Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 996
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       580-01962-22                                           2022996c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 468.905, F.S.;
    3         requiring an initial or renewal pet store license
    4         application to be accompanied by a specified
    5         nonrefundable license fee per licensed location;
    6         amending s. 468.917, F.S.; requiring the moneys
    7         collected from such license fees to be deposited into
    8         the Department of Business and Professional
    9         Regulation’s Professional Regulation Trust Fund;
   10         providing a contingent effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 468.905,
   15  Florida Statutes, as created by SB 994, 2022 Regular Session, to
   16  read:
   17         468.905 Licensure of retail pet stores.—
   18         (5) An initial or renewal application for a retail pet
   19  store license must be accompanied by a nonrefundable license fee
   20  not to exceed $25 per licensed location.
   21         Section 2. Section 468.917, Florida Statutes, as created by
   22  SB 994, 2022 Regular Session, is amended to read:
   23         468.917 Deposit of funds.—All moneys collected by the
   24  department under this part from licensure fees or civil
   25  penalties must be deposited into the department’s Professional
   26  Regulation Trust Fund for use by the department for
   27  administration of this part.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   29  SB 994 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   30  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   31  thereof and becomes a law.