Senate Bill 1218

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1218

    By Senator McKay





    26-813A-00                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Legislature; creating s.

  3         11.65, F.S.; creating the Joint Legislative

  4         Committee on Statutory Oversight to review the

  5         Florida Statutes and make annual reports on

  6         obsolete and inactive statutes and functions

  7         that government should no longer provide;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 11.65, Florida Statutes, is created

13  to read:

14         11.65  Joint Legislative Committee on Statutory

15  Oversight.--

16         (1)  The Joint Legislative Committee on Statutory

17  Oversight is created. The committee shall be composed of six

18  members appointed as follows: three members of the Senate

19  appointed by the President of the Senate and three members of

20  the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the

21  House of Representatives. The President of the Senate shall

22  appoint the chair in even-numbered years and the vice chair in

23  odd-numbered years, and the Speaker of the House of

24  Representatives shall appoint the chair in odd-numbered years

25  and the vice chair in even-numbered years, from among the

26  committee membership. A vacancy shall be filled in the same

27  manner as the original appointment.

28         (2)  The joint committee shall maintain a continuous

29  review of the Florida Statutes to identify obsolete and

30  inactive statutes and functions that government should no

31  longer perform. The joint committee shall make recommendations

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1218
    26-813A-00                                              See HB




  1  to the Legislature, including proposed legislation, in an

  2  annual report to be submitted by October 15 of each year.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the Joint Legislative Committee on Statutory
  9    Oversight to review the Florida Statutes and make annual
      reports on obsolete and inactive statutes and functions
10    that government should no longer perform.

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