Bill Text: FL H0893 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Environmental Surcharge on Bottled Water
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee [H0893 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0893-Introduced.html
HB 893 |
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2 | An act relating to an environmental surcharge on |
3 | bottled water; establishing a surcharge on bottled |
4 | water sold at retail in this state; providing an |
5 | exception; requiring that moneys collected from the |
6 | surcharge be deposited into the Ecosystem Management |
7 | and Restoration Trust Fund; providing an effective |
8 | date. |
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10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | Section 1. (1) An environmental surcharge is imposed on |
13 | each bottle of water sold in the amount of 6 percent of the sale |
14 | price of each item, article, or group of items of or containing |
15 | bottled water when sold at retail in this state. The surcharge |
16 | does not apply to water bottled in 1 gallon containers or |
17 | larger. |
18 | (2) All moneys collected from the surcharge levied under |
19 | this section shall be deposited into the Ecosystem Management |
20 | and Restoration Trust Fund within the Department of |
21 | Environmental Protection. |
22 | (3) The surcharge levied under this section shall be |
23 | administered, collected, and enforced in the same manner as the |
24 | tax imposed under s. 212.05, Florida Statutes. |
25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012. |
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