Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1308 Ì200016gÎ200016 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 02/07/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Community Affairs (Perry) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 120 - 167 4 and insert: 5 (22) Counties and municipalities must address the 6 contamination of recyclable material in contracts for the 7 collection, transportation, and processing of residential 8 recyclable material based upon the following: 9 (a) A residential recycling collector may not be required 10 to collect or transport contaminated recyclable material, except 11 pursuant to a contract consistent with paragraph (c). As used in 12 this subsection, the term “residential recycling collector” 13 means a for-profit business entity that collects and transports 14 residential recyclable material on behalf of a county or 15 municipality. 16 (b) A recovered materials processing facility may not be 17 required to process contaminated recyclable material, except 18 pursuant to a contract consistent with subsection (d). 19 (c) Each contract between a residential recycling collector 20 and a county or municipality for the collection or transport of 21 residential recyclable material, and each request for proposal 22 or other solicitation for residential recyclable material, must 23 define the term “contaminated recyclable material.” The term 24 must be defined in a manner that is appropriate for the local 25 community, taking into consideration available markets for 26 recyclable material, available waste composition studies, and 27 other relevant factors. The contract and request for proposal or 28 other solicitation must include: 29 1. The respective strategies and obligations of the county 30 or municipality and the collector to reduce the amount of 31 contaminated recyclable material being collected; 32 2. The procedures for identifying, documenting, managing, 33 and rejecting residential recycling containers, carts, or bins 34 that contain contaminated recyclable material; 35 3. The remedies authorized to be used if a container, cart, 36 or bin contains contaminated recyclable material; and 37 4. The education and enforcement measures that will be used 38 to reduce the amount of contaminated recyclable material. 39 (d) Each contract between a recovered materials processing 40 facility and a county or municipality for processing residential 41 recyclable material, and each request for proposal or other 42 solicitation for processing residential recyclable material, 43 must define the term “contaminated recyclable material.” The 44 term must be defined in a manner that is appropriate for the 45 local community, taking into consideration available markets for 46 recyclable material, available waste composition studies, and 47 other relevant factors. The contract and request for proposal 48 must include: 49 1. The respective strategies and obligations of the county 50 or municipality and the facility to reduce the amount of 51 contaminated recyclable material being collected; 52 2. The procedures for identifying, documenting, managing, 53 and rejecting residential recycling containers, carts, or bins 54 that contain contaminated recyclable material; 55 3. The remedies authorized to be used if a container, cart, 56 or bin contains contaminated recyclable material; and 57 (e) This subsection applies to each contract between a 58 municipality or county and a residential recycling collector or 59 recovered materials processing facility executed or renewed 60 after July 1, 2018. 61 62 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 63 And the title is amended as follows: 64 Delete lines 22 - 25 65 and insert: 66 residential recycling collectors except under certain 67 conditions; defining the term “residential recycling 68 collector”; prohibiting counties and municipalities 69 from requiring the processing of contaminated 70 recyclable material by recovered materials processing 71 facilities except under certain conditions; specifying 72 required contract provisions in residential recycling 73 collector and recovered materials processing facility 74 contracts with