Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372
                        Barcode 512206
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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, is
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 512206 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 a representative of a 11 municipality in this state and one of whom must be a 12 representative of the industry; two members appointed by the 13 Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom must be a 14 representative of a county in this state and one of whom must 15 be a representative of the industry; three members appointed 16 by the Commissioner of Agriculture, one of whom must be a 17 representative of the Division of Forestry of the Florida 18 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and one of 19 whom must be a representative of the industry; and one member 20 appointed by the Chief Financial Officer. 21 2. Members shall choose a chair and vice chair from 22 its membership. 23 3. Members shall serve without compensation, except 24 that members are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and 25 travel expenses, pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, 26 incurred in the performance of their duties. 27 (3) Staffing for the task force shall be provided by 28 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 29 (4) The task force shall review and evaluate the 30 issues identified in paragraph (2)(a) and take public input 31 and testimony concerning the issues. A report of the 2 9:21 AM 03/14/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tj1
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372 Barcode 512206 1 recommendations and findings of the task force shall be 2 submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 3 the House of Representatives by January 15, 2008, and the task 4 force shall be abolished upon the transmittal of the report. 5 (5) Pending completion of the Legislature's review of 6 the task force's report and to ensure that fire prevention and 7 safety standards are uniform, a new permanent retail sales 8 facility engaged in sales otherwise permitted under s. 791.02, 9 Florida Statutes, may not be opened in this state after March 10 8, 2007, and a municipality, county, or other unit of local 11 government may not adopt an ordinance, rule, regulation, or 12 other law after March 8, 2007, which prohibits or interferes 13 with the safety standards established by state law or the 14 right to purchase, sell, use, or possess consumer fireworks in 15 this state; however, if the Legislature enacts legislation to 16 provide for the comprehensive regulation of fire prevention 17 and safety standards for the use of consumer fireworks to 18 replace this subsection on or before July 1, 2008, this 19 subsection does not prohibit opening any such facility or 20 adopting any such ordinance after such legislation is enacted. 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 On page 2, line 17, after the first semicolon, 26 27 insert: 28 prohibiting the opening of certain facilities 29 for the retail sale of fireworks or the 30 adoption of certain ordinances or other laws by 31 local governments under specifies conditions 3 9:21 AM 03/14/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tj1
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1372 Barcode 512206 1 concerning the adoption of uniform fire 2 prevention and safety standards; 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 9:21 AM 03/14/07 s1372c2c-ga13-tj1