926 |
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| 1384 | + | to read: 927 |
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| 1385 | + | 388.181 Power to do all things necessary. —The respective 928 |
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| 1386 | + | programs districts of the state are hereby fully authorized to 929 |
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| 1387 | + | do and perform all things necessary to carry out the intent and 930 |
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| 1388 | + | purposes of this law. 931 |
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| 1389 | + | Section 11. Subsections (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 932 |
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| 1390 | + | 388.201, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 933 |
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| 1391 | + | 388.201 Program District budgets; hearing.— 934 |
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| 1392 | + | (1) The fiscal year of programs districts operating under 935 |
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| 1393 | + | the provisions of this chapter shall be the 12 -month period 936 |
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| 1394 | + | extending from October 1 of one year through September 30 of the 937 |
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| 1395 | + | following year. The governing board of the programs district 938 |
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| 1396 | + | shall before July 15 of each year complete the preparation of a 939 |
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| 1397 | + | tentative detailed work plan budget covering its proposed 940 |
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| 1398 | + | operations and requirements for arthropod control measures 941 |
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| 1399 | + | during the ensuing fiscal year and, for the purpo se of 942 |
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| 1400 | + | determining eligibility for state aid, shall submit copies as 943 |
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| 1401 | + | may be required to the department for review and approval. The 944 |
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| 1402 | + | tentative detailed work plan budget must shall set forth, 945 |
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| 1403 | + | classified by account number, title and program items, and by 946 |
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| 1404 | + | fund from which to be paid, the proposed expenditures of the 947 |
|---|
| 1405 | + | program district for construction, for acquisition of land, and 948 |
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| 1406 | + | other purposes, for the operation and maintenance of the 949 |
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| 1407 | + | program's district's works, the conduct of the program district 950 |
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| 1420 | + | generally, to which may be added an amount to be held as a 951 |
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| 1421 | + | reserve. 952 |
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| 1422 | + | (2) The tentative detailed work plan budget must shall 953 |
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| 1423 | + | also show the estimated amount which will appear at the 954 |
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| 1424 | + | beginning of the fiscal year as obligated upon commitments made 955 |
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| 1425 | + | but uncompleted,. There shall be shown the estimated unobligated 956 |
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| 1426 | + | or net balance which will be on hand at the beginning of the 957 |
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| 1427 | + | fiscal year, and the estimated amount to be raised by county, 958 |
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| 1428 | + | municipality, or district taxes and from any and all other 959 |
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| 1429 | + | sources for meeting the program's the district's requirements. 960 |
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| 1430 | + | (4) The governing board shall: 961 |
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| 1431 | + | (a) Shall Consider objections filed against adoption of 962 |
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| 1432 | + | the tentative detailed work plan budget and in its discretion 963 |
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| 1433 | + | may amend, modify, or change such budget; and 964 |
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| 1434 | + | (b) Shall By September 30, adopt and execute on a form 965 |
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| 1435 | + | furnished by the department a certified budget for the programs 966 |
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| 1436 | + | district which shall be the operating and fiscal guide for the 967 |
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| 1437 | + | program district. Certified copies of this budget must shall be 968 |
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| 1438 | + | submitted by September 30 to the department for approval. 969 |
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| 1439 | + | (5) County commissioners' mosquito and arthropod control 970 |
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| 1440 | + | budgets or the budgets of a similar governing body of a county, 971 |
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| 1441 | + | city, or town must shall be made and adopted as prescribed by 972 |
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| 1442 | + | subsections (1) and (2); summary figures must shall be 973 |
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| 1443 | + | incorporated into the county budgets as prescribed by the 974 |
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| 1444 | + | Department of Financial Services. 975 |
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| 1457 | + | Section 12. Section 388.241, Florida Statutes, is amended 976 |
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| 1458 | + | to read: 977 |
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| 1459 | + | 388.241 Board of county commissioners vested with powers 978 |
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| 1460 | + | and duties of board of commissioners in certain counties.—In 979 |
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| 1461 | + | those counties or cities where there has been no formation of a 980 |
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| 1462 | + | separate or special board of commissioners, all the rights, 981 |
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| 1463 | + | powers, and duties of a board of commissioners as conferred in 982 |
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| 1464 | + | this chapter shall be vested in the board of county 983 |
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| 1465 | + | commissioners or similar governing body of such said county or 984 |
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| 1466 | + | city. 985 |
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| 1467 | + | Section 13. Subsections (1), (2), and (5) through (8) of 986 |
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| 1468 | + | section 388.261, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 987 |
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| 1469 | + | 388.261 State aid to counties, municipalities, and 988 |
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| 1470 | + | districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and 989 |
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| 1471 | + | limitations.— 990 |
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| 1472 | + | (1) A county, municipality, or district may, without 991 |
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| 1473 | + | contributing matching funds, receive state funds, supplies, 992 |
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| 1474 | + | services, or equipment in a n amount of no more than $75,000 993 |
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| 1475 | + | $50,000 per year for up to 3 years for any new program for the 994 |
|---|
| 1476 | + | control of mosquitoes and other arthropods which serves an area 995 |
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| 1477 | + | not previously served by the county , municipality, or district. 996 |
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| 1478 | + | These funds may be expended for any and all types of control 997 |
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| 1479 | + | measures approved by the department. 998 |
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| 1480 | + | (2) Every county, municipality, or district budgeting 999 |
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| 1481 | + | local funds to be used exclusively for the control of mosquitoes 1000 |
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| 1494 | + | and other arthropods, under a plan submitted by the county , 1001 |
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| 1495 | + | municipality, or district and approved by the department, is 1002 |
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| 1496 | + | eligible to receive state funds and supplies, services, and 1003 |
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| 1497 | + | equipment on a dollar -for-dollar matching basis to the amount of 1004 |
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| 1498 | + | local funds budgeted. If state funds appropriated by the 1005 |
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| 1499 | + | Legislature are insuff icient to grant each county , municipality, 1006 |
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| 1500 | + | or district state funds on a dollar -for-dollar matching basis to 1007 |
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| 1501 | + | the amount budgeted in local funds, the department shall 1008 |
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| 1502 | + | distribute the funds as prescribed by rule. Such rules must 1009 |
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| 1503 | + | shall provide for up to 80 perc ent of the funds to be 1010 |
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| 1504 | + | distributed to programs with local funds for mosquito control 1011 |
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| 1505 | + | budgets of less than $1 million, if the county , municipality, or 1012 |
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| 1506 | + | district meets the eligibility requirements. The funds must 1013 |
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| 1507 | + | shall be distributed as equally as possible wi thin the category 1014 |
|---|
| 1508 | + | of counties pursuant to this section. The remaining funds must 1015 |
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| 1509 | + | shall be distributed as prescribed by rule among the remaining 1016 |
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| 1510 | + | counties to support mosquito control and to support research, 1017 |
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| 1511 | + | education, and outreach. 1018 |
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| 1512 | + | (5) If more than one program local mosquito control agency 1019 |
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| 1513 | + | exists in a county or municipality, the funds must shall be 1020 |
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| 1514 | + | prorated between the programs agencies based on the population 1021 |
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| 1515 | + | served by each program agency. 1022 |
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| 1516 | + | (6) The Commissioner of Agriculture may exempt counties , 1023 |
|---|
| 1517 | + | municipalities, or districts from the requirements in subsection 1024 |
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| 1518 | + | (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3) when the department 1025 |
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| 1531 | + | determines state funds, supplies, services, or equipment are 1026 |
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| 1532 | + | necessary for the immediate control of mosquitoes and other 1027 |
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| 1533 | + | arthropods that pose a threat to human or animal health. 1028 |
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| 1534 | + | (7) The department may use state funds appropriated for a 1029 |
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| 1535 | + | county, municipality, or district under subsection (1) or 1030 |
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| 1536 | + | subsection (2) to provide state mosquito or other arthropod 1031 |
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| 1537 | + | control equipment, supplies, or servi ces when requested by a 1032 |
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| 1538 | + | county, municipality, or district eligible to receive state 1033 |
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| 1539 | + | funds under s. 388.271. 1034 |
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| 1540 | + | (8) The department is authorized to use up to 5 percent of 1035 |
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| 1541 | + | the funds appropriated annually by the Legislature under this 1036 |
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| 1542 | + | section to provide techni cal assistance to the counties , 1037 |
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| 1543 | + | municipalities, or districts, or to purchase equipment, 1038 |
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| 1544 | + | supplies, or services necessary to administer the provisions of 1039 |
|---|
| 1545 | + | this chapter. 1040 |
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| 1546 | + | Section 14. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 388.271, 1041 |
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| 1547 | + | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1042 |
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| 1548 | + | 388.271 Prerequisites to participation. — 1043 |
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| 1549 | + | (1) When state funds are involved, it is the duty of the 1044 |
|---|
| 1550 | + | department to guide, review, approve, and coordinate the 1045 |
|---|
| 1551 | + | activities of all county and municipal governments and special 1046 |
|---|
| 1552 | + | districts receiving state funds in furtherance of the goal of 1047 |
|---|
| 1553 | + | integrated arthropod control. Each program county eligible to 1048 |
|---|
| 1554 | + | participate may, and each district must, begin participation on 1049 |
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| 1555 | + | October 1 of any year by filing with the department not later 1050 |
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| 1566 | + | |
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| 1567 | + | |
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| 1568 | + | than July 15 a tentative integrated arthropod management plan 1051 |
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| 1569 | + | work plan and tentative detailed work plan budget providing for 1052 |
|---|
| 1570 | + | the control of arthropods. Following approval of the plan and 1053 |
|---|
| 1571 | + | budget by the department, a copy two copies of the program's 1054 |
|---|
| 1572 | + | county's or district's certified budget based on the approved 1055 |
|---|
| 1573 | + | integrated arthropod management work plan and detailed work plan 1056 |
|---|
| 1574 | + | budget must shall be submitted to the department by September 30 1057 |
|---|
| 1575 | + | following. State funds, supplies, and services must shall be 1058 |
|---|
| 1576 | + | made available to such program county or district by and through 1059 |
|---|
| 1577 | + | the department immediately upon release of funds by the 1060 |
|---|
| 1578 | + | Executive Office of the Governor. 1061 |
|---|
| 1579 | + | (2) All purchases of supplies, materials , and equipment by 1062 |
|---|
| 1580 | + | programs must counties or districts shall be made in accordance 1063 |
|---|
| 1581 | + | with the laws governing purchases by boards of county 1064 |
|---|
| 1582 | + | commissioners or similar governing bodies , except that programs 1065 |
|---|
| 1583 | + | districts with special laws relative to competitive bidding 1066 |
|---|
| 1584 | + | shall make purchases in accordance therewith. 1067 |
|---|
| 1585 | + | Section 15. Subsections (1) and (3) of sectio n 388.281, 1068 |
|---|
| 1586 | + | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1069 |
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| 1587 | + | 388.281 Use of state matching funds. — 1070 |
|---|
| 1588 | + | (1) All funds, supplies, and services released to programs 1071 |
|---|
| 1589 | + | under this chapter must counties and districts hereunder shall 1072 |
|---|
| 1590 | + | be used in accordance with the integrated arthropod management 1073 |
|---|
| 1591 | + | detailed work plan and certified budget approved by both the 1074 |
|---|
| 1592 | + | department and the board of commissioners or an appropriate 1075 |
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| 1603 | + | |
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| 1604 | + | |
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| 1605 | + | representative county or district. The integrated arthropod 1076 |
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| 1606 | + | management plan and budget may be amended at any time upon prior 1077 |
|---|
| 1607 | + | approval of the department. 1078 |
|---|
| 1608 | + | (3) In any program county or district where the arthropod 1079 |
|---|
| 1609 | + | problem has been eliminated, or reduced to such an extent that 1080 |
|---|
| 1610 | + | it does not constitute a health, comfort, or economic problem as 1081 |
|---|
| 1611 | + | determined by the department, the maximum amount of state funds 1082 |
|---|
| 1612 | + | available under this chapter shall be reduced to the amount 1083 |
|---|
| 1613 | + | necessary to meet actual need. 1084 |
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| 1614 | + | Section 16. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 388.291, 1085 |
|---|
| 1615 | + | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1086 |
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| 1616 | + | 388.291 Source reduction meas ures; supervision by 1087 |
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| 1617 | + | department.— 1088 |
|---|
| 1618 | + | (1) Any program county or district may perform source 1089 |
|---|
| 1619 | + | reduction measures in conformity with good engineering practices 1090 |
|---|
| 1620 | + | in any area, provided that the department cooperating with the 1091 |
|---|
| 1621 | + | county, municipality, or district has approved the operating or 1092 |
|---|
| 1622 | + | construction plan as outlined in the integrated arthropod 1093 |
|---|
| 1623 | + | management plan and that it has been determined by criteria 1094 |
|---|
| 1624 | + | contained in rule that the area or areas to be controlled would 1095 |
|---|
| 1625 | + | produce arthropods in significa nt numbers to constitute a health 1096 |
|---|
| 1626 | + | or nuisance problem. 1097 |
|---|
| 1627 | + | (2) The program county or district shall manage the 1098 |
|---|
| 1628 | + | detailed business affairs and supervise the said work, and the 1099 |
|---|
| 1629 | + | department shall advise the programs districts as to the best 1100 |
|---|
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| 1639 | + | |
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| 1640 | + | |
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| 1641 | + | |
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| 1642 | + | and most effective measures to be used in bringing about better 1101 |
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| 1643 | + | temporary control and the permanent elimination of breeding 1102 |
|---|
| 1644 | + | conditions. The department may at its discretion discontinue any 1103 |
|---|
| 1645 | + | state aid provided under this chapter hereunder in the event it 1104 |
|---|
| 1646 | + | finds the jointly agreed upon program is not being followed or 1105 |
|---|
| 1647 | + | is not efficiently and effectively administered. 1106 |
|---|
| 1648 | + | Section 17. Section 388.301, Florida Statutes, is amended 1107 |
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| 1649 | + | to read: 1108 |
|---|
| 1650 | + | 388.301 Payment of state funds; supplies and services. —1109 |
|---|
| 1651 | + | State funds shall be payable quarterly, in accordance with the 1110 |
|---|
| 1652 | + | rules of the department, upon requisition by the department to 1111 |
|---|
| 1653 | + | the Chief Financial Officer. The department is authorized to 1112 |
|---|
| 1654 | + | furnish insecticides, chemicals, materials, equipment, vehicles, 1113 |
|---|
| 1655 | + | and personnel in lieu o f state funds where mass purchasing may 1114 |
|---|
| 1656 | + | save funds for the state, or where it would be more practical 1115 |
|---|
| 1657 | + | and economical to use equipment, supplies, and services between 1116 |
|---|
| 1658 | + | two or more programs counties or districts . 1117 |
|---|
| 1659 | + | Section 18. Section 388.311, Florida Statu tes, is amended 1118 |
|---|
| 1660 | + | to read: 1119 |
|---|
| 1661 | + | 388.311 Carry over of state funds and local funds. —State 1120 |
|---|
| 1662 | + | and local funds budgeted for the control of mosquitoes and other 1121 |
|---|
| 1663 | + | arthropods shall be carried over at the end of the program's 1122 |
|---|
| 1664 | + | county or district's fiscal year, and rebudget ed for such 1123 |
|---|
| 1665 | + | control measures the following fiscal year. 1124 |
|---|
| 1666 | + | Section 19. Section 388.321, Florida Statutes, is amended 1125 |
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| 1667 | + | |
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| 1677 | + | |
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| 1678 | + | |
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| 1679 | + | to read: 1126 |
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| 1680 | + | 388.321 Equipment to become property of a program the 1127 |
|---|
| 1681 | + | county or district.—All equipment purchased under this chapter 1128 |
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| 1682 | + | with state funds made available directly to a program the county 1129 |
|---|
| 1683 | + | or district shall become the property of the program county or 1130 |
|---|
| 1684 | + | district unless otherwise provided, and may be traded in on 1131 |
|---|
| 1685 | + | other equipment, or sold, when no longer needed by the program 1132 |
|---|
| 1686 | + | county or district. 1133 |
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| 1687 | + | Section 20. Section 388.322, Florida Statutes, is amended 1134 |
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| 1688 | + | to read: 1135 |
|---|
| 1689 | + | 388.322 Record and inventory of certain property. —A record 1136 |
|---|
| 1690 | + | and inventory of certain property purchased with state funds for 1137 |
|---|
| 1691 | + | arthropod control use owned by the program must district shall 1138 |
|---|
| 1692 | + | be maintained in accordance with s. 274.02. 1139 |
|---|
| 1693 | + | Section 21. Section 388.323, Florida Statutes, is amended 1140 |
|---|
| 1694 | + | to read: 1141 |
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| 1695 | + | 388.323 Disposal of surplus property. —Surplus property 1142 |
|---|
| 1696 | + | shall be disposed of according to the provisions set forth in s. 1143 |
|---|
| 1697 | + | 274.05 with the following exceptions: 1144 |
|---|
| 1698 | + | (1) Serviceable equipment purchased using state funds for 1145 |
|---|
| 1699 | + | arthropod control use no longer needed by a program must county 1146 |
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| 1700 | + | or district shall first be offered to any or all other programs 1147 |
|---|
| 1701 | + | counties or districts engaged in arthropod control at a price 1148 |
|---|
| 1702 | + | established by the board of commissioners owning the equipment. 1149 |
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| 1703 | + | (2) The alternative procedure for disposal of surplus 1150 |
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| 1714 | + | |
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| 1716 | + | property, as prescribed in s. 274.06, must shall be followed if 1151 |
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| 1717 | + | it is determined that no other program county or district 1152 |
|---|
| 1718 | + | engaged in arthropod control has need for the equipment. 1153 |
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| 1719 | + | (3) All proceeds from the sale of any real or tangible 1154 |
|---|
| 1720 | + | personal property owned by the program and purchased using state 1155 |
|---|
| 1721 | + | funds county or district shall be deposited in the program's 1156 |
|---|
| 1722 | + | county's or district's state fund account unless otherwise 1157 |
|---|
| 1723 | + | specifically designated by the department. 1158 |
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| 1724 | + | Section 22. Section 388.341, Florida Statutes, is amended 1159 |
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| 1725 | + | to read: 1160 |
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| 1726 | + | 388.341 Reports of expenditures and accomplishments. —Each 1161 |
|---|
| 1727 | + | program receiving state aid county and district participating 1162 |
|---|
| 1728 | + | under the provisions of this chapter shall within 30 days after 1163 |
|---|
| 1729 | + | the end of each month submit to the department a monthly report 1164 |
|---|
| 1730 | + | for the preceding month of expenditures from all funds for 1165 |
|---|
| 1731 | + | arthropod control, and each program participating under this 1166 |
|---|
| 1732 | + | chapter shall provide such reports of activities and 1167 |
|---|
| 1733 | + | accomplishments as may be required by the department. 1168 |
|---|
| 1734 | + | Section 23. Section 388.351, Florida Statutes, is amended 1169 |
|---|
| 1735 | + | to read: 1170 |
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| 1736 | + | 388.351 Transfer of equipment, per sonnel, and supplies 1171 |
|---|
| 1737 | + | during an emergency. —The department, upon notifying a program 1172 |
|---|
| 1738 | + | county or district and obtaining its approval, is authorized to 1173 |
|---|
| 1739 | + | transfer equipment, materials, and personnel from one program 1174 |
|---|
| 1740 | + | district to another in the event of an emergenc y brought about 1175 |
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| 1741 | + | |
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| 1753 | + | by an arthropod-borne epidemic or other disaster requiring 1176 |
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| 1754 | + | emergency control. 1177 |
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| 1755 | + | Section 24. Subsection (7) of section 388.361, Florida 1178 |
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| 1756 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1179 |
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| 1757 | + | 388.361 Department authority and rules; administration. — 1180 |
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| 1758 | + | (7) The department shall have the authority to collect, 1181 |
|---|
| 1759 | + | detect, suppress, and control mosquitoes and other arthropods 1182 |
|---|
| 1760 | + | that are determined by the State Health Officer to pose a threat 1183 |
|---|
| 1761 | + | to public health, or determined by the Commissioner of 1184 |
|---|
| 1762 | + | Agriculture to pose a threat t o animal health, wherever they may 1185 |
|---|
| 1763 | + | occur on public or private land in this state, and to do all 1186 |
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| 1764 | + | things necessary in the exercise of such authority. Before Prior 1187 |
|---|
| 1765 | + | to the start of treatments for the control of mosquitoes or 1188 |
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| 1766 | + | other arthropods, the department sh all consult with the mosquito 1189 |
|---|
| 1767 | + | control programs districts in the proposed treatment areas, the 1190 |
|---|
| 1768 | + | Department of Health, the Department of Environmental 1191 |
|---|
| 1769 | + | Protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 1192 |
|---|
| 1770 | + | regarding the proposed locations, dates, and m ethods to be used. 1193 |
|---|
| 1771 | + | Section 25. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 388.3711, 1194 |
|---|
| 1772 | + | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1195 |
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| 1773 | + | 388.3711 Enforcement. — 1196 |
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| 1774 | + | (2) The department may issue a written warning, impose a 1197 |
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| 1775 | + | fine; deny, suspend, or revoke any license or certification , or 1198 |
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| 1776 | + | the disbursal of state aid ; or deny participation , in accordance 1199 |
|---|
| 1777 | + | with the provisions of chapter 120, upon any one or more of the 1200 |
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| 1778 | + | |
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| 1788 | + | |
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| 1789 | + | |
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| 1790 | + | following grounds as may be applicable: 1201 |
|---|
| 1791 | + | (a) Violation of any rule of the department or provision 1202 |
|---|
| 1792 | + | of this chapter. 1203 |
|---|
| 1793 | + | (b) Violation of FIFRA or any relevant EPA rule or 1204 |
|---|
| 1794 | + | regulation pertaining to the use of arthropod control pesticides 1205 |
|---|
| 1795 | + | by the licensee. 1206 |
|---|
| 1796 | + | (c) Failure to give the department, or any authorized 1207 |
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| 1797 | + | representative thereof, true information upon request regarding 1208 |
|---|
| 1798 | + | methods and materials used, work performed, or other information 1209 |
|---|
| 1799 | + | essential to the administration of this chapter. 1210 |
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| 1800 | + | (3) The department may, if it finds a violation is of such 1211 |
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| 1801 | + | nature or circumstances that imposition of a fine, or denial, 1212 |
|---|
| 1802 | + | revocation, or suspension of a certification or license or 1213 |
|---|
| 1803 | + | disbursal of state aid would be detrimental to the public or be 1214 |
|---|
| 1804 | + | unnecessarily harsh under the circumstances, in its discretion, 1215 |
|---|
| 1805 | + | place the offending party on probati on for a period of not more 1216 |
|---|
| 1806 | + | than 2 years. If the department determines that the terms of 1217 |
|---|
| 1807 | + | such probation have been violated, it may reinstitute license or 1218 |
|---|
| 1808 | + | certification or state aid denial, suspension, or revocation 1219 |
|---|
| 1809 | + | proceedings. 1220 |
|---|
| 1810 | + | Section 26. Section 388.381, Florida Statutes, is amended 1221 |
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| 1811 | + | to read: 1222 |
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| 1812 | + | 388.381 Cooperation by programs counties and district .—Any 1223 |
|---|
| 1813 | + | program conducting county or district carrying on an arthropod 1224 |
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| 1814 | + | control program may cooperate with another county, district, or 1225 |
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| 1826 | + | |
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| 1827 | + | municipality in carrying out work a program for the control of 1226 |
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| 1828 | + | mosquitoes and other arthropods, by agreement as to the program 1227 |
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| 1829 | + | and reimbursement thereof, when approved by the department. 1228 |
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| 1830 | + | Section 27. Section 388.391, Florida Statutes, is amended 1229 |
|---|
| 1831 | + | to read: 1230 |
|---|
| 1832 | + | 388.391 Control measu res in municipalities and portions of 1231 |
|---|
| 1833 | + | counties located outside boundaries of programs districts.—Any 1232 |
|---|
| 1834 | + | program district whose operation is limited to a portion of the 1233 |
|---|
| 1835 | + | county in which it is located may perform any control measures 1234 |
|---|
| 1836 | + | authorized by this chapter i n any municipality located in the 1235 |
|---|
| 1837 | + | same county or in any portions of the same county, where there 1236 |
|---|
| 1838 | + | is no established program district, when requested to do so by 1237 |
|---|
| 1839 | + | the municipality or county, pursuant to s. 388.381. 1238 |
|---|
| 1840 | + | Section 28. Section 388.401, Florida Sta tutes, is amended 1239 |
|---|
| 1841 | + | to read: 1240 |
|---|
| 1842 | + | 388.401 Penalty for damage to property or operations. —1241 |
|---|
| 1843 | + | Whoever shall willfully damages damage any of the property of 1242 |
|---|
| 1844 | + | any program county or district created under this or other 1243 |
|---|
| 1845 | + | chapters, or any works constructed, maintained, or controlled by 1244 |
|---|
| 1846 | + | such program county or district, or who obstructs shall obstruct 1245 |
|---|
| 1847 | + | or causes cause to be obstructed any of the operations of such 1246 |
|---|
| 1848 | + | program county or district, or who shall knowingly or willfully 1247 |
|---|
| 1849 | + | violates violate any provisions of this chapter or any rule or 1248 |
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| 1850 | + | regulation adopted promulgated by any board of commissioners of 1249 |
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| 1851 | + | any program, commits county or district shall be guilty of a 1250 |
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| 1860 | + | 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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| 1862 | + | |
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| 1863 | + | |
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| 1864 | + | misdemeanor of the second degree, puni shable as provided in s. 1251 |
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| 1865 | + | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 1252 |
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| 1866 | + | Section 29. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 1253 |
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| 1867 | + | 388.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1254 |
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| 1868 | + | 388.46 Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control; 1255 |
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| 1869 | + | establishment; membership; organization; res ponsibilities.— 1256 |
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| 1870 | + | (2) MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, AND RESPONSIBILITIES. — 1257 |
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| 1871 | + | (a) Membership.—The Florida Coordinating Council on 1258 |
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| 1872 | + | Mosquito Control shall be composed comprised of the following 1259 |
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| 1873 | + | representatives or their authorized designees: 1260 |
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| 1874 | + | 1. The Secretary of Environmental Protection. 1261 |
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| 1875 | + | 2. The State Surgeon General. 1262 |
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| 1876 | + | 3. The executive director of the Fish and Wildlife 1263 |
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| 1877 | + | Conservation Commission. 1264 |
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| 1878 | + | 4. The state epidemiologist. 1265 |
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| 1879 | + | 5. The Commissioner of Agriculture. 1266 |
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| 1880 | + | 6. The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvem ent Trust 1267 |
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| 1881 | + | Fund. 1268 |
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| 1882 | + | 7. Representatives from: 1269 |
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| 1883 | + | a. The University of Florida, Institute of Food and 1270 |
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| 1884 | + | Agricultural Sciences, Florida Medical Entomological Research 1271 |
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| 1885 | + | Laboratory. 1272 |
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| 1886 | + | b. The United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1273 |
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| 1887 | + | c. The United States Depart ment of Agriculture, Center of 1274 |
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| 1888 | + | Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology Insects 1275 |
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| 1889 | + | |
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| 1897 | + | 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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| 1898 | + | |
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| 1899 | + | |
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| 1900 | + | |
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| 1901 | + | Affecting Man Laboratory . 1276 |
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| 1902 | + | d. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1277 |
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| 1903 | + | 8. Four Two mosquito control directors to be nominated by 1278 |
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| 1904 | + | the Florida Mosquito Control Association, two representatives of 1279 |
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| 1905 | + | Florida environmental groups, and two private citizens who are 1280 |
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| 1906 | + | property owners whose lands are regularly subject to mosquito 1281 |
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| 1907 | + | control operations, to be appointed to 4 -year terms by the 1282 |
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| 1908 | + | Commissioner of Agriculture and serve until his or her successor 1283 |
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| 1909 | + | is appointed. 1284 |
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| 1910 | + | Section 30. Paragraph (d) of subsection (7) of section 1285 |
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| 1911 | + | 403.067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1286 |
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| 1912 | + | 403.067 Establishment and imp lementation of total maximum 1287 |
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| 1913 | + | daily loads.— 1288 |
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| 1914 | + | (7) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 1289 |
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| 1915 | + | IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS. — 1290 |
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| 1916 | + | (d) Enforcement and verification of basin management 1291 |
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| 1917 | + | action plans and management strategies. — 1292 |
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| 1918 | + | 1. Basin management a ction plans are enforceable pursuant 1293 |
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| 1919 | + | to this section and ss. 403.121, 403.141, and 403.161. 1294 |
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| 1920 | + | Management strategies, including best management practices and 1295 |
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| 1921 | + | water quality monitoring, are enforceable under this chapter. 1296 |
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| 1922 | + | 2. No later than January 1, 2017: 1297 |
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| 1923 | + | a. The department, in consultation with the water 1298 |
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| 1924 | + | management districts and the Department of Agriculture and 1299 |
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| 1925 | + | Consumer Services, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures 1300 |
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| 1935 | + | |
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| 1936 | + | |
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| 1937 | + | |
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| 1938 | + | to verify implementation of water quality monitoring required in 1301 |
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| 1939 | + | lieu of implementation of best management practices or other 1302 |
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| 1940 | + | measures pursuant to sub -subparagraph (b)2.g.; 1303 |
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| 1941 | + | b. The department, in consultation with the water 1304 |
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| 1942 | + | management districts and the Department of Agriculture and 1305 |
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| 1943 | + | Consumer Services, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures 1306 |
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| 1944 | + | to verify implementation of nonagricultural interim measures, 1307 |
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| 1945 | + | best management practices, or other measures adopted by rule 1308 |
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| 1946 | + | pursuant to subparagraph (c)1.; and 1309 |
