Florida HB 1067: Portable Benefits Accounts for Independent Contractors and Sole Proprietors

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to battery collection and disposal; 2
providing a short title; repealing s. 403.7192, F.S., 3
relating to battery requirements for consumers, 4
manufacturers, and sellers; creating s. 403.71911, 5
F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting, beginning on 6
a specified date, producers or retailers from selling, 7
offering for sale, or distributing for sale any 8
battery or battery containing product unless certain 9
conditions are met; providing applicability; requiring 10
battery stewardship organizations to submit specified 11
battery stewardship plans to the Department of 12
Environmental Protection by a specified date; 13
requiring that proposed amendments to approved plans 14
be submitted to the department; requiring battery 15
stewardship organizations with approved plans to 16
submit new plans to the department for approval within 17
a specified timeframe; requiring such plans to include 18
certain audits and corrective measures; requiring the 19
department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny 20
such plans or amendments within a specified timeframe; 21
providing requirements for the approval or denial of 22
such plans and amendments; providing requirements for 23
the implementation of approved battery stewardship 24
plans; authorizing battery stewardship organizations 25

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to issue warnings to, suspend, or terminate collection 26
sites or services under specified conditions; 27
requiring battery stewardship organizations to provide 28
certain notice to the department; providing conditions 29
under which battery stewardship organizations are not 30
required to provide for the collection of certain 31
batteries; providing requirements for the promotion of 32
approved battery stewardship plans; requiring battery 33
stewardship organizations to submit annual reports to 34
the department beginning on a specified date; 35
prohibiting producers, retailers, or battery 36
stewardship organizations from charging consumers 37
certain point-of-sale fees; requiring the department 38
to post certain information on its website; providing 39
an exemption from certain liability for producers, 40
retailers, and battery stewardship organizations; 41
providing for household and mail-back collection 42
services for covered batteries; providing requirements 43
for the collection, disposal, and processing of 44
batteries beginning on a specified date; providing an 45
exemption from certain liability for solid waste 46
facilities and collectors; prohibiting battery 47
stewardship organizations from refusing to accept 48
covered batteries under certain conditions; providing 49
penalties; requiring the proceeds from such penalties 50

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be deposited in the Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund 51
of the Department of Legal Affairs and used for 52
specified enforcement; providing for civil actions; 53
providing an effective date. 54
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 56
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Safe Battery 58
Collection and Recovery Act." 59
Section 2. Section 403.7192, Florida Statutes, is 60
repealed. 61
Section 3. Section 403.71911, Florida Statutes, is created 62
to read: 63
403.71911 Safe battery collection and recovery.— 64
(1) As used in this section, the term: 65
(a) "Battery containing product" means a product that 66
contains or is packaged with a covered battery. The term does 67
not include computers, small-scale servers, computer monitors, 68
electronic keyboards and mice, printers, fax machines, scanners, 69
televisions, digital video disc players and recorders, video 70
cassette recorders, digital converter boxes, cable receivers, 71
satellite receivers, portable digital music players, and video 72
game consoles. 73
(b) "Battery stewardship organization" means an 74
organization designated by a producer or a group of five or more 75

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producers that directly implements a battery stewardship plan 76
approved by the department under this section. 77
(c) "Covered battery" means a portable battery or a medium 78
format battery. The term does not include: 79
1. A battery that is contained in a medical device 80
regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 81
U.S.C. ss. 301 et seq., and that is not designed or marketed for 82
sale or resale at retail locations for person