Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 778
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/05/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Agriculture (Bullard) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 21 - 54
    4  and insert:
    5         (2)(a) The owner or operator of a market selling fresh
    6  produce who is not an authorized SNAP retailer may allow an
    7  authorized Food and Nutrition Service group or association of
    8  produce sellers that is actively participating in produce sales
    9  in the market, or an authorized Food and Nutrition Service
   10  third-party organization, to implement and operate an electronic
   11  benefits transfer system for purposes of accepting SNAP benefits
   12  in the market on behalf of the produce sellers to the extent and
   13  manner allowed by federal law and regulation.
   14         (b) The authorized Food and Nutrition Service group,
   15  association, or third-party organization responsible for
   16  implementation and operation of the electronic benefits transfer
   17  system may not be another market that competes with the market
   18  being served.
   19         (c) The market owner or operator shall reasonably
   20  accommodate the authorized Food and Nutrition Service group,
   21  association, or third-party organization in the implementation
   22  and operation of an electronic benefits transfer system for
   23  purposes of accepting SNAP benefits.
   24         (3) This section does not:
   25         (a) Apply to a market selling fresh produce whose owner or
   26  operator has an electronic benefits transfer system for
   27  accepting SNAP benefits in the market.
   28         (b) Prohibit an authorized Food and Nutrition Service
   29  produce seller in a market selling fresh produce from operating
   30  his or her own electronic benefits transfer system as part of
   31  his or her customer transaction options.
   32         (c) Require a market owner or operator to create, operate,
   33  or maintain an electronic benefits transfer system on behalf of
   34  its produce sellers.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37         And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete lines 3 - 11
   39  and insert:
   40         markets; providing definitions; authorizing certain
   41         owners and operators of farmers’ markets, community
   42         farmers’ markets, flea markets, and other open-air
   43         markets selling fresh produce to allow authorized Food
   44         and Nutrition Service groups, associations, and third
   45         party organizations to operate electronic benefits
   46         transfer systems in such markets; providing for
   47         applicability; providing an effective