Florida House Bill 575 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2-1)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Authorizes property appraiser to grant agricultural classification for land under certain circumstances; provides that participation in certain dispersed water storage programs does not change land's agricultural classification for assessment purposes unless land is diverted to nonagricultural use; revises definition of term "agricultural production to include storage of raw products on farm; expands sales & use tax exemption for certain farm equipment; exempts sale of certain trailers from sales & use tax; exempts stakes used to support plants during agricultural production from sales & use tax; authorizes private landowners who have entered into agreement with DACS to implement specified best management practices to establish baseline condition of wetlands & other surface waters before making improvements.

Agriculture

House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee	Sen. Ben Albritton [R]	Rep. Jake Raburn [R]	Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]
Rep. Debbie Boyd [D]	Sen. Randolph Bracy [D]	Rep. Marti Coley [R]	Rep. Neil Combee [R]
Rep. Erik Fresen [R]	Rep. Dave Hood [R]	Rep. Matt Hudson [R]	Rep. Mike LaRosa [R]
Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]	Sen. Keith Perry [R]	Rep. Cary Pigman [R]	Rep. Raymond Pilon [R]
Rep. Elizabeth Porter [R]	Rep. Holly Raschein [R]	Rep. Daniel Raulerson [R]	Rep. Charles Van Zant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
2014-03-12	House	Now in Finance and Tax Subcommittee
2014-03-10	House	CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time
2014-03-10	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2014-03-04	House	CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-02-28	House	On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 03/04/14, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
2014-01-27	House	Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2014-01-13	House	Filed

S0312 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
H0121 (Similar To) 2013-10-22 - Withdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
H0207 (Similar To) 2013-11-01 - Withdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
S1630 (Similar To) 2014-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150), HB 5003 (Ch. 2014-53)
H7091 (Similar To) 2014-06-13 - Chapter No. 2014-150, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2014-53)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
193	461		Amended Code	See Bill Text
212	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
212	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	4591		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/575
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0575/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0575/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0575/Amendment/482743/PDF