| 1 | The Conference Committee on HB 5073 offered the following: |
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| 3 | Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 15.09, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 15.09 Fees.-- |
| 8 | (1) The fees, except as provided by law, to be collected |
| 9 | by the Department of State, are: |
| 10 | (a) For searching of papers or records, $3.50, except that |
| 11 | there shall be no charge for telephone requests for general |
| 12 | corporate information, including the corporation's status, names |
| 13 | of officers and directors, address of principal place of |
| 14 | business, and name and address of resident agent. |
| 15 | (a)(b) For providing a certificate with seal, $8.75; |
| 16 | however, no fee shall be charged for providing a certificate |
| 17 | with seal to any officer appointed to an office requiring Senate |
| 18 | confirmation. |
| 19 | (b)(c) For furnishing statistical information and for |
| 20 | copying any document not mentioned, $1 per page or fraction |
| 21 | thereof. |
| 22 | Section 2. Paragraph (m) of subsection (5) of section |
| 23 | 267.031, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraphs (n) |
| 24 | through (p) of that subsection are redesignated as paragraphs |
| 25 | (m) through (o), respectively, to read: |
| 26 | 267.031 Division of Historical Resources; powers and |
| 27 | duties.-- |
| 28 | (5) It is the responsibility of the division to: |
| 29 | (m) Establish regional offices for the purpose of |
| 30 | assisting the division in the delivery of historic preservation |
| 31 | services to the counties and municipalities of the state and to |
| 32 | the citizens of the State of Florida. Historic preservation |
| 33 | regional offices shall be established in at least three areas of |
| 34 | the state which the division deems appropriate. For each |
| 35 | regional office established, the division shall establish a |
| 36 | citizen advisory board to provide assistance, advice, and |
| 37 | recommendations to the regional office. The members of each |
| 38 | citizen advisory board shall be appointed by the Secretary of |
| 39 | State. |
| 40 | Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 267.173, Florida |
| 41 | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (6) through (8) of that |
| 42 | section are renumbered as subsections (5) through (7), |
| 43 | respectively, to read: |
| 44 | 267.173 Historic preservation in West Florida; goals; |
| 45 | contracts for historic preservation; powers and duties.-- |
| 46 | (5) The Division of Historical Resources in the Department |
| 47 | of State may contract with the University of West Florida to |
| 48 | serve as the regional office for the West Florida region of the |
| 49 | state from the Apalachicola River to the western boundaries of |
| 50 | the state. In lieu of the establishment of a citizen advisory |
| 51 | board as required by s. 267.031(5)(m), the University of West |
| 52 | Florida may use an existing direct-support organization of the |
| 53 | university provided that the membership of the direct-support |
| 54 | organization is representative of the area of the state to be |
| 55 | served and provides the needed expertise in the area of historic |
| 56 | preservation. |
| 57 | Section 4. Section 267.174, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 58 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |
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| 62 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 63 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 64 | A bill to be entitled |
| 65 | An act relating to the Department of State; amending s. |
| 66 | 15.09, F.S.; eliminating the fee charged by the department |
| 67 | for searching of papers or records; amending s. 267.031, |
| 68 | F.S.; eliminating the requirement for the establishment of |
| 69 | regional offices for the purpose of assisting the |
| 70 | department in the delivery of historic preservation |
| 71 | services; amending s. 267.173, F.S.; eliminating reference |
| 72 | to contracting with the University of West Florida as a |
| 73 | regional office serving a specified area, to conform; |
| 74 | repealing s. 267.174, F.S., relating to the Discovery of |
| 75 | Florida Quincentennial Commemoration Commission; providing |
| 76 | an effective date. |