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Senators Dean and Alexander moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 474

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and insert:

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     Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 604.15, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     604.15  Dealers in agricultural products; definitions.--For

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the purpose of ss. 604.15-604.34, the following words and terms,

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when used, shall be construed to mean:

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     (1)  "Agricultural products" means the natural products of

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the farm, nursery, grove, orchard, vineyard, garden, and apiary

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(raw or manufactured); sod; tropical foliage; horticulture; hay;

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livestock; milk and milk products; poultry and poultry products;

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the fruit of the saw palmetto (meaning the fruit of the Serenoa

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repens); limes (meaning the fruit Citrus aurantifolia, variety

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Persian, Tahiti, Bearss, or Florida Key limes); and any other

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nonexempt agricultural products produced in the state, except

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tobacco, sugarcane, tropical foliage, timber and timber

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byproducts, forest products as defined in s. 591.17, and citrus

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other than limes.

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     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 2-35

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and insert:

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An act relating to agriculture; creating s. 570.345, F.S.;

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establishing the Pest Control Compact; providing for

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enactment of the compact; requiring the Commissioner of

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Agriculture to administer the compact; requiring that an

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application for assistance under the compact be made by

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the commissioner; providing for crediting of funds to

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appropriate accounts of a state treasury under certain

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circumstances; providing findings with respect to the need

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for all states to cooperate in pest-eradication and

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control programs; providing definitions; providing for the

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establishment of the Pest Control Insurance Fund for the

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purpose of financing pest-control operations under the

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compact; specifying sources of funds deposited into the

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Pest Control Insurance Fund and any conditions that may be

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placed on such funds; providing for the Pest Control

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Insurance Fund to be administered by a Governing Board and

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Executive Committee; providing for the internal operations

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and management of the Governing Board; requiring an annual

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report to the Governor and Legislature of each state that

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is a party to the compact; providing for the

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administration of the compact and the Pest Control

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Insurance Fund; providing procedures for applying for an

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expenditure from the fund; providing for a determination

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with respect to expenditures from the fund and for the

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review thereof; authorizing the Governing Board to

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establish advisory and technical committees; providing for

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an application for assistance from the fund on behalf of a

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nonparty state; providing requirements for the fund with

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respect to preparing budgets and maintaining financial

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assets; prohibiting a pledge of the assets of a state that

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is a party to the compact; providing for the compact to

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enter into force upon its enactment by five or more

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states; providing a procedure for a state to withdraw from

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the compact; providing for construction and severability;

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amending s. 604.15, F.S.; revising the term "agricultural

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products" to delete tropical foliage;

4/30/2008  9:52:00 PM     3-09319-08