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  2         An act relating to the General Inspection Trust

  3         Fund; amending ss. 496.405, 496.409, 496.410,

  4         496.419, F.S.; eliminating restrictions on the

  5         use of funds deposited into the General

  6         Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of

  7         Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing an

  8         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.  Subsection (4) of section 496.405, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         496.405  Registration statements by charitable

15  organizations and sponsors.--

16         (4)(a)  Every charitable organization, sponsor, or

17  parent organization filing on behalf of one or more chapters,

18  branches, or affiliates that is required to register under

19  this section must pay a single registration fee. A parent

20  organization filing on behalf of one or more chapters,

21  branches, or affiliates shall total all contributions received

22  by the chapters, branches, or affiliates included in the

23  registration statement to determine registration fees. Fees

24  shall be assessed as follows:

25         1.a.  Ten dollars, if the contributions received for

26  the last fiscal or calendar year were less than $5,000; or

27         b.  Ten dollars, if the contributions actually raised

28  or received from the public during the immediately preceding

29  fiscal year by such organization or sponsor are no more than

30  $25,000 and the fundraising activities of such organization or

31  sponsor are carried on by volunteers, members, officers, or


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  1  permanent employees, who are not compensated, primarily to

  2  solicit such contributions, provided no part of the assets or

  3  income of such organization or sponsor inures to the benefit

  4  of or is paid to any officer or member of such organization or

  5  sponsor or to any professional fundraising consultant,

  6  professional solicitor, or commercial co-venturer;

  7         2.  Seventy-five dollars, if the contributions received

  8  for the last fiscal year were $5,000 or more, but less than

  9  $100,000;

10         3.  One hundred twenty-five dollars, if the

11  contributions received for the last fiscal year were $100,000

12  or more, but less than $200,000;

13         4.  Two hundred dollars, if the contributions received

14  for the last fiscal year were $200,000 or more, but less than

15  $500,000;

16         5.  Three hundred dollars, if the contributions

17  received for the last fiscal year were $500,000 or more, but

18  less than $1 million;

19         6.  Three hundred fifty dollars, if the contributions

20  received for the last fiscal year were $1 million or more, but

21  less than $10 million;

22         7.  Four hundred dollars, if the contributions received

23  for the last fiscal year were $10 million or more.

24         (b)  A charitable organization or sponsor which fails

25  to file a registration statement by the due date may be

26  assessed an additional fee for such late filing. The late

27  filing fee shall be $25 for each month or part of a month

28  after the date on which the annual renewal statement and

29  financial report were due to be filed with the department.

30         (c)  All registration fees must be paid to the

31  department and deposited into the General Inspection Trust


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  1  Fund to be used to pay the costs incurred in administering and

  2  enforcing ss. 496.401-496.424. Money deposited in the fund and

  3  allocated for the purposes of ss. 496.401-496.424 must be

  4  disbursed by the department for the funding of activities

  5  conducted by the department pursuant to ss. 496.401-496.424,

  6  inclusive.

  7         Section 2.  Subsection (7) of section 496.409, Florida

  8  Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         496.409  Registration and duties of professional

10  fundraising consultant.--

11         (7)  All registration fees must be paid to the

12  department and deposited into the General Inspection Trust

13  Fund to be used to pay the costs incurred in administering and

14  enforcing ss. 496.401-496.424.  Money deposited in the fund

15  and allocated for the purposes of ss. 496.401-496.424 shall be

16  disbursed by the department for the funding of activities

17  conducted by the department pursuant to ss. 496.401-496.424,

18  inclusive.

19         Section 3.  Subsection (15) of section 496.410, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         496.410  Registration and duties of professional

22  solicitors.--

23         (15)  All registration fees must be paid to the

24  department and deposited into the General Inspection Trust

25  Fund to be used to pay the costs incurred in administering and

26  enforcing ss. 496.401-496.424.  Money deposited in the fund

27  and allocated for the purposes of ss. 496.401-496.424 must be

28  disbursed by the department for the funding of activities

29  conducted by the department pursuant to ss. 496.401-496.424,

30  inclusive.

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  1         Section 4.  Subsection (9) of section 496.419, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         496.419  Powers of the department.--

  4         (9)  All fines collected by the department under

  5  subsection (5) must be paid into the General Inspection Trust

  6  Fund to be used to pay the costs incurred in administering and

  7  enforcing ss. 496.401-496.424 or s. 496.426.  Money deposited

  8  in the fund and allocated for the purposes of ss.

  9  496.401-496.424 or s. 496.426 must be disbursed by the

10  department for the funding of activities conducted by the

11  department pursuant to ss. 496.401-496.424 or s. 496.426,

12  inclusive.

13         Section 5.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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