SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1502

    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 071086

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11  The Committee on Natural Resources recommended the following

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         Delete everything after the enacting clause

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18         Section 1.  Section 215.981, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         215.981  Audits of state agency direct-support

21  organizations and citizen support organizations.--Each

22  direct-support organization and each citizen support

23  organization, created or authorized pursuant to law, and

24  created, approved, or administered by a state agency, other

25  than a university, district board of trustees of a community

26  college, or district school board, shall provide for an annual

27  financial audit of its accounts and records to be conducted by

28  an independent certified public accountant in accordance with

29  rules adopted by the Auditor General pursuant to s. 11.45(8)

30  and the state agency that created, approved, or administers

31  the direct-support organization or citizen support

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1502

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  1  organization, whenever the organization's annual expenses

  2  exceed $100,000. The audit report shall be submitted within 9

  3  months after the end of the fiscal year to the Auditor General

  4  and to the state agency responsible for creation,

  5  administration, or approval of the direct-support organization

  6  or citizen support organization. Such state agency, the

  7  Auditor General, and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and

  8  Government Accountability shall have the authority to require

  9  and receive from the organization or from the independent

10  auditor any records relative to the operation of the

11  organization.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

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20         audits; amending s. 215.981, F.S.;

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