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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                              Bill No. HB 1177, 1st Eng.

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

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11  Representative(s) Diaz de la Portilla offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 4 & 5, of the bill

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17         Section 4.  Subsection (4) of section 240.299, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         240.299  Direct-support organizations; use of property;

20  board of directors; activities; audit; facilities.--

21         (4)  ACTIVITIES; RESTRICTION.--A university

22  direct-support organization is prohibited from giving, either

23  directly or indirectly, any gift to a political committee or

24  committee of continuous existence as defined in s. 106.011 for

25  any purpose other than those certified by a majority roll call

26  vote of the governing board of the direct-support organization

27  at a regularly scheduled meeting as being directly related to

28  the educational mission of the university. Any gift by a

29  direct-support organization, either direct or indirect, with a

30  value in excess of $1000 must be immediately reported to the

31  university board of trustees.  The report must include the

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  1  following information:  the amount of the gift or nature of

  2  the gift; the recipient of the gift; the direct relationship

  3  of the gift to the educational mission of the university; and

  4  the direct benefit of the gift to the university. The

  5  university board of trustees shall forward such information to

  6  the State Board of Education by December 31 of each year.

  7         Section 5.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

  8  240.3315, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         240.3315  Statewide community college direct-support

10  organizations.--

11         (4)  RESTRICTIONS.--

12         (c)  A statewide community college direct-support

13  organization is prohibited from giving, either directly or

14  indirectly, any gift to a political committee or committee of

15  continuous existence as defined in s. 106.011 for any purpose

16  other than those certified by a majority roll call vote of the

17  governing board of the direct-support organization at a

18  regularly scheduled meeting as being directly related to the

19  educational mission of the State Board of Community Colleges.

20  Any gift by a direct-support organization, either direct or

21  indirect, with a value in excess of $1000 must be immediately

22  reported to the community college board of trustees.  The

23  report must include the following information:  the amount of

24  the gift or nature of the gift; the recipient of the gift; the

25  direct relationship of the gift to the educational mission of

26  the community college; and the direct benefit of the gift to

27  the community college. The community college board of trustees

28  shall forward such information to the State Board of Education

29  by December 31 of each year.

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

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  6         amending ss. 240.299 and 240.3315, F.S.;

  7         revising provisions relating to restricted

  8         activities of university direct-support

  9         organizations and community college

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