Bill Text: FL S1574 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Major Source Air Pollution Fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S1574 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S1574-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1574 By Senator Smith 29-01123-12 20121574__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to major source air pollution fees; 3 amending s. 403.0873, F.S.; authorizing a major source 4 of air pollution to remit directly to an approved 5 local air pollution control program air pollution fees 6 required under the federal Clean Air Act; providing an 7 effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Section 403.0873, Florida Statutes, is amended 12 to read: 13 403.0873 Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account.—The 14“Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account”is established as a 15 nonlapsing account within the Department of Environmental 16 Protection’s Air Pollution Control Trust Fund. All license fees 17 paid pursuant to s. 403.0872(11) shall be deposited in such 18 account and must be used solely by the department and approved 19 local programs under the advice and consent of the Legislature 20 to pay the direct and indirect costs required to develop and 21 administer the major stationary source air-operation permit 22 program. Any approved local pollution control program that 23 accepts funds from the department as reimbursement for services 24 it performs in the implementation of the major source air 25 operation permit program, receives delegation from the 26 department or the United States Environmental Protection Agency 27 for implementation of the major source air-operation permit 28 program, or performs functions, duties, or activities 29 substantially similar to or duplicative of the services 30 performed by the department or the United States Environmental 31 Protection Agency in the implementation of the major source air 32 operation permit program is prohibited from collecting 33 additional fees attributable to such services from any source 34 permitted under s. 403.0872. Notwithstanding the provisions of 35 this section, each major source of air pollution may remit 36 directly to a local air pollution control program established 37 pursuant to s. 403.182 the air pollution fees required pursuant 38 to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act. 39 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.