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| 1947 | + | c. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in 1310 |
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| 1948 | + | consultation with the wa ter management districts and the 1311 |
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| 1949 | + | department, shall initiate rulemaking to adopt procedures to 1312 |
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| 1950 | + | verify implementation of agricultural interim measures, best 1313 |
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| 1951 | + | management practices, or other measures adopted by rule pursuant 1314 |
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| 1952 | + | to subparagraph (c)2. 1315 |
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| 1953 | + | 1316 |
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| 1954 | + | The rules required under this subparagraph shall include 1317 |
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| 1955 | + | enforcement procedures applicable to the landowner, discharger, 1318 |
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| 1956 | + | or other responsible person required to implement applicable 1319 |
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| 1957 | + | management strategies, including best management practices or 1320 |
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| 1958 | + | water quality monitoring as a result of noncompliance. 1321 |
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| 1959 | + | 3. At least every 2 years, the Department of Agriculture 1322 |
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| 1960 | + | and Consumer Services shall perform onsite inspections of each 1323 |
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| 1961 | + | agricultural producer that enrolls in a best management 1324 |
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| 1962 | + | practice, except those enrolled by rule in subpa ragraph 4., to 1325 |
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| 1963 | + | |
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| 1964 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 1971 | + | 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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| 1972 | + | |
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| 1973 | + | |
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| 1974 | + | |
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| 1975 | + | ensure that such practice is being properly implemented. Such 1326 |
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| 1976 | + | verification must include a collection and review of the best 1327 |
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| 1977 | + | management practice documentation from the previous 2 years 1328 |
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| 1978 | + | required by rules adopted pursuant to subparagraph (c)2., 1329 |
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| 1979 | + | including, but not limited to, nitrogen and phosphorus 1330 |
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| 1980 | + | fertilizer application records, which must be collected and 1331 |
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| 1981 | + | retained pursuant to subparagraphs (c)3., 4., and 6. The 1332 |
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| 1982 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall initially 1333 |
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| 1983 | + | prioritize the inspection of agricultural producers located in 1334 |
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| 1984 | + | the basin management action plans for Lake Okeechobee, the 1335 |
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| 1985 | + | Indian River Lagoon, the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary, and 1336 |
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| 1986 | + | Silver Springs. 1337 |
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| 1987 | + | 4. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is 1338 |
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| 1988 | + | authorized to adopt rules establishing an enrollment in best 1339 |
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| 1989 | + | management practices by rule process that agricultural pollutant 1340 |
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| 1990 | + | sources and agricultural producers may use in lieu of the best 1341 |
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| 1991 | + | management practices adopted in paragraph (c) and identify best 1342 |
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| 1992 | + | management practices for landowners of parcels which meet all of 1343 |
|---|
| 1993 | + | the following requirements: 1344 |
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| 1994 | + | a. A parcel not more than 25 acres in size. 1345 |
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| 1995 | + | b. A parcel designated as agricultural land use by the 1346 |
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| 1996 | + | county in which it is located or the parcel is granted 1347 |
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| 1997 | + | agricultural tax class ification by the county property appraiser 1348 |
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| 1998 | + | of the county in which it is located. 1349 |
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| 1999 | + | c. A parcel with water use not exceeding 100,000 gallons 1350 |
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| 2000 | + | |
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| 2001 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2004 | + | |
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| 2008 | + | 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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| 2009 | + | |
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| 2010 | + | |
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| 2011 | + | |
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| 2012 | + | per day on average unless the entire use is met using recycled 1351 |
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| 2013 | + | water from wet detention treatment ponds or reuse wat er. 1352 |
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| 2014 | + | d. A parcel where the agricultural activity on the parcel 1353 |
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| 2015 | + | is not a vegetable crop, an agronomic crop, a nursery, or a 1354 |
|---|
| 2016 | + | dairy operation. 1355 |
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| 2017 | + | e. A parcel not abutting an impaired water body identified 1356 |
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| 2018 | + | in subsection (4). 1357 |
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| 2019 | + | f. A parcel not part of a larger operation that is 1358 |
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| 2020 | + | enrolled in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1359 |
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| 2021 | + | best management practices or conducting water quality monitoring 1360 |
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| 2022 | + | prescribed by the department or a water management district. 1361 |
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| 2023 | + | 1362 |
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| 2024 | + | Such requirements must specify design or perfor mance criteria 1363 |
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| 2025 | + | that, if applied, would result in compliance with appropriate 1364 |
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| 2026 | + | water quality standards. The Department of Agriculture and 1365 |
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| 2027 | + | Consumer Services is authorized to adopt additional eligibility 1366 |
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| 2028 | + | criteria for landowners or producers to use enrollment b y rule 1367 |
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| 2029 | + | and to revoke enrollment by rule. 1368 |
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| 2030 | + | 5. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1369 |
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| 2031 | + | shall annually perform onsite inspections of 20 percent for all 1370 |
|---|
| 2032 | + | enrollments that meet the qualifications pursuant to 1371 |
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| 2033 | + | subparagraph 4. by rule within basin mana gement action plan 1372 |
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| 2034 | + | areas, to ensure that practices are being properly implemented. 1373 |
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| 2035 | + | Such inspections must include a collection and review of the 1374 |
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| 2036 | + | identified best management practice documentation from the 1375 |
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| 2037 | + | |
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| 2038 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2046 | + | |
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| 2047 | + | |
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| 2048 | + | |
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| 2049 | + | previous 2 years required by rules adopted pursuant t o 1376 |
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| 2050 | + | subparagraph (c)2. All agricultural producers enrolled by rule 1377 |
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| 2051 | + | in a best management practice must annually submit nutrient 1378 |
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| 2052 | + | records, including nitrogen and phosphorus application records 1379 |
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| 2053 | + | for the previous calendar year, to the Department of Agriculture 1380 |
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| 2054 | + | and Consumer Services as required by rules adopted pursuant to 1381 |
|---|
| 2055 | + | subparagraph (c)2. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer 1382 |
|---|
| 2056 | + | Services shall collect and retain these nutrient records 1383 |
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| 2057 | + | pursuant to subparagraphs (c)3., 4., and 6. 1384 |
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| 2058 | + | Section 31. Subsection (19) is added to section 403.852, 1385 |
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| 2059 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 1386 |
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| 2060 | + | 403.852 Definitions; ss. 403.850 -403.864.—As used in ss. 1387 |
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| 2061 | + | 403.850-403.864: 1388 |
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| 2062 | + | (19) "Water quality additive" means any chemical or 1389 |
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| 2063 | + | additive which is used in a public water system for the purpose 1390 |
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| 2064 | + | of removing contaminants or increasing water quality. The term 1391 |
|---|
| 2065 | + | does not include additives used for health -related purposes. 1392 |
|---|
| 2066 | + | Section 32. Subsection (8) is added to section 403.859, 1393 |
|---|
| 2067 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 1394 |
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| 2068 | + | 403.859 Prohibited acts. —The following acts an d the 1395 |
|---|
| 2069 | + | causing thereof are prohibited and are violations of this act: 1396 |
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| 2070 | + | (8) The use of any additive in a public water system which 1397 |
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| 2071 | + | does not meet the definition of a water quality additive as 1398 |
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| 2072 | + | defined in s. 403.852(19), or the use of any additive included 1399 |
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| 2073 | + | primarily for health-related purposes. 1400 |
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| 2074 | + | |
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| 2075 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2082 | + | 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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| 2083 | + | |
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| 2084 | + | |
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| 2085 | + | |
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| 2086 | + | Section 33. Subsection (10) of section 482.111, Florida 1401 |
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| 2087 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1402 |
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| 2088 | + | 482.111 Pest control operator's certificate. — 1403 |
|---|
| 2089 | + | (10) In order to renew a certificate, the 1404 |
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| 2090 | + | certificateholder must complete 2 hour s of approved continuing 1405 |
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| 2091 | + | education on legislation, safety, pesticide labeling, and 1406 |
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| 2092 | + | integrated pest management and 2 hours of approved continuing 1407 |
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| 2093 | + | education in each category of her or his certificate or must 1408 |
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| 2094 | + | pass an examination that the department shall prov ide in person 1409 |
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| 2095 | + | and remotely through a third -party vendor. The third -party 1410 |
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| 2096 | + | vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee given by the 1411 |
|---|
| 2097 | + | department. The department may not renew a certificate if the 1412 |
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| 2098 | + | continuing education or examination requirement is not met. 1413 |
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| 2099 | + | (a) Courses or programs, to be considered for credit, must 1414 |
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| 2100 | + | include one or more of the following topics: 1415 |
|---|
| 2101 | + | 1. The law and rules of this state pertaining to pest 1416 |
|---|
| 2102 | + | control. 1417 |
|---|
| 2103 | + | 2. Precautions necessary to safeguard life, health, and 1418 |
|---|
| 2104 | + | property in the conducting of pest control and the application 1419 |
|---|
| 2105 | + | of pesticides. 1420 |
|---|
| 2106 | + | 3. Pests, their habits, recognition of the damage they 1421 |
|---|
| 2107 | + | cause, and identification of them by accepted common name. 1422 |
|---|
| 2108 | + | 4. Current accepted industry practices in the conducting 1423 |
|---|
| 2109 | + | of fumigation, termites and ot her wood-destroying organisms pest 1424 |
|---|
| 2110 | + | control, lawn and ornamental pest control, and household pest 1425 |
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| 2111 | + | |
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| 2112 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2119 | + | 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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| 2120 | + | |
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| 2121 | + | |
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| 2122 | + | |
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| 2123 | + | control. 1426 |
|---|
| 2124 | + | 5. How to read labels, a review of current state and 1427 |
|---|
| 2125 | + | federal laws on labeling, and a review of changes in or 1428 |
|---|
| 2126 | + | additions to labels used in pest contro l. 1429 |
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| 2127 | + | 6. Integrated pest management. 1430 |
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| 2128 | + | (b) The certificateholder must submit with her or his 1431 |
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| 2129 | + | application for renewal a statement certifying that she or he 1432 |
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| 2130 | + | has completed the required number of hours of continuing 1433 |
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| 2131 | + | education. The statement must be on a form pr escribed by the 1434 |
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| 2132 | + | department and must identify at least the date, location, 1435 |
|---|
| 2133 | + | provider, and subject of the training and must provide such 1436 |
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| 2134 | + | other information as required by the department. 1437 |
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| 2135 | + | (c) The department shall charge the same fee for 1438 |
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| 2136 | + | examination as provide d in s. 482.141(2). 1439 |
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| 2137 | + | Section 34. Subsection (1) of section 482.141, Florida 1440 |
|---|
| 2138 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1441 |
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| 2139 | + | 482.141 Examinations. — 1442 |
|---|
| 2140 | + | (1) Each individual seeking certification must 1443 |
|---|
| 2141 | + | satisfactorily pass an examination which must be written but 1444 |
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| 2142 | + | which may include practical demonstration. The department shall 1445 |
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| 2143 | + | provide in-person and remote testing through a third -party 1446 |
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| 2144 | + | vendor. A third-party vendor may collect and retain a 1447 |
|---|
| 2145 | + | convenience fee hold at least two examinations each year . An 1448 |
|---|
| 2146 | + | applicant may seek certificati on in one or more categories. 1449 |
|---|
| 2147 | + | Section 35. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 1450 |
|---|
| 2148 | + | |
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| 2149 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2156 | + | 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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| 2157 | + | |
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| 2158 | + | |
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| 2159 | + | |
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| 2160 | + | 482.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1451 |
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| 2161 | + | 482.155 Limited certification for governmental pesticide 1452 |
|---|
| 2162 | + | applicators or private applicators. — 1453 |
|---|
| 2163 | + | (1) 1454 |
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| 2164 | + | (b) A person seeking limited certification under this 1455 |
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| 2165 | + | subsection must pass an examination that the department shall 1456 |
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| 2166 | + | provide in person and remotely through a third -party vendor. The 1457 |
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| 2167 | + | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1458 |
|---|
| 2168 | + | given or approved by the departm ent. Each application for 1459 |
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| 2169 | + | examination must be accompanied by an examination fee set by the 1460 |
|---|
| 2170 | + | department, in an amount of not more than $150 or less than $50; 1461 |
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| 2171 | + | and a recertification fee of $25 every 4 years. Until rules 1462 |
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| 2172 | + | setting these fees are adopted by the de partment, the 1463 |
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| 2173 | + | examination fee is $50. Application for recertification must be 1464 |
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| 2174 | + | accompanied by proof of having completed 4 classroom hours of 1465 |
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| 2175 | + | acceptable continuing education. The limited certificate expires 1466 |
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| 2176 | + | 4 years after the date of issuance. If the certific ateholder 1467 |
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| 2177 | + | fails to renew his or her certificate and provide proof of 1468 |
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| 2178 | + | completion of the required continuing education units within 60 1469 |
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| 2179 | + | days after the expiration date, the certificateholder may be 1470 |
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| 2180 | + | recertified only after reexamination. The department shall make 1471 |
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| 2181 | + | available provide the appropriate reference material and make 1472 |
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| 2182 | + | the examination readily accessible and available to all 1473 |
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| 2183 | + | applicants at least quarterly or as necessary in each county . 1474 |
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| 2184 | + | Section 36. Subsection (2) of section 482.156, Florida 1475 |
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| 2185 | + | |
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| 2186 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 2194 | + | |
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| 2195 | + | |
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| 2196 | + | |
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| 2197 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1476 |
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| 2198 | + | 482.156 Limited certification for commercial landscape 1477 |
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| 2199 | + | maintenance personnel. — 1478 |
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| 2200 | + | (2)(a) A person seeking limited certification under this 1479 |
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| 2201 | + | section must pass an examination that the department shall 1480 |
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| 2202 | + | provide in person and remotely through a third-party vendor. The 1481 |
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| 2203 | + | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1482 |
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| 2204 | + | given by the department . Each application for examination must 1483 |
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| 2205 | + | be accompanied by an examination fee set by rule of the 1484 |
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| 2206 | + | department, in an amount of not more than $150 or le ss than $50. 1485 |
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| 2207 | + | Before the department issues a limited certification under this 1486 |
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| 2208 | + | section, each person applying for the certification must furnish 1487 |
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| 2209 | + | proof of having a certificate of insurance which states that the 1488 |
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| 2210 | + | employer meets the requirements for minimum finan cial 1489 |
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| 2211 | + | responsibility for bodily injury and property damage required by 1490 |
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| 2212 | + | s. 482.071(4). 1491 |
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| 2213 | + | (b) The department shall make available provide the 1492 |
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| 2214 | + | appropriate reference materials for the examination and provide 1493 |
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| 2215 | + | in-person and remote testing through a third -party vendor. A 1494 |
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| 2216 | + | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee make 1495 |
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| 2217 | + | the examination readily accessible and available to applicants 1496 |
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| 2218 | + | at least quarterly or as necessary in each county . 1497 |
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| 2219 | + | Section 37. Subsection (2) of section 482.157, Florida 1498 |
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| 2220 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1499 |
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| 2221 | + | 482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife 1500 |
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| 2234 | + | management personnel. — 1501 |
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| 2235 | + | (2) The department shall issue a limited certificate to an 1502 |
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| 2236 | + | applicant who: 1503 |
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| 2237 | + | (a) Submits an application and examination fee of at least 1504 |
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| 2238 | + | $150, but not more t han $300, as prescribed by the department by 1505 |
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| 2239 | + | rule; 1506 |
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| 2240 | + | (b) Passes an examination that the department shall 1507 |
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| 2241 | + | provide in person and remotely through a third -party vendor. The 1508 |
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| 2242 | + | third-party vendor may collect and retain a convenience fee 1509 |
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| 2243 | + | administered by the depart ment. The department shall make 1510 |
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| 2244 | + | available provide the appropriate study materials for the 1511 |
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| 2245 | + | examination and make the examination readily available to 1512 |
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| 2246 | + | applicants in each county as necessary, but not less frequently 1513 |
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| 2247 | + | than quarterly; and 1514 |
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| 2248 | + | (c) Provides proof, in cluding a certificate of insurance, 1515 |
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| 2249 | + | that the applicant has met the minimum bodily injury and 1516 |
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| 2250 | + | property damage insurance requirements in s. 482.071(4). 1517 |
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| 2251 | + | Section 38. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (1) of 1518 |
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| 2252 | + | section 482.161, Florida Statutes, to read: 1519 |
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| 2253 | + | 482.161 Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. — 1520 |
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| 2254 | + | (1) The department may issue a written warning to or 1521 |
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| 2255 | + | impose a fine against, or deny the application for licensure or 1522 |
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| 2256 | + | licensure renewal of, a licensee, certified operator, limited 1523 |
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| 2257 | + | certificateholder, identification cardholder, or special 1524 |
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| 2258 | + | identification cardholder or any other person, or may suspend, 1525 |
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| 2268 | + | |
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| 2269 | + | |
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| 2270 | + | |
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| 2271 | + | revoke, or deny the issuance or renewal of any license, 1526 |
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| 2272 | + | certificate, limited certificate, identification card, or 1527 |
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| 2273 | + | special identification card that is wit hin the scope of this 1528 |
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| 2274 | + | chapter, in accordance with chapter 120, upon any of the 1529 |
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| 2275 | + | following grounds: 1530 |
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| 2276 | + | (m) Upon the issuance of a final order imposing civil 1531 |
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| 2277 | + | penalties under subsection 14(a) of the Federal Insecticide, 1532 |
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| 2278 | + | Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or a criminal conviction 1533 |
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| 2279 | + | under subsection 14(b), of FIFRA. 1534 |
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| 2280 | + | Section 39. Subsection (2) of section 487.044, Florida 1535 |
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| 2281 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1536 |
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| 2282 | + | 487.044 Certification; examination. — 1537 |
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| 2283 | + | (2) The department shall require each applicant for a 1538 |
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| 2284 | + | certified applicator's license to demonstrate competence by a 1539 |
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| 2285 | + | written or oral examination in which the applicant must 1540 |
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| 2286 | + | demonstrate adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and 1541 |
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| 2287 | + | application of restric ted-use pesticides in each classification 1542 |
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| 2288 | + | for which application for license is made. The department shall 1543 |
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| 2289 | + | provide in-person and remote testing through a third -party 1544 |
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| 2290 | + | vendor. A third-party vendor may collect and retain a 1545 |
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| 2291 | + | convenience fee. The examination may be prepared, administered, 1546 |
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| 2292 | + | and evaluated by the department. Each applicant for a certified 1547 |
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| 2293 | + | applicator's license must shall demonstrate minimum competence 1548 |
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| 2294 | + | as to: 1549 |
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| 2295 | + | (a) The proper use of the equipment. 1550 |
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| 2306 | + | |
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| 2307 | + | |
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| 2308 | + | (b) The environmental hazards that may be involved in 1551 |
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| 2309 | + | applying restricted-use pesticides. 1552 |
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| 2310 | + | (c) Calculating the concentration of restricted -use 1553 |
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| 2311 | + | pesticides to be used in particular circumstances. 1554 |
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| 2312 | + | (d) Identification of common pests to be controlled and 1555 |
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| 2313 | + | the damages caused by such pests. 1556 |
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| 2314 | + | (e) Protective clothi ng and respiratory equipment required 1557 |
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| 2315 | + | during the handling and application of restricted -use 1558 |
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| 2316 | + | pesticides. 1559 |
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| 2317 | + | (f) General precautions to be followed in the disposal of 1560 |
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| 2318 | + | containers, as well as the cleaning and decontamination of the 1561 |
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| 2319 | + | equipment which the applicant proposes to use. 1562 |
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| 2320 | + | (g) Applicable state and federal pesticide laws, rules, 1563 |
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| 2321 | + | and regulations. 1564 |
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| 2322 | + | (h) General safety precautions. 1565 |
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| 2323 | + | Section 40. Subsection (6) is added to section 487.175, 1566 |
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| 2324 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 1567 |
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| 2325 | + | 487.175 Penalties; administrative fine; injunction.— 1568 |
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| 2326 | + | (6) Licensure may be suspended, revoked, or denied by the 1569 |
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| 2327 | + | department, upon the issuance of a final order to a licensee 1570 |
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| 2328 | + | imposing civil penalties under subsection 14(a) of the Federal 1571 |
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| 2329 | + | Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or a 1572 |
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| 2330 | + | criminal conviction under subsection 14(b) of FIFRA. 1573 |
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| 2331 | + | Section 41. Subsections (13) through (28) of section 1574 |
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| 2332 | + | 496.404, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (15) 1575 |
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| 2342 | + | |
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| 2343 | + | |
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| 2344 | + | |
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| 2345 | + | through (30), respectively, and new subsections (13) and (14) 1576 |
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| 2346 | + | are added to that sectio n, to read: 1577 |
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| 2347 | + | 496.404 Definitions. —As used in ss. 496.401 -496.424, the 1578 |
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| 2348 | + | term: 1579 |
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| 2349 | + | (13) "Foreign country of concern" has the same meaning as 1580 |
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| 2350 | + | s. 286.101(1)(b). 1581 |
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| 2351 | + | (14) "Foreign source of concern" means any of the 1582 |
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| 2352 | + | following: 1583 |
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| 2353 | + | (a) The government or any official o f the government of a 1584 |
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| 2354 | + | foreign country of concern; 1585 |
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| 2355 | + | (b) A political party or member of a political party or 1586 |
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| 2356 | + | any subdivision of a political party in a foreign country of 1587 |
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| 2357 | + | concern; 1588 |
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| 2358 | + | (c) A partnership, an association, a corporation, an 1589 |
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| 2359 | + | organization, or other combination of persons organized under 1590 |
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| 2360 | + | the laws of or having its principal place of business in a 1591 |
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| 2361 | + | foreign country of concern, or a subsidiary of such entity; 1592 |
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| 2362 | + | (d) Any person who is domiciled in a foreign country of 1593 |
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| 2363 | + | concern and is not a citizen or lawful p ermanent citizen of the 1594 |
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| 2364 | + | United States; 1595 |
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| 2365 | + | (e) An agent, including a subsidiary or an affiliate of a 1596 |
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| 2366 | + | foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source of 1597 |
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| 2367 | + | concern; or 1598 |
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| 2368 | + | (f) An entity in which a person, entity, or collection of 1599 |
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| 2369 | + | persons or entities des cribed in paragraphs (a) –(e) has a 1600 |
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| 2379 | + | |
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| 2380 | + | |
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| 2381 | + | |
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| 2382 | + | controlling interest. As used in this paragraph, the term 1601 |
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| 2383 | + | "controlling interest" means the possession of the power to 1602 |
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| 2384 | + | direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of 1603 |
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| 2385 | + | an entity, whether through ownership of securities, by contract, 1604 |
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| 2386 | + | or otherwise. A person or an entity that directly or indirectly 1605 |
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| 2387 | + | has the right to vote 25 percent or more of the voting interest 1606 |
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| 2388 | + | of the company or is entitled to 25 percent or more of its 1607 |
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| 2389 | + | profits is presumed to possess a controlling interest. 1608 |
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| 2390 | + | Section 42. Paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection (2) 1609 |
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| 2391 | + | of section 496.405, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 1610 |
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| 2392 | + | paragraphs (f) through (i), respectively, new paragraphs (d) and 1611 |
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| 2393 | + | (e) are added to that subsection, subsection (1) and paragrap h 1612 |
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| 2394 | + | (b) of subsection (7) are amended, and subsection (11) is added 1613 |
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| 2395 | + | to that section, to read: 1614 |
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| 2396 | + | 496.405 Registration statements by charitable 1615 |
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| 2397 | + | organizations and sponsors. — 1616 |
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| 2398 | + | (1) A charitable organization or sponsor, unless exempted 1617 |
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| 2399 | + | pursuant to s. 496.406, whi ch intends to solicit contributions 1618 |
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| 2400 | + | in or from this state by any means or have funds solicited on 1619 |
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| 2401 | + | its behalf by any other person, charitable organization, 1620 |
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| 2402 | + | sponsor, commercial co -venturer, or professional solicitor, or 1621 |
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| 2403 | + | that participates in a charitable sale s promotion or sponsor 1622 |
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| 2404 | + | sales promotion, must, before engaging in any of these 1623 |
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| 2405 | + | activities, file an initial registration statement, which 1624 |
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| 2406 | + | includes an attestation statement, and a renewal statement 1625 |
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| 2416 | + | |
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| 2417 | + | |
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| 2418 | + | |
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| 2419 | + | annually thereafter, with the department. 1626 |
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| 2420 | + | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), any changes in 1627 |
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| 2421 | + | the information submitted on the initial registration statement 1628 |
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| 2422 | + | or the last renewal statement must be updated annually on a 1629 |
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| 2423 | + | renewal statement provided by the department on or before the 1630 |
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| 2424 | + | date that marks 1 year after th e date the department approved 1631 |
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| 2425 | + | the initial registration statement as provided in this section. 1632 |
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| 2426 | + | The department shall annually provide a renewal statement to 1633 |
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| 2427 | + | each registrant by mail or by electronic mail at least 30 days 1634 |
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| 2428 | + | before the renewal date. 1635 |
