Florida House Bill 1055 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires FWCC, DACS, & DEP to enforce certain provisions, adopted rules, & issued orders; creates Bear-Resistant Garbage Container Account within Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund; requires FWCC to establish process through which certain local governments may obtain loans to purchase bear-resistant garbage containers; prohibits harvesting of saw palmetto berries & sale of timber rights on state lands identified as Florida black bear habitat; requires burn schedules for state forests & parks containing Florida black bear habitat to be adjusted to meet certain conditions; requires FWCC to designate Florida black bear habitat & post such areas on website.

Florida Black Bears

Rep. Mark Pafford [D]

Rep. Dwight Dudley [D]

Rep. Edwin Narain [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2016-01-08	House	Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2015-12-29	House	Filed

S1096 (Same As) 2016-03-11 - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1674 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
379	3018		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1055
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/1055/BillText/Filed/PDF