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  2         An act relating to facilities and properties

  3         under the supervision of the Division of

  4         Historical Resources of the Department of

  5         State; amending s. 266.0015, F.S.; deleting the

  6         requirement that moneys from admissions to and

  7         rental of facilities and properties of the

  8         Historic Pensacola Preservation Board of

  9         Trustees be deposited into the board's

10         operating trust fund; amending s. 266.0018,

11         F.S.; providing for the deposit of such moneys

12         into an account of the board's direct-support

13         organization; amending s. 267.17, F.S.;

14         clarifying authority of the Division of

15         Historical Resources and its citizen support

16         organizations to rent facilities and

17         properties; providing for the deposit of moneys

18         received from the rental of such facilities and

19         properties; providing an effective date.

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

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23         Section 1.  Section 266.0015, Florida Statutes, is

24  amended to read:

25         266.0015  Treasurer; finances.--

26         (1)  The Treasurer is the ex officio treasurer of the

27  board and has the custody of all its funds, which must be kept

28  in a special account.  All receipts and disbursements of the

29  board must be handled subject to the same laws and rules as

30  other state funds are handled.

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  1         (2)  All moneys received from admissions to and rentals

  2  of facilities and properties managed by the board must be

  3  deposited by the board into the Historic Pensacola

  4  Preservation Board Operating Trust Fund and are subject to

  5  annual appropriation by the Legislature for the benefit of the

  6  board.  All interest earned by the trust fund must be

  7  deposited into the trust fund.

  8         Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 266.0018, Florida

  9  Statutes, is amended to read:

10         266.0018  Direct-support organization.--

11         (6)  Any moneys, except moneys received from admissions

12  to and rentals of facilities and properties managed by the

13  board, may be held in a separate depository account in the

14  name of the direct-support organization and subject to the

15  provisions of the contract with the board.  Such moneys may

16  include lease income, admissions income, membership fees,

17  private donations, income derived from fundraising activities,

18  and grants applied for and received by the direct-support

19  organization.

20         Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

21  267.17, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

22         267.17  Citizen support organizations; use of state

23  property; audit.--

24           (2)  USE OF PROPERTY.--

25           (a)  The division may fix and collect charges for the

26  rental of facilities and properties managed by the division

27  and may permit, without charge, appropriate use of property

28  and facilities of the division by a citizen support

29  organization, subject to the provisions of this section.  Such

30  use must be directly in keeping with the approved purposes of

31  the citizen support organization and may not be made at times


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  1  or places that would unreasonably interfere with opportunities

  2  for the general public to use such facilities for established

  3  purposes.  Any moneys received from rentals of facilities and

  4  properties managed by the division may be held in the

  5  operating trust fund of the division or in a separate

  6  depository account in the name of the citizen support

  7  organization and subject to the provisions of the letter of

  8  agreement with the division.

  9         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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