Bill > S1084

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; amending s. 366.94, F.S.; preempting the regulation of electric vehicle charging stations to the state; prohibiting local governmental entities from enacting or enforcing such regulations; amending ss. 482.111, 482.151, and 482.155, F.S.; providing that a pest control operator’s certificate, a special identification card, and certain limited certifications for pesticide applicators, respectively, expire a specified length of time after issuance; revising renewal requirements for such certificates and cards; amending s. 482.156, F.S.; revising the tasks, pesticides, and equipment that individual commercial landscape maintenance personnel with limited certifications may perform and use; revising the initial and renewal certification requirements for such personnel; amending s. 482.157, F.S.; providing that a limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel expires a specified length of time after issuance; revising renewal certification requirements for such personnel; amending s. 482.161, F.S.; authorizing the department to take disciplinary action against a person who swears to or affirms a false statement on certain applications, cheats on a required examination, or violates certain procedures under certain circumstances; amending s. 482.191, F.S.; providing penalties for a person who swears to or affirms a false statement on certain applications; providing that cheating on certain examinations or violating certain examination procedures voids an examinee’s exam attempt; authorizing the department to adopt rules establishing penalties for such a violation; authorizing the department to exercise discretion in assessing penalties in certain circumstances; amending s. 482.226, F.S.; requiring pest control licensees to provide property owners or their agents with a signed report that meets certain requirements after each inspection; amending s. 487.031, F.S.; prohibiting a person from swearing to or affirming a false statement on certain pesticide applicator license applications, cheating on a required examination, or violating certain procedures; making technical changes; amending s. 487.175, F.S.; providing penalties for a person who swears to or affirms a false statement on certain applications; providing that cheating on certain examinations or violating certain examination procedures voids an examinee’s exam attempt; requiring the department to adopt rules establishing penalties for such a violation; authorizing the department to exercise discretion in assessing penalties in certain circumstances; amending s. 493.6113, F.S.; authorizing Class “G” licensees to qualify for multiple calibers of firearms in one requalification class under certain circumstances; creating s. 493.6127, F.S.; authorizing the department to appoint tax collectors to accept new, renewal, and replacement license applications under certain circumstances; requiring the department to establish by rule the types of licenses the tax collectors may accept; providing an application process for tax collectors who wish to perform such functions; providing that certain confidential information contained in the records of an appointed tax collector retains its confidentiality; prohibiting any person not appointed to do so from accepting an application for a license for a fee or compensation; authorizing tax collectors to collect and retain certain convenience fees; requiring the tax collectors to remit certain fees to the department for deposit in the Division of Licensing Trust Fund; providing penalties; amending s. 496.404, F.S.; defining the term “street address”; amending s. 496.405, F.S.; deleting certain fees; amending s. 496.406, F.S.; revising the circumstances under which charitable organizations or sponsors are exempt from specified provisions; revising the information that charitable organizations and sponsors must provide to the department when claiming certain exemptions; amending s. 496.407, F.S.; revising the information charitable organizations or sponsors are required to provide to the department when initially registering or annually renewing a registration; revising circumstances under which the department may extend the time for filing a required financial statement; amending ss. 496.409, 496.410, 496.4101, 496.411, 496.4121, and 496.425, F.S.; revising the information that professional fundraising consultants must include in applications for registration or renewals of registration, that professional solicitors must include in applications for registration, renewals of registration, and solicitation notices provided to the department and that professional solicitors are required to maintain in their records, that must be included in certain solicitor license applications, that disclosures of charitable organizations or sponsors soliciting in this state must include, that must be displayed on certain collection receptacles, and that a person desiring to solicit funds within a facility must provide in an application to the department and must display prominently on his or her badge or insignia, respectively, to include street addresses; reenacting and amending s. 500.03, F.S.; defining the term “cultivated meat”; creating s. 500.452, F.S.; prohibiting the manufacture for sale, sale, holding or offering for sale, or distribution of cultivated meat in this state; providing criminal penalties; providing for disciplinary action and additional licensing penalties; providing that such products are subject to certain actions and orders; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 507.07, F.S.; prohibiting a mover from placing a shipper’s goods in a self service storage unit or self-contained unit not owned by the mover unless certain conditions are met; repealing s. 531.67, F.S., relating to the scheduled expiration of certain provisions related to weights, measurements, and standards; amending s. 559.904, F.S.; revising the information that must be provided to the department on a motor vehicle repair shop registration application; providing that the registration fee must be calculated for each location; amending s. 559.905, F.S.; revising the cost of repair work which requires a motor vehicle repair shop to provide a customer with a written repair estimate; amending s. 570.07, F.S.; revising the amount up to which the department is authorized to use to repair or build structures; amending s. 570.69, F.S.; defining the term “center”; deleting the definition of the term “museum”; amending s. 570.691, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 570.692, F.S.; renaming the Florida Agricultural Museum as the Florida Agricultural Legacy Learning Center; creating s. 581.189, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting the willful destruction, harvest, or sale of saw palmetto berries without first obtaining written permission from the landowner or legal representative and a permit from the department; specifying the information that the landowner’s written permission must include; requiring an authorized saw palmetto berry dealer to maintain certain information for a specified timeframe; authorizing law enforcement officers or authorized employees of the department to seize or order to be held for a specified timeframe saw palmetto berries harvested, sold, or exposed for sale in violation of specified provisions; declaring that unlawfully harvested saw palmetto berries constitute contraband and are subject to seizure and disposal; authorizing law enforcement agencies that seize such saw palmetto berries to sell the berries and retain the proceeds to implement certain provisions; providing that such law enforcement agencies are exempt from certain provisions; requiring the law enforcement agencies to submit certain information annually to the department; providing criminal penalties; providing that individuals convicted of such violations are responsible for specified costs; defining the term “convicted”; providing construction; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 585.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “livestock” to include poultry; amending s. 790.0625, F.S.; authorizing certain tax collectors to collect and retain certain convenience fees for certain concealed weapon or firearm license applications; authorizing such tax collectors to print and deliver replacement licenses to licensees under certain circumstances; authorizing such tax collectors to provide fingerprinting and photography services; amending s. 810.011, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “posted land” to include land classified as agricultural which has specified signs placed at specified points; amending s. 810.09, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for trespassing with the intent to commit a crime on commercial agricultural property under certain circumstances; defining the term “commercial agricultural property”; amending s. 1003.24, F.S.; providing that a student’s participation in a 4-H or Future Farmers of America activity is an excused absence from school; defining the term “4-H representative”; amending ss. 379.3004, 812.014, and 921.0022, F.S.; conforming cross references; reenacting s. 493.6115(6), F.S., relating to weapons and firearms, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 493.6113, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 496.4055(2), F.S., relating to charitable organization or sponsor board duties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 496.405, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 559.907(1)(b), F.S., relating to the charges for motor vehicle repair estimates, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 559.905, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 468.382(6), 534.47(3), 767.01, and 767.03, F.S., relating to the definition of the term “livestock” for auctions, livestock markets, dog owner’s liability for damages to livestock, and defenses for killing dogs, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 585.01, F.S., in references thereto; providing effective dates.

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Jay Collins (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Chapter No. 2024-137 (on 05/02/2024)

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