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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to a review of the Department of

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Agriculture and Consumer Services under the Florida

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Government Accountability Act; reenacting s. 20.14(2)(e),

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(j), and (m), F.S., relating to the divisions of

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licensing, standards, and consumer services of the

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department; providing an effective date.

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     WHEREAS, ss. 11.901-11.920, F.S., Florida Statutes, the

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Florida Government Accountability Act, subjects the divisions of

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Licensing, Standards, and Consumer Services within the Department

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of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the respective advisory

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committees to a sunset review process in order to determine

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whether the agency should be retained, modified, or abolished,

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and

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     WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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produced a report providing specific information, as enumerated

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in s. 11.906, Florida Statutes, and

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     WHEREAS, upon receipt of the report, the Joint Legislative

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Sunset Committee and committees of the Senate and the House of

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Representatives assigned to act as sunset review committees

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reviewed the report and requested studies by the Office of

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Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and

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     WHEREAS, based on the report, studies by the Office of

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Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and public

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input, the legislative sunset review committees made

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recommendations on the abolition, continuation, or reorganization

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of the divisions of Licensing, Standards, and Consumer Services

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within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and

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the related advisory committees; on the need for the functions

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performed by these divisions and the advisory committees; and on

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the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of programs within

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the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under review,

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NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1. Paragraphs (e), (j), and (m) of subsection (2)

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of section 20.14, Florida Statutes, are reenacted.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.