Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 602
       
       
        
       By Senator Truenow
       
       
       
       
       
       13-01254-25                                            2025602__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; creating s. 559.975, F.S.;
    3         requiring the Department of Commerce to establish by
    4         rule registration and renewal fees sufficient to fund
    5         the costs of administering the Florida Manufacturing
    6         Promotional Campaign; requiring the department to
    7         assess and collect fees for the purpose of promoting
    8         the campaign; requiring that such fees be deposited
    9         into the Economic Development Trust Fund for a
   10         specified purpose; providing a contingent effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 559.975, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         559.975 Fees.—
   18         (1) The department shall establish by rule registration and
   19  renewal fees sufficient to fund the costs of administering the
   20  Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign.
   21         (2) The department shall assess and collect fees for the
   22  purpose of promoting the campaign.
   23         (3) Fees must be deposited into the Economic Development
   24  Trust Fund established in s. 288.095 to be used solely for
   25  administering the campaign.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   27  SB 600 or other similar legislation takes effect, if such
   28  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   29  extension thereof and becomes a law.