Senate Bill sb0862

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 862

    By Senators Bronson and Clary





    312-556-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to solid waste management;

  3         amending s. 403.706, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Environmental Protection to

  5         conduct a comprehensive review of certain waste

  6         reduction and recycling goals; providing that

  7         the department must issue a report; amending s.

  8         403.7095, F.S.; providing that the Department

  9         of Environmental Protection may provide certain

10         counties with solid waste management and

11         recycling grants; deleting the provision that

12         these grants be limited to certain funding

13         received in fiscal year 1997-1998; requiring

14         the department to provide a specified amount

15         for recycling and waste-reduction grants

16         available to all counties on a competitive

17         basis for innovative programs; providing for

18         the expiration of the provision for innovative

19         grants; providing an effective date.

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

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23         Section 1.  Subsection (24) is added to section

24  403.706, Florida Statutes, to read:

25         403.706  Local government solid waste

26  responsibilities.--

27         (24)  The department shall conduct a comprehensive

28  review of the waste reduction and recycling goals set out in

29  this section. The review shall include, but is not limited to,

30  the appropriateness of maintaining, extending, or revising the

31  goals; the effectiveness of current programs for meeting the

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  1  goals; the role of Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc.; the need to

  2  continue those programs; alternative techniques for improving

  3  those programs; and alternative strategies for meeting the

  4  needs of the programs. The department shall consult with

  5  persons knowledgeable about recycling and waste reduction,

  6  including, but not limited to, representatives of local

  7  government, the private recycling industry, and private waste

  8  management industry. The department shall issue its report and

  9  recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,

10  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 30,

11  2002.

12         Section 2.  Subsections (8) and (9) of section

13  403.7095, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

14         403.7095  Solid waste management grant program.--

15         (8)  For fiscal year 2001-2002 2000-2001 only, the

16  department may shall provide counties with populations under

17  100,000 with at least 80 percent of the level of funding they

18  received in fiscal year 1997-1998 for solid waste management

19  and recycling grants. This subsection is repealed on July 1,

20  2001.

21         (9)  For fiscal year 2000-2001 only, The department

22  shall provide $4.1 million 25 percent of the total funds

23  available after the requirements of subsection (8) are met for

24  recycling and waste reduction grants available to all counties

25  on a competitive basis for innovative programs. Because the

26  Legislature recognizes that input from the recycling industry

27  is essential to the success of this funding program, the

28  department shall cooperate with affected organizations to

29  develop a process and define specific criteria for evaluating

30  proposals and selecting programs for funding that comply with

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  1  the following general guidelines. Programs selected for

  2  funding shall:

  3         (a)  Demonstrate technologies or processes that are not

  4  in common use in Florida, that represent a novel application

  5  of an existing technology or process, or that overcome

  6  obstacles to recycling in new or innovative ways.

  7         (b)  Collect and recycle or reduce materials targeted

  8  by the department and the recycling industry.

  9         (c)  Demonstrate the potential economic and

10  environmental benefits of the proposed recycling program and

11  the cost-effectiveness of the program's approach.

12         (d)  Demonstrate transferability of technology and

13  processes used in the program and specify how the program will

14  promote transferability.

15         (e)  Demonstrate local support for the proposed program

16  by the commitment of cash or in-kind matching funds.

17         (f)  This subsection expires is repealed on July 1,

18  2002 2001.

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to
      conduct a comprehensive review of waste reduction and
24    recycling goals and report its recommendations to the
      Governor and the Legislature. Authorizes the department
25    to provide solid waste management and recycling grants to
      certain counties. Requires the department to provide a
26    specified sum of money for recycling and waste reduction
      grants to all counties on a competitive basis.
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