Bill Text: FL S0152 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Environmental Surcharge/Bottled Water [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S0152 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0152-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 152 
 
By the Committee on Commerce; and Senator Lynn 
577-03662-10                                           2010152c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
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; requiring that 
5         moneys collected from the surcharge be deposited into 
6         the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund; 
7         providing an effective date. 
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9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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11         Section 1. (1) An environmental surcharge is imposed on 
12  each bottle of water sold in the amount of 6 percent of the 
13  sales price of each item, article, or group of items of or 
14  containing bottled water when sold at retail in this state. 
15         (2) All moneys collected from the surcharge levied under 
16  this section shall be deposited into the Ecosystem Management 
17  and Restoration Trust Fund within the Department of 
18  Environmental Protection. 
19         (3) The surcharge levied under this section shall be 
20  administered, collected, and enforced in the same manner as the 
21  tax imposed under s. 212.05, Florida Statutes. 
22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.