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11  Senator McKay moved the following substitute for amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 3, between lines 9 and 10,

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18         Section 2.  (1)  The following provisions of section

19  20.316, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are waived until

20  July 1, 2000, for the purpose of allowing the Department of

21  Juvenile Justice to organize programs, districts, and

22  functions of the department to achieve more effective and

23  efficient service delivery and improve accountability,

24  notwithstanding the provisions of section 20.04, Florida

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26         (a)  Section 20.316(2), Florida Statutes, 1998

27  Supplement, relating to the Deputy Secretary of Operations.

28         (b)  Section 20.316(3), Florida Statutes, 1998

29  Supplement, relating to the Assistant Secretary of Programming

30  and Planning.

31         (c)  Section 20.316(4), Florida Statutes, 1998

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 1  Supplement, relating to service districts.

 2         (d)  Section 20.316(5), Florida Statutes, 1998

 3  Supplement, relating to commitment regions.

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 5  Actions taken under the authority granted by this section must

 6  be taken in consultation with the Executive Office of the

 7  Governor. The secretary shall submit a report describing

 8  actions taken and additional plans for implementing the

 9  provisions of this section to the Governor, President of the

10  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 30

11  days after this act becomes law. The department shall submit

12  status reports on a monthly basis through December 1999.

13         (2)  The secretary shall submit a report describing

14  actions taken and additional plans for implementing the

15  provisions of this section to the Governor, the President of

16  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

17  September 1, 1999. The secretary shall submit a comprehensive

18  reorganization plan to the Governor, the President of the

19  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

20  January 1, 2000. The comprehensive reorganization plan must

21  describe the organizational and program restructuring

22  activities that have occurred since the effective date of this

23  act, including indications of an improved ability to carry out

24  the department's mission under section 20.316, Florida

25  Statutes, and any organizational efficiencies. The plan must

26  also describe what strategies proved to be ineffective or

27  inefficient. The plan must include any recommendations for

28  reorganization, including program and organizational

29  restructuring and any statutory revisions.

30         Section 3.  The Department of Children and Family

31  Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice, in

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 1  consultation with the Office of the State Courts

 2  Administrator, shall develop a proposed plan to realign the

 3  districts of each department so that the district boundaries

 4  are consistent with the boundaries of the judicial circuits.

 5  The plan may not propose more than 15 districts for each

 6  department and must include, as at least one alternative, a

 7  proposal for fewer than 15 districts. The proposed plan must

 8  be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

 9  the House of Representatives by December 1, 1999.

10         Section 4.  The provisions of this act shall not impair

11  the operation of any other statutory responsibilities, or the

12  rules adopted thereunder, which are specifically conferred by

13  statute until such statutes or rules are specifically amended

14  or repealed in the manner provided by law.

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16  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21         On page 1, lines 2-11, delete those lines

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24         An act relating to the Department of Juvenile

25         Justice and the Department of Children and

26         Family Services; providing for waiver of

27         specified provisions of law; directing the

28         department to consult with the Executive Office

29         of the Governor in implementing waiver

30         authority; requiring a report; requiring a

31         comprehensive reorganization plan; requiring

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 1         the Department of Children and Family Services

 2         and the Department of Juvenile Justice to

 3         develop and submit to the Legislature a

 4         proposed plan to realign the boundaries of the

 5         districts of those departments; specifying that

 6         other statutory responsibilities or related

 7         rules are not impaired; providing an effective

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