HB 781

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to bottled water; creating s. 500.458,
3	F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental
4	Protection to monitor certain consumptive use permits;
5	imposing a fee on certain water extracted; directing
6	proceeds to the Water Protection and Sustainability
7	Program Trust Fund; providing penalties for nonpayment
8	of fees; directing the department to adopt rules;
9	providing applicability; providing an effective date.
10
11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 500.458, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	500.458  Bottled water; extraction monitoring and fee;
16	fine.-
17	(1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
18	monitor the consumptive use permits for all bottled water
19	companies to ensure compliance with the limits of allowable
20	water extraction for natural water and water from an approved
21	source as defined in s. 500.03. To ensure compliance, water
22	shall be measured in gallons at the bottling facility.
23	(2)  Bottled water companies shall be assessed a fee of 5
24	cents per gallon on water extracted for the production of
25	bottled water, including natural water and water from an
26	approved source as defined in s. 500.03. Proceeds from the fees
27	collected shall be deposited into the Water Protection and
28	Sustainability Program Trust Fund under s. 403.890.
29	(3)  A daily fine not to exceed $500 shall be imposed for
30	each day a company withholds payment of the fees imposed under
31	subsection (2).
32	(4)  The department shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1)
33	and 120.54 to implement and enforce the provisions of this
34	section.
35	(5)  This section does not apply to bottled water companies
36	extracting less than 55 million gallons per calendar year.
37	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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