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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1425, 1st Eng.

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11  Representative(s) Eggelletion offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 12, between lines 17 and 18

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17         Section 5.  Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (3) of

18  section 403.7046, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         403.7046  Regulation of recovered materials.--

20         (3)  Except as otherwise provided in this section or

21  pursuant to a special act in effect on or before January 1,

22  1993, a local government may not require a commercial

23  establishment that generates source-separated recovered

24  materials to sell or otherwise convey its recovered materials

25  to the local government or to a facility designated by the

26  local government, nor may the local government restrict such a

27  generator's right to sell or otherwise convey such recovered

28  materials to any properly certified recovered materials dealer

29  who has satisfied the requirements of this section.  A local

30  government may not enact any ordinance that prevents such a

31  dealer from entering into a contract with a commercial

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 1  establishment to purchase, collect, transport, process, or

 2  receive source-separated recovered materials.

 3         (b)  Prior to engaging in business within the

 4  jurisdiction of the local government, a recovered materials

 5  dealer must provide the local government with a copy of the

 6  certification provided for in this section.  In addition, the

 7  local government may establish a registration process whereby

 8  a recovered materials dealer must register with the local

 9  government prior to engaging in business within the

10  jurisdiction of the local government.  Such registration

11  process is limited to requiring the dealer to register its

12  name, including the owner or operator of the dealer, and, if

13  the dealer is a business entity, its general or limited

14  partners, its corporate officers and directors, its permanent

15  place of business, evidence of its certification under this

16  section, and a certification that the recovered materials will

17  be processed at a recovered materials processing facility

18  satisfying the requirements of this section. All counties, and

19  municipalities whose population exceeds 35,000 according to

20  the population estimates determined pursuant to s. 186.901,

21  may establish a reporting process which shall be limited to

22  the regulations, reporting format, and reporting frequency

23  established by the department pursuant to this section, which

24  shall, at a minimum, include requiring the dealer to identify

25  the types and approximate amount of recovered materials

26  collected, recycled, or reused during the reporting period;

27  the approximate percentage of recovered materials reused,

28  stored, or delivered to a recovered materials processing

29  facility or disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility;

30  and the locations where any recovered materials were disposed

31  of as solid waste.  Information reported under this subsection

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 1  which, if disclosed, would reveal a trade secret, as defined

 2  in s. 812.081(1)(c), is confidential and exempt from the

 3  provisions of s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and

 4  s. 119.07(1). The local government may charge the dealer a

 5  registration fee commensurate with and no greater than the

 6  cost incurred by the local government in operating its

 7  registration program. Registration program costs are limited

 8  to those costs associated with the activities described in

 9  this paragraph. Any reporting or registration process

10  established by a local government with regard to recovered

11  materials shall be governed by the provisions of this section

12  and department rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

13         (d)  In addition to any other authority provided by

14  law, a local government is hereby expressly authorized to

15  prohibit a person or entity not certified under this section

16  from doing business within the jurisdiction of the local

17  government; to enter into a nonexclusive franchise or to

18  otherwise provide for the collection, transportation, and

19  processing of recovered materials at commercial

20  establishments, provided that a local government may not

21  require a certified recovered materials dealer to enter into

22  such franchise agreement in order to enter into a contract

23  with any commercial establishment located within the local

24  government's jurisdiction such franchise or provision does not

25  prohibit a certified recovered materials dealer from entering

26  into a contract with a commercial establishment to purchase,

27  collect, transport, process, or receive source-separated

28  recovered materials; and to enter into an exclusive franchise

29  or to otherwise provide for the exclusive collection,

30  transportation, and processing of recovered materials at

31  single-family or multifamily residential properties.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 1, line 27

 4  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said line

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 7         amending s. 403.7046, F.S.; providing a

 8         limitation relating to the local government

 9         registration fee for recovered materials

10         dealers; revising local government authority

11         with respect to certain contracts between

12         recovered materials dealers and local

13         commercial establishments that generate

14         source-separated materials; amending s.

15         403.706, F.S.; authorizing counties

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