Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2094
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/14/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Agriculture (Simmons) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 874 and 875
    4  insert:
    5         Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 526.203, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         526.203 Renewable fuel standard.—
    8         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act:
    9         (a) “Alternative fuel” means a fuel that is produced from
   10  biomass as defined in s. 366.91, that is used to replace or
   11  reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a petroleum fuel,
   12  and that meets the specifications adopted by the department.
   13         (b)(a) “Blender,” “importer,” “terminal supplier,” and
   14  “wholesaler” are defined as provided in s. 206.01.
   15         (c)(b) “Blended gasoline” means a mixture of 90 to 91
   16  percent gasoline and 9 to 10 percent fuel ethanol or other
   17  alternative fuel, by volume, that meets the specifications as
   18  adopted by the department. The fuel ethanol or other alternative
   19  fuel portion may be derived from any agricultural source.
   20         (d)(c) “Fuel ethanol” means an anhydrous denatured alcohol
   21  produced by the conversion of carbohydrates that meets the
   22  specifications as adopted by the department.
   23         (e)(d) “Unblended gasoline” means gasoline that has not
   24  been blended with fuel ethanol or other alternative fuel and
   25  that meets the specifications as adopted by the department.
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   28         And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Between lines 63 and 64
   30  insert:
   31         526.203, F.S.; defining the term “alternative fuel”
   32         and revising the definitions of the terms “blended
   33         gasoline” and “unblended gasoline”; amending s.