Senate Bill sb2348

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2348

    By Senator Pruitt





    28-1316-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to physical fitness; creating

  3         the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and

  4         Health; providing membership; allowing

  5         compensation for per diem and travel expenses;

  6         providing for meetings; defining a quorum;

  7         providing powers and duties; 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.  Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and

13  Health; creation; membership; meetings; quorum; compensation;

14  powers and duties.--

15         (1)  There is created the Governor's Council on

16  Physical Fitness and Health in the Department of Health.

17         (2)  The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and

18  Health shall consist of 10 members, including a chairperson.

19  Members of the council shall include:

20         (a)  One member of the Senate appointed by the

21  President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

22         (b)  One member of the House of Representatives

23  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

24         (c)  Eight members, appointed by the Governor and

25  serving at the pleasure of the Governor, who are in the

26  healthcare professions, the fields of business and industry,

27  physical education, recreation, sports, and the general

28  public.

29         (3)  Of the eight initial nonlegislative members of the

30  council, two shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; two for

31  a term of 2 years; two for a term of 3 years; and two for a

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 1  term of 4 years. At the end of the respective terms of office

 2  of the initial members, each nonlegislative member shall be

 3  appointed for a term of 4 years. A nonlegislative member may

 4  not serve more than two consecutive 4-year terms. If a member

 5  does not complete his or her term due to resignation, death,

 6  disability, removal, or refusal to serve, the Governor shall

 7  appoint a qualified person to serve for the remainder of the

 8  unexpired term.

 9         (4)  Legislative members of the council shall be

10  appointed to serve 2-year terms that begin and end on July 1

11  of odd-numbered years. A legislative member of the council may

12  not serve more than two consecutive terms.

13         (5)  Members of the Governor's Council on Physical

14  Fitness and Health are entitled to receive per diem and

15  necessary travel expenses as set forth in section 112.061,

16  Florida Statutes.

17         (6)  The council shall meet no more than quarterly.

18         (7)  A majority of the council constitutes a quorum for

19  transacting business.

20         (8)  The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and

21  Health has the following powers and duties:

22         (a)  To promote interest in physical fitness; to

23  consider the need for new state programs in the field of

24  physical fitness; and to enlist the active support of

25  individual residents of this state, professional and civic

26  groups, amateur and professional athletes, voluntary

27  organizations, state and local government agencies, private

28  industry and business, and community recreation programs in

29  efforts to improve the physical fitness and the health of the

30  residents of this state.

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 1         (b)  To examine current programs of physical fitness

 2  which are available to the residents of this state and to make

 3  recommendations to the Governor for the coordination of

 4  programs to prevent duplication of such services; to support

 5  programs of physical fitness in the public school systems; to

 6  develop cooperative programs with medical, dental, and other

 7  groups; to maintain a liaison with governmental, private, and

 8  other agencies concerning physical fitness programs; to

 9  stimulate research in the area of physical fitness; and to

10  sponsor physical fitness workshops, clinics, conferences, and

11  other related activities pertaining to physical fitness

12  throughout the state.

13         (c)  To serve as an agency for recognizing outstanding

14  developments, contributions, and achievements in physical

15  fitness in this state.

16         (d)  To serve as the Florida sanctioning body for

17  competitive athletic events for which sanctioning by the state

18  is required.

19         (e)  To submit to the Governor and to the Secretary of

20  Health an annual report that includes suggestions and

21  recommendations for the furtherance of the physical fitness of

22  the residents of this state.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Creates the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and
      Health. Provides for membership, compensation, meetings,
28    a quorum, and powers and duties of the council.

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