| 1 | Representative Mayfield offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2700 and 2701, insert: |
| 5 | Section 50. Section 377.701, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 377.701 Petroleum allocation.-- |
| 8 | (1) The Florida Energy and Climate Commission Department |
| 9 | of Environmental Protection shall assume the state's role in |
| 10 | petroleum allocation and conservation, including the development |
| 11 | of a fair and equitable petroleum plan. The commission |
| 12 | department shall constitute the responsible state agency for |
| 13 | performing the functions of any federal program delegated to the |
| 14 | state, which relates to petroleum supply, demand, and |
| 15 | allocation. |
| 16 | (2) The commission department shall, in addition to |
| 17 | assuming the duties and responsibilities provided by subsection |
| 18 | (1), perform the following: |
| 19 | (a) In projecting available supplies of petroleum, |
| 20 | coordinate with the Department of Revenue to secure information |
| 21 | necessary to assure the sufficiency and accuracy of data |
| 22 | submitted by persons affected by any federal fuel allocation |
| 23 | program. |
| 24 | (b) Require such periodic reports from public and private |
| 25 | sources as may be necessary to the fulfillment of its |
| 26 | responsibilities under this act. Such reports may include: |
| 27 | petroleum use; all sales, including end-user sales, except |
| 28 | retail gasoline and retail fuel oil sales; inventories; expected |
| 29 | supplies and allocations; and petroleum conservation measures. |
| 30 | (c) In cooperation with the Department of Revenue and |
| 31 | other relevant state agencies, provide for long-range studies |
| 32 | regarding the usage of petroleum in the state in order to: |
| 33 | 1. Comprehend the consumption of petroleum resources. |
| 34 | 2. Predict future petroleum demands in relation to |
| 35 | available resources. |
| 36 | 3. Report the results of such studies to the Legislature. |
| 37 | (3) For the purpose of determining accuracy of data, all |
| 38 | state agencies shall timely provide the commission department |
| 39 | with petroleum-use information in a format suitable to the needs |
| 40 | of the allocation program. |
| 41 | (4) A No state employee may not shall divulge or make |
| 42 | known in any manner any proprietary information acquired under |
| 43 | this act if the disclosure of such information would be likely |
| 44 | to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the |
| 45 | person providing such information and if the person requests |
| 46 | that such information be held confidential, except in accordance |
| 47 | with a court order or in the publication of statistical |
| 48 | information compiled by methods which do would not disclose the |
| 49 | identity of individual suppliers or companies. Such proprietary |
| 50 | information is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. |
| 51 | 119.07(1). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to |
| 52 | prevent inspection of reports by the Attorney General, members |
| 53 | of the Legislature, and interested state agencies; however, such |
| 54 | agencies and their employees and members are bound by the |
| 55 | requirements set forth in this subsection. |
| 56 | (5) Any person who willfully fails to submit information |
| 57 | required by this act or submits false information or who |
| 58 | violates any provision of this act commits is guilty of a |
| 59 | misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be punished as |
| 60 | provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083. |
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| 63 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 64 | Remove line 212 and insert: |
| 65 | amending ss. 377.603, 377.604, 377.605, 377.606, 377.608, |
| 66 | 377.701, |