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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2536

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11  Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 12, between lines 12 and 13,

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17         Section 5.  The Legislature recognizes a need for

18  providing a capability within the state for responding to the

19  reuse, recycling, and proper management of waste products

20  generated by users of lead-containing products within the

21  state.

22         Section 6.  The Department of Environmental Protection

23  is authorized to use funds from the Solid Waste Management

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

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

26  including products such as televisions and computer monitors

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

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

29  recover and recycle lead from the environment; for innovative

30  technologies and equipment to process and recycle

31  lead-containing materials; and for establishing an

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 1  infrastructure to collect and transport lead-containing

 2  material to Florida-based recycling businesses.

 3         Section 7.  The Department of Environmental Protection

 4  is directed to work with the Department of Management Services

 5  to implement a pilot program to collect lead-containing

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

 7  equipment from state and local agencies. Local governments are

 8  encouraged to establish collection and recycling programs for

 9  publicly and privately owned lead-containing products,

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

11  electronic products through existing recycling and household

12  hazardous-waste-management programs.

13         Section 8.  The sum of $400,000 is appropriated from

14  the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to the Department of

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

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

17  request annual funding for these grants through the Fiscal

18  Year 2004-2005. This section will take effect July 1, 1999.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

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28         authorizing the Department of Environmental

29         Protection to use trust fund moneys as grants

30         to Florida-based businesses that recycle

31         lead-acid batteries and other lead-containing

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