|---|
| 2429 | + | (b) Any changes to the information submitted to the 1636 |
|---|
| 2430 | + | department pursuant to paragraph (2)(f) (2)(d) on the initial 1637 |
|---|
| 2431 | + | registration statement , which includes an attestation statement, 1638 |
|---|
| 2432 | + | or the last renewal statement must be reported to the department 1639 |
|---|
| 2433 | + | on a form prescribed by the department within 10 days after the 1640 |
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| 2434 | + | change occurs. 1641 |
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| 2435 | + | (c) A charitable organization or sponsor that is required 1642 |
|---|
| 2436 | + | to file an initial registration statement or annual renewal 1643 |
|---|
| 2437 | + | statement may not, before approval of its statement by the 1644 |
|---|
| 2438 | + | department in accordance with subsection (7), solicit 1645 |
|---|
| 2439 | + | contributions or have contributions solicited on its behalf by 1646 |
|---|
| 2440 | + | any other person, charitable organization, sponsor, commercial 1647 |
|---|
| 2441 | + | co-venturer, or professional solicitor or participate in a 1648 |
|---|
| 2442 | + | charitable sales promotion or sponsor sales promotion. 1649 |
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| 2443 | + | (d) The registration of a charitable organization or 1650 |
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| 2453 | + | |
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| 2454 | + | |
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| 2455 | + | |
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| 2456 | + | sponsor may not continue in effect and shall expire without 1651 |
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| 2457 | + | further action of the department under either of the following 1652 |
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| 2458 | + | circumstances: 1653 |
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| 2459 | + | 1. After the date the charitable organization or sponsor 1654 |
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| 2460 | + | should have filed, but failed to file, its renewal statement in 1655 |
|---|
| 2461 | + | accordance with this section. 1656 |
|---|
| 2462 | + | 2. For failure to provide a financial statement within any 1657 |
|---|
| 2463 | + | extension period provided under s. 496.407. 1658 |
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| 2464 | + | (2) The initial registration s tatement must be submitted 1659 |
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| 2465 | + | on a form prescribed by the department, signed by an authorized 1660 |
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| 2466 | + | official of the charitable organization or sponsor who shall 1661 |
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| 2467 | + | certify that the registration statement is true and correct, and 1662 |
|---|
| 2468 | + | include the following information or ma terial: 1663 |
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| 2469 | + | (d) An attestation statement, which must be submitted on a 1664 |
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| 2470 | + | form prescribed by the department and signed by an authorized 1665 |
|---|
| 2471 | + | official of the charitable organization, who shall certify and 1666 |
|---|
| 2472 | + | attest that the charitable organization, if engaged in 1667 |
|---|
| 2473 | + | activities that would require registration pursuant to chapter 1668 |
|---|
| 2474 | + | 106 is registered with the Department of State, pursuant to 1669 |
|---|
| 2475 | + | chapter 106. 1670 |
|---|
| 2476 | + | (e) An attestation statement on a form prescribed by the 1671 |
|---|
| 2477 | + | department, signed by an authorized official of the charitable 1672 |
|---|
| 2478 | + | organization, who shall certify and attest that the charitable 1673 |
|---|
| 2479 | + | organization, if prohibited by applicable federal or state law, 1674 |
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| 2480 | + | is not engaged in activities that would require registration 1675 |
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| 2481 | + | |
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| 2490 | + | |
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| 2491 | + | |
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| 2492 | + | |
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| 2493 | + | with the Department of State pursuant to chapter 106. 1676 |
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| 2494 | + | (7) 1677 |
|---|
| 2495 | + | (b) If a charitable organization or sponsor discloses 1678 |
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| 2496 | + | information specified in subparagraphs (2)(f)2.-7. (2)(d)2.-7. 1679 |
|---|
| 2497 | + | in the initial registration statement or annual renewal 1680 |
|---|
| 2498 | + | statement, the time limits set forth in paragraph (a) are 1681 |
|---|
| 2499 | + | waived, and the department shall proc ess such initial 1682 |
|---|
| 2500 | + | registration statement or annual renewal statement in accordance 1683 |
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| 2501 | + | with the time limits set forth in chapter 120. The registration 1684 |
|---|
| 2502 | + | of a charitable organization or sponsor shall be automatically 1685 |
|---|
| 2503 | + | suspended for failure to disclose any informati on specified in 1686 |
|---|
| 2504 | + | subparagraphs (2)(f)2.-7. (2)(d)2.-7. until such time as the 1687 |
|---|
| 2505 | + | required information is submitted to the department. 1688 |
|---|
| 2506 | + | (11) The department may investigate and refer a charitable 1689 |
|---|
| 2507 | + | organization or sponsor to the Florida Elections Commission for 1690 |
|---|
| 2508 | + | investigation of violations pursuant to chapters 104 and 106. 1691 |
|---|
| 2509 | + | Section 43. Subsection (20) is added to section 496.415, 1692 |
|---|
| 2510 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 1693 |
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| 2511 | + | 496.415 Prohibited acts. —It is unlawful for any person in 1694 |
|---|
| 2512 | + | connection with the planning, conduct, or execu tion of any 1695 |
|---|
| 2513 | + | solicitation or charitable or sponsor sales promotion to: 1696 |
|---|
| 2514 | + | (20) Solicit or accept contributions or anything of value 1697 |
|---|
| 2515 | + | from a foreign source of concern. 1698 |
|---|
| 2516 | + | Section 44. Section 496.417, Florida Statutes, is amended 1699 |
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| 2517 | + | to read: 1700 |
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| 2518 | + | |
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| 2527 | + | |
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| 2528 | + | |
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| 2529 | + | |
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| 2530 | + | 496.417 Criminal pe nalties.—Except as otherwise provided 1701 |
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| 2531 | + | in ss. 496.401-496.424, and in addition to any administrative or 1702 |
|---|
| 2532 | + | civil penalties, any person who willfully and knowingly violates 1703 |
|---|
| 2533 | + | ss. 496.401-496.424 commits a felony of the third degree, 1704 |
|---|
| 2534 | + | punishable as provided in s. 7 75.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 1705 |
|---|
| 2535 | + | For a second or subsequent conviction, such violation 1706 |
|---|
| 2536 | + | constitutes a felony of the second degree, punishable as 1707 |
|---|
| 2537 | + | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The 1708 |
|---|
| 2538 | + | department may also investigate and refer a charitable 1709 |
|---|
| 2539 | + | organization or sponsor to the Florida Elections Commission for 1710 |
|---|
| 2540 | + | investigation of violations pursuant to chapters 104 and 106. 1711 |
|---|
| 2541 | + | Section 45. Subsection (11) is added to section 496.419, 1712 |
|---|
| 2542 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 1713 |
|---|
| 2543 | + | 496.419 Powers of the department. — 1714 |
|---|
| 2544 | + | (11) A charitable organization or sponsor whose 1715 |
|---|
| 2545 | + | registration is denied or revoked for submitting a false 1716 |
|---|
| 2546 | + | attestation required pursuant to s. 496.405(2)(d) or (2)(e) is 1717 |
|---|
| 2547 | + | subject to the penalties specified in subsection (5) at the 1718 |
|---|
| 2548 | + | discretion of the department. 1719 |
|---|
| 2549 | + | Section 46. Section 496.431, Florida Statutes, is created 1720 |
|---|
| 2550 | + | to read: 1721 |
|---|
| 2551 | + | 496.431 Honest Service Registry. — 1722 |
|---|
| 2552 | + | (1) The department shall create the Honest Services 1723 |
|---|
| 2553 | + | Registry to provide the residents of this state with the 1724 |
|---|
| 2554 | + | information necessary to make an inform ed choice when deciding 1725 |
|---|
| 2555 | + | |
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| 2564 | + | |
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| 2565 | + | |
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| 2566 | + | |
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| 2567 | + | which charitable organizations to support. 1726 |
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| 2568 | + | (2) To be included on the Honest Services Registry, a 1727 |
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| 2569 | + | charitable organization must, at a minimum, submit to the 1728 |
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| 2570 | + | department an attestation statement on a form prescribed by the 1729 |
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| 2571 | + | department, verified as provided in s. 92.525, attesting to all 1730 |
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| 2572 | + | of the following: 1731 |
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| 2573 | + | (a) That the organization does not solicit or accept, 1732 |
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| 2574 | + | directly or indirectly, contributions, funding, support, or 1733 |
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| 2575 | + | services from a foreign source of concern. 1734 |
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| 2576 | + | (b) That the organizatio n's messaging and content are not 1735 |
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| 2577 | + | directly or indirectly produced or influenced by a foreign 1736 |
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| 2578 | + | source of concern. 1737 |
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| 2579 | + | (3) The department shall publish the Honest Services 1738 |
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| 2580 | + | Registry on the department's website. 1739 |
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| 2581 | + | (4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 1740 |
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| 2582 | + | section. 1741 |
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| 2583 | + | Section 47. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section 1742 |
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| 2584 | + | 500.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1743 |
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| 2585 | + | 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability. — 1744 |
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| 2586 | + | (1) For the purpose of this chapter, the term: 1745 |
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| 2587 | + | (j) "Cottage food product" means food that is not time or 1746 |
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| 2588 | + | temperature controlled for safety or a potentially hazardous 1747 |
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| 2589 | + | food as defined by department rule which is sold by a cottage 1748 |
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| 2590 | + | food operation in accordance with s. 500.80. 1749 |
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| 2591 | + | Section 48. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of 1750 |
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| 2604 | + | section 500.12, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1751 |
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| 2605 | + | 500.12 Food permits; building permits. — 1752 |
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| 2606 | + | (1)(a) A food permit from the department is required of 1753 |
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| 2607 | + | any person or business that who operates a food establishment, 1754 |
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| 2608 | + | except: 1755 |
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| 2609 | + | 1. Persons or businesses operating minor food outlets that 1756 |
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| 2610 | + | sell food that is commercially prepackaged, not potentially 1757 |
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| 2611 | + | hazardous, not age restricted, and not time or temperature 1758 |
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| 2612 | + | controlled for safety, if the shelf space for those items does 1759 |
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| 2613 | + | not exceed 12 total linear feet and no other food is sold by the 1760 |
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| 2614 | + | person or business minor food outlet. 1761 |
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| 2615 | + | 2. Persons subject to continuous, onsite federal or state 1762 |
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| 2616 | + | inspection. 1763 |
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| 2617 | + | 3. Persons selling only legumes in the shell, either 1764 |
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| 2618 | + | parched, roasted, or boiled. 1765 |
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| 2619 | + | 4. Persons selling sugar cane or sorghum syrup that has 1766 |
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| 2620 | + | been boiled and bottled on a premise located within this state. 1767 |
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| 2621 | + | Such bottles must contain a label listing the producer's name 1768 |
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| 2622 | + | and street address, all added ingredients, the net weight or 1769 |
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| 2623 | + | volume of the produc t, and a statement that reads, "This product 1770 |
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| 2624 | + | has not been produced in a facility permitted by the Florida 1771 |
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| 2625 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services." 1772 |
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| 2626 | + | (b) Each food establishment regulated under this chapter 1773 |
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| 2627 | + | must apply for and receive a food permit before operation 1774 |
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| 2628 | + | begins. An application for a food permit from the department 1775 |
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| 2639 | + | |
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| 2640 | + | |
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| 2641 | + | must be accompanied by a fee in an amount determined by 1776 |
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| 2642 | + | department rule. The department shall adopt by rule a schedule 1777 |
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| 2643 | + | of fees to be paid by each food establishment as a conditio n of 1778 |
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| 2644 | + | issuance or renewal of a food permit. Such fees may not exceed 1779 |
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| 2645 | + | $650 and must be used solely for the recovery of costs for the 1780 |
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| 2646 | + | services provided, except that the fee accompanying an 1781 |
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| 2647 | + | application for a food permit for operating a bottled water 1782 |
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| 2648 | + | plant may not exceed $1,000 and the fee accompanying an 1783 |
|---|
| 2649 | + | application for a food permit for operating a packaged ice plant 1784 |
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| 2650 | + | may not exceed $250. The fee for operating a bottled water plant 1785 |
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| 2651 | + | or a packaged ice plant must be set by rule of the department. 1786 |
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| 2652 | + | Food permits are not transferable from one person or physical 1787 |
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| 2653 | + | location to another. Food permits must be renewed in accordance 1788 |
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| 2654 | + | with subparagraphs 1. -3. If an application for renewal of a food 1789 |
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| 2655 | + | permit is not received by the department on or before its due 1790 |
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| 2656 | + | date, a late fee not exceeding $100 must be paid in addition to 1791 |
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| 2657 | + | the food permit fee before the department may issue the food 1792 |
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| 2658 | + | permit. The moneys collected must be deposited in the General 1793 |
|---|
| 2659 | + | Inspection Trust Fund. 1794 |
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| 2660 | + | 1. A food permit issued to a new food establishment on or 1795 |
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| 2661 | + | after September 1, 2023, is valid for 1 calendar year after the 1796 |
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| 2662 | + | date of issuance and must be renewed annually on or before that 1797 |
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| 2663 | + | date thereafter. 1798 |
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| 2664 | + | 2. Effective January 1, 2024, A food permit issued before 1799 |
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| 2665 | + | September 1, 2023, expires on the month and day the initi al 1800 |
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| 2675 | + | |
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| 2676 | + | |
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| 2678 | + | permit was issued to the food establishment and must be renewed 1801 |
|---|
| 2679 | + | annually on or before that date thereafter. The department may 1802 |
|---|
| 2680 | + | charge a prorated permit fee for purposes of this subparagraph. 1803 |
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| 2681 | + | 3. The department may establish a single permit renewal 1804 |
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| 2682 | + | date for multiple food establishments owned by the same entity 1805 |
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| 2683 | + | The owner of 100 or more permitted food establishment locations 1806 |
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| 2684 | + | may elect to set the expiration of food permits for such 1807 |
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| 2685 | + | establishments as December 31 of each calendar year . 1808 |
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| 2686 | + | Section 49. Section 500.166, Florida Statutes, is amended 1809 |
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| 2687 | + | to read: 1810 |
|---|
| 2688 | + | 500.166 Records of interstate shipment. —For the purpose of 1811 |
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| 2689 | + | enforcing this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate commerce 1812 |
|---|
| 2690 | + | and persons receiving food in interstate commerce shall retain 1813 |
|---|
| 2691 | + | all records for 3 ye ars from the date of the record showing the 1814 |
|---|
| 2692 | + | movement in interstate commerce of any food, and the quantity, 1815 |
|---|
| 2693 | + | shipper and consignee thereof and , upon the request by an 1816 |
|---|
| 2694 | + | officer or employee duly designated by the department, permit 1817 |
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| 2695 | + | the officer or employee to ha ve access to and to copy all 1818 |
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| 2696 | + | records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any food, 1819 |
|---|
| 2697 | + | and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof. 1820 |
|---|
| 2698 | + | Section 50. Subsection (1) of section 500.172, Florida 1821 |
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| 2699 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 1822 |
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| 2700 | + | 500.172 Embargoing, d etaining, destroying of food, food 1823 |
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| 2701 | + | processing equipment, or areas that are in violation. — 1824 |
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| 2702 | + | (1) When the department, or its duly authorized agent who 1825 |
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| 2712 | + | |
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| 2713 | + | |
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| 2714 | + | |
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| 2715 | + | has received appropriate education and training regarding the 1826 |
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| 2716 | + | legal requirements of this chapter, finds or has probable cause 1827 |
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| 2717 | + | to believe that any food, food processing equipment, food 1828 |
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| 2718 | + | processing area, or food storage area is in violation of this 1829 |
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| 2719 | + | chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter so as to be 1830 |
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| 2720 | + | dangerous, unwholesome, mislabeled, fraudulent, or insani tary 1831 |
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| 2721 | + | within the meaning of this chapter, an agent of the department 1832 |
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| 2722 | + | may issue and enforce a stop -sale, stop-use, removal, or hold 1833 |
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| 2723 | + | order, which order gives notice that such article, processing 1834 |
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| 2724 | + | equipment, processing area, or storage area is or is suspected 1835 |
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| 2725 | + | of being in violation and has been detained or embargoed and 1836 |
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| 2726 | + | which order warns all persons not to remove, use, or dispose of 1837 |
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| 2727 | + | such article, processing equipment, processing area, or storage 1838 |
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| 2728 | + | area by sale or otherwise until permission for removal, use, or 1839 |
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| 2729 | + | disposal is given by the department or the court. The department 1840 |
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| 2730 | + | is authorized to enter into a written agreement with the owner 1841 |
|---|
| 2731 | + | of such food, food processing equipment, food processing area, 1842 |
|---|
| 2732 | + | or food storage area, or otherwise facilitate the destruction of 1843 |
|---|
| 2733 | + | any article found or suspected by the department to be in 1844 |
|---|
| 2734 | + | violation of this section. A person may not remove, use, or 1845 |
|---|
| 2735 | + | dispose of such detained or embargoed article, processing 1846 |
|---|
| 2736 | + | equipment, processing area, or storage area by sale or otherwise 1847 |
|---|
| 2737 | + | without such permission from or in accordance with a written 1848 |
|---|
| 2738 | + | agreement with the department . 1849 |
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| 2739 | + | Section 51. Section 500.75, Florida Statutes, is created 1850 |
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| 2749 | + | |
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| 2752 | + | to read: 1851 |
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| 2753 | + | 500.75 Mushroom spores and mycelium; offenses. —It is 1852 |
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| 2754 | + | unlawful to transport or offer to transport, import into this 1853 |
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| 2755 | + | state, sell or offer for sale, furnish, or give away spores or 1854 |
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| 2756 | + | mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which 1855 |
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| 2757 | + | will contain a controlled substance, including psilocybin or 1856 |
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| 2758 | + | psilocyn, during its lifecycle. A person who violates this 1857 |
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| 2759 | + | section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 1858 |
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| 2760 | + | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 1859 |
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| 2761 | + | Section 52. Section 500.93, Florida Statutes, is created 1860 |
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| 2993 | | - | 526.147 Florida Retail Fuel Transfer Switch Moderniz ation 2020 |
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| 2994 | | - | Grant Program.— 2021 |
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| 2995 | | - | (1)(a) There is created, subject to appropriation, the 2022 |
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| 2996 | | - | Florida Retail Fuel Transfer Switch Modernization Grant Program 2023 |
|---|
| 2997 | | - | within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2024 |
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| 2998 | | - | (b) The grant program shall provide grant funds, no t to 2025 |
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| 3000 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3008 | | - | |
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| 3009 | | - | |
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| 3010 | | - | |
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| 3011 | | - | exceed $10,000 per retail fuel facility, to be used for 2026 |
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| 3012 | | - | installation and equipment costs related to installing or 2027 |
|---|
| 3013 | | - | modernizing transfer switch infrastructure at retail fuel 2028 |
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| 3014 | | - | facilities to allow for the continuity of fueling operations 2029 |
|---|
| 3015 | | - | under generated power. 2030 |
|---|
| 3016 | | - | (c) The department shall award funds based upon the 2031 |
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| 3017 | | - | following criteria: 2032 |
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| 3018 | | - | 1. Up to $10,000, of costs for transfer switch purchase 2033 |
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| 3019 | | - | and installation for retail fuel locations in fiscally 2034 |
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| 3020 | | - | constrained counties as designated under s. 218.67(1). 2035 |
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| 3021 | | - | 2. Up to $5,000, of costs for transfer switch purchase and 2036 |
|---|
| 3022 | | - | installation for all other retail fuel locations. 2037 |
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| 3023 | | - | (d) Retail fuel facilities which are awarded grant funds 2038 |
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| 3024 | | - | must comply with s. 526.143 and must install a transfer switch 2039 |
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| 3025 | | - | capable of operating all fuel pu mps, dispensing equipment, life 2040 |
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| 3026 | | - | safety systems, and payment acceptance equipment using an 2041 |
|---|
| 3027 | | - | alternative generated power source. 2042 |
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| 3028 | | - | (e) Before being awarded funding from the department, 2043 |
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| 3029 | | - | retail fuel facilities must provide documentation on transfer 2044 |
|---|
| 3030 | | - | switch installation and required generator sizing to the 2045 |
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| 3031 | | - | department. 2046 |
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| 3032 | | - | (f) Marinas and fueling facilities with fewer than four 2047 |
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| 3033 | | - | fueling positions are excluded from being awarded funding 2048 |
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| 3034 | | - | through this program. 2049 |
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| 3035 | | - | (g) Fueling facilities subject to s. 526.143(2) are 2050 |
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| 3046 | | - | |
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| 3047 | | - | |
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| 3048 | | - | excluded from being awarded funding through this program. 2051 |
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| 3049 | | - | (2) The department, in consultation with the Division of 2052 |
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| 3050 | | - | Emergency Management, shall adopt rules to implement and 2053 |
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| 3051 | | - | administer this section, including establishing grant 2054 |
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| 3052 | | - | application processes for the Flori da Retail Fuel Transfer 2055 |
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| 3053 | | - | Switch Modernization Grant Program. The rules must include 2056 |
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| 3054 | | - | application deadlines and establish the supporting documentation 2057 |
|---|
| 3055 | | - | necessary to be provided to the department. 2058 |
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| 3056 | | - | Section 57. Section 531.48, Florida Statutes, is amended 2059 |
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| 3057 | | - | to read: 2060 |
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| 3058 | | - | 531.48 Declarations of unit price on random packages. —In 2061 |
|---|
| 3059 | | - | addition to the declarations required by s. 531.47, any package 2062 |
|---|
| 3060 | | - | being one of a lot containing random weights of the same 2063 |
|---|
| 3061 | | - | commodity must and bearing the total selling price of the 2064 |
|---|
| 3062 | | - | package shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and 2065 |
|---|
| 3063 | | - | conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight 2066 |
|---|
| 3064 | | - | and the total retail price of the package, as defined by 2067 |
|---|
| 3065 | | - | department rule. 2068 |
|---|
| 3066 | | - | Section 58. Section 531.49, Florida Statutes, is amended 2069 |
|---|
| 3067 | | - | to read: 2070 |
|---|
| 3068 | | - | 531.49 Advertising packages for sale. —Whenever A packaged 2071 |
|---|
| 3069 | | - | commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price 2072 |
|---|
| 3070 | | - | stated, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with 2073 |
|---|
| 3071 | | - | the retail price must have a declaration of quantity as is 2074 |
|---|
| 3072 | | - | required by law or rule to appear on the package. 2075 |
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| 3084 | | - | |
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| 3085 | | - | Section 59. Subsection (10) of section 564.06, Florida 2076 |
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| 3086 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 2077 |
|---|
| 3087 | | - | 564.06 Excise taxes on wines and beverages. — 2078 |
|---|
| 3088 | | - | (10) Fifty percent of all revenues collected from the 2079 |
|---|
| 3089 | | - | excise taxes imposed by this section on wine produced by 2080 |
|---|
| 3090 | | - | manufacturers in this state from products grown in the state 2081 |
|---|
| 3091 | | - | must be deposited into the Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund 2082 |
|---|
| 3092 | | - | established pursuant to s. 599.012. 2083 |
|---|
| 3093 | | - | Section 60. Subsections (44), (45), and (46) of section 2084 |
|---|
| 3094 | | - | 570.07, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (47), 2085 |
|---|
| 3095 | | - | (48), and (49), respectively, and new subsections (44), (45), 2086 |
|---|
| 3096 | | - | and (46) are added to that section, to read: 2087 |
|---|
| 3097 | | - | 570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 2088 |
|---|
| 3098 | | - | functions, powers, and duties. —The department shall have and 2089 |
|---|
| 3099 | | - | exercise the following functions, powers, and duties: 2090 |
|---|
| 3100 | | - | (44)(a) To foster and encourage the employment and 2091 |
|---|
| 3101 | | - | retention of qualified veterinary patholo gists. The department 2092 |
|---|
| 3102 | | - | may reimburse the educational expenses of qualified veterinary 2093 |
|---|
| 3103 | | - | pathologists who enter into an agreement with the department to 2094 |
|---|
| 3104 | | - | retain employment for a specified period of time. 2095 |
|---|
| 3105 | | - | (b) The department shall adopt rules to administer this 2096 |
|---|
| 3106 | | - | subsection. 2097 |
|---|
| 3107 | | - | (45) Subject to appropriation, to extend state and 2098 |
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| 3108 | | - | national Future Farmers of America opportunities to any public 2099 |
|---|
| 3109 | | - | school student enrolled in agricultural education, at little or 2100 |
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| 3120 | | - | |
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| 3121 | | - | |
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| 3122 | | - | no cost to the student or school district, and to support 2101 |
|---|
| 3123 | | - | statewide Future Farmers of America programming that helps such 2102 |
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| 3124 | | - | students develop their potential for premier leadership, 2103 |
|---|
| 3125 | | - | personal growth, and career success. 2104 |
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| 3126 | | - | (46)(a) Notwithstanding ss. 287.042 and 287.057, to use 2105 |
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| 3127 | | - | contracts procured by another agency. 2106 |
|---|
| 3128 | | - | (b) As used in this subsection, the term "agency" has the 2107 |
|---|
| 3129 | | - | same meaning as provided in s. 287.012. 2108 |
|---|
| 3130 | | - | Section 61. Subsection (2) of section 570.544, Florida 2109 |
|---|
| 3131 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 2110 |
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| 3132 | | - | 570.544 Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; 2111 |
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| 3133 | | - | processing of complaints; records.— 2112 |
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| 3134 | | - | (2) The director shall supervise, direct, and coordinate 2113 |
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| 3135 | | - | the activities of the division and shall, under the direction of 2114 |
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| 3136 | | - | the department, enforce the provisions of ss. 366.94 and ss. 2115 |
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| 3137 | | - | 604.15-604.34 and chapters 177, 472, 496, 501, 507, 525, 526, 2116 |
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| 3138 | | - | 527, 531, 534, 535, 539, 559, 616, 692, 817, and 849. 2117 |
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| 3139 | | - | Section 62. Section 570.546, Florida Statutes, is created 2118 |
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| 3140 | | - | to read: 2119 |
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| 3141 | | - | 570.546 Licensing.— 2120 |
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| 3142 | | - | (1) The department is authorized to: 2121 |
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| 3143 | | - | (a) Create a process for the bulk renewal of licenses 2122 |
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| 3144 | | - | which will allow licensees the ability, upon request, to submit 2123 |
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| 3145 | | - | all license applications of the same type, notwithstanding any 2124 |
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| 3146 | | - | provisions of law applicable to each application process. 2125 |
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| 3159 | | - | (b) Create a process that will allow licensees, upon 2126 |
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| 3160 | | - | request, to align the expiration dates of licenses within a 2127 |
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| 3161 | | - | statutory program. 2128 |
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| 3162 | | - | (c) Change the expiration dates for current licensees for 2129 |
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| 3163 | | - | the purpose of reducing large numbers of license expirations 2130 |
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| 3164 | | - | that occur during the same month. 2131 |
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| 3165 | | - | (2) The department shall prorate any licensing fee for 2132 |
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| 3166 | | - | which the term of the license was reduced for the purposes of 2133 |
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| 3167 | | - | alignment. 2134 |
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| 3168 | | - | (3) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 2135 |
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| 3169 | | - | section. 2136 |
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| 3170 | | - | Section 63. Section 570.694, Florida Statutes, is created 2137 |
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| 3171 | | - | to read: 2138 |
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| 3172 | | - | 570.694 Florida Aquacultur e Foundation.— 2139 |
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| 3173 | | - | (1) The Florida Aquaculture Foundation is established as a 2140 |
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| 3174 | | - | direct-support organization within the Department of Agriculture 2141 |
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| 3175 | | - | and Consumer Services. The purpose of the foundation is to: 2142 |
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| 3176 | | - | (a) Conduct programs and activities related to the 2143 |
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| 3177 | | - | assistance, promotion, and furtherance of aquaculture and 2144 |
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| 3178 | | - | aquaculture producers in this state. 2145 |
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| 3179 | | - | (b) Identify and pursue methods to provide statewide 2146 |
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| 3180 | | - | resources and materials for these programs. 2147 |
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| 3181 | | - | (2) The foundation shall be governed by s. 570.691. 2148 |
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| 3182 | | - | (3) The department is authorized to appoint an advisory 2149 |
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| 3183 | | - | committee adjunct to the foundation pursuant to s. 570.232. 2150 |
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| 3196 | | - | Section 64. Section 570.822, Florida Statutes, is amended 2151 |
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| 3197 | | - | to read: 2152 |
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| 3198 | | - | 570.822 Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Emergency 2153 |
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| 3199 | | - | Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. — 2154 |
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| 3200 | | - | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 2155 |
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| 3201 | | - | (a) "Bona fide farm operation" means a farm operation 2156 |
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| 3202 | | - | engaged in a good faith commercial agricultural use of land on 2157 |
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| 3203 | | - | land classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461 or on 2158 |
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| 3204 | | - | sovereign submerged land that is leased to the applicant by the 2159 |
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| 3205 | | - | department pursuant to s. 597.010 and that produces agricultural 2160 |
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| 3206 | | - | products within the definition of agriculture under s. 570.02. 2161 |
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| 3207 | | - | (b) "Declared emergency natural disaster" means an 2162 |
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| 3208 | | - | emergency a natural disaster for which a state of emergency is 2163 |
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| 3209 | | - | declared pursuant to s. 252.36 or s. 570.07(21). 2164 |
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| 3210 | | - | (c) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 2165 |
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| 3211 | | - | Consumer Services. 2166 |
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| 3212 | | - | (d) "Essential physical property" means fences; equipment; 2167 |
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| 3213 | | - | structural production facilities, such as shade houses and 2168 |
