House Bill 1849

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1849

        By Representative Wallace






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to lead-acid battery fees;

  3         amending s. 403.7185, F.S.; authorizing the

  4         Department of Environmental Protection to use a

  5         percentage of such fees collected to make

  6         grants to fund assessment and remediation of

  7         contaminated sites and to provide incentives

  8         for recycling facilities for lead-acid

  9         batteries and other lead-containing waste

10         products; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section

15  403.7185, Florida Statutes, to read:

16         403.7185  Lead-acid battery fees.--

17         (4)  At least 15 percent of the revenues collected

18  annually from the lead-acid battery fees shall be designated

19  by the Department of Environmental Protection as grant moneys

20  to provide funding for contamination assessment and

21  remediation of sites contaminated by the disposal of lead-acid

22  batteries, and the components thereof, and to provide

23  incentives to assist recycling facilities for lead-acid

24  batteries and other lead-containing solid waste products to

25  provide a convenient opportunity for safe recycling and proper

26  disposal of waste products containing lead. The Legislature

27  recognizes a need for providing a capability within the state

28  for responding to the recycling, proper disposal, and

29  remediation of waste products generated by users of

30  lead-containing products within this state. Incentive grants

31  may be made for funding public or private activities that are

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1849

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  1  innovative or necessary to maintain environmental compliance

  2  with federal and state regulatory requirements.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to
  8    designate at least 15 percent of the lead-acid battery
      fees collected annually for grants to fund assessment and
  9    remediation of sites contaminated by disposal of
      lead-acid batteries and to provide incentives for
10    recycling facilities for such batteries and other
      lead-containing waste products.
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