Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1012
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/17/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Jones) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (170490) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 109 and 110
    5  insert:
    6         (h) A community based social club shall be classified as
    7  “first-come, first-served” for the purposes of assessing fees
    8  pursuant to this section provided the club is designated as a
    9  501(c)(7) by TITLE 26, subtitle A, CHAPTER 1, Subchapter F, PART
   10  1, Sec. 501 of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The club
   11  must be organized for pleasure, recreation and other similar
   12  nonprofitable purposes and substantially all of its activities
   13  must be for these purposes; and, the club shall not discriminate
   14  based on race, color, religion or handicap. The club shall not
   15  convey to any member the exclusive use of a club wet slip and
   16  all wet slips must be available first come, first serve to all
   17  members in a specific membership category. Any publications
   18  related to membership and wet slip rental contracts shall state
   19  that the wet slips are available on a first come, first serve
   20  basis to all members in a specific membership category and that
   21  the club does not discriminate based on race, color, religion or
   22  handicap. Upon the date the club is found to have conveyed,
   23  deeded, leased long term, included automatic renewal or
   24  conditions or issues in any form an exclusive right to use a wet
   25  slip, the submerged land lease fee shall revert to the private
   26  rate pursuant to this section, and be subject to retroactive
   27  private lease fees. The club shall provide recreational,
   28  educational or charitable activities at least once annually
   29  which are open to the general public beginning within 365 days
   30  of the lease anniversary date.
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   32         Renumber subsequent subsections
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   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete lines 229 - 231
   37  and insert:
   38  events; and detailing minimum compliance standards; providing
   39  for the assessment of fees for community based social clubs;
   40  amending s. 253.04, F.S.; requiring for the assessment of fines;
   41  providing an effective date.