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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1849

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11  The Committee on Environmental Protection offered the

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  The Legislature recognizes a need for

19  providing a capability within the state for responding to the

20  reuse, recycling, and proper management of waste products

21  generated by users of lead-containing products within the

22  state.

23         Section 2.  The Department of Environmental Protection

24  is hereby authorized to use funds from the Solid Waste

25  Management Trust Fund as grants to Florida-based businesses

26  that recycle lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing

27  materials, including products such as televisions and computer

28  monitors which utilize lead containing cathode ray tubes.

29  This incentive funding may be used for research and

30  development in methods to recover and recycle lead from the

31  environment; for innovative technologies and equipment to

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 1  process and recycle lead-containing materials; and for

 2  establishing an infrastructure to collect and transport

 3  lead-containing material to Florida based recycling

 4  businesses.

 5         Section 3.  The department is directed to work with the

 6  Department of Management Services to implement a pilot program

 7  to collect lead-containing products, including end-of-life

 8  computers and other electronic equipment from state and local

 9  agencies.  Local governments are encouraged to establish

10  collection and recycling programs for publicly and privately

11  owned lead-containing products, including end-of-life

12  televisions, computers and other electronic products through

13  existing recycling and household hazardous waste management

14  programs.

15         Section 4.  The sum of $400,000 is hereby appropriated

16  from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to the Department

17  of Environmental Protection for fiscal year 1999-2000 to fund

18  the grants authorized by this act.  The department is

19  authorized to request annual funding for these grants through

20  the fiscal year 2004-2005.

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

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 1, lines 2 through 10

27  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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29  and insert in lieu thereof:

30         An act relating to the reuse, recycling and

31         management of lead-containing products;

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 1         authorizing the Department of Environmental

 2         Protection to use trust fund moneys as grants

 3         to Florida based businesses that recycle

 4         lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing

 5         materials; directing the department to work

 6         with the Department of Management Services to

 7         implement a pilot program to collect

 8         lead-containing products; providing an

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