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FL S1050

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2015

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

CS for SB 1050 - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  • Designates tupelo honey as the official Florida state honey.

  • Revises fertilizer recertification requirements by extending the application deadline to 4 years after issuance, removing late renewal charges, and establishing a grace period not to exceed 30 days after expiration.

  • Expands the Department of Agriculture's powers to secure letters of patent, copyrights, and trademarks on work products and to license, lease, or sell such products on a royalty or other basis.

  • Requires school districts to provide breakfast meals to all students in schools serving any combination of grades kindergarten through 5 and renames the "Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program" as the "Florida Farm to School Program."

  • Directs the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to sell a portion of specified property in Osceola County, with net proceeds deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund to be used for facility repairs and construction of an agricultural diagnostic laboratory.

Legislative Description

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Last Action

Died on Calendar

5/1/2015

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/19/2015
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government3/10/2015
Agriculture2/27/2015

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