Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 366
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/25/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Yarborough) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 368.061, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that
    7  section, to read:
    8         368.061 Penalty.—
    9         (1) A Any person who violates any provision of this part,
   10  or any regulation issued hereunder, is shall be subject to a
   11  civil penalty not to exceed the following:
   12         (a) Until June 30, 2025, $266,015 $25,000 for each
   13  violation for each day that such violation persists, except that
   14  the maximum civil penalty may shall not exceed $2,660,135
   15  $500,000 for any related series of violations.
   16         (b) On or after July 1, 2025, maximum penalties established
   17  by the Florida Public Service Commission by rule. In
   18  establishing such penalties, the commission shall consider the
   19  penalties established in paragraph (a) and make revisions to
   20  such penalties based upon consideration of the Consumer Price
   21  Index, penalties established in federal law for pipeline safety
   22  violations, and the intent of the Legislature that the
   23  commission maintain its certification with the Pipeline and
   24  Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or any of its
   25  successor agencies, to enforce pipeline safety. The commission
   26  shall review the penalties established in this paragraph at
   27  least annually and revise as necessary, using the considerations
   28  specified in this paragraph.
   29         (4) The commission may adopt rules to implement this
   30  section.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   36  and insert:
   37                        A bill to be entitled                      
   38         An act relating to civil penalties under the Gas
   39         Safety Law of 1967; amending s. 368.061, F.S.;
   40         increasing, until a specified date, the civil penalty
   41         amount for violating the Gas Safety Law of 1967;
   42         increasing the maximum authorized civil penalty for
   43         any related series of violations during such
   44         timeframe; requiring the Florida Public Service
   45         Commission, after a date certain and at least annually
   46         thereafter, to establish and, if necessary, revise
   47         maximum penalties by rule based on specified factors;
   48         authorizing the commission to adopt rules; providing
   49         an effective date.