SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 472
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 444694
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11  Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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18         (1)  As a prerequisite to obtaining or renewing a valid
19  user license as required by s. 552.091(5)(a), or obtaining or
20  renewing a valid license or permit under s. 552.30, a person
21  who uses explosives in connection with construction materials
22  mining activities must post and maintain a bond or letter of
23  credit as security as required under subsection (2). Evidence
24  that the bond has been posted and maintained in compliance
25  with this section must be maintained by any licensee or
26  permitholder for the use of explosives in connection with
27  construction materials mining activities as part of the
28  mandatory record maintenance requirements of s. 552.112. The
29  person must maintain, in a format approved by the Division of
30  State Fire Marshal of the Department of Financial Services, a
31  completed form that shows the amount and location of the bond
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 472
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 444694
 1  or identifies the bond surety and the current bond value.
 2         (2)  The bond or letter of credit required under
 3  subsection (1) must be in an amount not less than $100,000,
 4  notwithstanding an award made by an administrative law judge
 5  under s. 552.40(7). In the case of a multiple licenseholder or
 6  multiple permitholder, a single bond in the aggregate amount
 7  of not less than $100,000 may be provided as security for the
 8  individual permits or licenses. If the user of explosives has
 9  not been identified as a respondent in any pending claim for
10  damages under this chapter, and if renewal of the license or
11  permit is not sought, the bond required under this section may
12  be released upon the expiration of the license or permit or
13  181 days after the final use of explosives under the license,
14  whichever occurs later, if the bond to be released is not
15  security for other permits.
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