Florida Senate - 2019                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7088
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Agriculture
       
       
       
       
       
       575-03234B-19                                         20197088pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 581.217, F.S.;
    3         requiring applicants seeking to participate or renew
    4         registration in the state hemp program to submit with
    5         their application a fee to be specified by rule of the
    6         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
    7         limiting the amount of the fee; authorizing the
    8         department to waive registration fees by rule;
    9         requiring fee proceeds to be deposited in a specified
   10         trust fund for the administration of the state hemp
   11         program; providing a contingent effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (4) of
   16  section 581.217, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 1020, 2019
   17  Regular Session, to read:
   18         581.217. State hemp program.—
   19         (4) REGISTRATION.—A person or an entity:
   20         (e) Who applies for initial registration or for renewal of
   21  registration for participation in the state hemp program must
   22  submit with his, her, or its application a fee to be specified
   23  by department rule which may not exceed $500 per application.
   24  The department may waive payment of the fee by rule. Fees
   25  collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the
   26  Plant Industry Trust Fund for operations explicitly related to
   27  the administration of the state hemp program.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   29  SB 1020 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   30  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   31  thereof and becomes a law.