| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to inspection of perishable items; |
| 3 | requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 4 | Services to inspect items that are exported by certain |
| 5 | countries and enter the state through its airports; |
| 6 | providing for payment of inspection costs; providing an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 12 | Services shall manually inspect each perishable item that enters |
| 13 | the state through one of the state's airports and is exported by |
| 14 | a country that has been identified by the United States |
| 15 | Department of State as a country in which a terrorist |
| 16 | organization exists. The costs of inspection shall be borne by |
| 17 | the importer of such items. |
| 18 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |