| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to clothes washer rebates; creating s. |
| 3 | 373.187, F.S.; providing a definition for the term "front- |
| 4 | loading clothes washer"; requiring water management |
| 5 | districts to develop and implement incentive programs for |
| 6 | local governments to adopt consumer rebate programs for |
| 7 | specified clothes washers; specifying a limitation; |
| 8 | providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 373.187, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 13 | to read: |
| 14 | 373.187 Local front-loading washer rebates.-- |
| 15 | (1) As used in this section, the term "front-loading |
| 16 | clothes washer" means a residential clothes washer that is |
| 17 | designed to be loaded from the front of the machine and has an |
| 18 | Energy Star water factor of 8.0 or less. |
| 19 | (2) Each water management district shall develop and |
| 20 | implement an incentive program to encourage all municipal and |
| 21 | county governments within the district to adopt consumer rebate |
| 22 | programs for the purchase of front-loading clothes washers. |
| 23 | (3) Rebate programs shall prohibit consumers from |
| 24 | receiving more than one rebate for the same purchase, and only |
| 25 | one rebate shall be allowed for each eligible product. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |