Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 522
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       578-02026-13                                           2013522c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to biodiesel fuel; amending s. 206.02,
    3         F.S.; exempting municipalities, counties, and school
    4         districts manufacturing biodiesel fuel for internal
    5         use from certain reporting, bonding, and licensing
    6         requirements applicable to biodiesel manufacturers;
    7         amending s. 206.874, F.S.; requiring such entities to
    8         file a return and pay a tax on such biodiesel fuel;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 206.02, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         206.02 Application for license; temporary license; terminal
   16  suppliers, importers, exporters, blenders, biodiesel
   17  manufacturers, and wholesalers.—
   18         (5) Each biodiesel manufacturer must meet the reporting,
   19  bonding, and licensing requirements prescribed for wholesalers
   20  under by this chapter. This subsection does not apply to a
   21  municipality, county, or school district that manufactures
   22  biodiesel fuel solely for use by the municipality, county, or
   23  school district.
   24         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   25  206.874, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   26         206.874 Exemptions.—
   27         (4)
   28         (b) A municipality, county, or school district that
   29  manufactures biodiesel fuel solely for use by the municipality,
   30  county, or school district and local government users of diesel
   31  fuel are shall be required to file a return accounting for
   32  biodiesel fuel manufacturing, diesel fuel acquisitions,
   33  inventory, and use, and remit a tax equal to 3 cents of the 4
   34  cent tax required under s. 206.87(1)(a), plus the taxes required
   35  under s. 206.87(1)(b), (c), and (d) each month to the
   36  department.
   37         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.