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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to physical fitness and health;

  3         requiring the Department of Health to undertake

  4         certain actions to promote healthy lifestyles

  5         and body weight; authorizing the department to

  6         adopt rules; providing that the act is

  7         contingent on an appropriation; amending s.

  8         320.08058, F.S.; requiring the Florida Sports

  9         Foundation to allocate certain proceeds from

10         the sale of license plates for additional

11         purposes; providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Health shall promote

16  healthy lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of overweight and

17  obesity in Florida by implementing appropriate physical

18  activity and nutrition programs that target all Floridians by:

19         (a)  Using all appropriate media to promote maximum

20  public awareness of the latest research on healthy lifestyles

21  and chronic diseases and disseminating relevant information

22  through a statewide clearinghouse relating to wellness,

23  physical activity, and nutrition and their impact on chronic

24  diseases and disabling conditions.

25         (b)  Providing technical assistance, training, and

26  resources on healthy lifestyles and chronic diseases to the

27  public, county health departments, health care providers,

28  school districts, and other persons or entities, including

29  faith-based organizations, that request such assistance to

30  promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle

31  programs.


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 1         (c)  Developing, implementing, and using all available

 2  research methods to collect data, including, but not limited

 3  to, population-specific data, and track the incidence and

 4  effects of weight-gain, obesity, and related chronic diseases.

 5  The department shall include an evaluation and data collection

 6  component in all programs as appropriate.

 7         (d)  Partnering with the Department of Education, local

 8  communities, school districts, and other entities to encourage

 9  Florida schools to promote activities during and after school

10  to help students meet a minimum goal of 60 minutes of activity

11  per day.

12         (e)  Partnering with the Department of Education,

13  school districts, and the Florida Sports Foundation to develop

14  a program that recognizes schools whose students demonstrate

15  excellent physical fitness or fitness improvement.

16         (f)  Maximizing all local, state, and federal funding

17  sources, including grants, public-private partnerships, and

18  other mechanisms, to strengthen the department's current

19  physical activity and nutrition programs and to enhance

20  similar county health department programs.

21         (2)  The department may adopt rules pursuant to

22  sections 120.536(1) and 120.54, Florida Statutes, to

23  administer this section.

24         (3)  This section shall be implemented contingent on an

25  appropriation in the General Appropriations Act.

26         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section

27  320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

28         320.08058  Specialty license plates.--

29         (9)  FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LICENSE PLATES.--

30         (b)  The license plate annual use fees are to be

31  annually distributed as follows:


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 1         1.  Fifty-five percent of the proceeds from the Florida

 2  Professional Sports Team plate must be deposited into the

 3  Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Office

 4  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. These funds must

 5  be used solely to attract and support major sports events in

 6  this state. As used in this subparagraph, the term "major

 7  sports events" means, but is not limited to, championship or

 8  all-star contests of Major League Baseball, the National

 9  Basketball Association, the National Football League, the

10  National Hockey League, the men's and women's National

11  Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four basketball

12  championship, or a horseracing or dogracing Breeders' Cup. All

13  funds must be used to support and promote major sporting

14  events, and the uses must be approved by the Florida Sports

15  Foundation.

16         2.  The remaining proceeds of the Florida Professional

17  Sports Team license plate must be allocated to the Florida

18  Sports Foundation, a direct-support organization of the Office

19  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. These funds must

20  be deposited into the Professional Sports Development Trust

21  Fund within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

22  Development. These funds must be used by the Florida Sports

23  Foundation to promote the economic development of the sports

24  industry; to distribute licensing and royalty fees to

25  participating professional sports teams; to promote education

26  programs in Florida schools that provide an awareness of the

27  benefits of physical activity and nutrition standards; to

28  partner with the Department of Education and the Department of

29  Health to develop a program that recognizes schools whose

30  students demonstrate excellent physical fitness or fitness

31  improvement; to institute a grant program for communities


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 1  bidding on minor sporting events that create an economic

 2  impact for the state; to distribute funds to Florida-based

 3  charities designated by the Florida Sports Foundation and the

 4  participating professional sports teams; and to fulfill the

 5  sports promotion responsibilities of the Office of Tourism,

 6  Trade, and Economic Development.

 7         3.  The Florida Sports Foundation shall provide an

 8  annual financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981 of its

 9  financial accounts and records by an independent certified

10  public accountant pursuant to the contract established by the

11  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as

12  specified in s. 288.1229(5). The auditor shall submit the

13  audit report to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

14  Development for review and approval. If the audit report is

15  approved, the office shall certify the audit report to the

16  Auditor General for review.

17         4.  For the 2003-2004 fiscal year only and

18  notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs 1. and 2.,

19  proceeds from the Professional Sports Development Trust Fund

20  may also be used for operational expenses of the Florida

21  Sports Foundation and financial support of the Sunshine State

22  Games. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2004.

23         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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