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The Committee on Governmental Operations (Lawson) recommended the

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following amendment to amendment (223292):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 445 and 446

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insert:

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     Section 13.  Subsection (4) is added to section 272.129,

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Florida Statutes, to read:

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     272.129  Florida Historic Capitol; space allocation;

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maintenance, repair, and security.--

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     (4)(a) The Legislative Research Center and Museum at the

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Historic Capitol, hereinafter referred to as "center," may

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support the establishment of a citizen support organization to

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provide assistance, funding, and promotional support for the

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center. For the purposes of this subsection, "citizen support

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organization" means an organization that is:

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     1. A Florida corporation not for profit incorporated under

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the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by the Department of

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State.

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     2. Organized and operated to conduct programs and

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activities, raise funds, request and receive grants, gifts, and

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bequests of money, acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer

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in its own name securities, funds, objects of value, or other

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real and personal property, and make expenditures to or for the

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direct or indirect benefit of the center.

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     3. Determined by the center to be consistent with the goals

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of the center and in the best interests of the state.

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     4. Annually approved in writing by the center to operate

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for the direct or indirect benefit of the center. Such approval

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shall be given in a letter of agreement from the center.

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     (b)1. The Legislative Research Center and Museum at the

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Historic Capitol may permit, without charge, appropriate use of

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fixed property and facilities of the center by the citizen

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support organization, subject to the provisions of this

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subsection. Such use must be directly in keeping with the

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approved purposes of the citizen support organization and may not

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be made at times or places that would unreasonably interfere with

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normal operations of the center.

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     2. The center may prescribe by rule any condition with

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which the citizen support organization must comply in order to

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use fixed property or facilities of the center.

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     3. The center may not permit the use of any fixed property

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or facilities by any citizen support organization if such

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organization does not provide equal membership and employment

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opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion,

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sex, age, or national origin.

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     (c) A citizen support organization shall provide for an

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annual financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.

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     (d) All records of a citizen support organization

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constitute public records for the purposes of chapter 119.

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     (e) The citizen support organization for the Legislative

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Research Center and Museum at the Historic Capitol is authorized

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to collect rental fees, apply for and receive grants, and receive

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gifts and donations for the direct or indirect benefit of the

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center.

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     (f) All funds obtained through rental fees, grants, gifts,

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and donations to the citizen support organization shall be

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deposited into the account of the citizen support organization

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and used for the direct or indirect benefit of the Legislative

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Research Center and Museum at the Historic Capitol unless the

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citizen support organization is no longer authorized as required

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by this subsection, fails to comply with the requirements of this

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subsection, fails to maintain its tax-exempt status pursuant to

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Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or ceases to

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exist. If the citizen support organization is no longer

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authorized as required by this subsection, fails to comply with

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the requirements of this subsection, fails to maintain its tax-

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exempt status pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal

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Revenue Code, or ceases to exist, all funds obtained through

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rental fees, grants, gifts, and donations in the citizen support

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organization account shall revert to the state and be deposited

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into an account designated by the Florida Legislature.

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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 522, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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authorizing a citizen support organization for the

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Legislative Research Center and Museum at the Historic

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Capitol; requiring the citizen support organization to be

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a corporation not for profit; authorizing the citizen

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support organization to perform certain tasks for the

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direct and indirect benefit of the Legislative Research

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Center and Museum at the Historic Capitol; authorizing the

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center to prescribe conditions with which the citizen

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support organization must comply in order to use fixed

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property or facilities of the center; prohibiting the

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center from permitting a citizen support organization to

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use the center's facilities under certain conditions;

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requiring that the citizen support organization provide

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for an annual audit; providing that records of the

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organization are public records; requiring that certain

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funds be deposited into the account of the citizen support

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organization; providing for reversion of funds to the

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state under certain circumstances;

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