| 1 | Representative Porter offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1820 and 1821, insert: |
| 5 | Section 62. (1) The Division of Forestry of the |
| 6 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is renamed the |
| 7 | "Florida Forest Service." |
| 8 | (2) The Legislature recognizes that there is a need to |
| 9 | conform the Florida Statutes to the organizational changes in |
| 10 | this act and that there may be a need to resolve apparent |
| 11 | conflicts with any other legislation that has been or may be |
| 12 | enacted during the 2011 Regular Session or an extension thereof. |
| 13 | Therefore, in the interim between this act becoming a law and |
| 14 | the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature or an earlier |
| 15 | special session addressing this issue, the Division of Statutory |
| 16 | Revision shall provide the relevant substantive committees of |
| 17 | the Senate and the House of Representatives with assistance, |
| 18 | upon request, to enable such committees to prepare draft |
| 19 | legislation to conform the Florida Statutes and any legislation |
| 20 | enacted during 2011 to the provisions of this act. |
| 21 | Section 63. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section |
| 22 | 20.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 23 | 20.14 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.- |
| 24 | There is created a Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 25 | Services. |
| 26 | (2) The following divisions of the Department of |
| 27 | Agriculture and Consumer Services are established: |
| 28 | (h) Florida Forest Service Forestry. |
| 29 | Section 64. Subsections (4) and (11) of section 261.03, |
| 30 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 31 | 261.03 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 32 | (4) "Division" means the Florida Forest Service Division |
| 33 | of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 34 | Services. |
| 35 | (11) "Trust fund" means the Incidental Trust Fund of the |
| 36 | Florida Forest Service Division of Forestry of the Department of |
| 37 | Agriculture and Consumer Services. |
| 38 | Section 65. Subsection (8) of section 570.29, Florida |
| 39 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 40 | 570.29 Departmental divisions.-The department shall |
| 41 | include the following divisions: |
| 42 | (8) Florida Forest Service Forestry. |
| 43 | Section 66. Section 570.548, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 44 | to read: |
| 45 | 570.548 Florida Forest Service Division of Forestry; |
| 46 | powers and duties.-The duties of the Florida Forest Service |
| 47 | Division of Forestry include, but are not limited to, |
| 48 | administering and enforcing those powers and responsibilities of |
| 49 | the Florida Forest Service division prescribed in chapters 589, |
| 50 | 590, and 591 and the rules adopted under those chapters pursuant |
| 51 | thereto and in other forest fire, forest protection, and forest |
| 52 | management laws of this state. |
| 53 | Section 67. Section 570.549, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 54 | to read: |
| 55 | 570.549 Director; duties.- |
| 56 | (1) The director of the Florida Forest Service Division of |
| 57 | Forestry shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve |
| 58 | at the commissioner's pleasure. |
| 59 | (2) It shall be the duty of The director shall of this |
| 60 | division to direct and supervise the overall operation of the |
| 61 | Florida Forest Service division and to exercise such other |
| 62 | powers and duties as authorized by the department. |
| 63 | Section 68. Subsection (1) of section 570.903, Florida |
| 64 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 65 | 570.903 Direct-support organization.- |
| 66 | (1) When the Legislature authorizes the establishment of a |
| 67 | direct-support organization to provide assistance for the |
| 68 | museums, the Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Program, the |
| 69 | Florida State Collection of Arthropods, the Friends of the |
| 70 | Florida State Forests Program of the Florida Forest Service |
| 71 | Division of Forestry, and the Forestry Arson Alert Program, and |
| 72 | other programs of the department, the following provisions shall |
| 73 | govern the creation, use, powers, and duties of the direct- |
| 74 | support organization:. |
| 75 | (a) The department shall enter into a memorandum or letter |
| 76 | of agreement with the direct-support organization, which shall |
| 77 | specify the approval of the department, the powers and duties of |
| 78 | the direct-support organization, and rules with which the |
| 79 | direct-support organization must shall comply. |
| 80 | (b) The department may permit, without charge, appropriate |
| 81 | use of property, facilities, and personnel of the department by |
| 82 | a direct-support organization, subject to the provisions of ss. |
| 83 | 570.902 and 570.903. The use shall be directly in keeping with |
| 84 | the approved purposes of the direct-support organization and may |
| 85 | shall not be made at times or places that would unreasonably |
| 86 | interfere with opportunities for the general public to use |
| 87 | department facilities for established purposes. |
| 88 | (c) The department shall prescribe by contract or by rule |
| 89 | conditions with which a direct-support organization must shall |
| 90 | comply in order to use property, facilities, or personnel of the |
| 91 | department or museum. Such rules shall provide for budget and |
| 92 | audit review and oversight by the department. |
| 93 | (d) The department may shall not permit the use of |
| 94 | property, facilities, or personnel of the museum, department, or |
| 95 | designated program by a direct-support organization that which |
| 96 | does not provide equal employment opportunities to all persons |
| 97 | regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national |
| 98 | origin. |
| 99 | Section 69. Subsection (1) of section 590.015, Florida |
| 100 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 101 | 590.015 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 102 | (1) "Division" means the Florida Forest Service Division |
| 103 | of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 104 | Services. |
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| 108 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 109 | Remove line 216 and insert: |
| 110 | grow or produce certain farm products; renaming the |
| 111 | department's Division of Forestry as the Florida Forest |
| 112 | Service; providing for conforming legislation; providing |
| 113 | for assistance to certain legislative substantive |
| 114 | committees by the Division of Statutory Revision of the |
| 115 | Office of Legislative Services for certain purposes; |
| 116 | amending ss. 20.14, 261.03, 570.29, 570.548, 570.549, |
| 117 | 570.903, and 590.015, F.S., to conform; providing an |