Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1256
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01579A-23                                          20231256__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to preemption over utility service
    3         restrictions; amending s. 366.032, F.S.; preventing
    4         certain local governmental entities from enacting or
    5         enforcing a resolution, ordinance, rule, code, or
    6         policy or from taking any action that restricts or
    7         prohibits or has the effect of restricting or
    8         prohibiting the use of certain major appliances;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
   14  366.032, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3),
   15  (4), and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (2) is added to
   16  that section, to read:
   17         366.032 Preemption over utility service restrictions.—
   18         (2) A municipality, county, special district, or other
   19  political subdivision of the state may not enact or enforce a
   20  resolution, ordinance, rule, code, or policy or take any action
   21  that restricts or prohibits or has the effect of restricting or
   22  prohibiting the use of any major appliances, including a stove
   23  or grill, which use the types of fuel sources of energy
   24  production which may be used, delivered, converted, or supplied
   25  by the entities listed in subsection (1).
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.