Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 92
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Evers moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 581 - 642
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 5. Effective June 30, 2016, section 51 of chapter
    6  2015-222, Laws of Florida, is repealed.
    7         Section 6. Effective June 30, 2016, subsection (6) of
    8  section 381.0065, Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to
    9  read:
   10         381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems;
   11  regulation.—
   12         (6) LAND APPLICATION OF SEPTAGE PROHIBITED.—Effective June
   13  30, 2018 2016, the land application of septage from onsite
   14  sewage treatment and disposal systems is prohibited.
   15         Section 7. Subsection (3) of section 196.1995, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         196.1995 Economic development ad valorem tax exemption.—
   18         (3) The board of county commissioners or the governing
   19  authority of the municipality that calls a referendum within its
   20  total jurisdiction to determine whether its respective
   21  jurisdiction may grant economic development ad valorem tax
   22  exemptions may vote to limit the effect of the referendum to
   23  authority to grant economic development tax exemptions for new
   24  businesses and expansions of existing businesses located in an
   25  enterprise zone or a brownfield area, as defined in s. 376.79(5)
   26  s. 376.79(4). If an area nominated to be an enterprise zone
   27  pursuant to s. 290.0055 has not yet been designated pursuant to
   28  s. 290.0065, the board of county commissioners or the governing
   29  authority of the municipality may call such referendum prior to
   30  such designation; however, the authority to grant economic
   31  development ad valorem tax exemptions does not apply until such
   32  area is designated pursuant to s. 290.0065. The ballot question
   33  in such referendum shall be in substantially the following form
   34  and shall be used in lieu of the ballot question prescribed in
   35  subsection (2):
   36  
   37  Shall the board of county commissioners of this county (or the
   38  governing authority of this municipality, or both) be authorized
   39  to grant, pursuant to s. 3, Art. VII of the State Constitution,
   40  property tax exemptions for new businesses and expansions of
   41  existing businesses that are located in an enterprise zone or a
   42  brownfield area and that are expected to create new, full-time
   43  jobs in the county (or municipality, or both)?
   44  
   45         ....Yes—For authority to grant exemptions.
   46         ....No—Against authority to grant exemptions.
   47         Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   48  287.0595, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   49         287.0595 Pollution response action contracts; department
   50  rules.—
   51         (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
   52  establish, by adopting administrative rules as provided in
   53  chapter 120:
   54         (a) Procedures for determining the qualifications of
   55  responsible potential vendors prior to advertisement for and
   56  receipt of bids, proposals, or replies for pollution response
   57  action contracts, including procedures for the rejection of
   58  unqualified vendors. Response actions are those activities
   59  described in s. 376.301(39) s. 376.301(37).
   60         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section
   61  288.1175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   62         288.1175 Agriculture education and promotion facility.—
   63         (5) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   64  shall competitively evaluate applications for funding of an
   65  agriculture education and promotion facility. If the number of
   66  applicants exceeds three, the Department of Agriculture and
   67  Consumer Services shall rank the applications based upon
   68  criteria developed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   69  Services, with priority given in descending order to the
   70  following items:
   71         (c) The location of the facility in a brownfield site as
   72  defined in s. 376.79(4) s. 376.79(3), a rural enterprise zone as
   73  defined in s. 290.004, an agriculturally depressed area as
   74  defined in s. 570.74, or a county that has lost its agricultural
   75  land to environmental restoration projects.
   76         Section 10. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   77  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
   78  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
   79  2016. If this act fails to become a law until after June 30,
   80  2016, and an earlier effective date is specified herein for any
   81  section, that section shall operate retroactively to that date.
   82  
   83  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   84  And the title is amended as follows:
   85         Delete lines 24 - 26
   86  and insert:
   87         and brownfield areas; amending s. 381.0065, F.S.;
   88         revising a scheduled expiration date for a provision
   89         relating to land application of septage; repealing s.
   90         51 of chapter 2015-222, Laws of Florida, relating to a
   91         scheduled expiration and reversion of amendments to s.
   92         381.0065(6), F.S.; amending ss. 196.1995, 287.0595,
   93         and 288.1175, F.S.; conforming cross-references;
   94         providing for contingent retroactive operation;
   95         providing effective dates.