Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 626
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       37-00684-12                                            2012626__
    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 to
   20  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.