Senate Bill sb2372c2
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2004 CS for CS for SB 2372
By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; and Senator Clary
302-2572-04
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to physical fitness and health;
3 requiring the Department of Health to undertake
4 certain actions to promote healthy lifestyles
5 and body weight; authorizing the department to
6 adopt rules; providing that the act is
7 contingent on an appropriation; amending s.
8 320.08058, F.S.; requiring the Florida Sports
9 Foundation to allocate certain proceeds from
10 the sale of license plates for additional
11 purposes; providing an effective date.
12
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15 Section 1. (1) The Department of Health shall promote
16 healthy lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of overweight and
17 obesity in Florida by implementing appropriate physical
18 activity and nutrition programs that target all Floridians by:
19 (a) Using all appropriate media to promote maximum
20 public awareness of the latest research on healthy lifestyles
21 and chronic diseases and disseminating relevant information
22 through a statewide clearinghouse relating to wellness,
23 physical activity, and nutrition and their impact on chronic
24 diseases and disabling conditions.
25 (b) Providing technical assistance, training, and
26 resources on healthy lifestyles and chronic diseases to the
27 public, county health departments, health care providers,
28 school districts, and other persons or entities, including
29 faith-based organizations, that request such assistance to
30 promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle
31 programming.
1
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2004 CS for CS for SB 2372
302-2572-04
1 (c) Developing, implementing, and using all available
2 research methods to collect data, including, but not limited
3 to, population-specific data, and track the incidence and
4 effects of weight-gain, obesity, and related chronic diseases.
5 The department shall include an evaluation and data collection
6 component in all programs as appropriate.
7 (d) Partnering with the Department of Education, local
8 communities, school districts, and other entities to encourage
9 Florida schools to adopt minimum recommended nutrition
10 standards based on the latest research and to promote
11 activities during and after school to help students meet a
12 minimum goal of 60 minutes of activity per day.
13 (e) Partnering with the Department of Education,
14 school districts, and the Florida Sports Foundation to develop
15 a program that recognizes schools whose students demonstrate
16 excellent physical fitness or fitness improvement.
17 (f) Maximizing all local, state, and federal funding
18 sources, including grants, public-private partnerships, and
19 other mechanisms, to strengthen the department's current
20 physical activity and nutrition programs and to enhance
21 similar county health department programs.
22 (2) The department may adopt rules pursuant to
23 sections 120.536(1) and 120.54, Florida Statutes, to
24 administer this section.
25 (3) This section shall be implemented contingent on an
26 appropriation in the General Appropriations Act.
27 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section
28 320.08058, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
29 320.08058 Specialty license plates.--
30 (9) FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LICENSE PLATES.--
31
2
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2004 CS for CS for SB 2372
302-2572-04
1 (b) The license plate annual use fees are to be
2 annually distributed as follows:
3 1. Fifty-five percent of the proceeds from the Florida
4 Professional Sports Team plate must be deposited into the
5 Professional Sports Development Trust Fund within the Office
6 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. These funds must
7 be used solely to attract and support major sports events in
8 this state. As used in this subparagraph, the term "major
9 sports events" means, but is not limited to, championship or
10 all-star contests of Major League Baseball, the National
11 Basketball Association, the National Football League, the
12 National Hockey League, the men's and women's National
13 Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four basketball
14 championship, or a horseracing or dogracing Breeders' Cup. All
15 funds must be used to support and promote major sporting
16 events, and the uses must be approved by the Florida Sports
17 Foundation.
18 2. The remaining proceeds of the Florida Professional
19 Sports Team license plate must be allocated to the Florida
20 Sports Foundation, a direct-support organization of the Office
21 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. These funds must
22 be deposited into the Professional Sports Development Trust
23 Fund within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
24 Development. These funds must be used by the Florida Sports
25 Foundation to promote the economic development of the sports
26 industry; to distribute licensing and royalty fees to
27 participating professional sports teams; to promote education
28 programs in Florida schools that provide an awareness of the
29 benefits of physical activity and nutrition standards; to
30 partner with the Department of Education and the Department of
31 Health to develop a program that recognizes schools whose
3
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2004 CS for CS for SB 2372
302-2572-04
1 students demonstrate excellent physical fitness or fitness
2 improvement; to institute a grant program for communities
3 bidding on minor sporting events that create an economic
4 impact for the state; to distribute funds to Florida-based
5 charities designated by the Florida Sports Foundation and the
6 participating professional sports teams; and to fulfill the
7 sports promotion responsibilities of the Office of Tourism,
8 Trade, and Economic Development.
9 3. The Florida Sports Foundation shall provide an
10 annual financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981 of its
11 financial accounts and records by an independent certified
12 public accountant pursuant to the contract established by the
13 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as
14 specified in s. 288.1229(5). The auditor shall submit the
15 audit report to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
16 Development for review and approval. If the audit report is
17 approved, the office shall certify the audit report to the
18 Auditor General for review.
19 4. For the 2003-2004 fiscal year only and
20 notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
21 proceeds from the Professional Sports Development Trust Fund
22 may also be used for operational expenses of the Florida
23 Sports Foundation and financial support of the Sunshine State
24 Games. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2004.
25 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
26
27
28
29
30
31
4
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2004 CS for CS for SB 2372
302-2572-04
1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 CS/SB 2372
3
4 Removes the Council for a Fit Florida.
5 Assigns responsibilities to the Department of Health regarding
the promotion of physical fitness and active lifestyles.
6
Requires the department to partner with the Department of
7 Education, local communities, school districts, and other
entities to encourage Florida schools to adopt minimum
8 recommended nutrition standards, to develop a program that
recognizes schools whose students demonstrate excellent
9 physical fitness or fitness improvement.
10 Expands the purposes for which proceeds from the sale fo the
Florida Professional Sports Team License Plate can be used to
11 include the promotion of physical fitness in Florida schools.
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
5
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.