Amendment
Bill No. 1528

Amendment No. 185745

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Needelman offered the following:
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3	Amendment to Amendment (895289) (with title amendment)
4	Remove lines 1168-1408 and insert:
5	Section 12.  Section 403.4131, Florida Statutes, is amended
6	to read:
7	403.4131  Litter control "Keep Florida Beautiful,
8	Incorporated"; placement of signs.--
9	(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that a coordinated
10	effort of interested businesses, environmental and civic
11	organizations, and state and local agencies of government be
12	developed to plan for and assist in implementing solutions to
13	the litter and solid waste problems in this state and that the
14	state provide financial assistance for the establishment of a
15	nonprofit organization with the name of "Keep Florida Beautiful,
16	Incorporated," which shall be registered, incorporated, and
17	operated in compliance with chapter 617.  This nonprofit
18	organization shall coordinate the statewide campaign and operate
19	as the grassroots arm of the state's effort and shall serve as
20	an umbrella organization for volunteer-based community programs.
21	The organization shall be dedicated to helping Florida and its
22	local communities solve solid waste problems, to developing and
23	implementing a sustained litter prevention campaign, and to act
24	as a working public-private partnership in helping to implement
25	the state's Solid Waste Management Act. As part of this effort,
26	Keep Florida Beautiful, Incorporated, in cooperation with the
27	Environmental Education Foundation, shall strive to educate
28	citizens, visitors, and businesses about the important
29	relationship between the state's environment and economy.  Keep
30	Florida Beautiful, Incorporated, is encouraged to explore and
31	identify economic incentives to improve environmental
32	initiatives in the area of solid waste management. The
33	membership of the board of directors of this nonprofit
34	organization may include representatives of the following
35	organizations: the Florida League of Cities, the Florida
36	Association of Counties, the Governor's Office, the Florida
37	Chapter of the National Solid Waste Management Association, the
38	Florida Recyclers Association, the Center for Marine
39	Conservation, Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Associated
40	Industries of Florida, the Florida Soft Drink Association, the
41	Florida Petroleum Council, the Retail Grocers Association of
42	Florida, the Florida Retail Federation, the Pulp and Paper
43	Association, the Florida Automobile Dealers Association, the
44	Beer Industries of Florida, the Florida Beer Wholesalers
45	Association, and the Distilled Spirits Wholesalers.
46	(2)  As a partner working with government, business, civic,
47	environmental, and other organizations, Keep Florida Beautiful,
48	Incorporated, shall strive to assist the state and its local
49	communities by contracting for the development of a highly
50	visible antilitter campaign that, at a minimum, includes:
51	(a)  Coordinating with the Center for Marine Conservation
52	and the Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management to
53	identify components of the marine debris and litter stream and
54	groups that habitually litter.
55	(b)  Designing appropriate advertising to promote the
56	proper management of solid waste, with emphasis on educating
57	groups that habitually litter.
58	(c)  Fostering public awareness and striving to build an
59	environmental ethic in this state through the development of
60	educational programs that result in an understanding and in
61	action on the part of individuals and organizations about the
62	role they must play in preventing litter and protecting
63	Florida's environment.
64	(d)  Developing educational programs and materials that
65	promote the proper management of solid waste, including the
66	proper disposal of litter.
67	(e)  Administering grants provided by the state.  Grants
68	authorized under this section shall be subject to normal
69	department audit procedures and review.
70	(1)(3)  The Department of Transportation shall establish an
71	"adopt-a-highway" program to allow local organizations to be
72	identified with specific highway cleanup and highway
73	beautification projects authorized under s. 339.2405 and shall
74	coordinate such efforts with Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc.  The
75	department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on
76	the progress achieved and the savings incurred by the "adopt-a-
77	highway" program.  The department shall also monitor and report
78	on compliance with provisions of the adopt-a-highway program to
79	ensure that organizations that participate in the program comply
80	with the goals identified by the department.
