Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1288
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation;
       and Senator Baxley
       
       
       
       
       592-03012-17                                          20171288c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to recovered materials; amending s.
    3         403.703, F.S.; revising the definition of “recovered
    4         materials” to include certain wood, asphalt, and
    5         concrete materials; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 403.703,
   10  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) and (2),
   11  respectively, and subsection (24) of that section is amended, to
   12  read:
   13         403.703 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
   14         (24) “Recovered materials” means metal, paper, glass,
   15  plastic, textile, or rubber, wood, asphalt, or concrete
   16  materials that have known recycling potential, can be feasibly
   17  recycled, and have been diverted and source separated or have
   18  been removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, or reuse
   19  as raw materials, whether or not the materials require
   20  subsequent processing or separation from each other, but the
   21  term does not include materials destined for any use that
   22  constitutes disposal. Recovered materials as described in this
   23  subsection are not solid waste.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.