HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. SB 2454, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Starks offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  (1)  Each person who, as of July 2, 1998,

18  is registered to vote in the State of Florida under the

19  provisions of chapter 97, Florida Statutes, is entitled to a

20  distribution of $25 as set forth in this section.

21         (2)  By August 17, 1998, every supervisor of elections

22  must provide to the Department of Revenue a certified list of

23  all voters registered in his or her county as of July 2, 1998.

24  This list must include each voter's name and the address and

25  must be in compatible electronic format. Distributions shall

26  be sent to qualified persons as soon as practicable, but no

27  later than November 1, 1998. Each check distributed shall

28  include a letter stating that the distribution is being

29  provided to registered voters by the Governor, the Cabinet,

30  and the Florida Legislature.

31         (3)  If a delinquent child-support obligor is entitled

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. SB 2454, 1st Eng.

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 1  to receive a distribution, the department must withhold the

 2  amount of the delinquency from the rebate of that obligor. The

 3  department shall notify the obligor that his or her rebate is

 4  being withheld under this section for the purpose of paying

 5  the obligor's delinquent child-support obligations. The

 6  department shall apply the distribution amount withheld to the

 7  delinquent child-support obligation and transmit the balance,

 8  if any to the delinquent obligor.

 9         (4)  The department shall offset any distribution

10  pursuant to section 213.25, Florida Statutes, and any other

11  applicable law regarding debts or obligations owed to the

12  state.

13         (5)  Under procedures established by the department,

14  each recipient of the distribution described in this section

15  may elect to return the distribution and designate the

16  application of the $25 to the state for one of the following

17  uses:

18         (a)  Education;

19         (b)  Children's health care;

20         (c)  Criminal justice; or

21         (d)  Transportation.

22         Section 2.  The sum of $184 million is appropriated

23  from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for

24  fiscal year 1998-1999 for distribution to eligible registered

25  voters. In the event these funds are insufficient to carry out

26  the provisions of this act, the Administration Commission is

27  authorized to transfer sufficient funds from the Working

28  Capital Fund.

29         Section 3.  The sum of $1.8 million is appropriated

30  from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for

31  fiscal year 1998-1999 to administer the distributions provided

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. SB 2454, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  for in this act. The department may contract with private

 2  vendors to carry out the distributions, notwithstanding the

 3  requirements set out in chapter 287, Florida Statutes. The

 4  provisions of chapter 120, Florida Statutes, do not apply to

 5  this act.

 6         Section 4.  Any action to challenge the validity or

 7  constitutionality of the rebate provided for in this act must

 8  be brought within 60 days after the effective date of this

 9  act, or else the challenge is barred. If any such proceeding

10  is initiated, distribution of the rebate amounts under this

11  act shall be held in abeyance until a judicial determination

12  has become final and the time limit for any further proceeding

13  regarding the validity or constitutionality of this act has

14  expired.

15         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21  remove from the title of the bill:  the entire title

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23  and insert in lieu thereof:

24                  A bill to be entitled

25         An act relating to registered voters; providing

26         for a distribution of money to specified

27         persons who are registered to vote; providing

28         appropriations; providing a time limit within

29         which challenges to the rebate must be brought;

30         providing an effective date.

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