81	(2)(4)  The Department of Transportation shall place signs
82	discouraging litter at all off-ramps of the interstate highway
83	system in the state.  The department shall place other highway
84	signs as necessary to discourage littering through use of the
85	antilitter program developed by Keep Florida Beautiful,
86	Incorporated.
87	(3)(5)  Each county is encouraged to initiate a litter
88	control and prevention program or to expand upon its existing
89	program.  The department shall establish a system of grants for
90	municipalities and counties to implement litter control and
91	prevention programs.  In addition to the activities described in
92	subsection (1), such grants shall at a minimum be used for
93	litter cleanup, grassroots educational programs involving litter
94	removal and prevention, and the placement of litter and
95	recycling receptacles. Counties are encouraged to form working
96	public private partnerships as authorized under this section to
97	implement litter control and prevention programs at the
98	community level. The grants authorized pursuant to this section
99	shall be incorporated as part of the recycling and education
100	grants. Counties that have a population under 100,000 75,000 are
101	encouraged to develop a regional approach to administering and
102	coordinating their litter control and prevention programs.
103	(6)  The department may contract with Keep Florida
104	Beautiful, Incorporated, to help carry out the provisions of
105	this section.  All contracts authorized under this section are
106	subject to normal department audit procedures and review.
107	(7)  In order to establish continuity for the statewide
108	program, those local governments and community programs
109	receiving grants for litter prevention and control must use the
110	official State of Florida litter control or campaign symbol
111	adopted by Keep Florida Beautiful, Incorporated, for use on
112	various receptacles and program material.
113	(8)  The Legislature establishes a litter reduction goal of
114	50 percent reduction from the period January 1, 1994, to January
115	1, 1997.  The method of determination used to measure the
116	reduction in litter is the survey conducted by the Center for
117	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management.  The center shall consider
118	existing litter survey methodologies.
119	(9)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
120	contract with the Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste
121	Management for an ongoing annual litter survey, the first of
122	which is to be conducted by January 1, 1994. The center shall
123	appoint a broad-based work group not to exceed seven members to
124	assist in the development and implementation of the survey.
125	Representatives from the university system, business,
126	government, and the environmental community shall be considered
127	by the center to serve on the work group. Final authority on
128	implementing and conducting the survey rests with the center.
129	The first survey is to be designed to serve as a baseline by
130	measuring the amount of current litter and marine debris, and is
131	to include a methodology for measuring the reduction in the
132	amount of litter and marine debris to determine the progress
133	toward the litter reduction goal established in subsection (8).
134	Annually thereafter, additional surveys are to be conducted and
135	must also include a methodology for measuring the reduction in
136	the amount of litter and for determining progress toward the
137	litter reduction goal established in subsection (8).
138	(10)(a)  There is created within Keep Florida Beautiful,
139	Inc., the Wildflower Advisory Council, consisting of a maximum
140	of nine members to direct and oversee the expenditure of the
141	Wildflower Account. The Wildflower Advisory Council shall
142	include a representative from the University of Florida
143	Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Florida
144	Department of Transportation, and the Florida Department of
145	Environmental Protection, the Florida League of Cities, and the
146	Florida Association of Counties. Other members of the committee
147	may include representatives from the Florida Federation of
148	Garden Clubs, Inc., Think Beauty Foundation, the Florida Chapter
149	of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc., and a
150	representative of the Master Gardener's Program.
151	(b)  The Wildflower Advisory Council shall develop
152	procedures of operation, research contracts, educational
153	programs, and wildflower planting grants for Florida native
154	wildflowers, plants, and grasses. The council shall also make
155	the final determination of what constitutes acceptable species
156	of wildflowers and other plantings supported by these programs.
157	Section 13.  Section 403.41315, Florida Statutes, is
158	amended to read:
159	403.41315  Comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and
160	marine debris control and prevention.--
161	(1)  The Legislature finds that a comprehensive illegal
162	dumping, litter, and marine debris control and prevention
163	program is necessary to protect the beauty and the environment
164	of Florida. The Legislature also recognizes that a comprehensive
165	illegal dumping, litter, and marine debris control and
166	prevention program will have a positive effect on the state's
167	economy.  The Legislature finds that the state's rapid
168	population growth, the ever-increasing mobility of its
169	population, and the large number of tourists contribute to the
170	need for a comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and marine
171	debris control and prevention program. The Legislature further
172	finds that the program must be coordinated and capable of having
173	statewide identity and grassroots community support.
174	(2)  The comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and marine
175	debris control and prevention program at a minimum must include
176	the following:
177	(a)  A local statewide public awareness and educational
178	campaign, coordinated by Keep Florida Beautiful, Incorporated,
179	to educate individuals, government, businesses, and other
180	organizations concerning the role they must assume in preventing
181	and controlling litter.
