Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 868
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Dean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1770 and 1771
    4  insert:
    5         Section 53. Subsection (4) of section 573.118, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         573.118 Assessment; funds; audit; loans.—
    8  (4) In the event of levying and collecting of assessments, for
    9  each fiscal year in which assessment funds are received by the
   10  department, the department shall maintain records of collections
   11  and expenditures for each marketing order separately within the
   12  state’s accounting system. If requested by an advisory council,
   13  department staff shall cause to be made a thorough annual audit
   14  of the books and accounts by a certified public accountant, such
   15  audit to be completed within 60 days after the request has been
   16  received end of the fiscal year. The advisory council department
   17  and all producers and handlers covered by the marketing order
   18  shall be provided a copy of the properly advised of the details
   19  of the annual official audit of the accounts as shown by the
   20  certified public accountant within 30 days of the completion of
   21  the audit.
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   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 161
   26  and insert:
   27  Arthropods; amending s. 573.118, F.S.; requiring the Department
   28  of Agriculture and Consumer Services to maintain certain records
   29  relating to marketing orders; requiring the department to
   30  conduct audits relating to marketing orders upon the request of
   31  an advisory council; amending s. 581.011, F.S.; deleting