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The Committee on General Government Appropriations (Bennett)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 183 and 184,

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insert:

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     Section 6.  Subsection (3) of section 559.928, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     559.928  Registration.--

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     (3)  Each independent agent shall annually file an affidavit

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with the department prior to engaging in business in this state.

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This affidavit must include the independent agent's full name,

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legal business or trade name, mailing address, business address,

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telephone number, social security number, and the name or names

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and addresses of each seller of travel represented by the

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independent agent. A letter evidencing proof of filing must be

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issued by the department and must be prominently displayed in the

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independent agent's primary place of business. Each independent

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agent must also submit an annual registration fee of $50. All

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moneys collected pursuant to the imposition of the fee shall be

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deposited by the Chief Financial Officer into the General

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Inspection Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and

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Consumer Services for the sole purpose of administrating this

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part. As used in this subsection, the term "independent agent"

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means a person who represents a seller of travel by soliciting

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persons on its behalf; who has a written contract with a seller

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of travel which is operating in compliance with this part and any

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rules adopted thereunder; who does not receive a fee, commission,

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or other valuable consideration directly from the purchaser for

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the seller of travel; who does not at any time have any unissued

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ticket stock or travel documents in his or her possession; and

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who does not have the ability to issue tickets, vacation

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certificates, or any other travel document. The term "independent

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agent" does not include an affiliate of the seller of travel, as

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that term is used in s. 559.935(3), or the employees of the

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seller of travel or of such affiliates.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 18, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 559.928, F.S.; requiring that independent

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agents pay an annual registration fee; specifying an

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amount for such fee; providing for the deposit and use of

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moneys obtained from the collection of such fee;

3/31/2008  9:00:00 PM     21-06315A-08