Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1015, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 9. Section 601.992, Florida Statutes, is
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19 601.992tion of dues and other payments on
20 behalf of certain nonprofit corporations engaged in market
21 news and grower education.--The Florida Department of Citrus
22 or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or
23 their successors its successor may collect dues,
24 contributions, or any other financial payment upon request by,
25 and on behalf of, any not-for-profit corporation, and its
26 related not-for-profit corporations, located in this state
27 which receives payments or dues from its members. Such
28 not-for-profit corporation must be engaged, to the exclusion
29 of agricultural commodities other than citrus, in market news
30 and grower education solely for citrus growers, and must have
31 at least 5,000 members who are engaged in growing citrus in
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1015, 1st Eng.
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1 this state for commercial sale. The department may adopt rules
2 pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
3 section. The rules may establish indemnity requirements for
4 the requesting corporation and for fees to be charged to the
5 corporation which are sufficient but do not exceed the amount
6 necessary to ensure that any direct costs incurred by the
7 department in implementing this section are borne by the
8 requesting corporation and not by the department.
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10 (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 amending s. 601.992, F.S.; authorizing the
19 Department of Citrus or the Department of
20 Agriculture and Consumer Services to collect
21 financial payments for certain not-for-profit
22 entities under certain circumstances;
23 authorizing fees and rulemaking;
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