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| 3214 | | - | greenhouses; or other agriculture or aquaculture facilities or 2169 |
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| 3215 | | - | infrastructure. 2170 |
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| 3216 | | - | (e) "Program" means the Agriculture and Aquaculture 2171 |
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| 3217 | | - | Producers Emergency Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. 2172 |
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| 3218 | | - | (2) USE OF LOAN FUNDS; LOAN TERMS.— 2173 |
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| 3219 | | - | (a) The program is established within the department to 2174 |
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| 3220 | | - | make loans to agriculture and aquaculture producers that have 2175 |
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| 3231 | | - | |
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| 3232 | | - | |
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| 3233 | | - | experienced damage or destruction from a declared emergency 2176 |
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| 3234 | | - | natural disaster. Loan funds may be used to restore, re pair, or 2177 |
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| 3235 | | - | replace essential physical property or remove vegetative debris 2178 |
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| 3236 | | - | from essential physical property , or restock aquaculture . A 2179 |
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| 3237 | | - | structure or building constructed using loan proceeds must 2180 |
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| 3238 | | - | comply with storm-hardening standards for nonresidential farm 2181 |
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| 3239 | | - | buildings as defined in s. 604.50(2). The department shall adopt 2182 |
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| 3240 | | - | such standards by rule. 2183 |
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| 3241 | | - | (b) The department may make a low -interest or interest -2184 |
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| 3242 | | - | free loan to an eligible applicant. The maximum amount that an 2185 |
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| 3243 | | - | applicant may receive during the application peri od for a loan 2186 |
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| 3244 | | - | is $500,000. An applicant may not receive more than one loan per 2187 |
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| 3245 | | - | application period and no more than two loans per year or no 2188 |
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| 3246 | | - | more than five loans in any 3 -year period. A loan term is 10 2189 |
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| 3247 | | - | years. 2190 |
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| 3248 | | - | (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS. —To be eligible for th e program, 2191 |
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| 3249 | | - | an applicant must: 2192 |
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| 3250 | | - | (a) Own or lease a bona fide farm operation that is 2193 |
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| 3251 | | - | located in a county named in a declared emergency natural 2194 |
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| 3252 | | - | disaster and that was damaged or destroyed as a result of such 2195 |
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| 3253 | | - | declared emergency natural disaster. 2196 |
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| 3254 | | - | (b) Maintain complete and acceptable farm records, 2197 |
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| 3255 | | - | pursuant to criteria published by the department, and present 2198 |
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| 3256 | | - | them as proof of production levels and bona fide farm 2199 |
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| 3257 | | - | operations. 2200 |
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| 3268 | | - | |
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| 3269 | | - | |
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| 3270 | | - | (4) LOAN APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT. — 2201 |
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| 3271 | | - | (a) Requests for loans must be made by applicati on to the 2202 |
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| 3272 | | - | department. Upon a determination that funding for loans is 2203 |
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| 3273 | | - | available, the department shall publicly notice an application 2204 |
|---|
| 3274 | | - | period for the declared emergency natural disaster, beginning 2205 |
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| 3275 | | - | within 60 days after the date of the declared emergency natural 2206 |
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| 3276 | | - | disaster and running up to 1 year after the date of the declared 2207 |
|---|
| 3277 | | - | emergency natural disaster or until all available loan funds are 2208 |
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| 3278 | | - | exhausted, whichever occurs first. The application period may be 2209 |
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| 3279 | | - | renewed upon a determination from the department and pursua nt to 2210 |
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| 3280 | | - | an active declared emergency. 2211 |
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| 3281 | | - | (b) An applicant must demonstrate the need for financial 2212 |
|---|
| 3282 | | - | assistance and an ability to repay or meet a standard credit 2213 |
|---|
| 3283 | | - | rating determined by the department. 2214 |
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| 3284 | | - | (c) Loans must be made pursuant to written agreements 2215 |
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| 3285 | | - | specifying the terms and conditions agreed to by the approved 2216 |
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| 3286 | | - | applicant and the department. The loan agreement must specify 2217 |
|---|
| 3287 | | - | that the loan is due upon sale if the property or other 2218 |
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| 3288 | | - | collateral for the loan is sold. 2219 |
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| 3289 | | - | (d) An approved applicant must agree to stay in production 2220 |
|---|
| 3290 | | - | for the duration of the loan. A loan is not assumable. 2221 |
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| 3291 | | - | (5) LOAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. —All loans must be secured 2222 |
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| 3292 | | - | by a lien, subordinate only to any mortgage held by a financial 2223 |
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| 3293 | | - | institution as defined in s. 655.005, on property or other 2224 |
|---|
| 3294 | | - | collateral as set forth in the loan agreement. The specific type 2225 |
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| 3305 | | - | |
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| 3306 | | - | |
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| 3307 | | - | of collateral required may vary depending upon the loan purpose, 2226 |
|---|
| 3308 | | - | repayment ability, and the particular circumstances of the 2227 |
|---|
| 3309 | | - | applicant. The department shall record the lien in public 2228 |
|---|
| 3310 | | - | records in the county where the property is located and, in the 2229 |
|---|
| 3311 | | - | case of personal property, perfect the security interest by 2230 |
|---|
| 3312 | | - | filing appropriate Uniform Commercial Code forms with the 2231 |
|---|
| 3313 | | - | Florida Secured Transaction Registry as required pursuant to 2232 |
|---|
| 3314 | | - | chapter 679. 2233 |
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| 3315 | | - | (6) LOAN REPAYMENT.— 2234 |
|---|
| 3316 | | - | (a) A loan is due and payable in accordance with the terms 2235 |
|---|
| 3317 | | - | of the loan agreement. 2236 |
|---|
| 3318 | | - | (b) The department shall defer payments for the first 3 2237 |
|---|
| 3319 | | - | years of the loan. After 3 years, the department shall reduce 2238 |
|---|
| 3320 | | - | the principal balance annually through the en d of the loan term 2239 |
|---|
| 3321 | | - | such that the original principal balance is reduced by 30 2240 |
|---|
| 3322 | | - | percent. If the principal balance is repaid before the end of 2241 |
|---|
| 3323 | | - | the 10th year, the applicant may not be required to pay more 2242 |
|---|
| 3324 | | - | than 70 percent of the original principal balance. The a pproved 2243 |
|---|
| 3325 | | - | applicant must continue to be actively engaged in production in 2244 |
|---|
| 3326 | | - | order to receive the original principal balance reductions and 2245 |
|---|
| 3327 | | - | must continue to meet the loan agreement terms to the 2246 |
|---|
| 3328 | | - | satisfaction of the department. 2247 |
|---|
| 3329 | | - | (c) An approved applicant may mak e payments on the loan at 2248 |
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| 3330 | | - | any time without penalty. Early repayment is encouraged as other 2249 |
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| 3331 | | - | funding sources or revenues become available to the approved 2250 |
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| 3341 | | - | |
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| 3342 | | - | |
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| 3343 | | - | |
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| 3344 | | - | applicant. 2251 |
|---|
| 3345 | | - | (d) All repayments of principal and interest, if 2252 |
|---|
| 3346 | | - | applicable, received by the department in a fiscal year must be 2253 |
|---|
| 3347 | | - | returned to the loan fund and made available for loans to other 2254 |
|---|
| 3348 | | - | applicants in the next application period. 2255 |
|---|
| 3349 | | - | (e) The department may periodically review an approved 2256 |
|---|
| 3350 | | - | applicant to determine whether he or she continues to be in 2257 |
|---|
| 3351 | | - | compliance with the terms of the loan agreement. If the 2258 |
|---|
| 3352 | | - | department finds that an applicant is no longer in production or 2259 |
|---|
| 3353 | | - | has otherwise violated the loan agreement, the department may 2260 |
|---|
| 3354 | | - | seek repayment of the full original principal balance 2261 |
|---|
| 3355 | | - | outstanding, including any in terest or costs, as applicable, and 2262 |
|---|
| 3356 | | - | excluding any applied or anticipated original principal balance 2263 |
|---|
| 3357 | | - | reductions. 2264 |
|---|
| 3358 | | - | (f) The department may defer or waive loan payments if at 2265 |
|---|
| 3359 | | - | any time during the repayment period of a loan, the approved 2266 |
|---|
| 3360 | | - | applicant experiences a significant hardship such as crop loss 2267 |
|---|
| 3361 | | - | from a weather-related event or from impacts from a natural 2268 |
|---|
| 3362 | | - | disaster or declared emergency. 2269 |
|---|
| 3363 | | - | (7) ADMINISTRATION. — 2270 |
|---|
| 3364 | | - | (a) The department shall create and maintain a separate 2271 |
|---|
| 3365 | | - | account in the General Inspection Trust Fund as a fund for the 2272 |
|---|
| 3366 | | - | program. All repayments must be returned to the loan fund and 2273 |
|---|
| 3367 | | - | made available as provided in this section. Notwithstanding s. 2274 |
|---|
| 3368 | | - | 216.301, funds appropriated for the loan program are not subject 2275 |
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| 3379 | | - | |
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| 3380 | | - | |
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| 3381 | | - | to reversion. The department shall manage the fund, establishing 2276 |
|---|
| 3382 | | - | loan practices that must include, but are not limited to, 2277 |
|---|
| 3383 | | - | procedures for establishing loan interest rates, uses of 2278 |
|---|
| 3384 | | - | funding, application p rocedures, and application review 2279 |
|---|
| 3385 | | - | procedures. The department is authorized to contract with a 2280 |
|---|
| 3386 | | - | third-party administrator to administer the program and manage 2281 |
|---|
| 3387 | | - | the loan fund. A contract for a third -party administrator that 2282 |
|---|
| 3388 | | - | includes management of the loan fund must, at a minimum, require 2283 |
|---|
| 3389 | | - | maintenance of the loan fund to ensure that the program may 2284 |
|---|
| 3390 | | - | operate in a revolving manner. 2285 |
|---|
| 3391 | | - | (b) The department shall coordinate with other state 2286 |
|---|
| 3392 | | - | agencies and other entities to ensure to the greatest extent 2287 |
|---|
| 3393 | | - | possible that agricu lture and aquaculture producers in this 2288 |
|---|
| 3394 | | - | state have access to the maximum financial assistance available 2289 |
|---|
| 3395 | | - | following a declared emergency natural disaster. The 2290 |
|---|
| 3396 | | - | coordination must endeavor to ensure that there is no 2291 |
|---|
| 3397 | | - | duplication of financial assistance between t he loan program and 2292 |
|---|
| 3398 | | - | other funding sources, such as any federal or other state 2293 |
|---|
| 3399 | | - | programs, including public assistance requests to the Federal 2294 |
|---|
| 3400 | | - | Emergency Management Agency or financial assistance from the 2295 |
|---|
| 3401 | | - | United States Department of Agriculture, which could re nder the 2296 |
|---|
| 3402 | | - | approved applicant ineligible for other financial assistance. 2297 |
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| 3403 | | - | (8) PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION. — 2298 |
|---|
| 3404 | | - | (a) The following information held by the department 2299 |
|---|
| 3405 | | - | pursuant to its administration of the program is exempt from s. 2300 |
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| 3415 | | - | |
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| 3416 | | - | |
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| 3417 | | - | |
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| 3418 | | - | 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution: 2301 |
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| 3419 | | - | 1. Tax returns. 2302 |
|---|
| 3420 | | - | 2. Credit history information, credit reports, and credit 2303 |
|---|
| 3421 | | - | scores. 2304 |
|---|
| 3422 | | - | (b) This subsection does not prohibit the disclosure of 2305 |
|---|
| 3423 | | - | information held by the department pursuant to its 2306 |
|---|
| 3424 | | - | administration of the program in an aggregated and anonymized 2307 |
|---|
| 3425 | | - | format. 2308 |
|---|
| 3426 | | - | (c) This subsection is subject to the Open Government 2309 |
|---|
| 3427 | | - | Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 2310 |
|---|
| 3428 | | - | repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from 2311 |
|---|
| 3429 | | - | repeal through reenactment by the Legislatu re. 2312 |
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| 3430 | | - | (9) RULES.—The department shall adopt rules to implement 2313 |
|---|
| 3431 | | - | this section. 2314 |
|---|
| 3432 | | - | (10) REPORTS.—By December 1, 2024, and each December 1 2315 |
|---|
| 3433 | | - | thereafter, the department shall provide a report on program 2316 |
|---|
| 3434 | | - | activities during the previous fiscal year to the President o f 2317 |
|---|
| 3435 | | - | the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 2318 |
|---|
| 3436 | | - | report must include information on noticed application periods, 2319 |
|---|
| 3437 | | - | the number and value of loans awarded under the program for each 2320 |
|---|
| 3438 | | - | application period, the number and value of loans outstanding , 2321 |
|---|
| 3439 | | - | the number and value of any loan repayments received, and an 2322 |
|---|
| 3440 | | - | anticipated repayment schedule for all loans. 2323 |
|---|
| 3441 | | - | (11) SUNSET.—This section expires July 1, 2043, unless 2324 |
|---|
| 3442 | | - | reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 2325 |
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| 3454 | | - | |
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| 3455 | | - | Legislature. 2326 |
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| 3456 | | - | Section 65. Section 570.823, Florida Statutes, is created 2327 |
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| 3457 | | - | to read: 2328 |
|---|
| 3458 | | - | 570.823 Silviculture emergency recovery program. — 2329 |
|---|
| 3459 | | - | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 2330 |
|---|
| 3460 | | - | (a) "Bona fide farm operation" means a farm operation 2331 |
|---|
| 3461 | | - | engaged in a good faith commercial agricultural use of land on 2332 |
|---|
| 3462 | | - | land classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461 that 2333 |
|---|
| 3463 | | - | produces agricultural products within the definition of 2334 |
|---|
| 3464 | | - | agriculture under s. 570.02. 2335 |
|---|
| 3465 | | - | (b) "Declared emergency" means an emergency for which a 2336 |
|---|
| 3466 | | - | state of emergency is dec lared pursuant to s. 252.36 or s. 2337 |
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| 3467 | | - | 570.07(21). 2338 |
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| 3468 | | - | (c) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 2339 |
|---|
| 3469 | | - | Consumer Services. 2340 |
|---|
| 3470 | | - | (d) "Program" means the silviculture emergency recovery 2341 |
|---|
| 3471 | | - | program. 2342 |
|---|
| 3472 | | - | (2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS; GRANT TERMS. — 2343 |
|---|
| 3473 | | - | (a) The silviculture em ergency recovery program is 2344 |
|---|
| 3474 | | - | established within the department to administer a grant program 2345 |
|---|
| 3475 | | - | to assist timber landowners whose timber land was damaged as a 2346 |
|---|
| 3476 | | - | result of a declared emergency. Grants provided to eligible 2347 |
|---|
| 3477 | | - | timber landowners must be used for: 2348 |
|---|
| 3478 | | - | 1. Timber stand restoration, including downed tree removal 2349 |
|---|
| 3479 | | - | on land which will retain the existing trees on site which are 2350 |
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| 3480 | | - | |
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| 3481 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3483 | | - | |
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| 3489 | | - | |
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| 3490 | | - | |
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| 3491 | | - | |
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| 3492 | | - | lightly or completely undamaged; 2351 |
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| 3493 | | - | 2. Site preparation, and tree replanting; or 2352 |
|---|
| 3494 | | - | 3. Road and trail clearing on private timber lands to 2353 |
|---|
| 3495 | | - | provide emergency access and facilitate salvage operations. 2354 |
|---|
| 3496 | | - | (b) Only timber land located on lands classified as 2355 |
|---|
| 3497 | | - | agricultural lands under s. 193.461 are eligible for the 2356 |
|---|
| 3498 | | - | program. 2357 |
|---|
| 3499 | | - | (c) The department shall coordinate with state agencies 2358 |
|---|
| 3500 | | - | and other entities to ensure to the greatest extent possible 2359 |
|---|
| 3501 | | - | that timber landowners have access to the maximum financial 2360 |
|---|
| 3502 | | - | assistance available following a specified declared emergency. 2361 |
|---|
| 3503 | | - | The coordination must endeavor to ensure that there is no 2362 |
|---|
| 3504 | | - | duplication of financial assistan ce between these funds and 2363 |
|---|
| 3505 | | - | other funding sources, such as any federal or other state 2364 |
|---|
| 3506 | | - | programs, including public assistance requests to the Federal 2365 |
|---|
| 3507 | | - | Emergency Management Agency or financial assistance from the 2366 |
|---|
| 3508 | | - | United States Department of Agriculture, which w ould render the 2367 |
|---|
| 3509 | | - | approved applicant ineligible for other financial assistance. 2368 |
|---|
| 3510 | | - | (d) The department is authorized to adopt rules to 2369 |
|---|
| 3511 | | - | implement this section, including emergency rules. 2370 |
|---|
| 3512 | | - | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency rules 2371 |
|---|
| 3513 | | - | adopted pursuant to this subsection are effective for 6 months 2372 |
|---|
| 3514 | | - | after adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of 2373 |
|---|
| 3515 | | - | procedures to adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of 2374 |
|---|
| 3516 | | - | the emergency rules. 2375 |
|---|
| 3517 | | - | |
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| 3518 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3520 | | - | |
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| 3526 | | - | |
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| 3527 | | - | |
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| 3528 | | - | |
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| 3529 | | - | Section 66. Section 570.831, Florida Statutes, is created 2376 |
|---|
| 3530 | | - | to read: 2377 |
|---|
| 3531 | | - | 570.831 Florida beef marketing program. —The Cattle 2378 |
|---|
| 3532 | | - | Enhancement Board, Inc., in coordination with the department, 2379 |
|---|
| 3533 | | - | shall, subject to appropriation, establish a Florida beef 2380 |
|---|
| 3534 | | - | marketing program to conduct research designed to expand the 2381 |
|---|
| 3535 | | - | uses of beef and beef products and strengthen the market 2382 |
|---|
| 3536 | | - | position of Florida's cattle industry through marketing 2383 |
|---|
| 3537 | | - | campaigns and promotions within this state and the nation. 2384 |
|---|
| 3538 | | - | Section 67. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 581.1843, 2385 |
|---|
| 3539 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 2386 |
|---|
| 3540 | | - | 581.1843 Citrus nursery stock propagation and production 2387 |
|---|
| 3541 | | - | and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus 2388 |
|---|
| 3542 | | - | nurseries.— 2389 |
|---|
| 3543 | | - | (2) Effective January 1, 2007, it is unlawful for any 2390 |
|---|
| 3544 | | - | person to propagate for sale or movement any citrus nursery 2391 |
|---|
| 3545 | | - | stock that was not propagated or grown on a site and within a 2392 |
|---|
| 3546 | | - | protective structure approved by the department and that is not 2393 |
|---|
| 3547 | | - | at least 1 mile away from commercial citrus groves. A citrus 2394 |
|---|
| 3548 | | - | nursery registered with the department prior to April 1, 2006, 2395 |
|---|
| 3549 | | - | shall not be required to comply with the 1 -mile setback from 2396 |
|---|
| 3550 | | - | commercial citrus groves while continuously operating at the 2397 |
|---|
| 3551 | | - | same location for which it was registered . However, the nursery 2398 |
|---|
| 3552 | | - | shall be required to propagate citrus within a protective 2399 |
|---|
| 3553 | | - | structure approved by the departm ent. Effective January 1, 2008, 2400 |
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| 3554 | | - | |
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| 3555 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3563 | | - | |
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| 3564 | | - | |
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| 3565 | | - | |
|---|
| 3566 | | - | it is shall be unlawful to distribute any citrus nursery stock 2401 |
|---|
| 3567 | | - | that was not produced in a protective structure approved by the 2402 |
|---|
| 3568 | | - | department. 2403 |
|---|
| 3569 | | - | (5) The department shall establish regulated areas around 2404 |
|---|
| 3570 | | - | the perimeter of commerci al citrus nurseries that were 2405 |
|---|
| 3571 | | - | established on sites after April 1, 2006, not to exceed a radius 2406 |
|---|
| 3572 | | - | of 1 mile. The planting of citrus in an established regulated 2407 |
|---|
| 3573 | | - | area is prohibited. The planting of citrus within a 1 -mile 2408 |
|---|
| 3574 | | - | radius of commercial citrus nurseries th at were established on 2409 |
|---|
| 3575 | | - | sites prior to April 1, 2006, must be approved by the 2410 |
|---|
| 3576 | | - | department. Citrus plants planted within a regulated area prior 2411 |
|---|
| 3577 | | - | to the establishment of the regulated area may remain in the 2412 |
|---|
| 3578 | | - | regulated area unless the department determines the ci trus 2413 |
|---|
| 3579 | | - | plants to be infected or infested with citrus canker or citrus 2414 |
|---|
| 3580 | | - | greening. The department shall require the removal of infected 2415 |
|---|
| 3581 | | - | or infested citrus, nonapproved planted citrus, and citrus that 2416 |
|---|
| 3582 | | - | has sprouted by natural means in regulated areas. The propert y 2417 |
|---|
| 3583 | | - | owner shall be responsible for the removal of citrus planted 2418 |
|---|
| 3584 | | - | without proper approval. Notice of the removal of citrus trees, 2419 |
|---|
| 3585 | | - | by immediate final order of the department, shall be provided to 2420 |
|---|
| 3586 | | - | the owner of the property on which the trees are located. An 2421 |
|---|
| 3587 | | - | immediate final order issued by the department under this 2422 |
|---|
| 3588 | | - | section shall notify the property owner that the citrus trees, 2423 |
|---|
| 3589 | | - | which are the subject of the immediate final order, must be 2424 |
|---|
| 3590 | | - | removed and destroyed unless the property owner, no later than 2425 |
|---|
| 3591 | | - | |
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| 3592 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3594 | | - | |
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| 3595 | | - | |
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| 3600 | | - | |
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| 3601 | | - | |
|---|
| 3602 | | - | |
|---|
| 3603 | | - | 10 days after delivery of the immediate final order, requests 2426 |
|---|
| 3604 | | - | and obtains a stay of the immediate final order from the 2427 |
|---|
| 3605 | | - | district court of appeal with jurisdiction to review such 2428 |
|---|
| 3606 | | - | requests. The property owner shall not be required to seek a 2429 |
|---|
| 3607 | | - | stay from the department of the i mmediate final order prior to 2430 |
|---|
| 3608 | | - | seeking a stay from the district court of appeal. 2431 |
|---|
| 3609 | | - | Section 68. Sections 593.101, 593.102, 593.103, 593.104, 2432 |
|---|
| 3610 | | - | 593.105, 593.106, 593.107, 593.108, 593.109, 593.11, 593.111, 2433 |
|---|
| 3611 | | - | 593.112, 593.113, 593.114, 593.1141, 593.1142, 593.11 5, 593.116, 2434 |
|---|
| 3612 | | - | and 593.117, Florida Statutes, are repealed. 2435 |
|---|
| 3613 | | - | Section 69. Subsection (11) of section 595.404, Florida 2436 |
|---|
| 3614 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 2437 |
|---|
| 3615 | | - | 595.404 School food and other nutrition programs; powers 2438 |
|---|
| 3616 | | - | and duties of the department. —The department has t he following 2439 |
|---|
| 3617 | | - | powers and duties: 2440 |
|---|
| 3618 | | - | (11) To adopt and implement an appeal process by rule, as 2441 |
|---|
| 3619 | | - | required by federal regulations, for applicants and participants 2442 |
|---|
| 3620 | | - | under the programs implemented pursuant to this chapter, 2443 |
|---|
| 3621 | | - | notwithstanding ss. 120.569, 120.57-120.595, and 120.68 ss. 2444 |
|---|
| 3622 | | - | 120.569 and 120.57-120.595. 2445 |
|---|
| 3623 | | - | Section 70. Section 599.002, Florida Statutes, is amended 2446 |
|---|
| 3624 | | - | to read: 2447 |
|---|
| 3625 | | - | 599.002 Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council.— 2448 |
|---|
| 3626 | | - | (1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture 2449 |
|---|
| 3627 | | - | and Consumer Services the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory 2450 |
|---|
| 3628 | | - | |
|---|
| 3629 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3630 | | - | |
|---|
| 3631 | | - | |
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| 3632 | | - | |
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| 3637 | | - | |
|---|
| 3638 | | - | |
|---|
| 3639 | | - | |
|---|
| 3640 | | - | Council, to be composed consist of eight members as follows: the 2451 |
|---|
| 3641 | | - | president of the Florida Wine and Grape Growers Association 2452 |
|---|
| 3642 | | - | Florida Grape Growers' Association or a designee thereof; a 2453 |
|---|
| 3643 | | - | representative from the Institute of Food and Agricultural 2454 |
|---|
| 3644 | | - | Sciences; a representative from the viticultural science program 2455 |
|---|
| 3645 | | - | at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; and five 2456 |
|---|
| 3646 | | - | additional commercial me mbers, to be appointed for a 2 -year term 2457 |
|---|
| 3647 | | - | each by the Commissioner of Agriculture, including a wine 2458 |
|---|
| 3648 | | - | producer, a fresh fruit producer, a nonwine product (juice, 2459 |
|---|
| 3649 | | - | jelly, pie fillings, etc.) producer, and a viticultural nursery 2460 |
|---|
| 3650 | | - | operator. 2461 |
|---|
| 3651 | | - | (2) The meetings, pow ers and duties, procedures, and 2462 |
|---|
| 3652 | | - | recordkeeping of the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council 2463 |
|---|
| 3653 | | - | shall be pursuant to s. 570.232. 2464 |
|---|
| 3654 | | - | (3) The primary responsibilities of the Florida Wine 2465 |
|---|
| 3655 | | - | Viticulture Advisory Council are to submit to the Commissioner 2466 |
|---|
| 3656 | | - | of Agriculture, annually, the industry's recommendations for 2467 |
|---|
| 3657 | | - | wine and viticultural research, promotion, and education and, as 2468 |
|---|
| 3658 | | - | necessary, the industry's recommendations for revisions to the 2469 |
|---|
| 3659 | | - | State Wine Viticulture Plan. 2470 |
|---|
| 3660 | | - | Section 71. Section 599.003, Florida Statute s, is amended 2471 |
|---|
| 3661 | | - | to read: 2472 |
|---|
| 3662 | | - | 599.003 State Wine Viticulture Plan.— 2473 |
|---|
| 3663 | | - | (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with 2474 |
|---|
| 3664 | | - | the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council, shall develop and 2475 |
|---|
| 3665 | | - | |
|---|
| 3666 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
|---|
| 3667 | | - | |
|---|
| 3668 | | - | |
|---|
| 3669 | | - | |
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| 3674 | | - | |
|---|
| 3675 | | - | |
|---|
| 3676 | | - | |
|---|
| 3677 | | - | coordinate the implementation of the State Wine Viticulture 2476 |
|---|
| 3678 | | - | Plan, which shall identify problems and constraints of the wine 2477 |
|---|
| 3679 | | - | and viticulture industry, propose possible solutions to those 2478 |
|---|
| 3680 | | - | problems, and develop planning mechanisms for the orderly growth 2479 |
|---|
| 3681 | | - | of the industry, including: 2480 |
|---|
| 3682 | | - | (a) Criteria for wine and viticultural research, service, 2481 |
|---|
| 3683 | | - | and management priorities. 2482 |
|---|
| 3684 | | - | (b) Additional proposed legislation that may be required. 2483 |
|---|
| 3685 | | - | (c) Plans and goals to improve research and service 2484 |
|---|
| 3686 | | - | capabilities at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2485 |
|---|
| 3687 | | - | and the University of Florida in thei r efforts to address 2486 |
|---|
| 3688 | | - | current and future needs of the industry. 2487 |
|---|
| 3689 | | - | (d) The potential for viticulture products in terms of 2488 |
|---|
| 3690 | | - | market and needs for development. 2489 |
|---|
| 3691 | | - | (e) Evaluation of wine policy alternatives, including, but 2490 |
|---|
| 3692 | | - | not limited to, continued improvement in wine quality, blending 2491 |
|---|
| 3693 | | - | considerations, promotion and advertising, labeling and vineyard 2492 |
|---|
| 3694 | | - | designations, and development of production and marketing 2493 |
|---|
| 3695 | | - | strategies. 2494 |
|---|
| 3696 | | - | (f) Evaluation of production and fresh fruit policy 2495 |
|---|
| 3697 | | - | alternatives, including, but not limited to, setting minimum 2496 |
|---|
| 3698 | | - | grades and standards, promotion and advertising, development of 2497 |
|---|
| 3699 | | - | production and marketing strategies, and setting minimum 2498 |
|---|
| 3700 | | - | standards on types and quality of nursery plants. 2499 |
|---|
| 3701 | | - | (g) Evaluation of policy alternatives for nonwine 2500 |
|---|
| 3702 | | - | |
|---|
| 3703 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
|---|
| 3704 | | - | |
|---|
| 3705 | | - | |
|---|
| 3706 | | - | |
|---|
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| 3710 | | - | 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 |
|---|
| 3711 | | - | |
|---|
| 3712 | | - | |
|---|
| 3713 | | - | |
|---|
| 3714 | | - | processed products, including, but not limited to, setting 2501 |
|---|
| 3715 | | - | minimum quality standards and development of production and 2502 |
|---|
| 3716 | | - | marketing strategies. 2503 |
|---|
| 3717 | | - | (h) Research and service priorities for further 2504 |
|---|
| 3718 | | - | development of the wine and viticulture industry. 2505 |
|---|
| 3719 | | - | (i) The identification of sta te agencies and public and 2506 |
|---|
| 3720 | | - | private institutions concerned with research, education, 2507 |
|---|
| 3721 | | - | extension, services, planning, promotion, and marketing 2508 |
|---|
| 3722 | | - | functions related to wine and viticultural development and the 2509 |
|---|
| 3723 | | - | delineation of contributions and responsibilities. 2510 |
|---|
| 3724 | | - | (j) Business planning, investment potential, financial 2511 |
|---|
| 3725 | | - | risks, and economics of production and utilization. 2512 |
|---|
| 3726 | | - | (2) A revision and update of the State Wine Viticulture 2513 |
|---|
| 3727 | | - | Plan must shall be submitted biennially to the President of the 2514 |
|---|
| 3728 | | - | Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the 2515 |
|---|
| 3729 | | - | chairs of appropriate committees of the Senate and House of 2516 |
|---|
| 3730 | | - | Representatives, and a progress report and budget request must 2517 |
|---|
| 3731 | | - | shall be submitted annually. 2518 |
|---|
| 3732 | | - | Section 72. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and subsection 2519 |
|---|
| 3733 | | - | (3) of section 599.004, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 2520 |
|---|
| 3734 | | - | paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of that section, to 2521 |
|---|
| 3735 | | - | read: 2522 |
|---|
| 3736 | | - | 599.004 Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; 2523 |
|---|
| 3737 | | - | fees.— 2524 |
|---|
| 3738 | | - | (2)(a) The department, in coordination with the Florida 2525 |
|---|
| 3739 | | - | |
|---|
| 3740 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
|---|
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|---|
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|---|
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| 3748 | | - | |
|---|
| 3749 | | - | |
|---|
| 3750 | | - | |
|---|
| 3751 | | - | Wine Viticulture Advisory Council, shall develop and designate 2526 |
|---|
| 3752 | | - | by rule a Florida Farm Winery logo, emblem, and directional sign 2527 |
|---|
| 3753 | | - | to guide the public to certified Florida Farm Wineries Winery 2528 |
|---|
| 3754 | | - | tourist attractions. The logo and emblem of certified Florida 2529 |
|---|
| 3755 | | - | Farm Winery signs must shall be uniform. 2530 |
|---|
| 3756 | | - | (d) Wineries that fail to recertify annually or pay the 2531 |
|---|
| 3757 | | - | licensing fee required in paragraph (c) are subject to having 2532 |
|---|
| 3758 | | - | the signs referenced in paragraph (b) removed and will be 2533 |
|---|
| 3759 | | - | responsible for all costs incurred by the Depa rtment of 2534 |
|---|
| 3760 | | - | Transportation in connection with the removal. 2535 |
|---|
| 3761 | | - | (3) All fees collected, except as otherwise provided by 2536 |
|---|
| 3762 | | - | this section, shall be deposited into the Florida Wine 2537 |
|---|
| 3763 | | - | Viticulture Trust Fund and used to develop consumer information 2538 |
|---|
| 3764 | | - | on the native characte ristics and proper use of wines. 2539 |
|---|
| 3765 | | - | Section 73. Section 599.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 2540 |
|---|
| 3766 | | - | to read: 2541 |
|---|
| 3767 | | - | 599.012 Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund; creation. — 2542 |
|---|
| 3768 | | - | (1) There is established the Florida Wine Viticulture 2543 |
|---|
| 3769 | | - | Trust Fund within the Department of Ag riculture and Consumer 2544 |
|---|
| 3770 | | - | Services. The department shall use the moneys deposited in the 2545 |
|---|
| 3771 | | - | trust fund pursuant to subsection (2) to do all the following: 2546 |
|---|
| 3772 | | - | (a) Develop and coordinate the implementation of the State 2547 |
|---|
| 3773 | | - | Viticulture Plan. 2548 |
|---|
| 3774 | | - | (b) Promote viticulture pr oducts manufactured from 2549 |
|---|
| 3775 | | - | products grown in the state. 2550 |
|---|
| 3776 | | - | |
|---|
| 3777 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
|---|
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|---|
| 3779 | | - | |
|---|
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|---|
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| 3783 | | - | Page 103 of 128 |
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|---|
| 3785 | | - | |
|---|
| 3786 | | - | |
|---|
| 3787 | | - | |
|---|
| 3788 | | - | (c) Provide grants for viticultural research. 2551 |
|---|
| 3789 | | - | (2) Fifty percent of the revenues collected from the 2552 |
|---|
| 3790 | | - | excise taxes imposed under s. 564.06 on wine produced by 2553 |
|---|
| 3791 | | - | manufacturers in this state from products grown in the state 2554 |
|---|
| 3792 | | - | will be deposited in the Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund in 2555 |
|---|
| 3793 | | - | accordance with that section. 2556 |
|---|
| 3794 | | - | Section 74. Subsection (1) of section 616.12, Florida 2557 |
|---|
| 3795 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 2558 |
|---|
| 3796 | | - | 616.12 Licenses upon certain shows; distribution of f ees; 2559 |
|---|
| 3797 | | - | exemptions.— 2560 |
|---|
| 3798 | | - | (1) Each person who operates any traveling show, 2561 |
|---|
| 3799 | | - | exhibition, amusement enterprise, carnival, vaudeville, exhibit, 2562 |
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| 3800 | | - | minstrel, rodeo, theatrical, game or test of skill, riding 2563 |
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| 3801 | | - | device, dramatic repertoire, other show or amusement, or 2564 |
|---|
| 3802 | | - | concession, including a concession operating in a tent, 2565 |
|---|
| 3803 | | - | enclosure, or other temporary structure, within the grounds of, 2566 |
|---|
| 3804 | | - | and in connection with, any a nnual public fair held by a fair 2567 |
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| 3805 | | - | association shall pay the license taxes provided by law. 2568 |
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| 3806 | | - | However, if the association satisfies the requirements of this 2569 |
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| 3807 | | - | chapter, including securing the required fair permit from the 2570 |
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| 3808 | | - | department, the license taxes and local b usiness tax authorized 2571 |
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| 3809 | | - | in chapter 205 are waived and the department shall issue a tax 2572 |
|---|
| 3810 | | - | exemption certificate. The department shall adopt the proper 2573 |
|---|
| 3811 | | - | forms and rules to administer this section, including the 2574 |
|---|
| 3812 | | - | necessary tax exemption certificate, showing that t he fair 2575 |
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| 3822 | | - | |
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| 3823 | | - | |
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| 3824 | | - | |
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| 3825 | | - | association has met all requirements and that the traveling 2576 |
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| 3826 | | - | show, exhibition, amusement enterprise, carnival, vaudeville, 2577 |
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| 3827 | | - | exhibit, minstrel, rodeo, theatrical, game or test of skill, 2578 |
|---|
| 3828 | | - | riding device, dramatic repertoire, other show or amusement, or 2579 |
|---|
| 3829 | | - | concession is exempt. 2580 |
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| 3830 | | - | Section 75. Section 687.16, Florida Statutes, is created 2581 |
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| 3831 | | - | to read: 2582 |
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| 3832 | | - | 687.16 Florida Farmer Financial Protection Act. — 2583 |
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| 3833 | | - | (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the "Florida 2584 |
|---|
| 3834 | | - | Farmer Financial Protection Act." 2585 |
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| 3835 | | - | (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 2586 |
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| 3836 | | - | (a) "Agriculture producer" means a person or company 2587 |
|---|
| 3837 | | - | authorized to do business in this state and engaged in the 2588 |
|---|
| 3838 | | - | production of goods derived from plants or animals, including, 2589 |
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| 3839 | | - | but not limited to, the growing of crops, si lviculture, animal 2590 |
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| 3840 | | - | husbandry, or the production of livestock or dairy products. 2591 |
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| 3841 | | - | (b) "Agritourism activity" has the same meaning as 2592 |
