Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1032
       
       
                                                                       
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       10-00612-16                                           20161032__
    1                   A reviser’s bill to be entitled                 
    2         An act relating to the Florida Statutes; amending ss.
    3         487.064, 487.071, 493.6113, 493.6115, 570.921,
    4         573.1201, 583.181, and 593.107, F.S., to conform to
    5         the directive of the Legislature in section 9 of
    6         chapter 2012-116, Laws of Florida, codified as section
    7         11.242(5)(j), Florida Statutes, to prepare a reviser’s
    8         bill to omit all statutes and laws, or parts thereof,
    9         which grant duplicative, redundant, or unused
   10         rulemaking authority; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 487.064, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         487.064 Antisiphon requirements for irrigation systems.—
   17         (3) The department may establish by rule specific
   18  requirements for antisiphon devices and for sites where
   19  pesticide mixing-loading occurs.
   20         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
   21  487.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         487.071 Enforcement, inspection, sampling, and analysis.—
   23         (7)
   24         (b) The department shall establish by rule a fee schedule
   25  for pesticide samples analyzed upon request. The fees shall be
   26  sufficient to cover the costs to the department for taking the
   27  samples and performing the analysis. However, no fee shall
   28  exceed $400 per test.
   29         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   30  493.6113, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         493.6113 Renewal application for licensure.—
   32         (3) Each licensee is responsible for renewing his or her
   33  license on or before its expiration by filing with the
   34  department an application for renewal accompanied by payment of
   35  the prescribed license fee.
   36         (b) Each Class “G” licensee shall additionally submit proof
   37  that he or she has received during each year of the license
   38  period a minimum of 4 hours of firearms recertification training
   39  taught by a Class “K” licensee and has complied with such other
   40  health and training requirements that the department shall adopt
   41  by rule. Proof of completion of firearms recertification
   42  training shall be submitted to the department upon completion of
   43  the training. If the licensee fails to complete the required 4
   44  hours of annual training during the first year of the 2-year
   45  term of the license, the license shall be automatically
   46  suspended. The licensee must complete the minimum number of
   47  hours of range and classroom training required at the time of
   48  initial licensure and submit proof of completion of such
   49  training to the department before the license may be reinstated.
   50  If the licensee fails to complete the required 4 hours of annual
   51  training during the second year of the 2-year term of the
   52  license, the licensee must complete the minimum number of hours
   53  of range and classroom training required at the time of initial
   54  licensure and submit proof of completion of such training to the
   55  department before the license may be renewed. The department may
   56  waive the firearms training requirement if:
   57         1. The applicant provides proof that he or she is currently
   58  certified as a law enforcement officer or correctional officer
   59  under the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission and
   60  has completed law enforcement firearms requalification training
   61  annually during the previous 2 years of the licensure period;
   62         2. The applicant provides proof that he or she is currently
   63  certified as a federal law enforcement officer and has received
   64  law enforcement firearms training administered by a federal law
   65  enforcement agency annually during the previous 2 years of the
   66  licensure period; or
   67         3. The applicant submits a valid firearm certificate among
   68  those specified in s. 493.6105(6)(a) and provides proof of
   69  having completed requalification training during the previous 2
   70  years of the licensure period.
   71         Section 4. Subsection (16) of section 493.6115, Florida
   72  Statutes, is amended to read:
   73         493.6115 Weapons and firearms.—
   74         (16) If the criminal history record check program
   75  referenced in s. 493.6108(1) is inoperable, the department may
   76  issue a temporary “G” license on a case-by-case basis, provided
   77  that the applicant has met all statutory requirements for the
   78  issuance of a temporary “G” license as specified in subsection
   79  (12), excepting the criminal history record check stipulated
   80  there; provided, that the department requires that the licensed
   81  employer of the applicant conduct a criminal history record
   82  check of the applicant pursuant to standards set forth in rule
   83  by the department, and provide to the department an affidavit
   84  containing such information and statements as required by the
   85  department, including a statement that the criminal history
   86  record check did not indicate the existence of any criminal
   87  history that would prohibit licensure. Failure to properly
   88  conduct such a check, or knowingly providing incorrect or
   89  misleading information or statements in the affidavit
   90  constitutes grounds for disciplinary action against the licensed
   91  agency, including revocation of license.
