Florida HB 575: Direct Filing of an Information

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to auxiliary containers; amending s. 2
403.703, F.S.; defining the terms "auxiliary 3
container" and "single-use"; amending s. 403.7033, 4
F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; preempting the 5
regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; 6
providing exceptions; requiring the Department of 7
Environmental Protection to develop a uniform 8
ordinance for the use and disposition of single-use, 9
nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; providing 10
requirements for the development of such ordinance; 11
requiring that the sale or distribution of single-use 12
plastic auxiliary containers on lands managed by the 13
Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of 14
Environmental Protection be eliminated to the greatest 15
extent possible; prohibiting the use, sale, or 16
distribution of certain single-use auxiliary 17
containers on such lands; requiring the department to 18
develop and make available on its website a statewide 19
Marine Debris Reduction Plan; providing requirements 20
for such plan; repealing s. 500.90, F.S., relating to 21
the regulation of polystyrene products preempted to 22
the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 23
amending s. 403.707, F.S.; conforming cross-24
references; providing an effective date. 25

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. Present subsections (2) through (33) and (34) 29
through (48) of section 403.703, Florida Statutes, are 30
redesignated as subsections (3) through (34) and (36) through 31
(50), respectively, new subsections (2) and (35) are added to 32
that section, and present subsection (35) of that section is 33
amended, to read: 34
403.703 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 35
(2) "Auxiliary container" means a bag, cup, bottle, can, 36
or other packaging that meets both of the following 37
requirements: 38
(a) Is made of cloth; paper; plastic, including, but not 39
limited to, foamed plastic, expanded plastic, or polystyrene; 40
cardboard and other corrugated material; molded fiber; aluminum; 41
glass; postconsumer recycled material; or similar material or 42
substrates, including coated, laminated, or multilayer 43
substrates. 44
(b) Is designed for transporting, consuming, or protecting 45
merchandise, food, or beverages from or at a public food service 46
establishment as defined in s. 509.013(5), a food establishment 47
as defined in s. 500.03, or a retailer as defined in s. 48
212.02(13). 49
(35) "Single-use" means designed to be used once and then 50

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discarded and not designed for repeated use and sanitizing. 51
(37)(35) "Solid waste" means sludge unregulated under the 52
federal Clean Water Act or Clean Air Act, sludge from a waste 53
treatment works, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution 54
control facility, or garbage, rubbish, refuse, special waste, or 55
other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or 56
contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, 57
commercial, mining, agricultural, or governmental operations. 58
Recovered materials as defined in subsection (29) subsection 59
(28) and post-use polymers as defined in subsection (25) 60
subsection (24) are not solid waste. 61
Section 2. Section 403.7033, Florida Statutes, is amended 62
to read: 63
403.7033 Regulation of auxiliary containers Departmental 64
analysis of particular recyclable materials.—The Legislature 65
finds that prudent regulation of recyclable materials is crucial 66
to the ongoing welfare of Florida's ecology and economy. As 67
such, the Department of Environmental Protection shall review 68
and update its 2010 report on retail bags analyzing the need for 69
new or different regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, 70
or disposable plastic bags used by consumers to carry products 71
from retail establishments. The updated report must include 72
input from state and local government agencies, stakeholders, 73
private businesses, and citizens and must evaluate the efficacy 74
and necessity of both statewide and local regulation of these 75

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materials. To ensure consistent and effective implementation, 76
the department shall submit the updated report with conclusions 77
and recommendations to the Legislature no later than December 78
31, 2021. Until such time that the Legislature adopts the