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The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development

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Appropriations (Fasano) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 1283 through 1288

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and insert:

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     Section 22. For the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the nonrecurring

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sum of $50,000 is appropriated in lump sum from the Records

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Management Trust Fund to the Department of State, and for the

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2009-2010 fiscal year, the nonrecurring sum of $401,000 is

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appropriated in lump sum from the Records Management Trust Fund

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to the Department of State for the purposes of carrying out the

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provisions of this act requiring the implementation of electronic

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publications. To cover this nonrecurring cost to implement system

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modifications, the Department of State shall temporarily increase

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the space rate charge for publication in the Florida

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Administrative Weekly. After implementation of the required

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system changes, the department shall decrease the fee to the

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2007-2008 fiscal year level. Funds appropriated shall be held in

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a lump-sum category, contingent on available cash deposited into

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the trust fund and derived from the fee increase. Funds collected

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from the fee increase and not expended by June 30, 2009, may be

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retained in the trust fund to complete the system implementation

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as appropriated in the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

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     Section 23. For the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the Department

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of State is authorized one additional full-time equivalent

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position, salary rate of 16,969, and the recurring sum of $22,399

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in salaries and benefits from the Records Management Trust Fund

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for the purpose of handling administrative and system

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requirements in carrying out the provisions of this act related

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to electronic publications.

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     Section 24. Notwithstanding s. 120.55(8)(b), Florida

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Statutes, on July 1, 2009, the unencumbered balance in the

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Records Management Trust Fund for fees collected pursuant to

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chapter 120, Florida Statutes, may not exceed $300,000 plus any

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funds collected, but not expended, from the fee increase

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implemented to fund the provisions of this act. By June 30, 2009,

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any funds in excess of this amount shall be transferred to the

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General Revenue Fund. This section expires August 1, 2009.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 70

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and insert:

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references; providing appropriations; requiring a

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temporary increase in the space rate charge for

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publication in the Florida Administrative Weekly;

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revising, for a specified period, the limit for the

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unencumbered balance in the Records Management Trust Fund

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at the beginning of the fiscal year for fees collected

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under ch. 120, F.S.; providing

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