Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372
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11  The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Jones)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 16, line 14, through
16            page 17, line 23, delete those lines
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19         (d)  Local government regulation of the agricultural
20  uses authorized by s. 791.012, Florida Statutes, may be
21  inconsistent with legitimate agricultural purposes;
22         (e)  There is a need for consumer education relating to
23  safety standards in the use of consumer fireworks;
24         (f)  There is a need for standards concerning tents and
25  other temporary retail facilities selling consumer fireworks;
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27         (g)  The state would benefit from additional funding
28  for the training and education of fire officials.
29         (2)(a)  The Consumer Fireworks Task Force is created
30  within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for
31  the purpose of studying issues concerning the proper use of
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372 Barcode 143956 1 consumer fireworks, the regulation of sales and temporary sale 2 facilities for consumer fireworks, the regulation of the hours 3 and location of the use of consumer fireworks, the property 4 zoning classifications for sale facilities for consumer 5 fireworks, the funding options for fire official training and 6 education, and funding options for clean-up of expended 7 consumer fireworks products. 8 (b)1. The task force shall consist of eight members 9 appointed as follows: two members appointed by the President 10 of the Senate, one of whom must be from a list of nominees 11 recommended by the Florida League of Cities and one of whom 12 must be a representative of the industry; two members 13 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one 14 of whom must be from a list of nominees recommended by the 15 Florida Association of Counties and one of whom must be a 16 representative of the industry; three members appointed by the 17 Commissioner of Agriculture, one of whom must be a 18 representative of the Division of Forestry of the Florida 19 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and one of 20 whom must be a representative of the industry; and one member 21 appointed by the Chief Financial Officer. 22 2. Members shall choose a chair and vice chair from 23 its membership. 24 3. Members shall serve without compensation, except 25 that members are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and 26 travel expenses, pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, 27 incurred in the performance of their duties. 28 (3) Staffing for the task force shall be provided by 29 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 30 (4) The task force shall review and evaluate the 31 issues identified in paragraph (2)(a) and take public input 2 7:54 AM 03/15/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tg3
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372 Barcode 143956 1 and testimony concerning the issues. A report of the 2 recommendations and findings of the task force shall be 3 submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 4 the House of Representatives by January 15, 2008, and the task 5 force shall be abolished upon the transmittal of the report. 6 (5) Pending completion of the Legislature's review of 7 the task force's report and to ensure that fire prevention and 8 safety standards are uniform, a new permanent retail sales 9 facility engaged in sales otherwise permitted under s. 791.02, 10 Florida Statutes, may not be opened in this state after March 11 8, 2007, unless the permanent retail sales facility has 12 received site-plan approval and construction has begun on or 13 before March 8, 2007; the number of permits for temporary 14 retail sales facilities, such as tents, engaged in sales 15 otherwise permitted by s. 791.02, Florida Statutes, which are 16 issued after March 8, 2007, by a county, municipality, or 17 other unit of local government may not exceed the number of 18 permits that such governmental entity issued for such 19 facilities during the previous calendar year; and a 20 municipality, county, or other unit of local government may 21 not adopt an ordinance, rule, regulation, or other law after 22 March 8, 2007, which directly prohibits or directly interferes 23 with the safety standards established by state law or the 24 right to purchase, sell, use, or possess consumer fireworks in 25 this state. However, if the Legislature enacts legislation to 26 provide for the comprehensive regulation of fire prevention 27 and safety standards for the use of consumer fireworks to 28 replace this subsection on or before July 1, 2008, this 29 subsection does not prohibit opening any such facility, 30 permitting any such temporary facility, or adopting any such 31 ordinance or other law after such legislation is enacted. 3 7:54 AM 03/15/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tg3
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372 Barcode 143956 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 2, line 17, after the first semicolon, 4 5 insert: 6 prohibiting the opening or permitting of 7 certain facilities for the retail sale of 8 fireworks or the adoption of certain ordinances 9 or other laws by local governments under 10 specified conditions concerning the adoption of 11 uniform fire prevention and safety standards; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 7:54 AM 03/15/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tg3