| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to an environmental surcharge on bottled |
| 3 | water; establishing a surcharge on bottled water sold at |
| 4 | retail in this state; providing an exception; requiring |
| 5 | that 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 sale |
| 13 | price of each item, article, or group of items of or containing |
| 14 | bottled water when sold at retail in this state. The surcharge |
| 15 | does not apply to water bottled in 1 gallon containers or |
| 16 | larger. |
| 17 | (2) All moneys collected from the surcharge levied under |
| 18 | this section shall be deposited into the Ecosystem Management |
| 19 | and Restoration Trust Fund within the Department of |
| 20 | Environmental Protection. |
| 21 | (3) The surcharge levied under this section shall be |
| 22 | administered, collected, and enforced in the same manner as the |
| 23 | tax imposed under s. 212.05, Florida Statutes. |
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011. |