Bill > H0905

Introduced Session

An act relating to beverage container deposits; creating s. 403.778, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; establishing a refund value for specified beverage containers; requiring dealers and consumers in this state to pay a deposit fee for specified beverage containers; requiring that certain information be affixed to or printed on deposit beverage containers; prohibiting the establishment or operation of a redemption center unless it is registered with the Department of Environmental Protection; providing minimum standards for registration; requiring that information provided to the department in the registration process be kept current; providing that persons establishing a redemption center have a certain right; providing requirements for redemption centers; prohibiting redemption centers from paying the refund value for certain containers; authorizing the use of reverse vending machines under certain circumstances; specifying requirements and procedures for certain deposit beverage dealers and distributors; requiring distributors to pay a handling fee of at least a specified amount to dealers and redemption centers; requiring certain dealers, distributors, redemption centers, and recycling facilities to submit specified information to the department and to make records available to the department upon request; authorizing the department or other specified entities to conduct certain audits; clarifying that certain trade secret information is confidential but authorizing the release of that information in a manner that would not reveal the trade secret; requiring the department to adopt rules; providing that distributors and dealers are not obligated to accept or take and pay the refund value for containers not originally sold in this state; prohibiting certain transactions involving such empty deposit beverage containers and requiring a specified notice to customers; providing a civil penalty for violations; providing for disposition of the penalty; requiring such penalties to be publicly noticed; prohibiting local governments from imposing fees for the same or a similar purpose; providing an effective date.

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Fabián Basabe (R)*,  Marie Woodson (D)*,  Christopher Benjamin (D), 

Died in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee (on 03/08/2024)

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