Florida HB 1517: Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the approval of data center 2
facilities; providing a short title; creating s. 3
377.714, F.S.; requiring applications for the approval 4
of data center facilities to include specified 5
disclosures; requiring the Department of Environmental 6
Protection to make such information publicly available 7
on its website; providing that such applications may 8
not be approved before such information is posted for 9
a specified period of time; requiring certain local 10
governments to make such information publicly 11
available on local government websites; requiring that 12
written notice be provided to certain residential and 13
commercial landowners and renters; requiring existing 14
data centers to disclose specified information; 15
requiring data centers to comply with specified 16
standards; providing a penalty; prohibiting tax 17
credits for certain facilities; prohibiting certain 18
exemptions, protections, and restrictions for such 19
information; requiring the department to adopt rules; 20
providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Data Center 25

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Transparency Act." 26
Section 2. Section 377.714, Florida Statutes, is created 27
to read: 28
377.714 Approval of data center facilities.— 29
(1) Any application for the approval of a data center 30
facility must require a detailed disclosure of the following: 31
(a) A plan for energy management of the electricity or 32
power supply for the data center, including but not limited to: 33
1. The energy sources, such as full or partial self-power. 34
2. If connected to a regulated utility, include impact on 35
the grid. 36
3. Any renewable energy. 37
4. Energy use efficiency, conservation, and use 38
management. 39
5. The carbon footprint from servers. 40
6. Storage equipment. 41
7. Networking devices. 42
8. Uninterruptible power supplies. 43
9. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and 44
other essential infrastructure, and cost-sharing with other 45
users on the grid, such as nearby residential and commercial 46
consumers for both the operation of electronic information 47
technology equipment and cooling. 48
10. A statement of actual or anticipated greenhouse gas 49
emissions, including direct emissions, such as emissions from 50

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onsite equipment and power generators, and indirect emissions, 51
such as emissions from electricity suppliers, in accordance with 52
the United States Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Anticipated 53
versus actual figures should be based on existing measurements 54
by substantially similar data centers under similar climate 55
conditions for the area. 56
11. For those data centers connecting to a public utility 57
grid, an energy cost-sharing statement that includes: 58
a. The results of any agreement negotiated through the 59
rate or tariff setting process with the Public Service 60
Commission regarding large load customers with a demand greater 61
than 75 megawatts who pay monthly minimums equal to 80 percent 62
of their capacity or transmission costs. 63
b. Any collateral requirements. 64
c. Contract termination fees to prevent data centers costs 65
from being laid onto residential and other low load consumers. 66
(b) For data centers using water for cooling or any other 67
purpose, a detailed description of the plan for water management 68
and cooling, including but not limited to: 69
1. The water sources, including whether the water is 70
fresh, purchased from a local water utility, purchased from 71
onsite reservoirs, or from some other source. 72
2. The cooling method, such as moving chilled air through 73
large ductwork, moving chilled water in a piped cooling loop, or 74
room-scale air conditioners. 75

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3. The amount of water in gallons that is being consumed 76
daily. 77
4. Cost sharing for water resources with local residents 78
and businesses. 79
(c) To proactively avoid any toxic substances being 80
released into the environment, a plan for waste management to 81
dispose of or recycle electronic waste such as racks, computing 82
equipment, monitors, circuits, and other electrical components. 83
(d) A statement of the presence of any emissions from 84
hydrofluorocarbons, which are commonly used as refrigerants for 85
cooling s