Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 56
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/26/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Garcia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 59 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5  of a felony misdemeanor of the third second degree, punishable
    6  as provided in s. 775.082 and by a fine not exceeding $100,000;
    7  or s. 775.083; and, if a corporation, the officers, directors,
    8  or employees of the corporation commit shall be guilty of a
    9  felony misdemeanor of the third second degree, punishable by a
   10  fine not exceeding $100,000; and, if an aircraft operator or
   11  controller, such person commits a felony of the third degree,
   12  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 and by a fine not exceeding
   13  $5,000 and up to 5 years in jail as provided in s. 775.083. Each
   14  such violation is shall be a separate offense.
   15         (3)All moneys collected pursuant to this section must be
   16  deposited in the Air Pollution Control Trust Fund and used only
   17  for purposes of air pollution control pursuant to this chapter.
   18         (4)(a)Any person who observes a geoengineering or weather
   19  modification activity conducted in violation of this section may
   20  report the observed violation to the department online or by
   21  telephone, mail, or e-mail.
   22         (b)The department shall establish an e-mail address and an
   23  online form for persons to report observed violations pursuant
   24  to this subsection. The department shall make the e-mail address
   25  and online form publicly accessible on its website.
   26         (c)The department shall establish a method for intake and
   27  screening of the reports made pursuant to this subsection. The
   28  department shall investigate any report that warrants further
   29  review to determine whether there are violations of this
   30  section.
   31         (d)The department shall refer reports of observed
   32  violations made pursuant to this subsection to the Department of
   33  Health or the Division of Emergency Management, if appropriate.
   34         (e)The department shall adopt any rules that are necessary
   35  to implement this subsection.
   36         Section 3. Section 403.4115, Florida Statutes, is created
   37  to read:
   38         403.4115Reporting on geoengineering and weather
   39  modification activities on public infrastructure; penalty.—
   40         (1)As used in this section, the term:
   41         (a)“Aircraft” means a powered or unpowered machine or
   42  device capable of atmospheric flight, except a parachute or
   43  other such device used primarily as safety equipment.
   44         (b)“Department” means the Department of Transportation.
   45         (c)“Public infrastructure” means any public-use airport as
   46  that term is defined in s. 332.004.
   47         (2)(a)Beginning on October 1, 2025, all operators of
   48  public infrastructure shall report monthly to the department,
   49  using a method determined by the department, the physical
   50  presence of any aircraft on public property, including any
   51  public use infrastructure, equipped with any part, component,
   52  device, or the like which may be used to support the intentional
   53  emission, injection, release, or dispersion of air contaminants
   54  into the atmosphere within the borders of this state when such
   55  emissions occur for the express purpose of affecting
   56  temperature, weather, climate, or the intensity of sunlight.
   57         (b)The landing, takeoff, stopover, or refueling of
   58  aircraft equipped with the components outlined in (a) on the
   59  physical location of the public infrastructure.
   60         (3)The Department may not expend any state funds as
   61  described in s. 215.31, F.S. to support a project or program
   62  located on or in support of public use infrastructure not in
   63  compliance with this section until such time as the entity
   64  becomes compliant with this section.
   65         (4)Upon receipt of the reports required in (3) the
   66  department shall submit aggregated reports to the Department of
   67  Environmental Protection and the applicable state law
   68  enforcement agency in support of the enforcement of s. 403.411.
   69         (5)The department shall incorporate reporting guidelines
   70  in all grant agreements for public use airports which receive
   71  state funds as defined in s. 215.31.
   72         (6)The department may adopt rules necessary to implement
   73  this subsection.
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   76  And the title is amended as follows:
   77         Delete lines 27 - 30
   78  and insert:
   79         requiring the Department of Environmental Protection
   80         to establish a method for the intake and screening of
   81         such reports; requiring the department to investigate
   82         certain reports; requiring the department to refer
   83         reports of observed violations to the Department of
   84         Health or the Division of Emergency Management, if
   85         appropriate; requiring the department to adopt rules;
   86         creating s. 403.4115, F.S.; defining terms; requiring
   87         an operator of public infrastructure to report certain
   88         information monthly to the Department of
   89         Transportation; prohibiting the department from
   90         expending funds to support certain projects or
   91         programs; requiring the department to submit a report
   92         to specified entities; amending ss. 253.002,