182	(b)  Enforcement provisions authorized under s. 403.413.
183	(c)  Enforcement officers whose responsibilities include
184	grassroots education along with enforcing litter and illegal
185	dumping violations.
186	(d)  Local illegal dumping, litter, and marine debris
187	control and prevention programs operated at the county level
188	with emphasis placed on grassroots educational programs designed
189	to prevent and remove litter and marine debris.
190	(e)  A statewide adopt-a-highway program as authorized
191	under s. 403.4131.
192	(f)  The highway beautification program authorized under s.
193	339.2405.
194	(g)  A statewide Adopt-a-Shore program that includes beach,
195	river, and lake shorelines and emphasizes litter and marine
196	debris cleanup and prevention.
197	(h)  The prohibition of balloon releases as authorized
198	under s. 372.995.
199	(i)  The placement of approved identifiable litter and
200	recycling receptacles.
201	(j)  Other educational programs that are implemented at the
202	grassroots level coordinated through Keep Florida Beautiful,
203	Inc., involving volunteers and community programs that clean up
204	and prevent litter, including Youth Conservation Corps
205	activities.
206	Section 14.  Section 403.4133, Florida Statutes, is amended
207	to read:
208	403.4133  Adopt-a-Shore Program.--
209	(1)  The Legislature finds that litter and illegal dumping
210	present a threat to the state's wildlife, environment, and
211	shorelines.  The Legislature further finds that public awareness
212	and education will assist in preventing litter from being
213	illegally deposited along the state's shorelines.
214	(2)  The Adopt-a-Shore Program shall be created within the
215	Department of Environmental Protection nonprofit organization
216	referred to in s. 403.4131(1), named Keep Florida Beautiful,
217	Incorporated.  The program shall be designed to educate the
218	state's citizens and visitors about the importance of litter
219	prevention and shall include approaches and techniques to remove
220	litter from the state's shorelines.
221	(3)  For the purposes of this section, the term "shoreline"
222	includes, but is not limited to, beaches, rivershores, and
223	lakeshores.
224	Section 15.  Subsection (28) of section 320.08058, Florida
225	Statutes, is amended to read:
226	320.08058  Specialty license plates.--
227	(28)  FLORIDA WILDFLOWER LICENSE PLATES.--
228	(a)  The department shall develop a Florida Wildflower
229	license plate as provided in this section. The word "Florida"
230	must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "State
231	Wildflower" and "coreopsis" must appear at the bottom of the
232	plate.
233	(b)  The annual use fees shall be distributed to the
234	Wildflower Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under s.
235	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code Wildflower Account
236	established by Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc., created by s.
237	403.4131. The proceeds must be used to establish native Florida
238	wildflower research programs, wildflower educational programs,
239	and wildflower grant programs to municipal, county, and
240	community-based groups in this state.
241	1.  The Wildflower Foundation, Inc., shall develop
242	procedures of operation, research contracts, education and
243	marketing programs, and wildflower planting grants for Florida
244	native wildflowers, plants, and grasses.
245	2.  A maximum of 15 10 percent of the proceeds from the
246	sale of such plates may be used for administrative and marketing
247	costs.
248	3.  In the event the Wildflower Foundation, Inc., ceases to
249	be an active nonprofit corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the
250	Internal Revenue Code, the proceeds from the annual use fee
251	shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund
252	created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
253	Services. Any funds held by the Wildflower Foundation, Inc.,
254	must be promptly transferred to the General Inspection Trust
255	Fund. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall
256	use and administer the proceeds from the use fee in the manner
257	specified in this subsection.
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261	Remove lines 4551-4564 and insert:
262	requirements for a litter survey; amending s. 403.41315,
263	F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made to the Keep
264	Florida Beautiful, Inc., program; amending s. 403.4133,
265	F.S.; placing the Adopt-a-Shore Program within the
266	Department of Environmental Protection; amending s.
267	320.08058, F.S.; requiring that the proceeds of the fees
268	paid for Wildflower license plates be distributed to
269	Wildflower Foundation, Inc.; requiring the foundation to
270	develop certain procedures and programs; specifying uses
271	of the proceeds; transferring the balance of such proceeds
272	to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
273	under certain circumstances; amending s. 403.703,

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