|---|
| 3842 | | - | provided in s. 570.86. 2593 |
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| 3843 | | - | (c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. 2594 |
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| 3844 | | - | (d) "Company" means a for -profit organization, 2595 |
|---|
| 3845 | | - | association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole 2596 |
|---|
| 3846 | | - | proprietorship, limited partnership, limited liability 2597 |
|---|
| 3847 | | - | partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly 2598 |
|---|
| 3848 | | - | owned subsidiary, majority -owned subsidiary, parent company, or 2599 |
|---|
| 3849 | | - | affiliate of those entities or business associations authorized 2600 |
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| 3850 | | - | |
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| 3859 | | - | |
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| 3860 | | - | |
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| 3861 | | - | |
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| 3862 | | - | to do business in this state. 2601 |
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| 3863 | | - | (e) "Denies or restricts" means refusing to provide 2602 |
|---|
| 3864 | | - | services, terminating existing services, or restricting or 2603 |
|---|
| 3865 | | - | burdening the scope or nature of services offered or pro vided. 2604 |
|---|
| 3866 | | - | (f) "Discriminate in the provision of financial services" 2605 |
|---|
| 3867 | | - | means to deny or restrict services and thereby decline to 2606 |
|---|
| 3868 | | - | provide financial services. 2607 |
|---|
| 3869 | | - | (g) "Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factor" 2608 |
|---|
| 3870 | | - | means any factor or consideration that is co llateral to or not 2609 |
|---|
| 3871 | | - | reasonably likely to affect or impact financial risk and 2610 |
|---|
| 3872 | | - | includes the promotion, furtherance, or achievement of 2611 |
|---|
| 3873 | | - | environmental, social, or political goals, objectives, or 2612 |
|---|
| 3874 | | - | outcomes, which may include the agriculture producer's 2613 |
|---|
| 3875 | | - | greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil -fuel derived fertilizer, 2614 |
|---|
| 3876 | | - | or use of fossil-fuel powered machinery. 2615 |
|---|
| 3877 | | - | (h) "Farm" means the land, buildings, support facilities, 2616 |
|---|
| 3878 | | - | machinery, and other appurtenances used in the production of 2617 |
|---|
| 3879 | | - | farm or aquaculture products. 2618 |
|---|
| 3880 | | - | (i) "Financial institution" means a company, as defined 2619 |
|---|
| 3881 | | - | under s. 655.005(1)(h) and (i), which has total assets of more 2620 |
|---|
| 3882 | | - | than $100 million. The term includes any affiliate as defined 2621 |
|---|
| 3883 | | - | under s. 655.005(1)(a) or subsidiary company as defined under s. 2622 |
|---|
| 3884 | | - | 655.005(1)(x), even if that affiliate or subsidiary company is 2623 |
|---|
| 3885 | | - | also a financial institution. 2624 |
|---|
| 3886 | | - | (j) "Financial service" means any product or service that 2625 |
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| 3896 | | - | |
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| 3897 | | - | |
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| 3898 | | - | |
|---|
| 3899 | | - | is of a financial nature and is offered by a financial 2626 |
|---|
| 3900 | | - | institution. 2627 |
|---|
| 3901 | | - | (3) FINANCIAL DISCRIMINATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS.— 2628 |
|---|
| 3902 | | - | (a) A financial institution may not discriminate in the 2629 |
|---|
| 3903 | | - | provision of financial services to an agriculture producer 2630 |
|---|
| 3904 | | - | based, in whole or in part, upon an ESG factor. 2631 |
|---|
| 3905 | | - | (b) If a financial institution has made any ESG commitment 2632 |
|---|
| 3906 | | - | related to agriculture, there is an inference that the 2633 |
|---|
| 3907 | | - | institution's denial or restriction of a financial service to an 2634 |
|---|
| 3908 | | - | agriculture producer violates paragraph (a). 2635 |
|---|
| 3909 | | - | (c) A financial institution may overcome the inference in 2636 |
|---|
| 3910 | | - | paragraph (b) by demonstrating that its denial or restriction of 2637 |
|---|
| 3911 | | - | a financial service was based solely on documented risk 2638 |
|---|
| 3912 | | - | analysis, and not on any ESG factor. 2639 |
|---|
| 3913 | | - | (4) ENFORCEMENT; COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. —The Attorney 2640 |
|---|
| 3914 | | - | General, in consultation with the Office of Financial 2641 |
|---|
| 3915 | | - | Regulation, is authorized to enforce su bsection (3). Any 2642 |
|---|
| 3916 | | - | violation of subsection (3) constitutes an unfair trade practice 2643 |
|---|
| 3917 | | - | under part II of chapter 501 and the Attorney General is 2644 |
|---|
| 3918 | | - | authorized to investigate and seek remedies as provided in 2645 |
|---|
| 3919 | | - | general law. Actions for damages may be sought by an aggr ieved 2646 |
|---|
| 3920 | | - | party. 2647 |
|---|
| 3921 | | - | Section 76. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 2648 |
|---|
| 3922 | | - | 741.0305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2649 |
|---|
| 3923 | | - | 741.0305 Marriage fee reduction for completion of 2650 |
|---|
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| 3933 | | - | |
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| 3934 | | - | |
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| 3935 | | - | |
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| 3936 | | - | premarital preparation course. — 2651 |
|---|
| 3937 | | - | (3)(a) All individuals electing to participate in a 2652 |
|---|
| 3938 | | - | premarital preparation course shall choose from the following 2653 |
|---|
| 3939 | | - | list of qualified instructors: 2654 |
|---|
| 3940 | | - | 1. A psychologist licensed under chapter 490. 2655 |
|---|
| 3941 | | - | 2. A clinical social worker licensed under chapter 491. 2656 |
|---|
| 3942 | | - | 3. A marriage and family therapist licensed under cha pter 2657 |
|---|
| 3943 | | - | 491. 2658 |
|---|
| 3944 | | - | 4. A mental health counselor licensed under chapter 491. 2659 |
|---|
| 3945 | | - | 5. An official representative of a religious institution 2660 |
|---|
| 3946 | | - | which is recognized under s. 496.404 s. 496.404(23), if the 2661 |
|---|
| 3947 | | - | representative has relevant training. 2662 |
|---|
| 3948 | | - | 6. Any other provider designated by a judicial circuit, 2663 |
|---|
| 3949 | | - | including, but not limited to, school counselors who are 2664 |
|---|
| 3950 | | - | certified to offer such courses. Each judicial circuit may 2665 |
|---|
| 3951 | | - | establish a roster of area course providers, including those who 2666 |
|---|
| 3952 | | - | offer the course on a sliding fee scale o r for free. 2667 |
|---|
| 3953 | | - | Section 77. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2), subsection 2668 |
|---|
| 3954 | | - | (3), paragraph (c) of subsection (6), and subsection (10) of 2669 |
|---|
| 3955 | | - | section 790.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 2670 |
|---|
| 3956 | | - | 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed 2671 |
|---|
| 3957 | | - | firearm.— 2672 |
|---|
| 3958 | | - | (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2673 |
|---|
| 3959 | | - | shall issue a license if the applicant: 2674 |
|---|
| 3960 | | - | (h) Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one of 2675 |
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| 3962 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3970 | | - | |
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| 3971 | | - | |
|---|
| 3972 | | - | |
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| 3973 | | - | the following: 2676 |
|---|
| 3974 | | - | 1. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety 2677 |
|---|
| 3975 | | - | course approved by the Fish a nd Wildlife Conservation Commission 2678 |
|---|
| 3976 | | - | or a similar agency of another state; 2679 |
|---|
| 3977 | | - | 2. Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms 2680 |
|---|
| 3978 | | - | safety or training course; 2681 |
|---|
| 3979 | | - | 3. Completion of any firearms safety or training course or 2682 |
|---|
| 3980 | | - | class available to the general publ ic offered by a law 2683 |
|---|
| 3981 | | - | enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or 2684 |
|---|
| 3982 | | - | public institution or organization or firearms training school, 2685 |
|---|
| 3983 | | - | using instructors certified by the National Rifle Association, 2686 |
|---|
| 3984 | | - | Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission , or the 2687 |
|---|
| 3985 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 2688 |
|---|
| 3986 | | - | 4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or 2689 |
|---|
| 3987 | | - | training course or class offered for security guards, 2690 |
|---|
| 3988 | | - | investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision 2691 |
|---|
| 3989 | | - | of a law enforcement a gency or security enforcement; 2692 |
|---|
| 3990 | | - | 5. Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a 2693 |
|---|
| 3991 | | - | firearm through participation in organized shooting competition 2694 |
|---|
| 3992 | | - | or United States military service; 2695 |
|---|
| 3993 | | - | 6. Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a concealed 2696 |
|---|
| 3994 | | - | weapon or concealed firearm in this state or a county or 2697 |
|---|
| 3995 | | - | municipality of this state, unless such license has been revoked 2698 |
|---|
| 3996 | | - | for cause; or 2699 |
|---|
| 3997 | | - | 7. Completion of any firearms training or safety course or 2700 |
|---|
| 3998 | | - | |
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| 3999 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4007 | | - | |
|---|
| 4008 | | - | |
|---|
| 4009 | | - | |
|---|
| 4010 | | - | class conducted by a state -certified or National Rifle 2701 |
|---|
| 4011 | | - | Association certified firearms instructor; 2702 |
|---|
| 4012 | | - | 2703 |
|---|
| 4013 | | - | A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the courses 2704 |
|---|
| 4014 | | - | or classes; an affidavit from the instructor, school, club, 2705 |
|---|
| 4015 | | - | organization, or group that conducted or taught such course or 2706 |
|---|
| 4016 | | - | class attesting to the completion of the course or class by the 2707 |
|---|
| 4017 | | - | applicant; or a copy of any document that shows completion of 2708 |
|---|
| 4018 | | - | the course or class or evidences participation in firearms 2709 |
|---|
| 4019 | | - | competition shall constitute evidence of qualification under 2710 |
|---|
| 4020 | | - | this paragraph. A person who conducts a course pur suant to 2711 |
|---|
| 4021 | | - | subparagraph 2., subparagraph 3., or subparagraph 7., or who, as 2712 |
|---|
| 4022 | | - | an instructor, attests to the completion of such courses, must 2713 |
|---|
| 4023 | | - | maintain records certifying that he or she observed the student 2714 |
|---|
| 4024 | | - | safely handle and discharge the firearm in his or her p hysical 2715 |
|---|
| 4025 | | - | presence and that the discharge of the firearm included live 2716 |
|---|
| 4026 | | - | fire using a firearm and ammunition as defined in s. 790.001; 2717 |
|---|
| 4027 | | - | (3)(a) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2718 |
|---|
| 4028 | | - | shall deny a license if the applicant has been found guilty of, 2719 |
|---|
| 4029 | | - | had adjudication of guilt withheld for, or had imposition of 2720 |
|---|
| 4030 | | - | sentence suspended for one or more crimes of violence 2721 |
|---|
| 4031 | | - | constituting a misdemeanor, unless 3 years have elapsed since 2722 |
|---|
| 4032 | | - | probation or any other conditions set by the court have been 2723 |
|---|
| 4033 | | - | fulfilled or the record has been sealed or expunged. The 2724 |
|---|
| 4034 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall revoke a 2725 |
|---|
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| 4044 | | - | |
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| 4045 | | - | |
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| 4046 | | - | |
|---|
| 4047 | | - | license if the licensee has been found guilty of, had 2726 |
|---|
| 4048 | | - | adjudication of guilt withheld for, or had imposition of 2727 |
|---|
| 4049 | | - | sentence suspended for one or more crimes o f violence within the 2728 |
|---|
| 4050 | | - | preceding 3 years. The department shall, upon notification by a 2729 |
|---|
| 4051 | | - | law enforcement agency, a court, clerk's office, or the Florida 2730 |
|---|
| 4052 | | - | Department of Law Enforcement and subsequent written 2731 |
|---|
| 4053 | | - | verification, temporarily suspend a license or the pr ocessing of 2732 |
|---|
| 4054 | | - | an application for a license if the licensee or applicant is 2733 |
|---|
| 4055 | | - | arrested or formally charged with a crime that would disqualify 2734 |
|---|
| 4056 | | - | such person from having a license under this section, until 2735 |
|---|
| 4057 | | - | final disposition of the case. The department shall suspend a 2736 |
|---|
| 4058 | | - | license or the processing of an application for a license if the 2737 |
|---|
| 4059 | | - | licensee or applicant is issued an injunction that restrains the 2738 |
|---|
| 4060 | | - | licensee or applicant from committing acts of domestic violence 2739 |
|---|
| 4061 | | - | or acts of repeat violence. The department shall notify the 2740 |
|---|
| 4062 | | - | licensee or applicant suspended under this section of his or her 2741 |
|---|
| 4063 | | - | right to a hearing pursuant to chapter 120. If the criminal case 2742 |
|---|
| 4064 | | - | or injunction results in a nondisqualifying disposition and the 2743 |
|---|
| 4065 | | - | applicant or licensee is otherwise eligible, the suspension 2744 |
|---|
| 4066 | | - | shall end. The department must issue an order confirming the end 2745 |
|---|
| 4067 | | - | of the suspension within 90 days after the applicant or 2746 |
|---|
| 4068 | | - | licensee's submission to the department of a copy of the final 2747 |
|---|
| 4069 | | - | resolution of the criminal case or injunction. The copy provided 2748 |
|---|
| 4070 | | - | to the department must be sent by electronic mail or certified 2749 |
|---|
| 4071 | | - | mail to a location that must be specified on the notice of 2750 |
|---|
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| 4081 | | - | |
|---|
| 4082 | | - | |
|---|
| 4083 | | - | |
|---|
| 4084 | | - | suspension received by the licensee or applicant. If the 2751 |
|---|
| 4085 | | - | criminal case results in a disqualifying disposition, the 2752 |
|---|
| 4086 | | - | suspension remains in effec t and the department must proceed 2753 |
|---|
| 4087 | | - | with denial or revocation proceedings pursuant to chapter 120. 2754 |
|---|
| 4088 | | - | (b) This subsection does not limit, restrict, or inhibit 2755 |
|---|
| 4089 | | - | the constitutional right to bear arms and carry a concealed 2756 |
|---|
| 4090 | | - | weapon in this state. The Legislature finds it a matter of 2757 |
|---|
| 4091 | | - | public policy and public safety that it is necessary to ensure 2758 |
|---|
| 4092 | | - | that potentially disqualifying information about an applicant or 2759 |
|---|
| 4093 | | - | licensee is investigated and processed in a timely manner by the 2760 |
|---|
| 4094 | | - | department pursuant to this section. The L egislature intends to 2761 |
|---|
| 4095 | | - | clarify that suspensions pursuant to this section are temporary, 2762 |
|---|
| 4096 | | - | and the department has the duty to make an eligibility 2763 |
|---|
| 4097 | | - | determination and issue a license in the time frame prescribed 2764 |
|---|
| 4098 | | - | in this subsection. 2765 |
|---|
| 4099 | | - | (6) 2766 |
|---|
| 4100 | | - | (c) The Department of Ag riculture and Consumer Services 2767 |
|---|
| 4101 | | - | shall, within 90 days after the date of receipt of the items 2768 |
|---|
| 4102 | | - | listed in subsection (5): 2769 |
|---|
| 4103 | | - | 1. Issue the license; or 2770 |
|---|
| 4104 | | - | 2. Deny the application based solely on the ground that 2771 |
|---|
| 4105 | | - | the applicant fails to qualify under the criteria li sted in 2772 |
|---|
| 4106 | | - | subsection (2) or subsection (3). If the Department of 2773 |
|---|
| 4107 | | - | Agriculture and Consumer Services denies the application, it 2774 |
|---|
| 4108 | | - | shall notify the applicant in writing, stating the ground for 2775 |
|---|
| 4109 | | - | |
|---|
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| 4118 | | - | |
|---|
| 4119 | | - | |
|---|
| 4120 | | - | |
|---|
| 4121 | | - | denial and informing the applicant of any right to a hearing 2776 |
|---|
| 4122 | | - | pursuant to chapter 120. 2777 |
|---|
| 4123 | | - | 3. In the event the result of the criminal history 2778 |
|---|
| 4124 | | - | screening identifies department receives criminal history 2779 |
|---|
| 4125 | | - | information related to a crime that may disqualify the applicant 2780 |
|---|
| 4126 | | - | but does not contain with no final disposition of the crime or 2781 |
|---|
| 4127 | | - | lacks sufficient information to make an eligibility 2782 |
|---|
| 4128 | | - | determination on a crime which may disqualify the applicant , the 2783 |
|---|
| 4129 | | - | time limitation prescribed by this paragraph may be extended for 2784 |
|---|
| 4130 | | - | up to an additional 45 days after the receipt of the information 2785 |
|---|
| 4131 | | - | suspended until receipt of the final disposition or proof of 2786 |
|---|
| 4132 | | - | restoration of civil and firearm rights . The department may make 2787 |
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| 4133 | | - | a request for information to the jurisdiction where the criminal 2788 |
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| 4134 | | - | history information originated but must issue a license if it 2789 |
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| 4135 | | - | does not obtain a disposition or sufficient information to make 2790 |
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| 4136 | | - | an eligibility determination within the additional 45 days if 2791 |
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| 4137 | | - | the applicant is otherwise eligible. The department may take any 2792 |
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| 4138 | | - | action authorized in this section if it receives disqualifying 2793 |
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| 4139 | | - | criminal history information during the additional 45 -day review 2794 |
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| 4140 | | - | period or after issuance of a license. 2795 |
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| 4141 | | - | (10) A license issued under this section must shall be 2796 |
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| 4142 | | - | temporarily suspended as provided for in subparagraph (6)(c)3., 2797 |
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| 4143 | | - | or revoked pursuant to chapter 120 if the license was issued in 2798 |
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| 4144 | | - | error or if the licensee: 2799 |
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| 4145 | | - | (a) Is found to be ineligible under the criteria set forth 2800 |
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| 4156 | | - | |
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| 4157 | | - | |
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| 4158 | | - | in subsection (2); 2801 |
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| 4159 | | - | (b) Develops or sustains a physical infirmity which 2802 |
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| 4160 | | - | prevents the safe handling of a weapon or firearm; 2803 |
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| 4161 | | - | (c) Is convicted of a felony which would make the licensee 2804 |
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| 4162 | | - | ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to s. 790.23; 2805 |
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| 4163 | | - | (d) Is found guilty of a crime under chapter 893, or 2806 |
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| 4164 | | - | similar laws of any other state, relating to controlled 2807 |
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| 4165 | | - | substances; 2808 |
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| 4166 | | - | (e) Is committed as a substance abuser under chapter 397, 2809 |
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| 4167 | | - | or is deemed a habitual offender under s. 856.011(3), or similar 2810 |
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| 4168 | | - | laws of any other state; 2811 |
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| 4169 | | - | (f) Is convicted of a second violation of s. 316.193, or a 2812 |
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| 4170 | | - | similar law of another state, within 3 years after a first 2813 |
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| 4171 | | - | conviction of such section or similar law of another state, even 2814 |
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| 4172 | | - | though the first violation may have occurred before the date on 2815 |
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| 4173 | | - | which the application was submitted; 2816 |
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| 4174 | | - | (g) Is adjudicated an incapacitated person under s. 2817 |
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| 4175 | | - | 744.331, or similar laws of any other state; or 2818 |
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| 4176 | | - | (h) Is committed to a mental institution under chapter 2819 |
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| 4177 | | - | 394, or similar laws of any other state. 2820 |
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| 4178 | | - | 2821 |
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| 4179 | | - | Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), service of a notice of the 2822 |
|---|
| 4180 | | - | suspension or revocation of a concealed weapon or concealed 2823 |
|---|
| 4181 | | - | firearm license must be given by either certified mail , return 2824 |
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| 4182 | | - | receipt requested, to the licensee at his or her last known 2825 |
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| 4192 | | - | |
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| 4193 | | - | |
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| 4194 | | - | |
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| 4195 | | - | mailing address furnished to the Department of Agriculture and 2826 |
|---|
| 4196 | | - | Consumer Services, or by personal service. If a notice given by 2827 |
|---|
| 4197 | | - | certified mail is returned as undeliverable, a second attemp t 2828 |
|---|
| 4198 | | - | must be made to provide notice to the licensee at that address, 2829 |
|---|
| 4199 | | - | by either first-class mail in an envelope, postage prepaid, 2830 |
|---|
| 4200 | | - | addressed to the licensee at his or her last known mailing 2831 |
|---|
| 4201 | | - | address furnished to the department, or, if the licensee has 2832 |
|---|
| 4202 | | - | provided an e-mail address to the department, by e -mail. Such 2833 |
|---|
| 4203 | | - | mailing by the department constitutes notice, and any failure by 2834 |
|---|
| 4204 | | - | the licensee to receive such notice does not stay the effective 2835 |
|---|
| 4205 | | - | date or term of the suspension or revocation. A request for 2836 |
|---|
| 4206 | | - | hearing must be filed with the department within 21 days after 2837 |
|---|
| 4207 | | - | notice is received by personal delivery, or within 26 days after 2838 |
|---|
| 4208 | | - | the date the department deposits the notice in the United States 2839 |
|---|
| 4209 | | - | mail (21 days plus 5 days for mailing). The department shall 2840 |
|---|
| 4210 | | - | document its attempts to provide notice, and such documentation 2841 |
|---|
| 4211 | | - | is admissible in the courts of this state and constitutes 2842 |
|---|
| 4212 | | - | sufficient proof that notice was given. 2843 |
|---|
| 4213 | | - | Section 78. Subsection (2) of section 812.0151, Florida 2844 |
|---|
| 4214 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 2845 |
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| 4215 | | - | 812.0151 Retail fue l theft.— 2846 |
|---|
| 4216 | | - | (2)(a) A person commits a felony of the third degree, 2847 |
|---|
| 4217 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2848 |
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| 4218 | | - | if he or she willfully, knowingly, and without authorization: 2849 |
|---|
| 4219 | | - | 1. Breaches a retail fuel dispenser or accesses any 2850 |
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| 4229 | | - | |
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| 4230 | | - | |
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| 4231 | | - | |
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| 4232 | | - | internal portion of a retail fuel dispenser; or 2851 |
|---|
| 4233 | | - | 2. Possesses any device constructed for the purpose of 2852 |
|---|
| 4234 | | - | fraudulently altering, manipulating, or interrupting the normal 2853 |
|---|
| 4235 | | - | functioning of a retail fuel dispenser. 2854 |
|---|
| 4236 | | - | (b) A person commits a felony of the second degree, 2855 |
|---|
| 4237 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2856 |
|---|
| 4238 | | - | if he or she willfully, knowingly, and without authorization: 2857 |
|---|
| 4239 | | - | 1. Physically tampers with, manipulates, removes, 2858 |
|---|
| 4240 | | - | replaces, or interrupts any mechanical or electronic component 2859 |
|---|
| 4241 | | - | located on within the internal or external portion of a retail 2860 |
|---|
| 4242 | | - | fuel dispenser; or 2861 |
|---|
| 4243 | | - | 2. Uses any form of electronic communication to 2862 |
|---|
| 4244 | | - | fraudulently alter, manipulate, or interrupt the normal 2863 |
|---|
| 4245 | | - | functioning of a retail fuel dispenser. 2864 |
|---|
| 4246 | | - | (c) A person commits a felony of the third degree, 2865 |
|---|
| 4247 | | - | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2866 |
|---|
| 4248 | | - | if he or she: 2867 |
|---|
| 4249 | | - | 1. Obtains fuel as a result of violating paragraph (a) or 2868 |
|---|
| 4250 | | - | paragraph (b); or 2869 |
|---|
| 4251 | | - | 2. Modifies a vehicle's factory installed fuel tank or 2870 |
|---|
| 4252 | | - | possesses any item used to hold f uel which was not fitted to a 2871 |
|---|
| 4253 | | - | vehicle or conveyance at the time of manufacture with the intent 2872 |
|---|
| 4254 | | - | to use such fuel tank or item to hold or transport fuel obtained 2873 |
|---|
| 4255 | | - | as a result of violating paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) ; or 2874 |
|---|
| 4256 | | - | 3. Possesses or uses any form of a payment instrument that 2875 |
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| 4266 | | - | |
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| 4267 | | - | |
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| 4268 | | - | |
|---|
| 4269 | | - | can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, 2876 |
|---|
| 4270 | | - | to authorize a fuel transaction or obtain fuel, including, but 2877 |
|---|
| 4271 | | - | not limited to, a plastic payment card with a magnetic stripe or 2878 |
|---|
| 4272 | | - | a chip encoded with account information or both, with the intent 2879 |
|---|
| 4273 | | - | to defraud the fuel retailer, the authorized payment instrument 2880 |
|---|
| 4274 | | - | financial account holder, or the banking institution that issued 2881 |
|---|
| 4275 | | - | the payment instrument financial account . 2882 |
|---|
| 4276 | | - | Section 79. Section 812.136, Florida Statutes, is created 2883 |
|---|
| 4277 | | - | to read: 2884 |
|---|
| 4278 | | - | 812.136 Mail theft. — 2885 |
|---|
| 4279 | | - | (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 2886 |
|---|
| 4280 | | - | requires: 2887 |
|---|
| 4281 | | - | (a) "Mail" means any letter, postal card, parcel, 2888 |
|---|
| 4282 | | - | envelope, package, bag, or any other sealed article addressed t o 2889 |
|---|
| 4283 | | - | another, along with its contents. 2890 |
|---|
| 4284 | | - | (b) "Mail depository" means a mail box, letter box, mail 2891 |
|---|
| 4285 | | - | route, or mail receptacle of a postal service, an office of a 2892 |
|---|
| 4286 | | - | postal service, or mail carrier of a postal service, or a 2893 |
|---|
| 4287 | | - | vehicle of a postal service or any other authorized receptacle. 2894 |
|---|
| 4288 | | - | (c) "Postal service" means the United States Postal 2895 |
|---|
| 4289 | | - | Service or its contractors, or any commercial courier that 2896 |
|---|
| 4290 | | - | delivers mail. 2897 |
|---|
| 4291 | | - | (2) A person commits mail theft if he or she: 2898 |
|---|
| 4292 | | - | (a) Knowingly removes mail from a mail depository or takes 2899 |
|---|
| 4293 | | - | mail from a mail carrier of a postal service with an intent to 2900 |
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| 4294 | | - | |
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| 4303 | | - | |
|---|
| 4304 | | - | |
|---|
| 4305 | | - | |
|---|
| 4306 | | - | temporarily or permanently: 2901 |
|---|
| 4307 | | - | 1. Deprive the intended recipient of his or her right to 2902 |
|---|
| 4308 | | - | the mail. 2903 |
|---|
| 4309 | | - | 2. Appropriate the mail to his or her own use or the use 2904 |
|---|
| 4310 | | - | of any person not entitled to the use of the mail. 2905 |
|---|
| 4311 | | - | (b) Knowingly obtains custody of mail by fraud or 2906 |
|---|
| 4312 | | - | deception with an intent to temporarily or permanently: 2907 |
|---|
| 4313 | | - | 1. Deprive the intended recipient of his or her right to 2908 |
|---|
| 4314 | | - | the mail. 2909 |
|---|
| 4315 | | - | 2. Appropriate the mail to his or her own use or the use 2910 |
|---|
| 4316 | | - | of any person not entitled to the use of the mail. 2911 |
|---|
| 4317 | | - | (c) Sells, receives, possesses, transfers, buys, or 2912 |
|---|
| 4318 | | - | conceals mail obtained in violation of paragraph (a) or 2913 |
|---|
| 4319 | | - | paragraph (b) of this subsection, while h e or she knows or 2914 |
|---|
| 4320 | | - | should know the mail was obtained illegally. 2915 |
|---|
| 4321 | | - | (3) A person commits theft of or unauthorized reproduction 2916 |
|---|
| 4322 | | - | of a mail depository key or lock if he or she: 2917 |
|---|
| 4323 | | - | (a) Knowingly obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or 2918 |
|---|
| 4324 | | - | use, any key or lock used by a postal service for a mail 2919 |
|---|
| 4325 | | - | depository with the intent to temporarily or permanently: 2920 |
|---|
| 4326 | | - | 1. Deprive the owner of the key or lock of his or her 2921 |
|---|
| 4327 | | - | right to the key or lock. 2922 |
|---|
| 4328 | | - | 2. Appropriate the key or lock to his or her own use or 2923 |
|---|
| 4329 | | - | the use of any person not e ntitled to the use of the key or 2924 |
|---|
| 4330 | | - | lock. 2925 |
|---|
| 4331 | | - | |
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| 4340 | | - | |
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| 4341 | | - | |
|---|
| 4342 | | - | |
|---|
| 4343 | | - | (b) Knowingly and unlawfully makes, forges, or 2926 |
|---|
| 4344 | | - | counterfeits any key adopted by a postal service for a mail 2927 |
|---|
| 4345 | | - | depository for the deposit or delivery of mail with an intent to 2928 |
|---|
| 4346 | | - | defraud any person or violate any provision of this section. 2929 |
|---|
| 4347 | | - | (c) Sells, receives, possesses, transfers, buys, or 2930 |
|---|
| 4348 | | - | conceals a key or lock obtained in violation of paragraph (a) or 2931 |
|---|
| 4349 | | - | paragraph (b) while he or she knows or should know the key or 2932 |
|---|
| 4350 | | - | lock was obtained illegally. 2933 |
|---|
| 4351 | | - | (4)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a violation of 2934 |
|---|
| 4352 | | - | this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 2935 |
|---|
| 4353 | | - | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 2936 |
|---|
| 4354 | | - | (b) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a 2937 |
|---|
| 4355 | | - | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775 .082 2938 |
|---|
| 4356 | | - | or s. 775.084. 2939 |
|---|
| 4357 | | - | Section 80. Paragraphs (j) through (q) of subsection (4) 2940 |
|---|
| 4358 | | - | of section 934.50, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 2941 |
|---|
| 4359 | | - | paragraphs (i) through (p), respectively, present paragraph (i) 2942 |
|---|
| 4360 | | - | of that subsection is amended, and a new paragraph (q) is added 2943 |
|---|
| 4361 | | - | to that subsection, to read: 2944 |
|---|
| 4362 | | - | 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. — 2945 |
|---|
| 4363 | | - | (4) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit the use of 2946 |
|---|
| 4364 | | - | a drone: 2947 |
|---|
| 4365 | | - | (i) By a person or an entity engaged in a business or 2948 |
|---|
| 4366 | | - | profession licensed by the state, or by an age nt, employee, or 2949 |
|---|
| 4367 | | - | contractor thereof, if the drone is used only to perform 2950 |
|---|
| 4368 | | - | |
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| 4377 | | - | |
|---|
| 4378 | | - | |
|---|
| 4379 | | - | |
|---|
| 4380 | | - | reasonable tasks within the scope of practice or activities 2951 |
|---|
| 4381 | | - | permitted under such person's or entity's license. However, this 2952 |
|---|
| 4382 | | - | exception does not apply to a profession in which the lic ensee's 2953 |
|---|
| 4383 | | - | authorized scope of practice includes obtaining information 2954 |
|---|
| 4384 | | - | about the identity, habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, 2955 |
|---|
| 4385 | | - | affiliations, associations, transactions, reputation, or 2956 |
|---|
| 4386 | | - | character of any society, person, or group of persons. 2957 |
|---|
| 4387 | | - | (q) By a local governmental entity, or a person under 2958 |
|---|
| 4388 | | - | contract with or acting under the direction of such entity, for 2959 |
|---|
| 4389 | | - | activities with the purpose of managing and eradicating plant or 2960 |
|---|
| 4390 | | - | animal diseases or activities consistent with chapters 369, 388, 2961 |
|---|
| 4391 | | - | and 487. 2962 |
|---|
| 4392 | | - | Section 81. Section 1013.373, Florida Statutes, is created 2963 |
|---|
| 4393 | | - | to read: 2964 |
|---|
| 4394 | | - | 1013.373 Educational facilities used for agricultural 2965 |
|---|
| 4395 | | - | education.— 2966 |
|---|
| 4396 | | - | (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local 2967 |
|---|
| 4397 | | - | government may not adopt any ordinance, regulation, rule, or 2968 |
|---|
| 4398 | | - | policy to prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit any 2969 |
|---|
| 4399 | | - | activities of public educational facilities and auxiliary 2970 |
|---|
| 4400 | | - | facilities constructed by a board for agricultural education, 2971 |
|---|
| 4401 | | - | for Future Farmers of America or 4 -H activities, or the storage 2972 |
|---|
| 4402 | | - | of any animal or equipment therein. 2973 |
|---|
| 4403 | | - | (2) Lands used for agricultural education or for Future 2974 |
|---|
| 4404 | | - | Farmers of America or 4 -H activities are considered agricultural 2975 |
|---|
| 4405 | | - | |
|---|
| 4406 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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|---|
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| 4414 | | - | |
|---|
| 4415 | | - | |
|---|
| 4416 | | - | |
|---|
| 4417 | | - | lands pursuant to s. 193.461 and subject to s. 823.14. 2976 |
|---|
| 4418 | | - | Section 82. For the purpose of incorporating the amendm ent 2977 |
|---|
| 4419 | | - | made by this act to section 110.205, Florida Statutes, in a 2978 |
|---|
| 4420 | | - | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 2979 |
|---|
| 4421 | | - | 295.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2980 |
|---|
| 4422 | | - | 295.07 Preference in appointment and retention. — 2981 |
|---|
| 4423 | | - | (5) The following positions a re exempt from this section: 2982 |
|---|
| 4424 | | - | (a) Those positions that are exempt from the state Career 2983 |
|---|
| 4425 | | - | Service System under s. 110.205(2); however, all positions under 2984 |
|---|
| 4426 | | - | the University Support Personnel System of the State University 2985 |
|---|
| 4427 | | - | System as well as all Career Service System positions under the 2986 |
|---|
| 4428 | | - | Florida College System and the School for the Deaf and the 2987 |
|---|
| 4429 | | - | Blind, or the equivalent of such positions at state 2988 |
|---|
| 4430 | | - | universities, Florida College System institutions, or the School 2989 |
|---|
| 4431 | | - | for the Deaf and the Blind, are not exempt. 2990 |
|---|
| 4432 | | - | Section 83. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2991 |
|---|
| 4433 | | - | made by this act to section 388.271, Florida Statutes, in a 2992 |
|---|
| 4434 | | - | reference thereto, subsection (7) of section 388.261, Florida 2993 |
|---|
| 4435 | | - | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2994 |
|---|
| 4436 | | - | 388.261 State aid to counties and districts fo r arthropod 2995 |
|---|
| 4437 | | - | control; distribution priorities and limitations. — 2996 |
|---|
| 4438 | | - | (7) The department may use state funds appropriated for a 2997 |
|---|
| 4439 | | - | county or district under subsection (1) or subsection (2) to 2998 |
|---|
| 4440 | | - | provide state mosquito or other arthropod control equipment, 2999 |
|---|
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| 4450 | | - | |
|---|
| 4451 | | - | |
|---|
| 4452 | | - | |
|---|
| 4453 | | - | supplies, or services when requested by a county or district 3000 |
|---|
| 4454 | | - | eligible to receive state funds under s. 388.271. 3001 |
|---|
| 4455 | | - | Section 84. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3002 |
|---|
| 4456 | | - | made by this act to section 388.271, Florida Statutes, in a 3003 |
|---|
| 4457 | | - | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 3004 |
|---|
| 4458 | | - | 189.062, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3005 |
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| 4459 | | - | 189.062 Special procedures for inactive districts. — 3006 |
|---|
| 4460 | | - | (1) The department shall declare inactive any special 3007 |
|---|
| 4461 | | - | district in this state by documenting that: 3008 |
|---|
| 4462 | | - | (a) The special distri ct meets one of the following 3009 |
|---|
| 4463 | | - | criteria: 3010 |
|---|
| 4464 | | - | 1. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 3011 |
|---|
| 4465 | | - | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 3012 |
|---|
| 4466 | | - | appropriate local general -purpose government notifies the 3013 |
|---|
| 4467 | | - | department in writing that the distri ct has taken no action for 3014 |
|---|
| 4468 | | - | 2 or more years; 3015 |
|---|
| 4469 | | - | 2. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 3016 |
|---|
| 4470 | | - | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 3017 |
|---|
| 4471 | | - | appropriate local general -purpose government notifies the 3018 |
|---|
| 4472 | | - | department in writing that the di strict has not had a governing 3019 |
|---|
| 4473 | | - | body or a sufficient number of governing body members to 3020 |
|---|
| 4474 | | - | constitute a quorum for 2 or more years; 3021 |
|---|
| 4475 | | - | 3. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 3022 |
|---|
| 4476 | | - | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 3023 |
|---|
| 4477 | | - | appropriate local general-purpose government fails to respond to 3024 |
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| 4478 | | - | |
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| 4479 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4480 | | - | |
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| 4487 | | - | |
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| 4488 | | - | |
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| 4489 | | - | |
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| 4490 | | - | an inquiry by the department within 21 days; 3025 |
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| 4491 | | - | 4. The department determines, pursuant to s. 189.067, that 3026 |
|---|
| 4492 | | - | the district has failed to file any of the reports listed in s. 3027 |
|---|
| 4493 | | - | 189.066; 3028 |
|---|
| 4494 | | - | 5. The district has not had a registered office and agent 3029 |
|---|
| 4495 | | - | on file with the department for 1 or more years; 3030 |
|---|
| 4496 | | - | 6. The governing body of a special district provides 3031 |
|---|
| 4497 | | - | documentation to the department that it has unanimously adopted 3032 |
|---|
| 4498 | | - | a resolution declaring the special district in active. The 3033 |
|---|
| 4499 | | - | special district is responsible for payment of any expenses 3034 |
|---|
| 4500 | | - | associated with its dissolution; 3035 |
|---|
| 4501 | | - | 7. The district is an independent special district or a 3036 |
|---|
| 4502 | | - | community redevelopment district created under part III of 3037 |
|---|
| 4503 | | - | chapter 163 that has reported no r evenue, no expenditures, and 3038 |
|---|
| 4504 | | - | no debt under s. 189.016(9) or s. 218.32 for at least 5 3039 |
|---|
| 4505 | | - | consecutive fiscal years beginning no earlier than October 1, 3040 |
|---|
| 4506 | | - | 2018. This subparagraph does not apply to a community 3041 |
|---|
| 4507 | | - | development district established under chapter 190 or t o any 3042 |
|---|
| 4508 | | - | independent special district operating pursuant to a special act 3043 |
|---|
| 4509 | | - | that provides that any amendment to chapter 190 to grant 3044 |
|---|
| 4510 | | - | additional powers constitutes a power of that district; or 3045 |
|---|
| 4511 | | - | 8. For a mosquito control district created pursuant to 3046 |
|---|
| 4512 | | - | chapter 388, the department has received notice from the 3047 |
|---|
| 4513 | | - | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that the 3048 |
