Bill Text: FL H0421 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer Application

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in State Affairs Committee [H0421 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0421-Introduced.html

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HB 421

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to limited certification for urban
3	landscape commercial fertilizer application; amending
4	s. 482.1562, F.S.; providing legislative findings;
5	providing an exemption from certain local government
6	ordinances; requiring the Department of Agriculture
7	and Consumer Services to provide specified information
8	to other local and state governmental agencies;
9	providing the department with certain enforcement
10	authority; providing a requirement for related
11	penalties, fines, and administrative actions;
12	providing an effective date.
13
14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1.  Subsections (1) through (10) of section
17	482.1562, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2)
18	through (11), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to
19	that section, and present subsections (2), (8), and (10) of that
20	section are amended, to read:
21	482.1562  Limited certification for urban landscape
22	commercial fertilizer application.-
23	(1)  The Legislature finds that the implementation of best
24	management practices for commercial fertilizer application to
25	urban landscapes is a critical component of the state's efforts
26	to minimize potential impacts to water quality.
27	(3)(2)  Beginning January 1, 2014, any person applying
28	commercial fertilizer to an urban landscape must be certified
29	under this section. A person certified under this section is
30	exempt from local government ordinances that address the
31	fertilization of urban turfs, lawns, and landscapes.
32	(9)(8)  The department shall may provide information
33	concerning the certification status of persons certified under
34	this section to other local and state governmental agencies. The
35	department is encouraged to create an online database that lists
36	all persons certified under this section.
37	(11)(10)  The department has enforcement authority over
38	persons certified under this section and may adopt rules to
39	administer this section. All penalties, fines, and
40	administrative actions must be consistent with this chapter.
41	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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