HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 23A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bean offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 1121 and 1122, insert:
16	Section 50. The Legislature recognizes that significant
17	efficiencies may be obtained from the functional restructuring
18	of the grant programs assigned to the Department of State.
19	Therefore, in order to implement Specific Appropriations 2889-
20	2897 of the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act, and
21	notwithstanding the requirements of chapters 257, 265, and 267,
22	Florida Statutes, requiring grants to be administered in a
23	specific department entity, the Secretary of State is authorized
24	to adopt internal organizational changes during fiscal year
25	2003-2004 to accommodate the consolidation of grant-processing
26	units in the department. These changes shall not impact federal
27	and state statutory responsibilities. The department, in
28	consultation with its statutory councils and commissions and
29	with the participation of fiscal and substantive legislative
30	committee staff, shall develop recommendations for
31	organizational, statutory, and budgetary changes that promote
32	efficient and effective use of state resources for the grant
33	programs assigned to the department. The Secretary of State
34	shall report such recommendations to the Governor, the President
35	of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
36	no later than December 15, 2003, for consideration during the
37	2004 Regular Session. This section expires July 1, 2004.
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40	Between line(s) 120 and 121, insert:
41	authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt internal
42	organizational changes to consolidate grant-processing units of
43	the department;