|---|
| 4514 | | - | district has failed to file a tentative work plan and tentative 3049 |
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| 4515 | | - | |
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| 4516 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4524 | | - | |
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| 4525 | | - | |
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| 4526 | | - | |
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| 4527 | | - | detailed work plan budget as required by s. 388.271. 3050 |
|---|
| 4528 | | - | Section 85. For the purpose of in corporating the amendment 3051 |
|---|
| 4529 | | - | made by this act to section 482.161, Florida Statutes, in a 3052 |
|---|
| 4530 | | - | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 3053 |
|---|
| 4531 | | - | 482.072, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3054 |
|---|
| 4532 | | - | 482.072 Pest control customer contact centers. — 3055 |
|---|
| 4533 | | - | (3) 3056 |
|---|
| 4534 | | - | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section: 3057 |
|---|
| 4535 | | - | 1. A customer contact center licensee is subject to 3058 |
|---|
| 4536 | | - | disciplinary action under s. 482.161 for a violation of this 3059 |
|---|
| 4537 | | - | section or a rule adopted under this section committed by a 3060 |
|---|
| 4538 | | - | person who solicits pest control services or provides customer 3061 |
|---|
| 4539 | | - | service in a customer contact center. 3062 |
|---|
| 4540 | | - | 2. A pest control business licensee may be subject to 3063 |
|---|
| 4541 | | - | disciplinary action under s. 482.161 for a violation of this 3064 |
|---|
| 4542 | | - | section or a rule adopted under this section committed by a 3065 |
|---|
| 4543 | | - | person who solicits pest control services or provides customer 3066 |
|---|
| 4544 | | - | service in a customer contact center operated by a licensee if 3067 |
|---|
| 4545 | | - | the licensee participates in the violation. 3068 |
|---|
| 4546 | | - | Section 86. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3069 |
|---|
| 4547 | | - | made by this act to sectio n 482.161, Florida Statutes, in a 3070 |
|---|
| 4548 | | - | reference thereto, section 482.163, Florida Statutes, is 3071 |
|---|
| 4549 | | - | reenacted to read: 3072 |
|---|
| 4550 | | - | 482.163 Responsibility for pest control activities of 3073 |
|---|
| 4551 | | - | employee.—Proper performance of pest control activities by a 3074 |
|---|
| 4552 | | - | |
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| 4553 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4559 | | - | Page 124 of 128 |
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| 4561 | | - | |
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| 4562 | | - | |
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| 4563 | | - | |
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| 4564 | | - | pest control business employe e is the responsibility not only of 3075 |
|---|
| 4565 | | - | the employee but also of the certified operator in charge, and 3076 |
|---|
| 4566 | | - | the certified operator in charge may be disciplined pursuant to 3077 |
|---|
| 4567 | | - | the provisions of s. 482.161 for the pest control activities of 3078 |
|---|
| 4568 | | - | an employee. A licensee may n ot automatically be considered 3079 |
|---|
| 4569 | | - | responsible for violations made by an employee. However, the 3080 |
|---|
| 4570 | | - | licensee may not knowingly encourage, aid, or abet violations of 3081 |
|---|
| 4571 | | - | this chapter. 3082 |
|---|
| 4572 | | - | Section 87. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3083 |
|---|
| 4573 | | - | made by this act to se ction 487.044, Florida Statutes, in a 3084 |
|---|
| 4574 | | - | reference thereto, section 487.156, Florida Statutes, is 3085 |
|---|
| 4575 | | - | reenacted to read: 3086 |
|---|
| 4576 | | - | 487.156 Governmental agencies. —All governmental agencies 3087 |
|---|
| 4577 | | - | shall be subject to the provisions of this part and rules 3088 |
|---|
| 4578 | | - | adopted under this part. Public applicators using or supervising 3089 |
|---|
| 4579 | | - | the use of restricted -use pesticides shall be subject to 3090 |
|---|
| 4580 | | - | examination as provided in s. 487.044. 3091 |
|---|
| 4581 | | - | Section 88. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3092 |
|---|
| 4582 | | - | made by this act to section 496.405, Florida Statutes, in a 3093 |
|---|
| 4583 | | - | reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 496.4055, Florida 3094 |
|---|
| 4584 | | - | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3095 |
|---|
| 4585 | | - | 496.4055 Charitable organization or sponsor board duties. — 3096 |
|---|
| 4586 | | - | (2) The board of directors, or an authorized committee 3097 |
|---|
| 4587 | | - | thereof, of a charitable organization or sponsor required to 3098 |
|---|
| 4588 | | - | register with the department under s. 496.405 shall adopt a 3099 |
|---|
| 4589 | | - | |
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| 4590 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4598 | | - | |
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| 4599 | | - | |
|---|
| 4600 | | - | |
|---|
| 4601 | | - | policy regarding conflict of interest transactions. The policy 3100 |
|---|
| 4602 | | - | shall require annual certification of compliance with the policy 3101 |
|---|
| 4603 | | - | by all directors, officers, and trustees of the charitable 3102 |
|---|
| 4604 | | - | organization. A copy of the annual certification shall be 3103 |
|---|
| 4605 | | - | submitted to the department with the annual registration 3104 |
|---|
| 4606 | | - | statement required by s. 496.405. 3105 |
|---|
| 4607 | | - | Section 89. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3106 |
|---|
| 4608 | | - | made by this act to section 496. 405, Florida Statutes, in 3107 |
|---|
| 4609 | | - | references thereto, subsections (2) and (4) of section 496.406, 3108 |
|---|
| 4610 | | - | Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 3109 |
|---|
| 4611 | | - | 496.406 Exemption from registration. — 3110 |
|---|
| 4612 | | - | (2) Before soliciting contributions, a charitable 3111 |
|---|
| 4613 | | - | organization or sponsor claiming to be exempt from the 3112 |
|---|
| 4614 | | - | registration requirements of s. 496.405 under paragraph (1)(d) 3113 |
|---|
| 4615 | | - | must submit annually to the department, on forms prescribed by 3114 |
|---|
| 4616 | | - | the department: 3115 |
|---|
| 4617 | | - | (a) The name, street address, and telephone number of the 3116 |
|---|
| 4618 | | - | charitable organization or spons or, the name under which it 3117 |
|---|
| 4619 | | - | intends to solicit contributions, the purpose for which it is 3118 |
|---|
| 4620 | | - | organized, and the purpose or purposes for which the 3119 |
|---|
| 4621 | | - | contributions to be solicited will be used. 3120 |
|---|
| 4622 | | - | (b) The tax exempt status of the organization. 3121 |
|---|
| 4623 | | - | (c) The date on which the organization's fiscal year ends. 3122 |
|---|
| 4624 | | - | (d) The names, street addresses, and telephone numbers of 3123 |
|---|
| 4625 | | - | the individuals or officers who have final responsibility for 3124 |
|---|
| 4626 | | - | |
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| 4627 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4628 | | - | |
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| 4635 | | - | |
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| 4636 | | - | |
|---|
| 4637 | | - | |
|---|
| 4638 | | - | the custody of the contributions and who will be responsible for 3125 |
|---|
| 4639 | | - | the final distribution of th e contributions. 3126 |
|---|
| 4640 | | - | (e) A financial statement of support, revenue, and 3127 |
|---|
| 4641 | | - | expenses and a statement of functional expenses that must 3128 |
|---|
| 4642 | | - | include, but not be limited to, expenses in the following 3129 |
|---|
| 4643 | | - | categories: program, management and general, and fundraising. In 3130 |
|---|
| 4644 | | - | lieu of the financial statement, a charitable organization or 3131 |
|---|
| 4645 | | - | sponsor may submit a copy of its Internal Revenue Service Form 3132 |
|---|
| 4646 | | - | 990 and all attached schedules or Internal Revenue Service Form 3133 |
|---|
| 4647 | | - | 990-EZ and Schedule O. 3134 |
|---|
| 4648 | | - | (4) Exemption from the registration requirement s of s. 3135 |
|---|
| 4649 | | - | 496.405 does not limit the applicability of other provisions of 3136 |
|---|
| 4650 | | - | this section to a charitable organization or sponsor. 3137 |
|---|
| 4651 | | - | Section 90. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3138 |
|---|
| 4652 | | - | made by this act to section 500.12, Florida Statutes, in a 3139 |
|---|
| 4653 | | - | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 3140 |
|---|
| 4654 | | - | 500.80, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3141 |
|---|
| 4655 | | - | 500.80 Cottage food operations. — 3142 |
|---|
| 4656 | | - | (1)(a) A cottage food operation must comply with the 3143 |
|---|
| 4657 | | - | applicable requirements of this chapter but is exempt from the 3144 |
|---|
| 4658 | | - | permitting requirements of s. 500.12 if the cottage food 3145 |
|---|
| 4659 | | - | operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales 3146 |
|---|
| 4660 | | - | of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000. 3147 |
|---|
| 4661 | | - | Section 91. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3148 |
|---|
| 4662 | | - | made by this act to section 500.172, Florida Statutes, in a 3149 |
|---|
| 4663 | | - | |
|---|
| 4664 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4665 | | - | |
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| 4670 | | - | Page 127 of 128 |
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| 4672 | | - | |
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| 4673 | | - | |
|---|
| 4674 | | - | |
|---|
| 4675 | | - | reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 500.121, Florida 3150 |
|---|
| 4676 | | - | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3151 |
|---|
| 4677 | | - | 500.121 Disciplinary procedures. — 3152 |
|---|
| 4678 | | - | (6) If the department determines that a food offered in a 3153 |
|---|
| 4679 | | - | food establishment is la beled with nutrient claims that are in 3154 |
|---|
| 4680 | | - | violation of this chapter, the department shall retest or 3155 |
|---|
| 4681 | | - | reexamine the product within 90 days after notification to the 3156 |
|---|
| 4682 | | - | manufacturer and to the firm at which the product was collected. 3157 |
|---|
| 4683 | | - | If the product is again found i n violation, the department shall 3158 |
|---|
| 4684 | | - | test or examine the product for a third time within 60 days 3159 |
|---|
| 4685 | | - | after the second notification. The product manufacturer shall 3160 |
|---|
| 4686 | | - | reimburse the department for the cost of the third test or 3161 |
|---|
| 4687 | | - | examination. If the product is found in v iolation for a third 3162 |
|---|
| 4688 | | - | time, the department shall exercise its authority under s. 3163 |
|---|
| 4689 | | - | 500.172 and issue a stop -sale or stop-use order. The department 3164 |
|---|
| 4690 | | - | may impose additional sanctions for violations of this 3165 |
|---|
| 4691 | | - | subsection. 3166 |
|---|
| 4692 | | - | Section 92. For the purpose of incorporat ing the amendment 3167 |
|---|
| 4693 | | - | made by this act to section 790.06, Florida Statutes, in a 3168 |
|---|
| 4694 | | - | reference thereto, section 790.061, Florida Statutes, is 3169 |
|---|
| 4695 | | - | reenacted to read: 3170 |
|---|
| 4696 | | - | 790.061 Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure 3171 |
|---|
| 4697 | | - | provisions.—A county court judge, circuit cour t judge, district 3172 |
|---|
| 4698 | | - | court of appeal judge, justice of the supreme court, federal 3173 |
|---|
| 4699 | | - | district court judge, or federal court of appeals judge serving 3174 |
|---|
| 4700 | | - | |
|---|
| 4701 | | - | CS/CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4709 | | - | |
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| 4710 | | - | |
|---|
| 4711 | | - | |
|---|
| 4712 | | - | in this state is not required to comply with the provisions of 3175 |
|---|
| 4713 | | - | s. 790.06 in order to receive a license to carry a concealed 3176 |
|---|
| 4714 | | - | weapon or firearm, except that any such justice or judge must 3177 |
|---|
| 4715 | | - | comply with the provisions of s. 790.06(2)(h). The Department of 3178 |
|---|
| 4716 | | - | Agriculture and Consumer Services shall issue a license to carry 3179 |
|---|
| 4717 | | - | a concealed weapon or firearm to any such justice or judge upon 3180 |
|---|
| 4718 | | - | demonstration of competence of the justice or judge pursuant to 3181 |
|---|
| 4719 | | - | s. 790.06(2)(h). 3182 |
|---|
| 4720 | | - | Section 93. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 3183 |
|---|
| 4721 | | - | act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 3184 |
|---|
| 2993 | + | 531.49 Advertising packages for sale. —Whenever A packaged 2020 |
|---|
| 2994 | + | commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price 2021 |
|---|
| 2995 | + | stated, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with 2022 |
|---|
| 2996 | + | the retail price must have a declaration of quantity as is 2023 |
|---|
| 2997 | + | required by law or rule to appear on the package. 2024 |
|---|
| 2998 | + | Section 59. Subsection (10) of section 564.06, Florida 2025 |
|---|
| 2999 | + | |
|---|
| 3000 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3001 | + | |
|---|
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| 3004 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 3006 | + | Page 82 of 124 |
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| 3007 | + | 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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| 3008 | + | |
|---|
| 3009 | + | |
|---|
| 3010 | + | |
|---|
| 3011 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 2026 |
|---|
| 3012 | + | 564.06 Excise taxes on wines and beverages. — 2027 |
|---|
| 3013 | + | (10) Fifty percent of all revenues collected from the 2028 |
|---|
| 3014 | + | excise taxes imposed by this sect ion on wine produced by 2029 |
|---|
| 3015 | + | manufacturers in this state from products grown in the state 2030 |
|---|
| 3016 | + | must be deposited into the Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund 2031 |
|---|
| 3017 | + | established pursuant to s. 599.012. 2032 |
|---|
| 3018 | + | Section 60. Subsections (44), (45), and (46) of section 2033 |
|---|
| 3019 | + | 570.07, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (47), 2034 |
|---|
| 3020 | + | (48), and (49), respectively, and new subsections (44), (45), 2035 |
|---|
| 3021 | + | and (46) are added to that section, to read: 2036 |
|---|
| 3022 | + | 570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 2037 |
|---|
| 3023 | + | functions, powers, and duties. —The department shall have and 2038 |
|---|
| 3024 | + | exercise the following functions, powers, and duties: 2039 |
|---|
| 3025 | + | (44)(a) To foster and encourage the employment and 2040 |
|---|
| 3026 | + | retention of qualified veterinary pathologists. The department 2041 |
|---|
| 3027 | + | may reimburse the educational expenses of qualified veterinary 2042 |
|---|
| 3028 | + | pathologists who enter into an agreement with the department to 2043 |
|---|
| 3029 | + | retain employment for a specified period of time. 2044 |
|---|
| 3030 | + | (b) The department shall adopt rules to administer this 2045 |
|---|
| 3031 | + | subsection. 2046 |
|---|
| 3032 | + | (45) Subject to appropriation, to extend state and 2047 |
|---|
| 3033 | + | national Future Farmer s of America opportunities to any public 2048 |
|---|
| 3034 | + | school student enrolled in agricultural education, at little or 2049 |
|---|
| 3035 | + | no cost to the student or school district, and to support 2050 |
|---|
| 3036 | + | |
|---|
| 3037 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3038 | + | |
|---|
| 3039 | + | |
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| 3040 | + | |
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| 3041 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 3043 | + | Page 83 of 124 |
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| 3044 | + | 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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| 3045 | + | |
|---|
| 3046 | + | |
|---|
| 3047 | + | |
|---|
| 3048 | + | statewide Future Farmers of America programming that helps such 2051 |
|---|
| 3049 | + | students develop their potent ial for premier leadership, 2052 |
|---|
| 3050 | + | personal growth, and career success. 2053 |
|---|
| 3051 | + | (46)(a) Notwithstanding ss. 287.042 and 287.057, to use 2054 |
|---|
| 3052 | + | contracts procured by another agency. 2055 |
|---|
| 3053 | + | (b) As used in this subsection, the term "agency" has the 2056 |
|---|
| 3054 | + | same meaning as provided in s. 287. 012. 2057 |
|---|
| 3055 | + | Section 61. Subsection (2) of section 570.544, Florida 2058 |
|---|
| 3056 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 2059 |
|---|
| 3057 | + | 570.544 Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; 2060 |
|---|
| 3058 | + | processing of complaints; records. — 2061 |
|---|
| 3059 | + | (2) The director shall supervise, direct, and coordinate 2062 |
|---|
| 3060 | + | the activities of the division and shall, under the direction of 2063 |
|---|
| 3061 | + | the department, enforce the provisions of ss. 366.94 and ss. 2064 |
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| 3062 | + | 604.15-604.34 and chapters 177, 472, 496, 501, 507, 525, 526, 2065 |
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| 3063 | + | 527, 531, 534, 535, 539, 559, 616, 692, 817, and 849. 2066 |
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| 3064 | + | Section 62. Section 570.546, Florida Statutes, is created 2067 |
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| 3065 | + | to read: 2068 |
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| 3066 | + | 570.546 Licensing.— 2069 |
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| 3067 | + | (1) The department is authorized to: 2070 |
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| 3068 | + | (a) Create a process for the bulk renewal of licenses 2071 |
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| 3069 | + | which will allow licensees the ability, upon request, to submit 2072 |
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| 3070 | + | all license applications of the same type, notwithstanding any 2073 |
|---|
| 3071 | + | provisions of law applicable to each application process. 2074 |
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| 3072 | + | (b) Create a process that will allow licensees, upon 2075 |
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| 3073 | + | |
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| 3082 | + | |
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| 3083 | + | |
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| 3084 | + | |
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| 3085 | + | request, to align the expiration dates of licenses within a 2076 |
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| 3086 | + | statutory program. 2077 |
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| 3087 | + | (c) Change the expiration dates for current licensees for 2078 |
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| 3088 | + | the purpose of reducing large numbers of license expirations 2079 |
|---|
| 3089 | + | that occur during the same month. 2080 |
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| 3090 | + | (2) The department shall prorate any licensing fee fo r 2081 |
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| 3091 | + | which the term of the license was reduced for the purposes of 2082 |
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| 3092 | + | alignment. 2083 |
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| 3093 | + | (3) The department shall adopt rules to implement this 2084 |
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| 3094 | + | section. 2085 |
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| 3095 | + | Section 63. Section 570.694, Florida Statutes, is created 2086 |
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| 3096 | + | to read: 2087 |
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| 3097 | + | 570.694 Florida Aquaculture Foundation. — 2088 |
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| 3098 | + | (1) The Florida Aquaculture Foundation is established as a 2089 |
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| 3099 | + | direct-support organization within the Department of Agriculture 2090 |
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| 3100 | + | and Consumer Services. The purpose of the foundation is to: 2091 |
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| 3101 | + | (a) Conduct programs and activities related to the 2092 |
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| 3102 | + | assistance, promotion, and furtherance of aquaculture and 2093 |
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| 3103 | + | aquaculture producers in this state. 2094 |
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| 3104 | + | (b) Identify and pursue methods to provide statewide 2095 |
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| 3105 | + | resources and materials for these programs. 2096 |
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| 3106 | + | (2) The foundation shall be governed by s. 570.691. 2097 |
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| 3107 | + | (3) The department is au thorized to appoint an advisory 2098 |
|---|
| 3108 | + | committee adjunct to the foundation pursuant to s. 570.232. 2099 |
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| 3109 | + | Section 64. Section 570.822, Florida Statutes, is amended 2100 |
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| 3110 | + | |
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| 3119 | + | |
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| 3120 | + | |
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| 3121 | + | |
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| 3122 | + | to read: 2101 |
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| 3123 | + | 570.822 Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Emergency 2102 |
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| 3124 | + | Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program.— 2103 |
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| 3125 | + | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 2104 |
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| 3126 | + | (a) "Bona fide farm operation" means a farm operation 2105 |
|---|
| 3127 | + | engaged in a good faith commercial agricultural use of land on 2106 |
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| 3128 | + | land classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461 or on 2107 |
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| 3129 | + | sovereign submerged land that is leased to the applicant by the 2108 |
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| 3130 | + | department pursuant to s. 597.010 and that produces agricultural 2109 |
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| 3131 | + | products within the definition of agriculture under s. 570.02. 2110 |
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| 3132 | + | (b) "Declared emergency natural disaster" means an 2111 |
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| 3133 | + | emergency a natural disaster for which a state of emergency is 2112 |
|---|
| 3134 | + | declared pursuant to s. 252.36 or s. 570.07(21). 2113 |
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| 3135 | + | (c) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 2114 |
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| 3136 | + | Consumer Services. 2115 |
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| 3137 | + | (d) "Essential physical property" means fences; equipment; 2116 |
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| 3138 | + | structural production facilities , such as shade houses and 2117 |
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| 3139 | + | greenhouses; or other agriculture or aquaculture facilities or 2118 |
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| 3140 | + | infrastructure. 2119 |
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| 3141 | + | (e) "Program" means the Agriculture and Aquaculture 2120 |
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| 3142 | + | Producers Emergency Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. 2121 |
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| 3143 | + | (2) USE OF LOAN FUNDS; LOAN TERMS.— 2122 |
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| 3144 | + | (a) The program is established within the department to 2123 |
|---|
| 3145 | + | make loans to agriculture and aquaculture producers that have 2124 |
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| 3146 | + | experienced damage or destruction from a declared emergency 2125 |
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| 3147 | + | |
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| 3148 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3156 | + | |
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| 3157 | + | |
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| 3158 | + | |
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| 3159 | + | natural disaster. Loan funds may be used to restore, repair, or 2126 |
|---|
| 3160 | + | replace essential physical property or remove vegetative debris 2127 |
|---|
| 3161 | + | from essential physical property , or restock aquaculture . A 2128 |
|---|
| 3162 | + | structure or building constructed using loan proceeds must 2129 |
|---|
| 3163 | + | comply with storm-hardening standards for nonresidential farm 2130 |
|---|
| 3164 | + | buildings as defined in s. 604.50(2). The department shall adopt 2131 |
|---|
| 3165 | + | such standards by rule. 2132 |
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| 3166 | + | (b) The department may make a low -interest or interest -2133 |
|---|
| 3167 | + | free loan to an eligible applicant. The maximum amount that an 2134 |
|---|
| 3168 | + | applicant may receive during the application period for a loan 2135 |
|---|
| 3169 | + | is $500,000. An applicant may not receive more than one loan per 2136 |
|---|
| 3170 | + | application period and no more than two loans per year or no 2137 |
|---|
| 3171 | + | more than five loans in any 3 -year period. A loan term is 10 2138 |
|---|
| 3172 | + | years. 2139 |
|---|
| 3173 | + | (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS. —To be eligible for the program, 2140 |
|---|
| 3174 | + | an applicant must: 2141 |
|---|
| 3175 | + | (a) Own or lease a bona fide farm operation that is 2142 |
|---|
| 3176 | + | located in a county named in a declared emergency natural 2143 |
|---|
| 3177 | + | disaster and that was damaged or destroyed as a result of such 2144 |
|---|
| 3178 | + | declared emergency natural disaster. 2145 |
|---|
| 3179 | + | (b) Maintain complete and acceptable farm records, 2146 |
|---|
| 3180 | + | pursuant to criteria published by the department, and present 2147 |
|---|
| 3181 | + | them as proof of production levels and bona fide farm 2148 |
|---|
| 3182 | + | operations. 2149 |
|---|
| 3183 | + | (4) LOAN APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT. — 2150 |
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| 3184 | + | |
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| 3185 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3186 | + | |
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| 3187 | + | |
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| 3188 | + | |
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| 3193 | + | |
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| 3194 | + | |
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| 3195 | + | |
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| 3196 | + | (a) Requests for loans must be made by application to the 2151 |
|---|
| 3197 | + | department. Upon a determination that funding for loans is 2152 |
|---|
| 3198 | + | available, the department shall publicly notice an application 2153 |
|---|
| 3199 | + | period for the declared emergency natural disaster, beginning 2154 |
|---|
| 3200 | + | within 60 days after the date of the declared emergency natural 2155 |
|---|
| 3201 | + | disaster and running up to 1 year after the date of the declared 2156 |
|---|
| 3202 | + | emergency natural disaster or until all available loan funds are 2157 |
|---|
| 3203 | + | exhausted, whichever occurs first. The application may be 2158 |
|---|
| 3204 | + | renewed upon a determination from the department and pursuant to 2159 |
|---|
| 3205 | + | an active declared emergency. 2160 |
|---|
| 3206 | + | (b) An applicant must demonstrate the need for financial 2161 |
|---|
| 3207 | + | assistance and an ability to repay or meet a standard credit 2162 |
|---|
| 3208 | + | rating determined by the department. 2163 |
|---|
| 3209 | + | (c) Loans must be made pursuant to written agreements 2164 |
|---|
| 3210 | + | specifying the terms and co nditions agreed to by the approved 2165 |
|---|
| 3211 | + | applicant and the department. The loan agreement must specify 2166 |
|---|
| 3212 | + | that the loan is due upon sale if the property or other 2167 |
|---|
| 3213 | + | collateral for the loan is sold. 2168 |
|---|
| 3214 | + | (d) An approved applicant must agree to stay in production 2169 |
|---|
| 3215 | + | for the duration of the loan. A loan is not assumable. 2170 |
|---|
| 3216 | + | (5) LOAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. —All loans must be secured 2171 |
|---|
| 3217 | + | by a lien, subordinate only to any mortgage held by a financial 2172 |
|---|
| 3218 | + | institution as defined in s. 655.005, on property or other 2173 |
|---|
| 3219 | + | collateral as set forth in the loan agreement. The specific type 2174 |
|---|
| 3220 | + | of collateral required may vary depending upon the loan purpose, 2175 |
|---|
| 3221 | + | |
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| 3222 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3223 | + | |
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| 3224 | + | |
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| 3225 | + | |
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| 3230 | + | |
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| 3231 | + | |
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| 3232 | + | |
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| 3233 | + | repayment ability, and the particular circumstances of the 2176 |
|---|
| 3234 | + | applicant. The department shall record the lien in public 2177 |
|---|
| 3235 | + | records in the county where the prop erty is located and, in the 2178 |
|---|
| 3236 | + | case of personal property, perfect the security interest by 2179 |
|---|
| 3237 | + | filing appropriate Uniform Commercial Code forms with the 2180 |
|---|
| 3238 | + | Florida Secured Transaction Registry as required pursuant to 2181 |
|---|
| 3239 | + | chapter 679. 2182 |
|---|
| 3240 | + | (6) LOAN REPAYMENT. — 2183 |
|---|
| 3241 | + | (a) A loan is due and payable in accordance with the terms 2184 |
|---|
| 3242 | + | of the loan agreement. 2185 |
|---|
| 3243 | + | (b) The department shall defer payments for the first 3 2186 |
|---|
| 3244 | + | years of the loan. After 3 years, the department shall reduce 2187 |
|---|
| 3245 | + | the principal balance annually through the end of the loan term 2188 |
|---|
| 3246 | + | such that the original principal balance is reduced by 30 2189 |
|---|
| 3247 | + | percent. If the principal balance is repaid before the end of 2190 |
|---|
| 3248 | + | the 10th year, the applicant may not be required to pay more 2191 |
|---|
| 3249 | + | than 70 percent of the original principal balance. The approved 2192 |
|---|
| 3250 | + | applicant must continue to be actively engaged in production in 2193 |
|---|
| 3251 | + | order to receive the original principal balance reductions and 2194 |
|---|
| 3252 | + | must continue to meet the loan agreement terms to the 2195 |
|---|
| 3253 | + | satisfaction of the department. 2196 |
|---|
| 3254 | + | (c) An approved applicant may make payments on the lo an at 2197 |
|---|
| 3255 | + | any time without penalty. Early repayment is encouraged as other 2198 |
|---|
| 3256 | + | funding sources or revenues become available to the approved 2199 |
|---|
| 3257 | + | applicant. 2200 |
|---|
| 3258 | + | |
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| 3259 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3260 | + | |
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| 3261 | + | |
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| 3266 | + | 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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| 3267 | + | |
|---|
| 3268 | + | |
|---|
| 3269 | + | |
|---|
| 3270 | + | (d) All repayments of principal and interest, if 2201 |
|---|
| 3271 | + | applicable, received by the department in a fiscal year must b e 2202 |
|---|
| 3272 | + | returned to the loan fund and made available for loans to other 2203 |
|---|
| 3273 | + | applicants in the next application period. 2204 |
|---|
| 3274 | + | (e) The department may periodically review an approved 2205 |
|---|
| 3275 | + | applicant to determine whether he or she continues to be in 2206 |
|---|
| 3276 | + | compliance with the terms of t he loan agreement. If the 2207 |
|---|
| 3277 | + | department finds that an applicant is no longer in production or 2208 |
|---|
| 3278 | + | has otherwise violated the loan agreement, the department may 2209 |
|---|
| 3279 | + | seek repayment of the full original principal balance 2210 |
|---|
| 3280 | + | outstanding, including any interest or costs, as applicable, and 2211 |
|---|
| 3281 | + | excluding any applied or anticipated original principal balance 2212 |
|---|
| 3282 | + | reductions. 2213 |
|---|
| 3283 | + | (f) The department may defer or waive loan payments if at 2214 |
|---|
| 3284 | + | any time during the repayment period of a loan, the approved 2215 |
|---|
| 3285 | + | applicant experiences a significant hardshi p such as crop loss 2216 |
|---|
| 3286 | + | from a weather-related event or from impacts from a natural 2217 |
|---|
| 3287 | + | disaster or declared emergency. 2218 |
|---|
| 3288 | + | (7) ADMINISTRATION. — 2219 |
|---|
| 3289 | + | (a) The department shall create and maintain a separate 2220 |
|---|
| 3290 | + | account in the General Inspection Trust Fund as a fund for the 2221 |
|---|
| 3291 | + | program. All repayments must be returned to the loan fund and 2222 |
|---|
| 3292 | + | made available as provided in this section. Notwithstanding s. 2223 |
|---|
| 3293 | + | 216.301, funds appropriated for the loan program are not subject 2224 |
|---|
| 3294 | + | to reversion. The department shall manage the fund, establishing 2225 |
|---|
| 3295 | + | |
|---|
| 3296 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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|---|
| 3298 | + | |
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| 3304 | + | |
|---|
| 3305 | + | |
|---|
| 3306 | + | |
|---|
| 3307 | + | loan practices that must include, but are not limited to, 2226 |
|---|
| 3308 | + | procedures for establishing loan interest rates, uses of 2227 |
|---|
| 3309 | + | funding, application procedures, and application review 2228 |
|---|
| 3310 | + | procedures. The department is authorized to contract with a 2229 |
|---|
| 3311 | + | third-party administrator to administer the program and manage 2230 |
|---|
| 3312 | + | the loan fund. A contract for a third -party administrator that 2231 |
|---|
| 3313 | + | includes management of the loan fund must, at a minimum, require 2232 |
|---|
| 3314 | + | maintenance of the loan fund to ensure that the program may 2233 |
|---|
| 3315 | + | operate in a revolving manner. 2234 |
|---|
| 3316 | + | (b) The department shall coordinate with other state 2235 |
|---|
| 3317 | + | agencies and other entities to ensure to the greatest extent 2236 |
|---|
| 3318 | + | possible that agriculture and aquaculture producers in this 2237 |
|---|
| 3319 | + | state have access to the maximum financial assistance available 2238 |
|---|
| 3320 | + | following a declared emergency natural disaster. The 2239 |
|---|
| 3321 | + | coordination must endeavor to ensure that there is no 2240 |
|---|
| 3322 | + | duplication of financial assistance between the loan program and 2241 |
|---|
| 3323 | + | other funding sources, such as any federal or other state 2242 |
|---|
| 3324 | + | programs, including public assistance requ ests to the Federal 2243 |
|---|
| 3325 | + | Emergency Management Agency or financial assistance from the 2244 |
|---|
| 3326 | + | United States Department of Agriculture, which could render the 2245 |
|---|
| 3327 | + | approved applicant ineligible for other financial assistance. 2246 |
|---|
| 3328 | + | (8) PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION. — 2247 |
|---|
| 3329 | + | (a) The following information held by the department 2248 |
|---|
| 3330 | + | pursuant to its administration of the program is exempt from s. 2249 |
|---|
| 3331 | + | 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution: 2250 |
|---|
| 3332 | + | |
|---|
| 3333 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3334 | + | |
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| 3335 | + | |
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| 3340 | + | 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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| 3341 | + | |
|---|
| 3342 | + | |
|---|
| 3343 | + | |
|---|
| 3344 | + | 1. Tax returns. 2251 |
|---|
| 3345 | + | 2. Credit history information, credit reports, and credit 2252 |
|---|
| 3346 | + | scores. 2253 |
|---|
| 3347 | + | (b) This subsection does not prohibit the disclosure of 2254 |
|---|
| 3348 | + | information held by the department pursuant to its 2255 |
|---|
| 3349 | + | administration of the program in an aggregated and anonymized 2256 |
|---|
| 3350 | + | format. 2257 |
|---|
| 3351 | + | (c) This subsection is subject to the Open Government 2258 |
|---|
| 3352 | + | Sunset Review Act in accord ance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 2259 |
|---|
| 3353 | + | repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from 2260 |
|---|
| 3354 | + | repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 2261 |
|---|
| 3355 | + | (9) RULES.—The department shall adopt rules to implement 2262 |
|---|
| 3356 | + | this section. 2263 |
|---|
| 3357 | + | (10) REPORTS.—By December 1, 2024, and each December 1 2264 |
|---|
| 3358 | + | thereafter, the department shall provide a report on program 2265 |
|---|
| 3359 | + | activities during the previous fiscal year to the President of 2266 |
|---|
| 3360 | + | the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 2267 |
|---|
| 3361 | + | report must include information on noticed applicat ion periods, 2268 |
|---|
| 3362 | + | the number and value of loans awarded under the program for each 2269 |
|---|
| 3363 | + | application period, the number and value of loans outstanding, 2270 |
|---|
| 3364 | + | the number and value of any loan repayments received, and an 2271 |
|---|
| 3365 | + | anticipated repayment schedule for all loans. 2272 |
|---|
| 3366 | + | (11) SUNSET.—This section expires July 1, 2043, unless 2273 |
|---|
| 3367 | + | reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 2274 |
|---|
| 3368 | + | Legislature. 2275 |
|---|
| 3369 | + | |
|---|
| 3370 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3378 | + | |
|---|
| 3379 | + | |
|---|
| 3380 | + | |
|---|
| 3381 | + | Section 65. Section 570.823, Florida Statutes, is created 2276 |
|---|
| 3382 | + | to read: 2277 |
|---|
| 3383 | + | 570.823 Silviculture emergency recovery program. — 2278 |
|---|
| 3384 | + | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 2279 |
|---|
| 3385 | + | (a) "Bona fide farm operation" means a farm operation 2280 |
|---|
| 3386 | + | engaged in a good faith commercial agricultural use of land on 2281 |
|---|
| 3387 | + | land classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461 that 2282 |
|---|
| 3388 | + | produces agricultural products with in the definition of 2283 |
|---|
| 3389 | + | agriculture under s. 570.02. 2284 |
|---|
| 3390 | + | (b) "Declared emergency" means an emergency for which a 2285 |
|---|
| 3391 | + | state of emergency is declared pursuant to s. 252.36 or s. 2286 |
|---|
| 3392 | + | 570.07(21). 2287 |
|---|
| 3393 | + | (c) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and 2288 |
|---|
| 3394 | + | Consumer Services. 2289 |
|---|
| 3395 | + | (d) "Program" means the silviculture emergency recovery 2290 |
|---|
| 3396 | + | program. 2291 |
|---|
| 3397 | + | (2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS; GRANT TERMS. — 2292 |
|---|
| 3398 | + | (a) The silviculture emergency recovery program is 2293 |
|---|
| 3399 | + | established within the department to administer a grant program 2294 |
|---|
| 3400 | + | to assist timber landowners who se timber land was damaged as a 2295 |
|---|
| 3401 | + | result of a declared emergency. Grants provided to eligible 2296 |
|---|
| 3402 | + | timber landowners must be used for: 2297 |
|---|
| 3403 | + | 1. Timber stand restoration, including downed tree removal 2298 |
|---|
| 3404 | + | on land which will retain the existing trees on site which are 2299 |
|---|
| 3405 | + | lightly or completely undamaged; 2300 |
|---|
| 3406 | + | |
|---|
| 3407 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3415 | + | |
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| 3416 | + | |
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| 3417 | + | |
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| 3418 | + | 2. Site preparation, and tree replanting; or 2301 |
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| 3419 | + | 3. Road and trail clearing on private timber lands to 2302 |
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| 3420 | + | provide emergency access and facilitate salvage operations. 2303 |
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| 3421 | + | (b) Only timber land located on lands classified as 2304 |
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| 3422 | + | agricultural lands under s. 193.461 are eligible for the 2305 |
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| 3423 | + | program. 2306 |
