| 1 | Representative Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 231-272 and insert: |
| 5 | (1) An agency subject to review by the Legislative |
| 6 | Sunset Commission Committee on Sunset Review shall be phased out |
| 7 | and abolished in accordance with this section if the conditions |
| 8 | set forth in subsection (2) or subsection (3) have been met by |
| 9 | June 30 following the date of review specified in s. 11.905. |
| 10 | abolished on June 30 following the date of review specified in |
| 11 | s. 11.905, unless the Legislature continues the agency or |
| 12 | advisory committee; however, an agency may not be abolished |
| 13 | unless the Legislature finds, pursuant to law, that all state |
| 14 | laws the agency had responsibility to implement or enforce have |
| 15 | been repealed, revised, or reassigned to another remaining |
| 16 | agency and |
| 17 | (2) If the Legislature has failed to reenact the agency |
| 18 | prior to June 30 following the date of review specified in s. |
| 19 | 11.905, then the agency shall be required to begin restricting |
| 20 | its operations subject to a phased-in dissolution schedule. |
| 21 | During the phased-in dissolution schedule, the agency shall |
| 22 | continue its activities, programs, and operations except that |
| 23 | its future legislative budget requests shall be submitted to |
| 24 | reflect an annual reduction of 25 percent of its current year |
| 25 | budget, with a total budget elimination in 4 years. Such agency |
| 26 | shall continue to be subject to sunset review by the commission |
| 27 | until the Legislature enacts legislation relating to its |
| 28 | continuation, modification, or abolishment; or |
| 29 | (3)(a) If the Legislature passes a law prior to June 30 |
| 30 | following the date of review specified in s. 11.905 under which |
| 31 | a substantial portion of the agency's responsibilities are |
| 32 | reassigned or eliminated, then the agency shall be abolished |
| 33 | provided that adequate provision has been made for the transfer |
| 34 | to a successor agency of all duties and obligations relating to |
| 35 | bonds, loans, promissory notes, lease-purchase lease purchase |
| 36 | agreements, installment sales contracts, certificates of |
| 37 | participation, master equipment financing agreements, or any |
| 38 | other form of indebtedness such that security therefor and the |
| 39 | rights of bondholders or holders of other indebtedness are not |
| 40 | impaired. |
| 41 | (b) All outstanding responsibilities of an abolished |
| 42 | agency to implement or enforce state laws shall be continued or |
| 43 | reassigned by the Governor by executive order within a |
| 44 | reasonable time unless and until such responsibilities are |
| 45 | continued or reassigned by general law. These responsibilities |
| 46 | include, but are not limited to, all duties and obligations |
| 47 | relating to bonds, loans, promissory notes, lease-purchase |
| 48 | agreements, installment sales contracts, certificates of |
| 49 | participation, master equipment financing agreements, or any |
| 50 | other form of indebtedness such that security therefor and the |
| 51 | rights of bondholders or holders of other indebtedness are not |
| 52 | impaired, unless and until such provision shall be made by |
| 53 | general law. Any agency responsibilities that continue to |
| 54 | operate under an executive order by the Governor shall continue |
| 55 | to be subject to sunset review by the commission. |
| 56 | (2) If the Legislature does not take action before the |
| 57 | date of review to continue the agency or advisory committee, the |
| 58 | agency shall submit its legislative budget request consistent |
| 59 | with recommendations of the appropriate Legislative Committee on |
| 60 | Sunset Review or any law transferring the agency's functions to |
| 61 | other entities. |