1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to the South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan; |
3 | amending s. 603.204, F.S.; revising provisions relating to |
4 | the plan; eliminating a requirement for the Commissioner |
5 | of Agriculture, in consultation with the Tropical Fruit |
6 | Advisory Council, to submit plans, reports, and budget |
7 | requests relating to the tropical fruit industry to the |
8 | Legislature; providing an effective date. |
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10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | Section 1. Section 603.204, Florida Statutes, is amended |
13 | to read: |
14 | 603.204 South Florida Tropical Fruit Plan.- |
15 | (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with |
16 | the Tropical Fruit Advisory Council, shall develop and update, |
17 | at least 90 days prior to the 1991 legislative session, submit |
18 | to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
19 | Representatives, and the chairs of appropriate Senate and House |
20 | of Representatives committees, a South Florida Tropical Fruit |
21 | Plan, which shall identify problems and constraints of the |
22 | tropical fruit industry, propose possible solutions to such |
23 | problems, and develop planning mechanisms for orderly growth of |
24 | the industry, including: |
25 | (1)(a) Criteria for tropical fruit research, service, and |
26 | management priorities. |
27 | (2)(b) Additional Proposed legislation that which may be |
28 | required. |
29 | (3)(c) Plans relating to other tropical fruit programs and |
30 | related disciplines in the State University System. |
31 | (4)(d) Potential tropical fruit products in terms of |
32 | market and needs for development. |
33 | (5)(e) Evaluation of production and fresh fruit policy |
34 | alternatives, including, but not limited to, setting minimum |
35 | grades and standards, promotion and advertising, development of |
36 | production and marketing strategies, and setting minimum |
37 | standards on types and quality of nursery plants. |
38 | (6)(f) Evaluation of policy alternatives for processed |
39 | tropical fruit products, including, but not limited to, setting |
40 | minimum quality standards and development of production and |
41 | marketing strategies. |
42 | (7)(g) Research and service priorities for further |
43 | development of the tropical fruit industry. |
44 | (8)(h) Identification of state agencies and public and |
45 | private institutions concerned with research, education, |
46 | extension, services, planning, promotion, and marketing |
47 | functions related to tropical fruit development, and delineation |
48 | of contributions and responsibilities. The recommendations in |
49 | the South Florida Tropical Fruit plan relating to education or |
50 | research shall be submitted to the Institute of Food and |
51 | Agricultural Sciences. The recommendations relating to |
52 | regulation or marketing shall be submitted to the Department of |
53 | Agriculture and Consumer Services. |
54 | (9)(i) Business planning, investment potential, financial |
55 | risks, and economics of production and use utilization. |
56 | (2) A revision and update of the South Florida Tropical |
57 | Fruit Plan shall be submitted biennially, and a progress report |
58 | and budget request shall be submitted annually, to the officials |
59 | specified in subsection (1). |
60 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |