Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (932242) for CS for SB 638
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                  04/24/2014           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Galvano) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 1157 - 1359
    4  and insert:
    5  solicitor conducting telephonic solicitations during which a
    6  donor’s or potential donor’s personal financial information is
    7  requested or provided must, before engaging in solicitation
    8  activities, obtain a solicitor license from the department. As
    9  used in this subsection the term “personal financial
   10  information” includes, but is not limited to, social security
   11  numbers, credit card numbers, banking information, and credit
   12  reports.
   13         (2) Persons required to obtain a solicitor license under
   14  subsection (1) shall submit to the department, in such form as
   15  the department prescribes, an application for a solicitor
   16  license. The application must include all of the following
   17  information:
   18         (a)The true name, date of birth, unique identification
   19  number of a driver license or other valid form of
   20  identification, and home address of the applicant.
   21         (b)If the applicant, in any state, regardless of
   22  adjudication, has previously been convicted of, or found guilty
   23  of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or has been
   24  incarcerated within the last 10 years as a result of having
   25  previously been convicted of, or found guilty of, or pled guilty
   26  or nolo contendere to, any crime within the last 10 years
   27  involving fraud, theft, larceny, embezzlement, fraudulent
   28  conversion, or misappropriation of property, or any crime
   29  arising from the conduct of a solicitation for a charitable
   30  organization or sponsor, or has been enjoined, in any state,
   31  from violating any law relating to a charitable solicitation.
   32         (c)If the applicant, in any state, is involved in pending
   33  litigation or has had entered against her or him an injunction,
   34  a temporary restraining order, or a final judgment or order,
   35  including a stipulated judgment or order, an assurance of
   36  voluntary compliance, cease and desist, or any similar document,
   37  in any civil or administrative action involving fraud, theft,
   38  larceny, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or
   39  misappropriation of property, or has been enjoined from
   40  violating any law relating to a charitable solicitation.
   41         (3)(a)Each applicant shall submit a complete set of his or
   42  her fingerprints to an agency, entity, or vendor authorized by
   43  s. 943.053(13). The fingerprints shall be forwarded to the
   44  Department of Law Enforcement for state processing, and the
   45  Department of Law Enforcement shall forward the fingerprints to
   46  the Federal Bureau of Investigation for national processing.
   47         (b) Fees for state and national fingerprint processing and
   48  retention shall be borne by the applicant. The state cost for
   49  fingerprint processing is that authorized in s. 943.053(3)(b)
   50  for records provided to persons or entities other than those
   51  specified as exceptions therein.
   52         (c)All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
   53  Enforcement as required under this subsection shall be retained
   54  by the Department of Law Enforcement as provided under s.
   55  943.05(2)(g) and (h) and enrolled in the Federal Bureau of
   56  Investigation’s national retained print arrest notification
   57  program. Fingerprints may not be enrolled in the national
   58  retained print arrest notification program until the Department
   59  of Law Enforcement begins participation with the Federal Bureau
   60  of Investigation. Arrest fingerprints will be searched against
   61  the retained prints by the Department of Law Enforcement and the
   62  Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   63         (d)For any renewal of the applicant’s license, the
   64  department shall request the Department of Law Enforcement to
   65  forward the retained fingerprints of the applicant to the
   66  Federal Bureau of Investigation unless the applicant is enrolled
   67  in the national retained print arrest notification program
   68  described in paragraph (c). The fee for the national criminal
   69  history check will be paid as part of the renewal fee to the
   70  department and forwarded by the department to Department of Law
   71  Enforcement. If the applicant’s fingerprints are retained in the
   72  national retained print arrest notification program, the
   73  applicant shall pay the state and national retention fee to the
   74  department which will forward the fee to the Department of Law
   75  Enforcement.
   76         (e)The department shall notify the Department of Law
   77  Enforcement regarding any person whose fingerprints have been
   78  retained but who is no longer licensed under this chapter.
   79         (f)The department shall screen background results to
   80  determine if an applicant meets licensure requirements.
   81         (4) A solicitor license must be renewed annually by the
   82  submission of a renewal application. A solicitor license that is
   83  not renewed expires without further action by the department.
   84         (5) Each applicant for a solicitor license shall remit a
   85  license fee of $50 to the department at the time the initial
   86  application is filed with the department and an annual renewal
   87  fee of $50 thereafter. All fees collected, less the cost of
   88  administration, shall be deposited into the General Inspection
   89  Trust Fund.
   90         (6) Any material change to the information submitted to the
   91  department in the initial application or renewal application for
   92  a solicitor license shall be reported to the department by the
   93  applicant or licensee within 10 days after the change occurs.
   94  The applicant or licensee shall also remit a fee in the amount
   95  of $10 for processing the change to the initial or renewal
   96  application.
   97         (7) It is a violation of this chapter:
   98         (a) For an applicant to provide inaccurate or incomplete
   99  information to the department in the initial or renewal
  100  application for a solicitor license.
  101         (b) For any person specified in subsection (1) to fail to
  102  maintain a solicitor license as required by this section.
  103         (c) For a professional solicitor to allow, require, permit,
  104  or authorize an employee without an active solicitor license
  105  issued under this section to conduct telephonic solicitations.
