Bill Text: FL S0604 | 2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer Application
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-07 - Unfavorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 4 -SJ 326 [S0604 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S0604-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 604 By the Committee on Agriculture; and Senator Dean 575-01522-12 2012604c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to limited certification for urban 3 landscape commercial fertilizer application; amending 4 s. 482.1562, F.S.; providing legislative findings; 5 requiring persons who hold a limited certification to 6 follow certain best management practices; providing an 7 exemption from certain local government ordinances; 8 requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 9 Services to provide specified information to other 10 local and state governmental agencies; providing the 11 department with certain enforcement authority; 12 providing a requirement for related penalties, fines, 13 and administrative actions; providing an effective 14 date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (10) of section 19 482.1562, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) 20 through (11), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to 21 that section, and present subsections (2), (8), and (10) of that 22 section are amended, to read: 23 482.1562 Limited certification for urban landscape 24 commercial fertilizer application.— 25 (1) The Legislature finds that the implementation of best 26 management practices for commercial fertilizer application to 27 urban landscapes is a critical component of the state’s efforts 28 to minimize potential impacts to water quality. 29 (3)(2)Beginning January 1, 2014, any person applying 30 commercial fertilizer to an urban landscape must be certified 31 under this section. A person certified under this section must 32 follow best management practices for commercial fertilizer 33 application to urban landscapes as established by the Department 34 of Environmental Protection. A person certified under this 35 section is exempt from local government ordinances that address 36 the fertilization of urban turfs, lawns, and landscapes. 37 (9)(8)The department shallmayprovide information 38 concerning the certification status of persons certified under 39 this section to other local and state governmental agencies. The 40 department is encouraged to create an online database that lists 41 all persons certified under this section. 42 (11)(10)The department has enforcement authority over 43 persons certified under this section and may adopt rules to 44 administer this section. All penalties, fines, and 45 administrative actions must be consistent with this chapter. 46 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.