Florida Senate - 2009 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2104
Barcode 934672
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
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The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Aronberg)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 760 and 761
4 insert:
5 Section 12. Subsection (4) is added to section 403.7032,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 403.7032 Recycling.—
8 (4) The Department of Environmental Protection, in
9 cooperation with the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
10 Development, shall create the Recycling Business Assistance
11 Center by July 1, 2010. The purpose of the center shall be to
12 serve as the mechanism for coordination among state agencies and
13 the private sector to coordinate policy and overall strategic
14 planning for developing new markets and expanding and enhancing
15 existing markets for recyclable materials in this state, other
16 states, and foreign countries. The duties of the center must
17 include, at a minimum:
18 (a) Identifying and developing new markets and expanding
19 and enhancing existing markets for recyclable materials;
20 (b) Pursuing expanded end uses for recycled materials;
21 (c) Targeting materials for concentrated market-development
22 efforts;
23 (d) Developing proposals for new incentives for market
24 development, particularly focusing on targeted materials;
25 (e) Providing guidance on issues such as permitting,
26 finance options for recycling market development, site location,
27 research and development, grant program criteria for recycled
28 materials markets, recycling markets education and information,
29 and minimum content;
30 (f) Coordinating the efforts of various governmental
31 entities having market-development responsibilities in order to
32 optimize supply and demand for recyclable materials;
33 (g) Evaluating source-reduced products as they relate to
34 state procurement policy. The evaluation shall include, but is
35 not limited to, the environmental and economic impact of source
36 reduced product purchases to the state. For the purposes of this
37 subsection, the term “source-reduced” means any method, process,
38 product, or technology that significantly or substantially
39 reduces the volume or weight of a product while providing, at a
40 minimum, equivalent or generally similar performance and service
41 to and for the users of such materials;
42 (h) Providing innovative solid waste management grants,
43 pursuant to s. 403.7095, to reduce the flow of solid waste to
44 disposal facilities and encourage the sustainable recovery of
45 materials from Florida’s waste stream;
46 (i) Providing below-market financing for companies that
47 manufacture products from recycled materials or convert
48 recyclable materials into raw materials for use in
49 manufacturing, pursuant to the Florida Recycling Loan Program as
50 administered by the Florida First Capital Finance Corporation;
51 (j) Maintaining a continuously updated online directory,
52 listing the public and private entities that collect, transport,
53 broker, process, or remanufacture recyclable materials in
54 Florida.
55 (k) Providing information on the availability and benefits
56 of using recycled materials to private entities and industries
57 in the state; and
58 (l) Distributing any materials prepared in implementing
59 this subsection to the public, private entities, industries,
60 governmental entities, or other organizations upon request.
61 Section 13. Subsection (11) is added to section 14.2015,
62 Florida Statutes, to read:
63 14.2015 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
64 creation; powers and duties.—
65 (11) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
66 Development, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental
67 Protection, shall create the Recycling Business Assistance
68 Center by July 1, 2010, pursuant to the requirements of s.
69 403.7032(4). In carrying out its duties under this subsection,
70 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall
71 consult with Enterprise Florida, Inc., and with state agency
72 personnel appointed to serve as economic development liaisons
73 under s. 288.021.
74 Section 14. Present subsections (8) through (14) of section
75 403.707, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (9)
76 through (15), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to
77 that section, to read:
78 403.707 Permits.—
79 (8) The department must conduct at least one inspection per
80 year of each waste-to-energy facility for the purposes of
81 determining compliance with permit conditions. The facility
82 shall be given only a 24-hour notice of the inspection required
83 in this subsection.
84 Section 15. Section 288.1185, Florida Statutes, is
85 repealed.
86
87 Renumber subsequent sections
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91 And the title is amended as follows:
92 Delete line 52
93 and insert:
94 governmental entities; amending ss. 403.7032 and 14.2015,
95 F.S.; directing the Department of Environmental Protection and
96 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to create
97 the Recycling Business Assistance Center; providing
98 requirements; authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
99 Economic Development to consult with Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
100 and other state agency personnel; amending s. 403.707, F.S.;
101 providing for inspections of waste-to-energy facilities by the
102 Department of Environmental Protection; repealing s. 288.1185,
103 F.S., relating to the Recycling Markets Advisory Committee;
104 providing an effective date.