Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 694
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Appropriations (Rodrigues) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 64 and 65
4 insert:
5 Section 3. Present subsections (42) through (47) of section
6 403.703, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (43)
7 through (48), respectively, and a new subsection (42) is added
8 to that section, to read:
9 403.703 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
10 (42)(a) “Storm-generated yard trash” means vegetative
11 matter that:
12 1. Results from a tropical storm, a hurricane, a tornado,
13 or any other significant weather event and is located or placed
14 within a federally designated disaster area on public property
15 or a public right-of-way;
16 2. Is eligible for federal reimbursement under 42 U.S.C. s.
17 5121 et seq.; and
18 3. Is placed curbside or on public property or a public
19 right-of-way within the 15-day period after the tropical storm,
20 hurricane, tornado, or other significant weather event that is
21 the subject of the federally declared disaster.
22 (b) The term includes storm-generated debris under s.
23 403.7071.
24 Section 4. Subsection (7) is added to section 403.7071,
25 Florida Statutes, and subsection (6) of that section is
26 reenacted, to read:
27 403.7071 Management of storm-generated debris.—Solid waste
28 generated as a result of a storm event that is the subject of an
29 emergency order issued by the department may be managed as
30 follows:
31 (6) Local governments or their agents may conduct the
32 burning of storm-generated yard trash, other storm-generated
33 vegetative debris, or untreated wood from construction and
34 demolition debris in air-curtain incinerators without prior
35 notice to the department. Within 10 days after commencing such
36 burning, the local government shall notify the department in
37 writing describing the general nature of the materials burned;
38 the location and method of burning; and the name, address, and
39 telephone number of the representative of the local government
40 to contact concerning the work. The operator of the air-curtain
41 incinerator is subject to any requirement of the Florida Forest
42 Service or of any other agency concerning authorization to
43 conduct open burning. Any person conducting open burning of
44 vegetative debris is also subject to such requirements.
45 (7) Unless otherwise specified in a contract or franchise
46 agreement between a local government and a private solid waste
47 or debris management service provider, a private solid waste or
48 debris management service provider is not required to collect
49 storm-generated yard trash.
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52 And the title is amended as follows:
53 Delete line 16
54 and insert:
55 notice; amending s. 403.703, F.S.; defining the term
56 “storm-generated yard trash”; reenacting and amending
57 s. 403.7071, F.S.; providing that private solid waste
58 or debris management service providers are not
59 required to collect storm-generated yard trash unless
60 required to do so by contract or franchise agreement
61 with a local government; providing an effective date.