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| 3424 | + | (c) The department shall coordinate with state agencies 2307 |
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| 3425 | + | and other entities to ensure to the greatest extent possible 2308 |
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| 3426 | + | that timber landowners have access to the maximum financial 2309 |
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| 3427 | + | assistance available following a specified declared emergency. 2310 |
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| 3428 | + | The coordination must endeavor to ensure that there is no 2311 |
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| 3429 | + | duplication of financial assistance between these funds and 2312 |
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| 3430 | + | other funding sources, such as any federal or other state 2313 |
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| 3431 | + | programs, including public assistance requests to the Federal 2314 |
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| 3432 | + | Emergency Management Agency or financial assistance from the 2315 |
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| 3433 | + | United States Department of Agriculture, which would render the 2316 |
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| 3434 | + | approved applicant ineligible for other financial assistance. 2317 |
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| 3435 | + | (d) The department is authorized to adopt r ules to 2318 |
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| 3436 | + | implement this section, including emergency rules. 2319 |
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| 3437 | + | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency rules 2320 |
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| 3438 | + | adopted pursuant to this subsection are effective for 6 months 2321 |
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| 3439 | + | after adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of 2322 |
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| 3440 | + | procedures to adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of 2323 |
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| 3441 | + | the emergency rules. 2324 |
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| 3442 | + | Section 66. Subsections (6) and (7) of section 581.1843, 2325 |
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| 3443 | + | |
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| 3444 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3445 | + | |
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| 3446 | + | |
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| 3452 | + | |
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| 3453 | + | |
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| 3454 | + | |
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| 3455 | + | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5) and (6), 2326 |
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| 3456 | + | respectively, and subsection (2) and present subsection (5) of 2327 |
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| 3457 | + | that section are amended, to read: 2328 |
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| 3458 | + | 581.1843 Citrus nursery stock propagation and production 2329 |
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| 3459 | + | and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus 2330 |
|---|
| 3460 | + | nurseries.— 2331 |
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| 3461 | + | (2) Effective January 1, 2007, it is unlawful for any 2332 |
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| 3462 | + | person to propagate for sale or movement any citrus nursery 2333 |
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| 3463 | + | stock that was not propagated or grown on a site and within a 2334 |
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| 3464 | + | protective structure approved by the department and that is not 2335 |
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| 3465 | + | at least 1 mile away from commercial citrus groves. A citrus 2336 |
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| 3466 | + | nursery registered with the department prior to April 1, 2006, 2337 |
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| 3467 | + | shall not be required to comply with the 1 -mile setback from 2338 |
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| 3468 | + | commercial citrus groves while continuously operating at the 2339 |
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| 3469 | + | same location for which it was registered . However, the nursery 2340 |
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| 3470 | + | shall be required to propagate citrus within a protective 2341 |
|---|
| 3471 | + | structure approved by the department. Effective January 1, 2008, 2342 |
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| 3472 | + | it is shall be unlawful to distribute any citrus nursery stock 2343 |
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| 3473 | + | that was not produced in a protective structure approved by the 2344 |
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| 3474 | + | department. 2345 |
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| 3475 | + | (5) The department shall establish regulated areas a round 2346 |
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| 3476 | + | the perimeter of commercial citrus nurseries that were 2347 |
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| 3477 | + | established on sites after April 1, 2006, not to exceed a radius 2348 |
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| 3478 | + | of 1 mile. The planting of citrus in an established regulated 2349 |
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| 3479 | + | area is prohibited. The planting of citrus within a 1 -mile 2350 |
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| 3480 | + | |
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| 3481 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3482 | + | |
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| 3483 | + | |
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| 3489 | + | |
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| 3490 | + | |
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| 3491 | + | |
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| 3492 | + | radius of commercial citrus nurseries that were established on 2351 |
|---|
| 3493 | + | sites prior to April 1, 2006, must be approved by the 2352 |
|---|
| 3494 | + | department. Citrus plants planted within a regulated area prior 2353 |
|---|
| 3495 | + | to the establishment of the regulated area may remain in the 2354 |
|---|
| 3496 | + | regulated area unless t he department determines the citrus 2355 |
|---|
| 3497 | + | plants to be infected or infested with citrus canker or citrus 2356 |
|---|
| 3498 | + | greening. The department shall require the removal of infected 2357 |
|---|
| 3499 | + | or infested citrus, nonapproved planted citrus, and citrus that 2358 |
|---|
| 3500 | + | has sprouted by natural means in regulated areas. The property 2359 |
|---|
| 3501 | + | owner shall be responsible for the removal of citrus planted 2360 |
|---|
| 3502 | + | without proper approval. Notice of the removal of citrus trees, 2361 |
|---|
| 3503 | + | by immediate final order of the department, shall be provided to 2362 |
|---|
| 3504 | + | the owner of the property on whic h the trees are located. An 2363 |
|---|
| 3505 | + | immediate final order issued by the department under this 2364 |
|---|
| 3506 | + | section shall notify the property owner that the citrus trees, 2365 |
|---|
| 3507 | + | which are the subject of the immediate final order, must be 2366 |
|---|
| 3508 | + | removed and destroyed unless the property owner , no later than 2367 |
|---|
| 3509 | + | 10 days after delivery of the immediate final order, requests 2368 |
|---|
| 3510 | + | and obtains a stay of the immediate final order from the 2369 |
|---|
| 3511 | + | district court of appeal with jurisdiction to review such 2370 |
|---|
| 3512 | + | requests. The property owner shall not be required to seek a 2371 |
|---|
| 3513 | + | stay from the department of the immediate final order prior to 2372 |
|---|
| 3514 | + | seeking a stay from the district court of appeal. 2373 |
|---|
| 3515 | + | Section 67. Sections 593.101, 593.102, 593.103, 593.104, 2374 |
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| 3516 | + | 593.105, 593.106, 593.107, 593.108, 593.109, 593.11, 593.111, 2375 |
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| 3517 | + | |
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| 3518 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3519 | + | |
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| 3520 | + | |
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| 3526 | + | |
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| 3527 | + | |
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| 3528 | + | |
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| 3529 | + | 593.112, 593.113, 593.114, 593.1141, 593.1142, 593.115, 593.116, 2376 |
|---|
| 3530 | + | and 593.117, Florida Statutes, are repealed. 2377 |
|---|
| 3531 | + | Section 68. Subsection (11) of section 595.404, Florida 2378 |
|---|
| 3532 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 2379 |
|---|
| 3533 | + | 595.404 School food and other nutrition programs; powers 2380 |
|---|
| 3534 | + | and duties of the department.—The department has the following 2381 |
|---|
| 3535 | + | powers and duties: 2382 |
|---|
| 3536 | + | (11) To adopt and implement an appeal process by rule, as 2383 |
|---|
| 3537 | + | required by federal regulations, for applicants and participants 2384 |
|---|
| 3538 | + | under the programs implemented pursuant to this chapter, 2385 |
|---|
| 3539 | + | notwithstanding ss. 120.569, 120.57-120.595, and 120.68 ss. 2386 |
|---|
| 3540 | + | 120.569 and 120.57-120.595. 2387 |
|---|
| 3541 | + | Section 69. Section 599.002, Florida Statutes, is amended 2388 |
|---|
| 3542 | + | to read: 2389 |
|---|
| 3543 | + | 599.002 Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council.— 2390 |
|---|
| 3544 | + | (1) There is created within the Department of Ag riculture 2391 |
|---|
| 3545 | + | and Consumer Services the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory 2392 |
|---|
| 3546 | + | Council, to be composed consist of eight members as follows: the 2393 |
|---|
| 3547 | + | president of the Florida Wine and Grape Growers Association 2394 |
|---|
| 3548 | + | Florida Grape Growers' Association or a designee thereof; a 2395 |
|---|
| 3549 | + | representative from the Institute of Food and Agricultural 2396 |
|---|
| 3550 | + | Sciences; a representative from the viticultural science program 2397 |
|---|
| 3551 | + | at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; and five 2398 |
|---|
| 3552 | + | additional commercial members, to be appointed for a 2 -year term 2399 |
|---|
| 3553 | + | each by the Commissioner of Agriculture, including a wine 2400 |
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| 3554 | + | |
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| 3555 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3556 | + | |
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| 3557 | + | |
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| 3558 | + | |
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| 3563 | + | |
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| 3564 | + | |
|---|
| 3565 | + | |
|---|
| 3566 | + | producer, a fresh fruit producer, a nonwine product (juice, 2401 |
|---|
| 3567 | + | jelly, pie fillings, etc.) producer, and a viticultural nursery 2402 |
|---|
| 3568 | + | operator. 2403 |
|---|
| 3569 | + | (2) The meetings, powers and duties, procedures, and 2404 |
|---|
| 3570 | + | recordkeeping of the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council 2405 |
|---|
| 3571 | + | shall be pursuant to s. 570.232. 2406 |
|---|
| 3572 | + | (3) The primary responsibilities of the Florida Wine 2407 |
|---|
| 3573 | + | Viticulture Advisory Council are to submit to the Commissioner 2408 |
|---|
| 3574 | + | of Agriculture, annually, the industry's recommendations for 2409 |
|---|
| 3575 | + | wine and viticultural research, promotion, and education and, as 2410 |
|---|
| 3576 | + | necessary, the industry's recommendations for revisions to the 2411 |
|---|
| 3577 | + | State Wine Viticulture Plan. 2412 |
|---|
| 3578 | + | Section 70. Section 599.003, Florida Statutes, is amended 2413 |
|---|
| 3579 | + | to read: 2414 |
|---|
| 3580 | + | 599.003 State Wine Viticulture Plan.— 2415 |
|---|
| 3581 | + | (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with 2416 |
|---|
| 3582 | + | the Florida Wine Viticulture Advisory Council, shall develop and 2417 |
|---|
| 3583 | + | coordinate the implementation of the State Wine Viticulture 2418 |
|---|
| 3584 | + | Plan, which shall identify problems and constraints of the wine 2419 |
|---|
| 3585 | + | and viticulture industry, propose possible solutions to those 2420 |
|---|
| 3586 | + | problems, and develop planning mechanisms for the orderly growth 2421 |
|---|
| 3587 | + | of the industry, including: 2422 |
|---|
| 3588 | + | (a) Criteria for wine and viticultural research, service, 2423 |
|---|
| 3589 | + | and management priorities. 2424 |
|---|
| 3590 | + | (b) Additional proposed legislation that may be required. 2425 |
|---|
| 3591 | + | |
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| 3592 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3593 | + | |
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| 3594 | + | |
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| 3595 | + | |
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| 3599 | + | 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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| 3600 | + | |
|---|
| 3601 | + | |
|---|
| 3602 | + | |
|---|
| 3603 | + | (c) Plans and goals to improve research and service 2426 |
|---|
| 3604 | + | capabilities at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2427 |
|---|
| 3605 | + | and the University of Florida in their efforts to address 2428 |
|---|
| 3606 | + | current and future needs of the indust ry. 2429 |
|---|
| 3607 | + | (d) The potential for viticulture products in terms of 2430 |
|---|
| 3608 | + | market and needs for development. 2431 |
|---|
| 3609 | + | (e) Evaluation of wine policy alternatives, including, but 2432 |
|---|
| 3610 | + | not limited to, continued improvement in wine quality, blending 2433 |
|---|
| 3611 | + | considerations, promotion and advert ising, labeling and vineyard 2434 |
|---|
| 3612 | + | designations, and development of production and marketing 2435 |
|---|
| 3613 | + | strategies. 2436 |
|---|
| 3614 | + | (f) Evaluation of production and fresh fruit policy 2437 |
|---|
| 3615 | + | alternatives, including, but not limited to, setting minimum 2438 |
|---|
| 3616 | + | grades and standards, promotion and advert ising, development of 2439 |
|---|
| 3617 | + | production and marketing strategies, and setting minimum 2440 |
|---|
| 3618 | + | standards on types and quality of nursery plants. 2441 |
|---|
| 3619 | + | (g) Evaluation of policy alternatives for nonwine 2442 |
|---|
| 3620 | + | processed products, including, but not limited to, setting 2443 |
|---|
| 3621 | + | minimum quality standards and development of production and 2444 |
|---|
| 3622 | + | marketing strategies. 2445 |
|---|
| 3623 | + | (h) Research and service priorities for further 2446 |
|---|
| 3624 | + | development of the wine and viticulture industry. 2447 |
|---|
| 3625 | + | (i) The identification of state agencies and public and 2448 |
|---|
| 3626 | + | private institutions concerned w ith research, education, 2449 |
|---|
| 3627 | + | extension, services, planning, promotion, and marketing 2450 |
|---|
| 3628 | + | |
|---|
| 3629 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3630 | + | |
|---|
| 3631 | + | |
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| 3632 | + | |
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| 3636 | + | 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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| 3637 | + | |
|---|
| 3638 | + | |
|---|
| 3639 | + | |
|---|
| 3640 | + | functions related to wine and viticultural development and the 2451 |
|---|
| 3641 | + | delineation of contributions and responsibilities. 2452 |
|---|
| 3642 | + | (j) Business planning, investment potential, financial 2453 |
|---|
| 3643 | + | risks, and economics of production and utilization. 2454 |
|---|
| 3644 | + | (2) A revision and update of the State Wine Viticulture 2455 |
|---|
| 3645 | + | Plan must shall be submitted biennially to the President of the 2456 |
|---|
| 3646 | + | Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the 2457 |
|---|
| 3647 | + | chairs of appropriate com mittees of the Senate and House of 2458 |
|---|
| 3648 | + | Representatives, and a progress report and budget request must 2459 |
|---|
| 3649 | + | shall be submitted annually. 2460 |
|---|
| 3650 | + | Section 71. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and subsection 2461 |
|---|
| 3651 | + | (3) of section 599.004, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 2462 |
|---|
| 3652 | + | paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of that section, to 2463 |
|---|
| 3653 | + | read: 2464 |
|---|
| 3654 | + | 599.004 Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; 2465 |
|---|
| 3655 | + | fees.— 2466 |
|---|
| 3656 | + | (2)(a) The department, in coordination with the Florida 2467 |
|---|
| 3657 | + | Wine Viticulture Advisory Council, shall develop and designate 2468 |
|---|
| 3658 | + | by rule a Florida Farm Winery logo, emblem, and directional sign 2469 |
|---|
| 3659 | + | to guide the public to certified Florida Farm Wineries Winery 2470 |
|---|
| 3660 | + | tourist attractions. The logo and emblem of certified Florida 2471 |
|---|
| 3661 | + | Farm Winery signs must shall be uniform. 2472 |
|---|
| 3662 | + | (d) Wineries that fail to recerti fy annually or pay the 2473 |
|---|
| 3663 | + | licensing fee required in paragraph (c) are subject to having 2474 |
|---|
| 3664 | + | the signs referenced in paragraph (b) removed and will be 2475 |
|---|
| 3665 | + | |
|---|
| 3666 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3667 | + | |
|---|
| 3668 | + | |
|---|
| 3669 | + | |
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| 3673 | + | 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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| 3674 | + | |
|---|
| 3675 | + | |
|---|
| 3676 | + | |
|---|
| 3677 | + | responsible for all costs incurred by the Department of 2476 |
|---|
| 3678 | + | Transportation in connection with the removal. 2477 |
|---|
| 3679 | + | (3) All fees collected, except as otherwise provided by 2478 |
|---|
| 3680 | + | this section, shall be deposited into the Florida Wine 2479 |
|---|
| 3681 | + | Viticulture Trust Fund and used to develop consumer information 2480 |
|---|
| 3682 | + | on the native characteristics and proper use of wines. 2481 |
|---|
| 3683 | + | Section 72. Section 599.012, Florida Statutes, is amended 2482 |
|---|
| 3684 | + | to read: 2483 |
|---|
| 3685 | + | 599.012 Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund; creation. — 2484 |
|---|
| 3686 | + | (1) There is established the Florida Wine Viticulture 2485 |
|---|
| 3687 | + | Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 2486 |
|---|
| 3688 | + | Services. The department shall use the moneys deposited in the 2487 |
|---|
| 3689 | + | trust fund pursuant to subsection (2) to do all the following: 2488 |
|---|
| 3690 | + | (a) Develop and coordinate the implementation of the State 2489 |
|---|
| 3691 | + | Viticulture Plan. 2490 |
|---|
| 3692 | + | (b) Promote viticulture products manufactured from 2491 |
|---|
| 3693 | + | products grown in the state. 2492 |
|---|
| 3694 | + | (c) Provide grants for viticultural research. 2493 |
|---|
| 3695 | + | (2) Fifty percent of the revenues collected from the 2494 |
|---|
| 3696 | + | excise taxes imposed under s. 564.06 on wine produced by 2495 |
|---|
| 3697 | + | manufacturers in this state from products grown in the state 2496 |
|---|
| 3698 | + | will be deposited in the Florida Wine Viticulture Trust Fund in 2497 |
|---|
| 3699 | + | accordance with that section. 2498 |
|---|
| 3700 | + | Section 73. Subsection (1) of section 616.12, Florida 2499 |
|---|
| 3701 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 2500 |
|---|
| 3702 | + | |
|---|
| 3703 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3704 | + | |
|---|
| 3705 | + | |
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| 3710 | + | 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 |
|---|
| 3711 | + | |
|---|
| 3712 | + | |
|---|
| 3713 | + | |
|---|
| 3714 | + | 616.12 Licenses upon certain shows; distribution of fees; 2501 |
|---|
| 3715 | + | exemptions.— 2502 |
|---|
| 3716 | + | (1) Each person who operates any traveling show, 2503 |
|---|
| 3717 | + | exhibition, amusement enterprise, carnival, vaudeville, exhibit, 2504 |
|---|
| 3718 | + | minstrel, rodeo, theatrical, game or test of skill, riding 2505 |
|---|
| 3719 | + | device, dramatic repertoire, other show or amusement, or 2506 |
|---|
| 3720 | + | concession, including a concession operating in a tent, 2507 |
|---|
| 3721 | + | enclosure, or other temporary structure, within the grounds of, 2508 |
|---|
| 3722 | + | and in connection with, any annual public fair held by a fair 2509 |
|---|
| 3723 | + | association shall pay the license taxes provided by law. 2510 |
|---|
| 3724 | + | However, if the association satisfies the requirements of this 2511 |
|---|
| 3725 | + | chapter, including securing the required fair permit from the 2512 |
|---|
| 3726 | + | department, the license taxes and local business tax authorized 2513 |
|---|
| 3727 | + | in chapter 205 are waived and the department shall issue a tax 2514 |
|---|
| 3728 | + | exemption certificate. The department shall adopt the proper 2515 |
|---|
| 3729 | + | forms and rules to administer this section, including the 2516 |
|---|
| 3730 | + | necessary tax exemption certificate, showing that the fair 2517 |
|---|
| 3731 | + | association has met all requirements and that the traveling 2518 |
|---|
| 3732 | + | show, exhibition, amusement enterprise, carnival, vaudeville, 2519 |
|---|
| 3733 | + | exhibit, minstrel, rodeo, theatrical, game or test of skill, 2520 |
|---|
| 3734 | + | riding device, dramatic repertoire, other show or amusement, or 2521 |
|---|
| 3735 | + | concession is exempt. 2522 |
|---|
| 3736 | + | Section 74. Section 687.16, Florida Statut es, is created 2523 |
|---|
| 3737 | + | to read: 2524 |
|---|
| 3738 | + | 687.16 Florida Farmer Financial Protection Act. — 2525 |
|---|
| 3739 | + | |
|---|
| 3740 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
|---|
| 3741 | + | |
|---|
| 3742 | + | |
|---|
| 3743 | + | |
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| 3747 | + | 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 |
|---|
| 3748 | + | |
|---|
| 3749 | + | |
|---|
| 3750 | + | |
|---|
| 3751 | + | (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the "Florida 2526 |
|---|
| 3752 | + | Farmer Financial Protection Act." 2527 |
|---|
| 3753 | + | (2) DEFINITIONS.— 2528 |
|---|
| 3754 | + | (a) "Agriculture producer" means a person or company 2529 |
|---|
| 3755 | + | authorized to do business in this state and engaged in the 2530 |
|---|
| 3756 | + | production of goods derived from plants or animals, including, 2531 |
|---|
| 3757 | + | but not limited to, the growing of crops, silviculture, animal 2532 |
|---|
| 3758 | + | husbandry, or the production of livestock or dairy products. 2533 |
|---|
| 3759 | + | (b) "Agritourism ac tivity" has the same meaning as 2534 |
|---|
| 3760 | + | provided in s. 570.86. 2535 |
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| 3761 | + | (c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. 2536 |
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| 3762 | + | (d) "Company" means a for -profit organization, 2537 |
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| 3763 | + | association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole 2538 |
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| 3764 | + | proprietorship, limited partnersh ip, limited liability 2539 |
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| 3765 | + | partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly 2540 |
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| 3766 | + | owned subsidiary, majority -owned subsidiary, parent company, or 2541 |
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| 3767 | + | affiliate of those entities or business associations authorized 2542 |
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| 3768 | + | to do business in this state. 2543 |
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| 3769 | + | (e) "Denies or restricts" means refusing to provide 2544 |
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| 3770 | + | services, terminating existing services, or restricting or 2545 |
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| 3771 | + | burdening the scope or nature of services offered or provided. 2546 |
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| 3772 | + | (f) "Discriminate in the provision of financial services" 2547 |
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| 3773 | + | means to deny or restrict services and thereby decline to 2548 |
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| 3774 | + | provide financial services. 2549 |
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| 3775 | + | (g) "ESG factor" means any factor or consideration that is 2550 |
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| 3785 | + | |
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| 3786 | + | |
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| 3787 | + | |
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| 3788 | + | collateral to or not reasonably likely to affect or impact 2551 |
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| 3789 | + | financial risk and includes the promotion, furtherance, or 2552 |
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| 3790 | + | achievement of environmen tal, social, or political goals, 2553 |
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| 3791 | + | objectives, or outcomes, which may include the agriculture 2554 |
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| 3792 | + | producer's greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil -fuel derived 2555 |
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| 3793 | + | fertilizer, or use of fossil -fuel powered machinery. 2556 |
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| 3794 | + | (h) "Farm" means the land, buildings, support facilities, 2557 |
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| 3795 | + | machinery, and other appurtenances used in the production of 2558 |
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| 3796 | + | farm or aquaculture products. 2559 |
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| 3797 | + | (i) "Financial institution" means a company authorized to 2560 |
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| 3798 | + | do business in this state which has total assets of more than 2561 |
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| 3799 | + | $100 million and offers financ ial services. A financial 2562 |
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| 3800 | + | institution includes any affiliate or subsidiary company, even 2563 |
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| 3801 | + | if that affiliate or subsidiary company is also a financial 2564 |
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| 3802 | + | institution. 2565 |
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| 3803 | + | (j) "Financial service" means any product or service that 2566 |
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| 3804 | + | is of a financial nature and is of fered by a financial 2567 |
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| 3805 | + | institution. 2568 |
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| 3806 | + | (3) FINANCIAL DISCRIMINATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS. — 2569 |
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| 3807 | + | (a) A financial institution may not discriminate in the 2570 |
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| 3808 | + | provision of financial services to an agriculture producer 2571 |
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| 3809 | + | based, in whole or in part, upon an ESG factor. 2572 |
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| 3810 | + | (b) If a financial institution has made any ESG commitment 2573 |
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| 3811 | + | related to agriculture, there is an inference that the 2574 |
|---|
| 3812 | + | institution's denial or restriction of a financial service to an 2575 |
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| 3813 | + | |
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| 3822 | + | |
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| 3823 | + | |
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| 3824 | + | |
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| 3825 | + | agriculture producer violates paragraph (a). 2576 |
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| 3826 | + | (c) A financial institution may overcome the inference in 2577 |
|---|
| 3827 | + | paragraph (b) by demonstrating that its denial or restriction of 2578 |
|---|
| 3828 | + | a financial service was based solely on documented risk 2579 |
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| 3829 | + | analysis, and not on any ESG factor. 2580 |
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| 3830 | + | (4) ENFORCEMENT; COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. —The Attorney 2581 |
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| 3831 | + | General, in consultation with the Office of Financial 2582 |
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| 3832 | + | Regulation, is authorized to enforce subsection (3). Any 2583 |
|---|
| 3833 | + | violation of subsection (3) constitutes an unfair trade practice 2584 |
|---|
| 3834 | + | under part II of chapter 501 and the Attorney General is 2585 |
|---|
| 3835 | + | authorized to investigate and seek re medies as provided in 2586 |
|---|
| 3836 | + | general law. Actions for damages may be sought by an aggrieved 2587 |
|---|
| 3837 | + | party. 2588 |
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| 3838 | + | Section 75. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 2589 |
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| 3839 | + | 741.0305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2590 |
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| 3840 | + | 741.0305 Marriage fee reduction for completion of 2591 |
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| 3841 | + | premarital preparation course. — 2592 |
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| 3842 | + | (3)(a) All individuals electing to participate in a 2593 |
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| 3843 | + | premarital preparation course shall choose from the following 2594 |
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| 3844 | + | list of qualified instructors: 2595 |
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| 3845 | + | 1. A psychologist licensed under chapter 490. 2596 |
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| 3846 | + | 2. A clinical social worker lice nsed under chapter 491. 2597 |
|---|
| 3847 | + | 3. A marriage and family therapist licensed under chapter 2598 |
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| 3848 | + | 491. 2599 |
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| 3849 | + | 4. A mental health counselor licensed under chapter 491. 2600 |
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| 3850 | + | |
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| 3859 | + | |
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| 3860 | + | |
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| 3861 | + | |
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| 3862 | + | 5. An official representative of a religious institution 2601 |
|---|
| 3863 | + | which is recognized under s. 496.404 s. 496.404(23), if the 2602 |
|---|
| 3864 | + | representative has relevant training. 2603 |
|---|
| 3865 | + | 6. Any other provider designated by a judicial circuit, 2604 |
|---|
| 3866 | + | including, but not limited to, school counselors who are 2605 |
|---|
| 3867 | + | certified to offer such courses. Each judicial circuit may 2606 |
|---|
| 3868 | + | establish a roster of ar ea course providers, including those who 2607 |
|---|
| 3869 | + | offer the course on a sliding fee scale or for free. 2608 |
|---|
| 3870 | + | Section 76. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2), subsection 2609 |
|---|
| 3871 | + | (3), paragraph (c) of subsection (6), and subsection (10) of 2610 |
|---|
| 3872 | + | section 790.06, Florida Statutes, are ame nded to read: 2611 |
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| 3873 | + | 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed 2612 |
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| 3874 | + | firearm.— 2613 |
|---|
| 3875 | + | (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2614 |
|---|
| 3876 | + | shall issue a license if the applicant: 2615 |
|---|
| 3877 | + | (h) Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one of 2616 |
|---|
| 3878 | + | the following: 2617 |
|---|
| 3879 | + | 1. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety 2618 |
|---|
| 3880 | + | course approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2619 |
|---|
| 3881 | + | or a similar agency of another state; 2620 |
|---|
| 3882 | + | 2. Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms 2621 |
|---|
| 3883 | + | safety or training course; 2622 |
|---|
| 3884 | + | 3. Completion of any firearms safety or training course or 2623 |
|---|
| 3885 | + | class available to the general public offered by a law 2624 |
|---|
| 3886 | + | enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or 2625 |
|---|
| 3887 | + | |
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| 3896 | + | |
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| 3897 | + | |
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| 3898 | + | |
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| 3899 | + | public institution or organization or firearms training school, 2626 |
|---|
| 3900 | + | using instructors certified by the National Rifle Association, 2627 |
|---|
| 3901 | + | Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, or the 2628 |
|---|
| 3902 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 2629 |
|---|
| 3903 | + | 4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or 2630 |
|---|
| 3904 | + | training course or class offered for security guards, 2631 |
|---|
| 3905 | + | investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision 2632 |
|---|
| 3906 | + | of a law enforcement agency or security enforcement; 2633 |
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| 3907 | + | 5. Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a 2634 |
|---|
| 3908 | + | firearm through participation in organized shooting competition 2635 |
|---|
| 3909 | + | or United States military service; 2636 |
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| 3910 | + | 6. Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a concealed 2637 |
|---|
| 3911 | + | weapon or concealed firearm in this state or a county or 2638 |
|---|
| 3912 | + | municipality of this state, unless such license has been revoked 2639 |
|---|
| 3913 | + | for cause; or 2640 |
|---|
| 3914 | + | 7. Completion of any firearms training or safety course or 2641 |
|---|
| 3915 | + | class conducted by a state -certified or National Rifle 2642 |
|---|
| 3916 | + | Association certified firearms instructor; 2643 |
|---|
| 3917 | + | 2644 |
|---|
| 3918 | + | A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the courses 2645 |
|---|
| 3919 | + | or classes; an affidavit from the instructor, school, club, 2646 |
|---|
| 3920 | + | organization, or grou p that conducted or taught such course or 2647 |
|---|
| 3921 | + | class attesting to the completion of the course or class by the 2648 |
|---|
| 3922 | + | applicant; or a copy of any document that shows completion of 2649 |
|---|
| 3923 | + | the course or class or evidences participation in firearms 2650 |
|---|
| 3924 | + | |
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| 3933 | + | |
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| 3934 | + | |
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| 3935 | + | |
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| 3936 | + | competition shall constitute evidence of qualification under 2651 |
|---|
| 3937 | + | this paragraph. A person who conducts a course pursuant to 2652 |
|---|
| 3938 | + | subparagraph 2., subparagraph 3., or subparagraph 7., or who, as 2653 |
|---|
| 3939 | + | an instructor, attests to the completion of such courses, must 2654 |
|---|
| 3940 | + | maintain records certifying that he o r she observed the student 2655 |
|---|
| 3941 | + | safely handle and discharge the firearm in his or her physical 2656 |
|---|
| 3942 | + | presence and that the discharge of the firearm included live 2657 |
|---|
| 3943 | + | fire using a firearm and ammunition as defined in s. 790.001; 2658 |
|---|
| 3944 | + | (3)(a) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2659 |
|---|
| 3945 | + | shall deny a license if the applicant has been found guilty of, 2660 |
|---|
| 3946 | + | had adjudication of guilt withheld for, or had imposition of 2661 |
|---|
| 3947 | + | sentence suspended for one or more crimes of violence 2662 |
|---|
| 3948 | + | constituting a misdemeanor, unless 3 years have elapsed sin ce 2663 |
|---|
| 3949 | + | probation or any other conditions set by the court have been 2664 |
|---|
| 3950 | + | fulfilled or the record has been sealed or expunged. The 2665 |
|---|
| 3951 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall revoke a 2666 |
|---|
| 3952 | + | license if the licensee has been found guilty of, had 2667 |
|---|
| 3953 | + | adjudication of guilt withheld for, or had imposition of 2668 |
|---|
| 3954 | + | sentence suspended for one or more crimes of violence within the 2669 |
|---|
| 3955 | + | preceding 3 years. The department shall, upon notification by a 2670 |
|---|
| 3956 | + | law enforcement agency, a court, clerk's office, or the Florida 2671 |
|---|
| 3957 | + | Department of Law Enforc ement and subsequent written 2672 |
|---|
| 3958 | + | verification, temporarily suspend a license or the processing of 2673 |
|---|
| 3959 | + | an application for a license if the licensee or applicant is 2674 |
|---|
| 3960 | + | arrested or formally charged with a crime that would disqualify 2675 |
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| 3961 | + | |
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| 3962 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 3970 | + | |
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| 3971 | + | |
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| 3972 | + | |
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| 3973 | + | such person from having a license under this section, until 2676 |
|---|
| 3974 | + | final disposition of the case. The department shall suspend a 2677 |
|---|
| 3975 | + | license or the processing of an application for a license if the 2678 |
|---|
| 3976 | + | licensee or applicant is issued an injunction that restrains the 2679 |
|---|
| 3977 | + | licensee or applicant from committing acts of domestic violence 2680 |
|---|
| 3978 | + | or acts of repeat violence. The department shall notify the 2681 |
|---|
| 3979 | + | licensee or applicant suspended under this section of his or her 2682 |
|---|
| 3980 | + | right to a hearing pursuant to chapter 120. A hearing conducted 2683 |
|---|
| 3981 | + | regarding the temporary suspension must be for the limited 2684 |
|---|
| 3982 | + | purpose of determining whether the licensee has been arrested or 2685 |
|---|
| 3983 | + | charged with a disqualifying crime or issued an injunction or 2686 |
|---|
| 3984 | + | court order. If the criminal case or injunction results in a 2687 |
|---|
| 3985 | + | nondisqualifying disposition, the department must issue an order 2688 |
|---|
| 3986 | + | lifting the suspension upon the applicant or licensee's 2689 |
|---|
| 3987 | + | submission to the department of a certified copy of the final 2690 |
|---|
| 3988 | + | resolution. If the criminal case results in a disqualifying 2691 |
|---|
| 3989 | + | disposition, the suspension r emains in effect and the department 2692 |
|---|
| 3990 | + | must proceed with denial or revocation proceedings pursuant to 2693 |
|---|
| 3991 | + | chapter 120. 2694 |
|---|
| 3992 | + | (b) This subsection does not limit, restrict, or inhibit 2695 |
|---|
| 3993 | + | the constitutional right to bear arms and carry a concealed 2696 |
|---|
| 3994 | + | weapon in this state. The Legislature finds it a matter of 2697 |
|---|
| 3995 | + | public policy and public safety that it is necessary to ensure 2698 |
|---|
| 3996 | + | that potentially disqualifying information about an applicant or 2699 |
|---|
| 3997 | + | licensee is investigated and processed in a timely manner by the 2700 |
|---|
| 3998 | + | |
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| 4007 | + | |
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| 4008 | + | |
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| 4009 | + | |
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| 4010 | + | department pursuant to this s ection. The Legislature intends to 2701 |
|---|
| 4011 | + | clarify that suspensions pursuant to this section are temporary, 2702 |
|---|
| 4012 | + | and the department has the duty to make an eligibility 2703 |
|---|
| 4013 | + | determination and issue a license in the time frame prescribed 2704 |
|---|
| 4014 | + | in this subsection. 2705 |
|---|
| 4015 | + | (6) 2706 |
|---|
| 4016 | + | (c) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2707 |
|---|
| 4017 | + | shall, within 90 days after the date of receipt of the items 2708 |
|---|
| 4018 | + | listed in subsection (5): 2709 |
|---|
| 4019 | + | 1. Issue the license; or 2710 |
|---|
| 4020 | + | 2. Deny the application based solely on the ground that 2711 |
|---|
