Bill Text: FL H0333 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Collection and Disposal of Household Pharmaceuticals

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee [H0333 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0333-Introduced.html

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HB 333

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the collection and disposal of
3	household pharmaceuticals; creating s. 403.745, F.S.;
4	requiring the Department of Environmental Protection
5	to establish a grant program to reimburse local law
6	enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with
7	the collection and disposal of household
8	pharmaceuticals; providing eligibility requirements;
9	creating s. 938.16, F.S.; requiring that the court
10	impose an additional surcharge for specified offenses;
11	providing for the proceeds of the surcharge to be
12	deposited into the Household Pharmaceuticals
13	Collection and Disposal Trust Fund; providing for the
14	clerk of the court to retain a service charge;
15	providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1.  Section 403.745, Florida Statutes, is created
20	to read:
21	403.745  Household pharmaceuticals collection and disposal
22	grant program.-The department shall establish a grant program to
23	reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the expenses
24	associated with the collection and disposal of household
25	pharmaceuticals. To be eligible for a grant, a law enforcement
26	agency must conduct the collection and disposal of household
27	pharmaceuticals in a manner consistent with applicable rules of
28	the department and applicable state and federal requirements.
29	Section 2.  Section 938.16, Florida Statutes, is created to
30	read:
31	938.16  Additional cost to fund the household
32	pharmaceuticals collection and disposal grant program.-In
33	addition to any sanction imposed for a violation of s. 893.13,
34	s. 893.135, or s. 893.1351, the court shall impose a surcharge
35	of $21. Payment of the surcharge shall be a condition of
36	probation, community control, or any other court-ordered
37	supervision. Twenty dollars of the surcharge shall be deposited
38	into the Household Pharmaceuticals Collection and Disposal Trust
39	Fund established in s. 403.7451. The clerk of the court shall
40	retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects
41	as a service charge of the clerk's office.
42	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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