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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to a review of the Department of Highway

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Safety and Motor Vehicles under the Florida Government

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Accountability Act; reenacting s. 20.24, F.S., relating to

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the establishment of the department; providing an

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effective date.

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

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Government Accountability Act, subjects the Department of  

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Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and its 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 Highway Safety and Motor

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Vehicles produced a report providing specific information, as

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enumerated 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 department's report, studies of the

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Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government

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Accountability, and public input, the Joint Legislative Sunset

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Committee and legislative sunset review committees made

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recommendations on the abolition, continuation, or

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reorganization of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

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Vehicles and its advisory committees; on the need for the

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functions performed by the agency and its advisory committees;

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and on the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of

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programs within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

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Vehicles, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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     Section 1. Section 20.24, Florida Statutes, is reenacted.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.