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FL S1010

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/2/2015

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

CS for CS for SB 1010 Summary

  • Designates tupelo honey as the official Florida state honey.

  • Creates the Grove Removal or Vector Elimination (GROVE) Program providing cost-share funding up to $125,000 per applicant annually to remove abandoned citrus groves that harbor citrus greening disease and its vectors.

  • Requires school breakfast programs in schools serving grades K-5 and establishes the Florida Farm to School Program with annual data collection on food purchases.

  • Revises soil and water conservation district structure by eliminating watershed improvement districts and streamlining the Soil and Water Conservation Council's role to focus on creating, dissolving, and overseeing districts.

  • Makes dietary supplements part of the food definition, establishes polystyrene regulation preemption to the department, and changes pest control operator certification and fertilizer reporting requirements.

Legislative Description

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Last Action

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7007 (Ch. 2016-61), CS/CS/HB 749 (Ch. 2016-88)

3/8/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/25/2016
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government1/12/2016
Agriculture12/17/2015

Full Bill Text

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