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The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations

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(Peaden) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 363 and 364

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insert:

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     Section 7.  Subsection (3) of section 794.055, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     794.055  Access to services for victims of sexual

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battery.--

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     (3)(a)  The department shall contract with the statewide

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nonprofit association. The statewide nonprofit association shall

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receive 95 percent of the moneys appropriated from the Rape

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Crisis Program Trust Fund.

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     (b)  Funds received under s. 938.085 shall be used to

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provide sexual battery recovery services to victims and their

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families. Funds shall be distributed to rape crisis centers

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based on an allocation formula that takes into account the

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population and rural characteristics of each county. No more

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than 15 percent of the funds shall be used by the statewide

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nonprofit association for statewide initiatives. No more than 5

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percent of the funds may be used by the department for

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administrative costs.

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     (c)  The department shall ensure that funds allocated under

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this section are expended in a manner that is consistent with

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the requirements of this section. The department may require an

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annual audit of the expenditures and shall provide a report to

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the Legislature by February 1 of each year.

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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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     Delete line(s) 33

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and insert:

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amending s. 794.055, F.S.; specifying limits on the uses

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of the Rape Crisis Trust Fund; providing an effective

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date.

3/7/2008  6:06:00 PM     603-04564-08