Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7075, 2nd Eng.
Barcode 562602
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Alexander moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 17. Section 601.992, Florida Statutes, is
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20 601.992 Collection of dues and other payments on
21 behalf of certain nonprofit corporations engaged in market
22 news and grower education.--The Florida Department of Citrus
23 or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or
24 their successors its successor may collect or compel the
25 entities regulated by the department to collect dues,
26 contributions, or any other financial payment upon request by,
27 and on behalf of, any not-for-profit corporation, and its
28 related not-for-profit corporations, located in this state
29 which receives payments or dues from its members. Such
30 not-for-profit corporation must be engaged, to the exclusion
31 of agricultural commodities other than citrus, in market news
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7075, 2nd Eng.
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1 and grower education solely for citrus growers, and must have
2 at least 5,000 members who are engaged in growing citrus in
3 this state for commercial sale. The department may adopt rules
4 pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
5 section. The rules may establish indemnity requirements for
6 the requesting corporation and for fees to be charged to the
7 corporation which are sufficient but do not exceed the amount
8 necessary to ensure that any direct costs incurred by the
9 department in implementing this section are borne by the
10 requesting corporation and not by the department.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
17 On page 18, line 12, after the semicolon,
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20 amending s. 601.992, F.S.; authorizing the
21 Department of Citrus or the Department of
22 Agriculture and Consumer Services to collect or
23 require the collection of certain financial
24 payments for certain not-for-profit entities
25 under certain circumstances; authorizing fees
26 and rulemaking;
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