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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1521

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Tourism offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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15  remove from the bill:  All of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  Paragraph (o) is added to subsection (1) of

19  section 468.456, Florida Statutes, and subsection (3) of said

20  section is amended to read:

21         468.456  Prohibited acts.--

22         (1)  The following acts shall be grounds for the

23  disciplinary actions provided for in subsection (3):

24         (o)  Knowingly being employed by, being utilized by or

25  otherwise collaborating with a person to recruit student

26  athletes who has been convicted or found guilty of, or who has

27  entered a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of

28  adjudication, a violation of s. 468.45615.

29         (3)  When the department finds any person guilty of any

30  of the prohibited acts set forth in subsection (1), the

31  department may enter an order imposing one or more of the

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 1  penalties provided in s. 455.227.  In addition to any other

 2  penalties or disciplinary actions provided for in this part,

 3  the department shall suspend or revoke the license of any

 4  athlete agent licensed under this part, who violates s.

 5  468.456(1)(f) or (o) or s. 468.45615.

 6         Section 2.  Section 468.45615, Florida Statutes, is

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 8         468.45615  Provision of illegal inducements to athletes

 9  prohibited; penalties; license suspension.--

10         (1)  Any person who violates s. 468.456(1)(f) is guilty

11  of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in

12  ss. 775.082, 775.083, 775.084, 775.089, and 775.091.

13         (2)(a)  Any person convicted or found guilty of, or

14  entering a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of

15  adjudication, to the violation described in subsection (1)

16  shall not employ, utilize, or otherwise collaborate with a

17  licensed or unlicensed athlete agent in Florida to recruit

18  student athletes.  Any person who violates the provisions of

19  this subsection is guilty of a felony of the second degree

20  punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, 775.083, 775.084,

21  775.089, and 775.091.

22         (b)  Any person who knowingly actively assists in the

23  recruitment of student athletes for a person who has been

24  convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of nolo

25  contendere to, regardless of adjudication, to a violation of

26  this section is guilty of a felony of the second degree,

27  punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, 775.083, 775.084,

28  775.089, and 775.091.

29         (3)  In addition to any other penalties provided in

30  this section, the court may automatically suspend the license

31  of the person pending the outcome of any administrative action

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                                                  Bill No. HB 1521

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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

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 9         amending s. 468.456, F.S.; providing additional

10         prohibited act as grounds for disciplinary

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