Florida House Bill 403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates "Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, & Promotion Act"; creates Florida Concrete Masonry Council, Inc., as nonprofit corporation; authorizes council to levy assessment on sale of masonry units by manufacturer; prohibits council from participating or intervening in political campaign; prohibits council from using receipt to benefit its directors, officers, or other private persons; requires that manufacturer of concrete masonry products collect assessment from purchaser at time of sale of concrete masonry unit; authorizes council to initiate legal action against manufacturer that fails to remit assessment; provides procedure for manufacturers to petition for referendum to continue assessment; requires council to adopt bylaws.

Assessment on the Sale of Masonry Units

Rep. Janet Adkins [R]	Sen. Dennis Baxley [R]	Rep. Matthew Caldwell [R]	Rep. Charles Chestnut [D]
Rep. Daniel Davis [R]	Rep. Bill Hager [R]	Sen. Keith Perry [R]	Rep. Elizabeth Porter [R]
Sen. Greg Steube [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 40
2011-10-28		Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 40
2011-10-18		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/403
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0403/BillText/Filed/HTML