Senate Bill 1434c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1434

    By the Committee on Natural Resources and Senator Hargrett





    312-1792A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to solid waste management;

  3         authorizing the Department of Environmental

  4         Protection to use trust fund moneys as grants

  5         to Florida-based businesses that recycle

  6         lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing

  7         materials; directing the department to work

  8         with the Department of Management Services to

  9         implement a pilot program to collect

10         lead-containing products; providing an

11         appropriation; providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  The Legislature recognizes a need for

16  providing a capability within the state for responding to the

17  reuse, recycling, and proper management of waste products

18  generated by users of lead-containing products within the

19  state.

20         Section 2.  The Department of Environmental Protection

21  is authorized to use funds from the Solid Waste Management

22  Trust Fund as grants to Florida-based businesses that recycle

23  lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing materials,

24  including products such as televisions and computer monitors

25  that utilize lead-containing cathode ray tubes. This incentive

26  funding may be used for research and development in methods to

27  recover and recycle lead from the environment; for innovative

28  technologies and equipment to process and recycle

29  lead-containing materials; and for establishing an

30  infrastructure to collect and transport lead-containing

31  material to Florida-based recycling businesses.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1434
    312-1792A-99




  1         Section 3.  The Department of Environmental Protection

  2  is directed to work with the Department of Management Services

  3  to implement a pilot program to collect lead-containing

  4  products, including end-of-life computers and other electronic

  5  equipment from state and local agencies. Local governments are

  6  encouraged to establish collection and recycling programs for

  7  publicly and privately owned lead-containing products,

  8  including end-of-life televisions, computers, and other

  9  electronic products through existing recycling and household

10  hazardous-waste-management programs.

11         Section 4.  The sum of $400,000 is appropriated from

12  the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to the Department of

13  Environmental Protection for Fiscal Year 1999-2000 to fund the

14  grants authorized by this act. The department is authorized to

15  request annual funding for these grants through the Fiscal

16  Year 2004-2005.

17         Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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19          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
20                             SB 1434

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22  This bill authorizes the Department of Environmental
    Protection to use funds from the Solid Waste Management Trust
23  Fund as grants to Florida-based businesses that recycle
    lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing materials, such
24  as televisions and computer monitors that utilize
    lead-containing cathode ray tubes. Appropriates $400,000 from
25  the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to the DEP for FY
    1999-2000 to fund these grants. Authorizes the DEP to seek
26  annual funding through FY 2004-2005.

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