   92         Section 5. Section 570.921, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   93  read:
   94         570.921 Environmental Stewardship Certification Program.
   95  The department may, by rule, establish the Environmental
   96  Stewardship Certification Program consistent with this section.
   97  A rule adopted under this section must be developed in
   98  consultation with state universities, agricultural
   99  organizations, and other interested parties.
  100         (1) The program must:
  101         (a) Be integrated, to the maximum extent practicable, with
  102  programs that are sponsored by agricultural organizations or
  103  state universities.
  104         (b) Be designed to recognize and promote agricultural
  105  operations or homeowner practices that demonstrate exemplary
  106  resource management that is related to environmental
  107  stewardship.
  108         (c) Include a process to periodically review a
  109  certification to ensure compliance with the program
  110  requirements, including implementation by the certificateholder.
  111         (d) Require periodic continuing education in relevant
  112  environmental stewardship issues in order to maintain
  113  certification.
  114         (2) The department shall provide an agricultural
  115  certification under this program for implementation of one or
  116  more of the following criteria:
  117         (a) A voluntary agreement between an agency and an
  118  agricultural producer for environmental improvement or water
  119  resource protection.
  120         (b) A conservation plan that meets or exceeds the
  121  requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture.
  122         (c) Best management practices adopted by rule pursuant to
  123  s. 403.067(7)(c) or s. 570.93(1)(b).
  124         (3) The Soil and Water Conservation Council created by s.
  125  582.06 may develop and recommend to the department for adoption
  126  additional criteria for receipt of an agricultural certification
  127  which may include, but not be limited to:
  128         (a) Comprehensive management of all on-farm resources.
  129         (b) Promotion of environmental awareness and responsible
  130  resource stewardship in agricultural or urban communities.
  131         (c) Completion of a curriculum of study that is related to
  132  environmental issues and regulation.
  133         (4) If needed, the department and the Institute of Food and
  134  Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida may jointly
  135  develop a curriculum that provides instruction concerning
  136  environmental issues pertinent to agricultural certification and
  137  deliver such curriculum to, and certify its completion by, any
  138  person seeking certification or to maintain certification.
  139         (5) The department may enter into agreements with third
  140  party providers to administer or implement all or part of the
  141  program.
  142         Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 573.1201, Florida
  143  Statutes, is amended to read:
  144         573.1201 Certificates of exemption.—
  145         (1) The department may adopt procedures pursuant to which
  146  certificates of exemption will be issued to producers or
  147  handlers.
  148         Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  149  583.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  150         583.181 Disposal of dead poultry and hatchery residue;
  151  inspection and quarantine; penalties.—
  152         (3) POWERS AND DUTIES.—In the discharge of its duties under
  153  this section, the department has the power:
  154         (a) To prescribe promulgate rules prescribing satisfactory
  155  facilities and equipment for the handling, destruction, and
  156  disposal of dead birds and hatchery residue so as to prevent the
  157  spread or dissemination of diseases of poultry.
  158         Section 8. Section 593.107, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  159  read:
  160         593.107 Regulation of collection, transportation,
  161  distribution, and movement of cotton.—Each grower of cotton
  162  shall keep and furnish the department such information as it
  163  may, by rule, require regarding the collection, transportation,
  164  distribution, and processing of cotton for the purpose of
  165  determining if the cotton is infested with the boll weevil.
  166  Further, each such grower is required to keep and maintain
  167  sanitary at all times her or his vehicles used in the
  168  collection, transportation, and distribution of cotton under
  169  such rules as may be required by the department. The department
  170  may govern promulgate rules governing the movement of regulated
  171  articles within the state and from another state, or portion
  172  thereof, into an eradication zone when that state is known to be
  173  infested with the boll weevil.
  174         Reviser’s note.—Amends or repeals provisions of the Florida
  175         Statutes pursuant to the directive of the Legislature in s.
  176         9, ch. 2012-116, Laws of Florida, codified as s.
  177         11.242(5)(j), Florida Statutes, to prepare a reviser’s bill
  178         to omit all statutes and laws, or parts thereof, which
  179         grant duplicative, redundant, or unused rulemaking
  180         authority.
  181         Section 9. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after
  182  adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which
  183  enacted.