| 4021 | + | the applicant fails to qualify under th e criteria listed in 2712 |
|---|
| 4022 | + | subsection (2) or subsection (3). If the Department of 2713 |
|---|
| 4023 | + | Agriculture and Consumer Services denies the application, it 2714 |
|---|
| 4024 | + | shall notify the applicant in writing, stating the ground for 2715 |
|---|
| 4025 | + | denial and informing the applicant of any right to a hear ing 2716 |
|---|
| 4026 | + | pursuant to chapter 120. 2717 |
|---|
| 4027 | + | 3. In the event the result of the criminal history 2718 |
|---|
| 4028 | + | screening identifies department receives criminal history 2719 |
|---|
| 4029 | + | information related to a crime that may disqualify the applicant 2720 |
|---|
| 4030 | + | but does not contain with no final disposition of the crime or 2721 |
|---|
| 4031 | + | lacks sufficient information to make an eligibility 2722 |
|---|
| 4032 | + | determination on a crime which may disqualify the applicant , the 2723 |
|---|
| 4033 | + | time limitation prescribed by this paragraph may be extended for 2724 |
|---|
| 4034 | + | up to an additional 90 days after the receipt of the informati on 2725 |
|---|
| 4035 | + | |
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| 4045 | + | |
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| 4046 | + | |
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| 4047 | + | suspended until receipt of the final disposition or proof of 2726 |
|---|
| 4048 | + | restoration of civil and firearm rights . The department may make 2727 |
|---|
| 4049 | + | a request for information to the jurisdiction where the criminal 2728 |
|---|
| 4050 | + | history information originated but must issue a license if it 2729 |
|---|
| 4051 | + | does not obtain a disposition or sufficient information to make 2730 |
|---|
| 4052 | + | an eligibility determination within the additional 90 days if 2731 |
|---|
| 4053 | + | the applicant is otherwise eligible. The department may take any 2732 |
|---|
| 4054 | + | action authorized in this section if it receives disqualifying 2733 |
|---|
| 4055 | + | criminal history information during the additional 90 -day review 2734 |
|---|
| 4056 | + | or after issuance of a license. 2735 |
|---|
| 4057 | + | (10) A license issued under this section must shall be 2736 |
|---|
| 4058 | + | temporarily suspended as provided for in subparagraph (6)(c)3., 2737 |
|---|
| 4059 | + | or revoked pursuant to chapter 120 if the license was issued in 2738 |
|---|
| 4060 | + | error or if the licensee: 2739 |
|---|
| 4061 | + | (a) Is found to be ineligible under the criteria set forth 2740 |
|---|
| 4062 | + | in subsection (2); 2741 |
|---|
| 4063 | + | (b) Develops or sustains a physical infirmity which 2742 |
|---|
| 4064 | + | prevents the safe handling of a weapon or firearm; 2743 |
|---|
| 4065 | + | (c) Is convicted of a felony which would make the licensee 2744 |
|---|
| 4066 | + | ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to s. 790.23; 2745 |
|---|
| 4067 | + | (d) Is found guilty of a crime under chapter 893, or 2746 |
|---|
| 4068 | + | similar laws of any other state, relating to controlled 2747 |
|---|
| 4069 | + | substances; 2748 |
|---|
| 4070 | + | (e) Is committed as a substance abus er under chapter 397, 2749 |
|---|
| 4071 | + | or is deemed a habitual offender under s. 856.011(3), or similar 2750 |
|---|
| 4072 | + | |
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| 4081 | + | |
|---|
| 4082 | + | |
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| 4083 | + | |
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| 4084 | + | laws of any other state; 2751 |
|---|
| 4085 | + | (f) Is convicted of a second violation of s. 316.193, or a 2752 |
|---|
| 4086 | + | similar law of another state, within 3 years after a first 2753 |
|---|
| 4087 | + | conviction of such section or similar law of another state, even 2754 |
|---|
| 4088 | + | though the first violation may have occurred before the date on 2755 |
|---|
| 4089 | + | which the application was submitted; 2756 |
|---|
| 4090 | + | (g) Is adjudicated an incapacitated person under s. 2757 |
|---|
| 4091 | + | 744.331, or similar laws of any other state; or 2758 |
|---|
| 4092 | + | (h) Is committed to a mental institution under chapter 2759 |
|---|
| 4093 | + | 394, or similar laws of any other state. 2760 |
|---|
| 4094 | + | 2761 |
|---|
| 4095 | + | Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), service of a notice of the 2762 |
|---|
| 4096 | + | suspension or revocation of a concealed weapon or concealed 2763 |
|---|
| 4097 | + | firearm license must be given by either certifi ed mail, return 2764 |
|---|
| 4098 | + | receipt requested, to the licensee at his or her last known 2765 |
|---|
| 4099 | + | mailing address furnished to the Department of Agriculture and 2766 |
|---|
| 4100 | + | Consumer Services, or by personal service. If a notice given by 2767 |
|---|
| 4101 | + | certified mail is returned as undeliverable, a second attempt 2768 |
|---|
| 4102 | + | must be made to provide notice to the licensee at that address, 2769 |
|---|
| 4103 | + | by either first-class mail in an envelope, postage prepaid, 2770 |
|---|
| 4104 | + | addressed to the licensee at his or her last known mailing 2771 |
|---|
| 4105 | + | address furnished to the department, or, if the licensee has 2772 |
|---|
| 4106 | + | provided an e-mail address to the department, by e -mail. Such 2773 |
|---|
| 4107 | + | mailing by the department constitutes notice, and any failure by 2774 |
|---|
| 4108 | + | the licensee to receive such notice does not stay the effective 2775 |
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| 4109 | + | |
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| 4121 | + | date or term of the suspension or revocation. A request for 2776 |
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| 4122 | + | hearing must be filed with the department within 21 days after 2777 |
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| 4123 | + | notice is received by personal delivery, or within 26 days after 2778 |
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| 4124 | + | the date the department deposits the notice in the United States 2779 |
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| 4125 | + | mail (21 days plus 5 days for mailing). The department shall 2780 |
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| 4126 | + | document its attempts to provide notice, and such documentation 2781 |
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| 4127 | + | is admissible in the courts of this state and constitutes 2782 |
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| 4128 | + | sufficient proof that notice was given. 2783 |
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| 4129 | + | Section 77. Subsection (2) of section 812.0151, Florida 2784 |
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| 4130 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 2785 |
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| 4131 | + | 812.0151 Retail fuel theft.— 2786 |
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| 4132 | + | (2)(a) A person commits a felony of the third degree, 2787 |
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| 4133 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2788 |
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| 4134 | + | if he or she willfully, knowingly, and without authorization: 2789 |
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| 4135 | + | 1. Breaches a retail fuel dispenser or accesses any 2790 |
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| 4136 | + | internal portion of a retail fuel dispenser; or 2791 |
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| 4137 | + | 2. Possesses any device constructed for the purpose of 2792 |
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| 4138 | + | fraudulently altering, manipulating, or interrupting the normal 2793 |
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| 4139 | + | functioning of a retail fuel dispenser. 2794 |
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| 4140 | + | (b) A person commits a felony of the second deg ree, 2795 |
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| 4141 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2796 |
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| 4142 | + | if he or she willfully, knowingly, and without authorization: 2797 |
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| 4143 | + | 1. Physically tampers with, manipulates, removes, 2798 |
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| 4144 | + | replaces, or interrupts any mechanical or electronic component 2799 |
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| 4145 | + | located on within the internal or external portion of a retail 2800 |
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| 4155 | + | |
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| 4156 | + | |
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| 4157 | + | |
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| 4158 | + | fuel dispenser; or 2801 |
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| 4159 | + | 2. Uses any form of electronic communication to 2802 |
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| 4160 | + | fraudulently alter, manipulate, or interrupt the normal 2803 |
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| 4161 | + | functioning of a retail fuel dispenser. 2804 |
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| 4162 | + | (c) A person commits a felony of t he third degree, 2805 |
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| 4163 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, 2806 |
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| 4164 | + | if he or she: 2807 |
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| 4165 | + | 1. Obtains fuel as a result of violating paragraph (a) or 2808 |
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| 4166 | + | paragraph (b); or 2809 |
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| 4167 | + | 2. Modifies a vehicle's factory installed fuel tank or 2810 |
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| 4168 | + | possesses any item used t o hold fuel which was not fitted to a 2811 |
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| 4169 | + | vehicle or conveyance at the time of manufacture with the intent 2812 |
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| 4170 | + | to use such fuel tank or item to hold or transport fuel obtained 2813 |
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| 4171 | + | as a result of violating paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) ; or 2814 |
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| 4172 | + | 3. Possesses or uses any f orm of a payment instrument that 2815 |
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| 4173 | + | can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, 2816 |
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| 4174 | + | to authorize a fuel transaction or obtain fuel, including, but 2817 |
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| 4175 | + | not limited to, a plastic payment card with a magnetic stripe or 2818 |
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| 4176 | + | a chip encoded with account in formation or both, with the intent 2819 |
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| 4177 | + | to defraud the fuel retailer, the authorized payment instrument 2820 |
|---|
| 4178 | + | financial account holder, or the banking institution that issued 2821 |
|---|
| 4179 | + | the payment instrument financial account . 2822 |
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| 4180 | + | Section 78. Section 812.136, Florida Statutes, is created 2823 |
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| 4181 | + | to read: 2824 |
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| 4182 | + | 812.136 Mail theft. — 2825 |
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| 4192 | + | |
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| 4193 | + | |
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| 4194 | + | |
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| 4195 | + | (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 2826 |
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| 4196 | + | requires: 2827 |
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| 4197 | + | (a) "Mail" means any letter, postal card, parcel, 2828 |
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| 4198 | + | envelope, package, bag, or any other sealed article addressed to 2829 |
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| 4199 | + | another, along with its c ontents. 2830 |
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| 4200 | + | (b) "Mail depository" means a mail box, letter box, mail 2831 |
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| 4201 | + | route, or mail receptacle of a postal service, an office of a 2832 |
|---|
| 4202 | + | postal service, or mail carrier of a postal service, or a 2833 |
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| 4203 | + | vehicle of a postal service. 2834 |
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| 4204 | + | (c) "Postal service" means the United States Postal 2835 |
|---|
| 4205 | + | Service or its contractors, or any commercial courier that 2836 |
|---|
| 4206 | + | delivers mail. 2837 |
|---|
| 4207 | + | (2) Any of the following acts constitutes mail theft: 2838 |
|---|
| 4208 | + | (a) Removing mail from a mail depository or taking mail 2839 |
|---|
| 4209 | + | from a mail carrier of a postal service with the inte nt to 2840 |
|---|
| 4210 | + | commit a theft in violation of s. 812.014. 2841 |
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| 4211 | + | (b) Obtaining custody of mail by fraud or deception with 2842 |
|---|
| 4212 | + | the intent to commit a theft in violation of s. 812.014. 2843 |
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| 4213 | + | (c) Selling, receiving, possessing, transferring, buying, 2844 |
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| 4214 | + | or concealing mail obtained by acts described in paragraph (a) 2845 |
|---|
| 4215 | + | or paragraph (b) of this subsection, while knowing or having 2846 |
|---|
| 4216 | + | reason to know the mail was obtained illegally. 2847 |
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| 4217 | + | (3) Any of the following constitutes theft of or 2848 |
|---|
| 4218 | + | unauthorized reproduction of a mail depository key or lock: 2849 |
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| 4219 | + | (a) Theft or obtaining by false pretense any key or lock 2850 |
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| 4220 | + | |
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| 4229 | + | |
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| 4230 | + | |
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| 4231 | + | |
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| 4232 | + | adopted by a postal service for a mail depository or other 2851 |
|---|
| 4233 | + | authorized receptacle for the deposit or delivery of mail. 2852 |
|---|
| 4234 | + | (b) Knowingly and unlawfully making, forging, or 2853 |
|---|
| 4235 | + | counterfeiting any such key o r possessing any such key or lock 2854 |
|---|
| 4236 | + | adopted by a postal service with the intent to unlawfully or 2855 |
|---|
| 4237 | + | improperly use, sell, or otherwise dispose of the key or lock, 2856 |
|---|
| 4238 | + | or to cause the key or lock to be unlawfully or improperly used, 2857 |
|---|
| 4239 | + | sold, or otherwise disposed. 2858 |
|---|
| 4240 | + | (4) A person who commits a first violation of this section 2859 |
|---|
| 4241 | + | commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 2860 |
|---|
| 4242 | + | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who commits a 2861 |
|---|
| 4243 | + | second or subsequent violation of this section commits a felony 2862 |
|---|
| 4244 | + | of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 2863 |
|---|
| 4245 | + | 775.083, or s. 775.084. 2864 |
|---|
| 4246 | + | Section 79. Paragraph (i) of subsection (4) of section 2865 |
|---|
| 4247 | + | 934.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2866 |
|---|
| 4248 | + | 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. — 2867 |
|---|
| 4249 | + | (4) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit the use of 2868 |
|---|
| 4250 | + | a drone: 2869 |
|---|
| 4251 | + | (i) By a person or an entity engaged in a business or 2870 |
|---|
| 4252 | + | profession licensed by the state, or by an agent, employee, or 2871 |
|---|
| 4253 | + | contractor thereof, if the drone is used only to perform 2872 |
|---|
| 4254 | + | reasonable tasks within the scope of practice o r activities 2873 |
|---|
| 4255 | + | permitted under such person's or entity's license. However, this 2874 |
|---|
| 4256 | + | exception does not apply to a profession in which the licensee's 2875 |
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| 4257 | + | |
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| 4266 | + | |
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| 4267 | + | |
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| 4268 | + | |
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| 4269 | + | authorized scope of practice includes obtaining information 2876 |
|---|
| 4270 | + | about the identity, habits, conduct, movements, where abouts, 2877 |
|---|
| 4271 | + | affiliations, associations, transactions, reputation, or 2878 |
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| 4272 | + | character of any society, person, or group of persons. 2879 |
|---|
| 4273 | + | Section 80. Section 1013.373, Florida Statutes, is created 2880 |
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| 4274 | + | to read: 2881 |
|---|
| 4275 | + | 1013.373 Educational facilities used for agricultural 2882 |
|---|
| 4276 | + | education.— 2883 |
|---|
| 4277 | + | (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local 2884 |
|---|
| 4278 | + | government may not adopt any ordinance, regulation, rule, or 2885 |
|---|
| 4279 | + | policy to prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit any 2886 |
|---|
| 4280 | + | activities of public educational facilities and auxiliary 2887 |
|---|
| 4281 | + | facilities constructed by a board for agricultural education, 2888 |
|---|
| 4282 | + | for Future Farmers of America or 4 -H activities, or the storage 2889 |
|---|
| 4283 | + | of any animal or equipment therein. 2890 |
|---|
| 4284 | + | (2) Lands used for agricultural education or for Future 2891 |
|---|
| 4285 | + | Farmers of America or 4 -H activities are considered agricultural 2892 |
|---|
| 4286 | + | lands pursuant to s. 193.461 and subject to s. 823.14. 2893 |
|---|
| 4287 | + | Section 81. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2894 |
|---|
| 4288 | + | made by this act to section 110.205, Florida Statutes, in a 2895 |
|---|
| 4289 | + | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 2896 |
|---|
| 4290 | + | 295.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2897 |
|---|
| 4291 | + | 295.07 Preference in appointment and retention. — 2898 |
|---|
| 4292 | + | (5) The following positions are exempt from this section: 2899 |
|---|
| 4293 | + | (a) Those positions that are exempt from the state Career 2900 |
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| 4303 | + | |
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| 4304 | + | |
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| 4305 | + | |
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| 4306 | + | Service System under s. 110. 205(2); however, all positions under 2901 |
|---|
| 4307 | + | the University Support Personnel System of the State University 2902 |
|---|
| 4308 | + | System as well as all Career Service System positions under the 2903 |
|---|
| 4309 | + | Florida College System and the School for the Deaf and the 2904 |
|---|
| 4310 | + | Blind, or the equivalent of such positions at state 2905 |
|---|
| 4311 | + | universities, Florida College System institutions, or the School 2906 |
|---|
| 4312 | + | for the Deaf and the Blind, are not exempt. 2907 |
|---|
| 4313 | + | Section 82. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2908 |
|---|
| 4314 | + | made by this act to section 388.271, Florida Statutes, in a 2909 |
|---|
| 4315 | + | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2910 |
|---|
| 4316 | + | 189.062, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2911 |
|---|
| 4317 | + | 189.062 Special procedures for inactive districts. — 2912 |
|---|
| 4318 | + | (1) The department shall declare inactive any special 2913 |
|---|
| 4319 | + | district in this state by documenting t hat: 2914 |
|---|
| 4320 | + | (a) The special district meets one of the following 2915 |
|---|
| 4321 | + | criteria: 2916 |
|---|
| 4322 | + | 1. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 2917 |
|---|
| 4323 | + | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 2918 |
|---|
| 4324 | + | appropriate local general -purpose government notifies the 2919 |
|---|
| 4325 | + | department in writing that the district has taken no action for 2920 |
|---|
| 4326 | + | 2 or more years; 2921 |
|---|
| 4327 | + | 2. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 2922 |
|---|
| 4328 | + | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 2923 |
|---|
| 4329 | + | appropriate local general -purpose government notifies the 2924 |
|---|
| 4330 | + | department in writing that the district has not had a governing 2925 |
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| 4331 | + | |
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| 4332 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4339 | + | 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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| 4340 | + | |
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| 4341 | + | |
|---|
| 4342 | + | |
|---|
| 4343 | + | body or a sufficient number of governing body members to 2926 |
|---|
| 4344 | + | constitute a quorum for 2 or more years; 2927 |
|---|
| 4345 | + | 3. The registered agent of the district, the chair of the 2928 |
|---|
| 4346 | + | governing body of the district, or the governing body of the 2929 |
|---|
| 4347 | + | appropriate local general -purpose government fails to respond to 2930 |
|---|
| 4348 | + | an inquiry by the department within 21 days; 2931 |
|---|
| 4349 | + | 4. The department determines, pursuant to s. 189.067, that 2932 |
|---|
| 4350 | + | the district has failed to file any of the reports listed in s . 2933 |
|---|
| 4351 | + | 189.066; 2934 |
|---|
| 4352 | + | 5. The district has not had a registered office and agent 2935 |
|---|
| 4353 | + | on file with the department for 1 or more years; 2936 |
|---|
| 4354 | + | 6. The governing body of a special district provides 2937 |
|---|
| 4355 | + | documentation to the department that it has unanimously adopted 2938 |
|---|
| 4356 | + | a resolution declaring the special district inactive. The 2939 |
|---|
| 4357 | + | special district is responsible for payment of any expenses 2940 |
|---|
| 4358 | + | associated with its dissolution; 2941 |
|---|
| 4359 | + | 7. The district is an independent special district or a 2942 |
|---|
| 4360 | + | community redevelopment district created under part III of 2943 |
|---|
| 4361 | + | chapter 163 that has reported no revenue, no expenditures, and 2944 |
|---|
| 4362 | + | no debt under s. 189.016(9) or s. 218.32 for at least 5 2945 |
|---|
| 4363 | + | consecutive fiscal years beginning no earlier than October 1, 2946 |
|---|
| 4364 | + | 2018. This subparagraph does not apply to a community 2947 |
|---|
| 4365 | + | development district estab lished under chapter 190 or to any 2948 |
|---|
| 4366 | + | independent special district operating pursuant to a special act 2949 |
|---|
| 4367 | + | that provides that any amendment to chapter 190 to grant 2950 |
|---|
| 4368 | + | |
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| 4369 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4370 | + | |
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| 4371 | + | |
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| 4377 | + | |
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| 4378 | + | |
|---|
| 4379 | + | |
|---|
| 4380 | + | additional powers constitutes a power of that district; or 2951 |
|---|
| 4381 | + | 8. For a mosquito control district cre ated pursuant to 2952 |
|---|
| 4382 | + | chapter 388, the department has received notice from the 2953 |
|---|
| 4383 | + | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that the 2954 |
|---|
| 4384 | + | district has failed to file a tentative work plan and tentative 2955 |
|---|
| 4385 | + | detailed work plan budget as required by s. 388.271. 2956 |
|---|
| 4386 | + | Section 83. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2957 |
|---|
| 4387 | + | made by this act to section 388.271, Florida Statutes, in a 2958 |
|---|
| 4388 | + | reference thereto, subsection (7) of section 388.261, Florida 2959 |
|---|
| 4389 | + | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2960 |
|---|
| 4390 | + | 388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod 2961 |
|---|
| 4391 | + | control; distribution priorities and limitations. — 2962 |
|---|
| 4392 | + | (7) The department may use state funds appropriated for a 2963 |
|---|
| 4393 | + | county or district under subsection (1) or subsection (2) to 2964 |
|---|
| 4394 | + | provide state mosquito or other arthropod control equipment, 2965 |
|---|
| 4395 | + | supplies, or services when requested by a county or district 2966 |
|---|
| 4396 | + | eligible to receive state funds under s. 388.271. 2967 |
|---|
| 4397 | + | Section 84. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2968 |
|---|
| 4398 | + | made by this act to section 482.161, Florida Statutes, in a 2969 |
|---|
| 4399 | + | reference thereto, paragraph (b ) of subsection (3) of section 2970 |
|---|
| 4400 | + | 482.072, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 2971 |
|---|
| 4401 | + | 482.072 Pest control customer contact centers. — 2972 |
|---|
| 4402 | + | (3) 2973 |
|---|
| 4403 | + | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section: 2974 |
|---|
| 4404 | + | 1. A customer contact center licensee is subject to 2975 |
|---|
| 4405 | + | |
|---|
| 4406 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4407 | + | |
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| 4409 | + | |
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| 4410 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 4414 | + | |
|---|
| 4415 | + | |
|---|
| 4416 | + | |
|---|
| 4417 | + | disciplinary action under s. 482.161 for a violation of this 2976 |
|---|
| 4418 | + | section or a rule adopted under this section committed by a 2977 |
|---|
| 4419 | + | person who solicits pest control services or provides customer 2978 |
|---|
| 4420 | + | service in a customer contact center. 2979 |
|---|
| 4421 | + | 2. A pest control business licensee may be subject to 2980 |
|---|
| 4422 | + | disciplinary action under s. 482.161 for a violation of this 2981 |
|---|
| 4423 | + | section or a rule adopted under this section committed by a 2982 |
|---|
| 4424 | + | person who solicits pest control services or provides customer 2983 |
|---|
| 4425 | + | service in a customer contact center operated by a license e if 2984 |
|---|
| 4426 | + | the licensee participates in the violation. 2985 |
|---|
| 4427 | + | Section 85. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 2986 |
|---|
| 4428 | + | made by this act to section 482.161, Florida Statutes, in a 2987 |
|---|
| 4429 | + | reference thereto, section 482.163, Florida Statutes, is 2988 |
|---|
| 4430 | + | reenacted to read: 2989 |
|---|
| 4431 | + | 482.163 Responsibility for pest control activities of 2990 |
|---|
| 4432 | + | employee.—Proper performance of pest control activities by a 2991 |
|---|
| 4433 | + | pest control business employee is the responsibility not only of 2992 |
|---|
| 4434 | + | the employee but also of the certified operator in charge, and 2993 |
|---|
| 4435 | + | the certified operator in charge may be disciplined pursuant to 2994 |
|---|
| 4436 | + | the provisions of s. 482.161 for the pest control activities of 2995 |
|---|
| 4437 | + | an employee. A licensee may not automatically be considered 2996 |
|---|
| 4438 | + | responsible for violations made by an employee. However, the 2997 |
|---|
| 4439 | + | licensee may not knowingly encourage, aid, or abet violations of 2998 |
|---|
| 4440 | + | this chapter. 2999 |
|---|
| 4441 | + | Section 86. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3000 |
|---|
| 4442 | + | |
|---|
| 4443 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4444 | + | |
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| 4445 | + | |
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| 4452 | + | |
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| 4453 | + | |
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| 4454 | + | made by this act to section 487.044, Florida Statutes, in a 3001 |
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| 4455 | + | reference thereto, section 487.156, Florida Statutes, is 3002 |
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| 4456 | + | reenacted to read: 3003 |
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| 4457 | + | 487.156 Governmental agencies. —All governmental agencies 3004 |
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| 4458 | + | shall be subject to the provisions of this part and rules 3005 |
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| 4459 | + | adopted under this part. Public applicators using or supervising 3006 |
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| 4460 | + | the use of restricted -use pesticides shall be subject to 3007 |
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| 4461 | + | examination as provided in s. 487.044. 3008 |
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| 4462 | + | Section 87. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3009 |
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| 4463 | + | made by this act to section 496.405, Florida Statutes, in a 3010 |
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| 4464 | + | reference thereto, subsection (2) of section 496.4055, Florida 3011 |
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| 4465 | + | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3012 |
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| 4466 | + | 496.4055 Charitable organization or sponsor board duties. — 3013 |
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| 4467 | + | (2) The board of directors, or an authorized committee 3014 |
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| 4468 | + | thereof, of a charitable organization or sponsor required to 3015 |
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| 4469 | + | register with the department under s. 496.405 shall adopt a 3016 |
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| 4470 | + | policy regarding conflict of inter est transactions. The policy 3017 |
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| 4471 | + | shall require annual certification of compliance with the policy 3018 |
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| 4472 | + | by all directors, officers, and trustees of the charitable 3019 |
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| 4473 | + | organization. A copy of the annual certification shall be 3020 |
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| 4474 | + | submitted to the department with the annual r egistration 3021 |
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| 4475 | + | statement required by s. 496.405. 3022 |
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| 4476 | + | Section 88. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3023 |
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| 4477 | + | made by this act to section 496.405, Florida Statutes, in 3024 |
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| 4478 | + | references thereto, subsections (2) and (4) of section 496.406, 3025 |
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| 4479 | + | |
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| 4480 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4481 | + | |
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| 4482 | + | |
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| 4483 | + | |
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| 4484 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 4485 | + | hb651-02-c2 |
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| 4486 | + | Page 122 of 124 |
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| 4487 | + | 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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| 4488 | + | |
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| 4489 | + | |
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| 4490 | + | |
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| 4491 | + | Florida Statutes, are ree nacted to read: 3026 |
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| 4492 | + | 496.406 Exemption from registration. — 3027 |
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| 4493 | + | (2) Before soliciting contributions, a charitable 3028 |
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| 4494 | + | organization or sponsor claiming to be exempt from the 3029 |
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| 4495 | + | registration requirements of s. 496.405 under paragraph (1)(d) 3030 |
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| 4496 | + | must submit annually to the de partment, on forms prescribed by 3031 |
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| 4497 | + | the department: 3032 |
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| 4498 | + | (a) The name, street address, and telephone number of the 3033 |
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| 4499 | + | charitable organization or sponsor, the name under which it 3034 |
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| 4500 | + | intends to solicit contributions, the purpose for which it is 3035 |
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| 4501 | + | organized, and the purpos e or purposes for which the 3036 |
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| 4502 | + | contributions to be solicited will be used. 3037 |
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| 4503 | + | (b) The tax exempt status of the organization. 3038 |
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| 4504 | + | (c) The date on which the organization's fiscal year ends. 3039 |
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| 4505 | + | (d) The names, street addresses, and telephone numbers of 3040 |
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| 4506 | + | the individuals or officers who have final responsibility for 3041 |
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| 4507 | + | the custody of the contributions and who will be responsible for 3042 |
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| 4508 | + | the final distribution of the contributions. 3043 |
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| 4509 | + | (e) A financial statement of support, revenue, and 3044 |
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| 4510 | + | expenses and a statement of functional expens es that must 3045 |
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| 4511 | + | include, but not be limited to, expenses in the following 3046 |
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| 4512 | + | categories: program, management and general, and fundraising. In 3047 |
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| 4513 | + | lieu of the financial statement, a charitable organization or 3048 |
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| 4514 | + | sponsor may submit a copy of its Internal Revenue Service Form 3049 |
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| 4515 | + | 990 and all attached schedules or Internal Revenue Service Form 3050 |
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| 4516 | + | |
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| 4517 | + | CS/CS/HB 651 2025 |
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| 4519 | + | |
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| 4520 | + | |
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| 4521 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 4522 | + | hb651-02-c2 |
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| 4523 | + | Page 123 of 124 |
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| 4524 | + | 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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| 4525 | + | |
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| 4526 | + | |
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| 4527 | + | |
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| 4528 | + | 990-EZ and Schedule O. 3051 |
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| 4529 | + | (4) Exemption from the registration requirements of s. 3052 |
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| 4530 | + | 496.405 does not limit the applicability of other provisions of 3053 |
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| 4531 | + | this section to a charitable organization o r sponsor. 3054 |
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| 4532 | + | Section 89. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3055 |
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| 4533 | + | made by this act to section 500.12, Florida Statutes, in a 3056 |
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| 4534 | + | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 3057 |
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| 4535 | + | 500.80, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3058 |
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| 4536 | + | 500.80 Cottage food operations. — 3059 |
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| 4537 | + | (1)(a) A cottage food operation must comply with the 3060 |
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| 4538 | + | applicable requirements of this chapter but is exempt from the 3061 |
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| 4539 | + | permitting requirements of s. 500.12 if the cottage food 3062 |
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| 4540 | + | operation complies with this section and has annual gross s ales 3063 |
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| 4541 | + | of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000. 3064 |
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| 4542 | + | Section 90. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3065 |
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| 4543 | + | made by this act to section 500.172, Florida Statutes, in a 3066 |
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| 4544 | + | reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 500.121, Florida 3067 |
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| 4545 | + | Statutes, is reenacted to read: 3068 |
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| 4546 | + | 500.121 Disciplinary procedures. — 3069 |
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| 4547 | + | (6) If the department determines that a food offered in a 3070 |
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| 4548 | + | food establishment is labeled with nutrient claims that are in 3071 |
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| 4549 | + | violation of this chapter, the department shall retest or 3072 |
|---|
| 4550 | + | reexamine the product within 90 days after notification to the 3073 |
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| 4551 | + | manufacturer and to the firm at which the product was collected. 3074 |
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| 4552 | + | If the product is again found in violation, the department shall 3075 |
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| 4557 | + | |
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| 4558 | + | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 4562 | + | |
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| 4563 | + | |
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| 4564 | + | |
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| 4565 | + | test or examine the product for a third time within 60 days 3076 |
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| 4566 | + | after the second notification. The product manufacturer shall 3077 |
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| 4567 | + | reimburse the department for the cost of the third test or 3078 |
|---|
| 4568 | + | examination. If the product is found in violation for a third 3079 |
|---|
| 4569 | + | time, the department shall exercise its authority under s. 3080 |
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| 4570 | + | 500.172 and issue a stop -sale or stop-use order. The department 3081 |
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| 4571 | + | may impose additional sanctio ns for violations of this 3082 |
|---|
| 4572 | + | subsection. 3083 |
|---|
| 4573 | + | Section 91. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 3084 |
|---|
| 4574 | + | made by this act to section 790.06, Florida Statutes, in a 3085 |
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| 4575 | + | reference thereto, section 790.061, Florida Statutes, is 3086 |
|---|
| 4576 | + | reenacted to read: 3087 |
|---|
| 4577 | + | 790.061 Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure 3088 |
|---|
| 4578 | + | provisions.—A county court judge, circuit court judge, district 3089 |
|---|
| 4579 | + | court of appeal judge, justice of the supreme court, federal 3090 |
|---|
| 4580 | + | district court judge, or federal court of appeals judge serving 3091 |
|---|
| 4581 | + | in this state is not required to comply with the provisions of 3092 |
|---|
| 4582 | + | s. 790.06 in order to receive a license to carry a concealed 3093 |
|---|
| 4583 | + | weapon or firearm, except that any such justice or judge must 3094 |
|---|
| 4584 | + | comply with the provisions of s. 790.06(2)(h). The Department of 3095 |
|---|
| 4585 | + | Agriculture and Consumer Services s hall issue a license to carry 3096 |
|---|
| 4586 | + | a concealed weapon or firearm to any such justice or judge upon 3097 |
|---|
| 4587 | + | demonstration of competence of the justice or judge pursuant to 3098 |
|---|
| 4588 | + | s. 790.06(2)(h). 3099 |
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| 4589 | + | Section 92. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 3100 |
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