Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 425

Amendment No. 557311

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Abruzzo offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between lines 1789 and 1790, insert:
5	Section 46.  Section 509.302, Florida Statutes, is amended
6	to read:
7	509.302  Hospitality Education Program.--
8	(1)(a)  The division shall administer an educational
9	program, designated the "Hospitality Education Program," offered
10	for the benefit of the hospitality restaurant and lodging
11	industries of this state. As used in this section, the term
12	"hospitality industry" means the restaurant industry or the
13	lodging industry.
14	(b)  The This program may affiliate with Florida State
15	University, Florida International University, and the University
16	of Central Florida. The program may also affiliate with any
17	other member of the State University System or Florida Community
18	College System, or with any privately funded college or
19	university, which offers a program of hospitality administration
20	and management.
21	(c)  The purpose primary goal of the this program is to
22	provide, support, and enhance instruct and train all individuals
23	and businesses licensed under this chapter, in cooperation with
24	recognized associations that represent the licensees, in the
25	application of state and federal laws and rules. Such programs
26	shall also include:
27	(a)  Management training.
28	(b)  Inservice continuing education programs.
29	(c)  Awareness of food-recovery programs, as promoted in s.
30	570.0725.
31	(d)  Enhancement of school-to-career training and
32	transition programs for students interested in pursuing careers
33	in a hospitality the food service or lodging industry.
34	(d)  The training and transition programs shall be funded
35	provided through the public school system using a nationally
36	recognized curriculum approved by the division, with the
37	enhancements funded under this section provided by grants to one
38	or more from nonprofit statewide organizations that represent a
39	in the hospitality industry of this state. The training and
40	transition programs shall be delivered through the public school
41	system using a nationally recognized curriculum approved by the
42	division. The division shall administer the services field, and
43	the application process for the grants shall be administered by
44	the division.
45	(e)  Such other programs as may be deemed appropriate by
46	the director and the advisory council.
47	(2)(a)  All public lodging establishments and all public
48	food service establishments licensed under this chapter shall
49	pay an annual fee of no more than $10, which shall be included
50	in the annual license fee and used for the sole purpose of
51	funding the Hospitality Education Program.
52	(b)  The division shall use at least 68 percent of the
53	funds collected under paragraph (a) for programs directed to
54	careers in the restaurant industry and at least 14 percent of
55	the funds for programs directed to careers in the lodging
56	industry. If the division does not receive a sufficient number
57	of grant applications, which are submitted timely and comply
58	with the division's requirements, to use all of the funds
59	reserved for programs directed to careers in one of the
60	industries, the division may use the remaining funds for
61	programs directed to careers in the other industry.
62	(c)  The division may use up to 10 percent of the funds
63	collected under paragraph (a) for administration of the program.
64	(3)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
65	contrary, grant funding under this section for the services
66	described in paragraph (1)(d) shall include all expenses related
67	incident to providing the programs those services, including the
68	cost of staff support; student scholarships; compensation to
69	program instructors for time spent in relevant training; special
70	events or competitive events; and a reasonable stipend for
71	travel, lodging, and meals for instructors and students
72	participating in training or in related special events. All of
73	an applicant's such expenses must shall be consistent in
74	accordance with the budget submitted by the applicant in the
75	grant application and approved by the division. The expenditure
76	of all funds distributed under this section is shall be subject
77	to audit by the division.
78	(4)  The director shall develop formulate an annual budget,
79	programs, and activities to accomplish the purposes of this
80	section, in accordance with and subject to the advice and
81	recommendations of the advisory council.
82	(a)  The annual budget of the Hospitality Education Program
83	must show that the total fees estimated to be collected during
84	the next fiscal year under this section will be dedicated solely
85	to the estimated cost of funding the Hospitality Education
86	Program, less any trust fund service charge imposed by s.
87	215.20. If the estimated cost of funding the Hospitality
88	Education Program in any fiscal year is less than the total fees
89	estimated to be collected during that year, the director shall
90	submit a report to the advisory council demonstrating why the
91	amount of the such fee should not be immediately reduced to
92	eliminate the projected surplus. The director shall also submit
93	this report to the Secretary of Business and Professional
94	Regulation as part of the division's annual budget request.
95	(b)  Both the secretary's legislative budget requests
96	submitted under pursuant to ss. 216.023 and 216.031 and the
97	Governor's recommended budget submitted under pursuant to s.
98	216.163 must also show that the total fees estimated to be
99	collected during the next fiscal year under this section will be
100	dedicated solely to funding the Hospitality Education Program,
101	less any trust fund service charge imposed by s. 215.20. If the
102	estimated cost of funding the Hospitality Education Program in
103	any fiscal year is less than the total fees estimated to be
104	collected during that year, the secretary shall submit a report
105	demonstrating why the amount of the such fee should not be
106	immediately reduced to eliminate the projected surplus.
107	(5)  The director, with the consent of the advisory
108	council, may designate funds, not to exceed $250,000 annually,
109	to support school-to-career transition programs available
110	through statewide organizations in the hospitality services
111	field. Such programs shall be designed to prepare students for
112	progressive careers in the hospitality industry. The director,
113	with the consent of the advisory council, may also designate
114	funds, not to exceed $50,000 annually, to support food safety
115	training programs available through statewide organizations in
116	the hospitality services field, and not to exceed $50,000
117	annually, to support nontransient public lodging training
118	programs available through statewide organizations in the public
119	lodging services field.
120	(5)(6)  The director shall supervise have supervision over
121	the administration of the programs set forth in this section
122	subsection and shall report the status of the programs at all
123	meetings of the advisory council and at such other times as are
124	prescribed by the advisory council.
125	(6)(7)  The division shall adopt rules providing the
126	criteria for grant approval and the procedures for processing
127	grant applications. The criteria and procedures must shall be
128	approved by the advisory council. The criteria shall give
129	primary consideration to the experience and history of the
130	applicant in representing a hospitality the food service or
131	lodging industry in the state, the applicant's prior commitment
132	to school-to-career transition programs in a hospitality the
133	food service or lodging industry, and the applicant's
134	demonstrated ability to provide services statewide with industry
135	support and participation. Grants awarded under this section
136	shall be for a term of 4 years, with funding provided on an
137	annual basis.
138	(8)  Revenue from administrative fines may be used to
139	support this section. This subsection expires July 1, 2008.
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142	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
143	Remove line 187 and insert:
144	program; amending s. 509.302, F.S.; defining the term
145	"hospitality industry"; revising the purpose of the program to
146	focus on certain training and transition programs; requiring a
147	statewide nonprofit organization that receives the program's
148	grant funding to represent a hospitality industry in the state;
149	requiring the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the
150	Department of Business and Professional Regulation to use a
151	portion of certain annual licenses fees for programs directed to
152	careers in the restaurant industry and a portion of the fees for
153	programs directed to careers in the lodging industry;
154	authorizing the division to use a portion of the fees for
155	administration of the program; deleting provisions related to
156	the allocation of the funds to various programs; revising the
157	criteria for the award of grants to conform to changes made by
158	the act; removing an expired provision that authorized
159	administrative fines to be used for the program; amending s.
160	548.002, F.S.; defining the term
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