  106         (8) The department shall adopt rules that allow applicants
  107  to engage in solicitation activities on an interim basis until
  108  such time as a solicitor license is granted or denied.
  109         (9) The department may deny or revoke any solicitor license
  110  if the applicant or licensee has had the right to solicit
  111  contributions revoked in any state, has been ordered by any
  112  court or governmental agency to cease soliciting contributions
  113  within any state, or is subject to any disqualification
  114  specified in s. 496.410(14).
  115         (10) Any administrative proceeding that could result in
  116  entry of an order under this section shall be conducted in
  117  accordance with chapter 120.
  118         Section 13. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 496.411,
  119  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  120         496.411 Disclosure requirements and duties of charitable
  121  organizations and sponsors.—
  122         (2) A charitable organization or sponsor soliciting in this
  123  state must include all of the following disclosures at the point
  124  of solicitation:
  125         (a) The name of the charitable organization or sponsor and
  126  state of the principal place of business of the charitable
  127  organization or sponsor.;
  128         (b) A description of the purpose or purposes for which the
  129  solicitation is being made.;
  130         (c) Upon request, the name and either the address or
  131  telephone number of a representative to whom inquiries could be
  132  addressed.;
  133         (d) Upon request, the amount of the contribution which may
  134  be deducted as a charitable contribution under federal income
  135  tax laws.;
  136         (e) Upon request, the source from which a written financial
  137  statement may be obtained. Such financial statement must be for
  138  the immediate preceding past fiscal year and must be consistent
  139  with the annual financial statement report filed under s.
  140  496.407. The written financial statement must be provided within
  141  14 days after the request and must state the purpose for which
  142  funds are raised, the total amount of all contributions raised,
  143  the total costs and expenses incurred in raising contributions,
  144  the total amount of contributions dedicated to the stated
  145  purpose or disbursed for the stated purpose, and whether the
  146  services of another person or organization have been contracted
  147  to conduct solicitation activities.
  148         (3) Every charitable organization or sponsor that which is
  149  required to register under s. 496.405 or is exempt under s.
  150  496.406(1)(d) shall must conspicuously display in capital
  151  letters the following statement on every printed solicitation,
  152  written confirmation, receipt, or reminder of a contribution:
  153  
  154         “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL
  155         INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF
  156         CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE
  157         STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT,
  158         APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.”
  159  
  160  The statement must include a toll-free number and website for
  161  the division which that can be used to obtain the registration
  162  information. If When the solicitation consists of more than one
  163  piece, the statement must be displayed prominently in the
  164  solicitation materials. If the solicitation occurs through a
  165  website, the statement must be conspicuously displayed on any
  166  webpage that identifies a mailing address where contributions
  167  are to be sent, identifies a telephone number to call to process
  168  contributions, or provides for online processing of
  169  contributions.
  170         Section 14. Subsection (1) of section 496.412, Florida
  171  Statutes, is amended to read:
  172         496.412 Disclosure requirements and duties of professional
  173  solicitors.—
  174         (1) A professional solicitor must comply with and be
  175  responsible for complying or causing compliance with the
  176  following disclosures:
  177         (a) Before Prior to orally requesting a contribution, or
  178  contemporaneously with a written request for a contribution, a
  179  professional solicitor must clearly disclose:
  180         1. The name of the professional solicitor as on file with
  181  the department.
  182         2. If the individual acting on behalf of the professional
  183  solicitor identifies himself or herself by name, the
  184  individual’s legal name.
  185         3. The name and state of the principal place of business of
  186  the charitable organization or sponsor and a description of how
  187  the contributions raised by the solicitation will be used for a
  188  charitable or sponsor purpose; or, if there is no charitable
  189  organization or sponsor, a description as to how the
  190  contributions raised by the solicitation will be used for a
  191  charitable or sponsor purpose.
  192         (b) In the case of a solicitation campaign conducted
  193  orally, whether by telephone or otherwise, any written
  194  confirmation, receipt, or reminder sent to any person who has
  195  contributed or has pledged to contribute, shall include a clear
  196  disclosure of the information required by paragraph (a).
  197         (c) In addition to the information required by paragraph
  198  (a), any written confirmation, receipt, or reminder of
  199  contribution made pursuant to an oral solicitation and any
  200  written solicitation shall conspicuously state in capital
  201  letters:
  202  
  203         “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL
  204         INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF
  205         CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE
  206         STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT,
  207         APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.”
  208  
  209  The statement must include a toll-free number and website for
  210  the division which that can be used to obtain the registration
  211  information. If When the solicitation consists of more than one
  212  piece, the statement must be displayed prominently in the
  213  solicitation materials. If the solicitation occurs through a
  214  website, the statement must be conspicuously displayed on any
  215  webpage that identifies a mailing address where contributions
  216  are to be sent, identifies a telephone number to call to process
  217  contributions, or provides for online processing of
  218  contributions.
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  221  And the title is amended as follows:
  222         Delete lines 124 - 131
  223  and insert:
  224         certain telephonic solicitations to obtain a solicitor
  225         license from the department; specifying application
  226         information and the application procedure for a
  227         solicitor license; requiring that each applicant for a
  228         solicitor license submit a complete set of their
  229         fingerprints to certain agencies, entities, or
  230         vendors; requiring that the applicant’s fingerprints
  231         be submitted to the Department