Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2188
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 1/AD/2R         .                                
             04/14/2009 02:09 PM       .                                
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       Senator Joyner moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 94
    4  and insert:
    5  
    6         (1) “Agency” means the following officers or governmental
    7  entities if acting pursuant to powers other than those derived
    8  from the constitution:
    9         (a) The Governor; each state officer and state department,
   10  and each departmental unit described in s. 20.04; the Board of
   11  Governors of the State University System; the Commission on
   12  Ethics; the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; a
   13  regional water supply authority; a regional planning agency; a
   14  multicounty special district, but only when a majority of its
   15  governing board is comprised of nonelected persons; educational
   16  units; and each entity described in chapters 163, 373, 380, and
   17  582 and s. 186.504 in the exercise of all executive powers other
   18  than those derived from the constitution.
   19         (b) Each officer and governmental entity in the state
   20  having statewide jurisdiction or jurisdiction in more than one
   21  county.:
   22         1. State officer and state department, and each
   23  departmental unit described in s. 20.04.
   24         2. Authority, including a regional water supply authority.
   25         3. Board, including the Board of Governors of the State
   26  University System and a state university board of trustees when
   27  acting pursuant to statutory authority derived from the
   28  Legislature.
   29         4. Commission, including the Commission on Ethics and the
   30  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when acting pursuant
   31  to statutory authority derived from the Legislature.
   32         5. Regional planning agency.
   33         6. Multicounty special district with a majority of its
   34  governing board comprised of nonelected persons.
   35         7. Educational units.
   36         8. Entity described in chapters 163, 373, 380, and 582 and
   37  s. 186.504.
   38         (c) Each officer and governmental entity in the state
   39  having jurisdiction in one county or less than one county other
   40  unit of government in the state, including counties and
   41  municipalities, to the extent they are expressly made subject to
   42  this act by general or special law or existing judicial
   43  decisions.
   44  
   45  This definition does not include any municipality or legal
   46  entity created solely by a municipality; any legal entity or
   47  agency created in whole or in part pursuant to part II of
   48  chapter 361;, part II, any metropolitan planning organization
   49  created pursuant to s. 339.175;, any separate legal or
   50  administrative entity created pursuant to s. 339.175 of which a
   51  metropolitan planning organization is a member;, an expressway
   52  authority pursuant to chapter 348 or transportation authority
   53  under chapter 349; or, any legal or administrative entity
   54  created by an interlocal agreement pursuant to s. 163.01(7),
   55  unless any party to such agreement is otherwise an agency as
   56  defined in this subsection, or any multicounty special district
   57  with a majority of its governing board comprised of elected
   58  persons; however, this definition shall include a regional water
   59  supply authority.
   60         Section 2. The amendments to subsection 120.52(1), Florida
   61  Statutes, made by this act are not intended to effect a
   62  substantive change in meaning of that subsection. The amendments
   63  are intended to clarify and simplify existing law and are
   64  intended to be consistent with judicial interpretations of that
   65  statute.
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   67  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   68         And the title is amended as follows:
   69         Delete line 4
   70  and insert:
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   72  “agency” for purposes of ch. 120, F.S.; providing legislative
   73  intent; amending s.