Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 942
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 377.807, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         377.807 Energy-efficient appliance rebate program.—The
    8  Florida Energy and Climate Commission is authorized to develop
    9  and administer a consumer rebate program for residential energy
   10  efficient appliances, consistent with 42 U.S.C. s. 15821 and any
   11  federal agency guidance or regulations issued in furtherance of
   12  federal law. Such appliances may include Energy Star products or
   13  electric tankless water heaters that have an energy-efficiency
   14  rating of at least 85 percent by the United States Environmental
   15  Protection Agency standard calculation, if not otherwise
   16  disqualified by the United States Environmental Protection
   17  Agency or the United States Department of Energy, as validated
   18  by a third-party testing entity, and verified by the commission,
   19  pursuant to rule. The commission may adopt rules pursuant to
   20  ss.120.536(1) and 120.54 concerning program provisions deemed by
   21  federal law to be within the discretion of the commission,
   22  consistent with 42 U.S.C. s. 15821 and any subsequent
   23  implementing federal regulations or guidance. The commission is
   24  authorized to enter into contracts or memoranda of agreement
   25  with other agencies of the state, public-private partnerships,
   26  or other arrangements such that the most efficient means of
   27  administering consumer rebates can be achieved.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to the energy-efficient appliance
   36         rebate program; creating s. 377.807, F.S.; authorizing
   37         the Florida Energy and Climate Commission to develop
   38         and administer the program; authorizing the commission
   39         to adopt rules; providing for the commission to enter
   40         into contracts or memoranda of agreement with other
   41         state agencies or partnerships; providing an effective
   42         date.