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CS/SB 412: Assessment on the Sale of Masonry Units

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Bennett ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Storms

Assessment on the Sale of Masonry Units; Creating the “Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act”; creating the Florida Concrete Masonry Council, Inc., as a nonprofit corporation; authorizing the council to levy an assessment on the sale of masonry units by a manufacturer, under certain circumstances; prohibiting the council from participating or intervening in any political campaign; prohibiting the council from using any receipt to benefit its directors, officers, or other private persons; requiring that a manufacturer of concrete masonry products collect the assessment from a purchaser at the time of sale of a concrete masonry unit; authorizing the council to initiate legal action against a manufacturer that fails to remit the assessment, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (BFT)
  4. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/4/2011 Senate • Filed
11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 37
11/22/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/05/11, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
12/5/2011 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 111
• Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 111
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 37
1/27/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/01/12, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2/1/2012 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 326
2/2/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/3/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 326
• Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax -SJ 328
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
2/7/2012 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 329
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax