Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1050
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/09/2014           .                                
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       (Altman) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 427 and 428
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsection (5) is added to section 403.709,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         403.709 Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste
    8  tire fees.—There is created the Solid Waste Management Trust
    9  Fund, to be administered by the department.
   10         (5)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a solid waste
   11  landfill closure account is established within the Solid Waste
   12  Management Trust Fund to provide funding for the closing and
   13  long-term care of solid waste management facilities. The
   14  department may use funds from the account to contract with a
   15  third party for the closing and long-term care of a solid waste
   16  management facility if:
   17         1. The facility has or had a department permit to operate
   18  the facility;
   19         2. The permittee provided proof of financial assurance for
   20  closure in the form of an insurance certificate;
   21         3. The facility is deemed to be abandoned or was ordered to
   22  close by the department;
   23         4. Closure is accomplished in substantial accordance with a
   24  closure plan approved by the department; and
   25         5. The department has written documentation that the
   26  insurance company issuing the closure insurance policy will
   27  provide or reimburse the funds required to complete closing and
   28  long-term care of the facility.
   29         (b) The department shall deposit funds received from an
   30  insurance company as reimbursement for the costs of closing and
   31  long-term care of a facility into the solid waste landfill
   32  closure account.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Between lines 41 and 42
   38  insert:
   39         s. 403.709, F.S.; establishing a solid waste landfill
   40         closure account within the Solid Waste Management
   41         Trust Fund for specified purposes; requiring the
   42         Department of Environmental Protection to deposit
   43         specified funds into the account; amending