Florida Senate - 2015 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2506-A
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: AD/CR . Floor: C
06/19/2015 03:49 PM . 06/19/2015 06:30 PM
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The Conference Committee on SB 2506-A recommended the following:
1 Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
2 amendment)
3
4 Delete everything after the enacting clause
5 and insert:
6 Section 1. Section 20.166, Florida Statutes, is created to
7 read:
8 20.166 Florida Business Information Portal.—
9 (1) The Florida Business Information Portal is established
10 within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
11 (2) By June 30, 2017, the Department of Business and
12 Professional Regulation, in collaboration with the state
13 agencies identified in subsection (4), shall implement the
14 Florida Business Information Portal. The Florida Business
15 Information Portal shall provide the information needed to start
16 and operate a business in Florida, including information
17 regarding licenses, permits, or registrations that are issued by
18 the state agencies in subsection (4).
19 (3) The Florida Business Information Portal must provide at
20 least the following:
21 (a) A downloadable guide on how to start and operate a
22 business in Florida.
23 (b) A list of business types and a checklist for starting
24 each type of business.
25 (c) Links to guide users to the websites of appropriate
26 state licensing, permitting, and registration agencies.
27 (d) Information regarding business tax registration and
28 filing.
29 (e) Information regarding registering with the Department
30 of State.
31 (4) The state agencies that must cooperate with the
32 Department of Business and Professional Regulation in the
33 development, implementation, and ongoing content updates of the
34 Florida Business Information Portal include, but are not limited
35 to:
36 (a) The Agency for Health Care Administration.
37 (b) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
38 (c) The Department of Economic Opportunity.
39 (d) The Department of Environmental Protection.
40 (e) The Department of Financial Services, including the
41 Office of Financial Regulation and the Office of Insurance
42 Regulation.
43 (f) The Department of Health.
44 (g) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
45 (h) The Department of the Lottery.
46 (i) The Department of Management Services.
47 (j) The Department of Revenue.
48 (k) The Department of State.
49 (l) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
50 (5) By October 1, 2017, the Department of Business and
51 Professional Regulation shall submit to the Governor, the
52 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
53 Representatives a report containing recommendations and
54 estimated costs for the inclusion of local government
55 information in the Florida Business Information Portal.
56 Section 2. Section 215.1995, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
57 Section 3. Section 288.109, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
58 Section 4. The One-Stop Business Registration Portal
59 Clearing Trust Fund within the Department of Revenue, FLAIR
60 number 73-2-977, is terminated. The Chief Financial Officer
61 shall close out and remove the terminated trust fund from the
62 various state accounting systems using generally accepted
63 accounting principles concerning warrants outstanding, assets,
64 and liabilities.
65 Section 5. If any law amended by this act was also amended
66 by a law enacted during the 2015 Regular Session of the
67 Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if enacted during
68 the same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be
69 given to each if possible.
70 Section 6. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
71 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
72 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
73 2015, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that
74 date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and operate
75 retroactively to July 1, 2015.
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77 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
78 And the title is amended as follows:
79 Delete everything before the enacting clause
80 and insert:
81 A bill to be entitled
82 An act relating to the Florida Business Information
83 Portal; creating s. 20.166, F.S.; establishing the
84 Florida Business Information Portal within the
85 Department of Business and Professional Regulation;
86 requiring the department, in collaboration with
87 specified state agencies, to implement the portal by a
88 specified date; specifying the contents of the portal;
89 requiring designated state agencies to cooperate with
90 the department in the development, implementation, and
91 updates of the portal; requiring the department to
92 provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature
93 containing recommendations and estimated costs for the
94 inclusion of local government information in the
95 portal; repealing s. 215.1995, F.S., relating to the
96 One-Stop Business Registration Portal Clearing Trust
97 Fund; repealing s. 288.109, F.S., relating to the One
98 Stop Business Registration Portal; providing
99 procedures for the termination of the trust fund;
100 providing for construction of the act in pari materia
101 with laws enacted during the 2015 Regular Session of
102 the Legislature; providing for contingent retroactive
103 operation; providing effective dates.