Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1574
       
       
       
       By Senator Smith
       
       
       
       
       29-01123-12                                           20121574__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to major source air pollution fees;
    3         amending s. 403.0873, F.S.; authorizing a major source
    4         of air pollution to remit directly to an approved
    5         local air pollution control program air pollution fees
    6         required under the federal Clean Air Act; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 403.0873, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         403.0873 Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account.—The
   14  “Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account” is established as a
   15  nonlapsing account within the Department of Environmental
   16  Protection’s Air Pollution Control Trust Fund. All license fees
   17  paid pursuant to s. 403.0872(11) shall be deposited in such
   18  account and must be used solely by the department and approved
   19  local programs under the advice and consent of the Legislature
   20  to pay the direct and indirect costs required to develop and
   21  administer the major stationary source air-operation permit
   22  program. Any approved local pollution control program that
   23  accepts funds from the department as reimbursement for services
   24  it performs in the implementation of the major source air
   25  operation permit program, receives delegation from the
   26  department or the United States Environmental Protection Agency
   27  for implementation of the major source air-operation permit
   28  program, or performs functions, duties, or activities
   29  substantially similar to or duplicative of the services
   30  performed by the department or the United States Environmental
   31  Protection Agency in the implementation of the major source air
   32  operation permit program is prohibited from collecting
   33  additional fees attributable to such services from any source
   34  permitted under s. 403.0872. Notwithstanding the provisions of
   35  this section, each major source of air pollution may remit
   36  directly to a local air pollution control program established
   37  pursuant to s. 403.182 the air pollution fees required pursuant
   38  to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.