Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1010
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/21/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Dean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1303 and 1304
    4  insert:
    5         Section 37. Section 601.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         601.31 Citrus inspectors; employment.—The Department of
    8  Agriculture may in each year employ as many citrus fruit
    9  inspectors for such period or periods, not exceeding 1 year, as
   10  the Department of Agriculture shall deem necessary for the
   11  effective enforcement of the citrus fruit laws of this state.
   12  All persons authorized to inspect and certify to the maturity
   13  and grade of citrus fruit shall be governed in the discharge of
   14  their duties as such inspectors by the provisions of law and by
   15  the rules adopted by the Department of Citrus and the Department
   16  of Agriculture and shall perform their duties under the
   17  direction and supervision of the Department of Agriculture. All
   18  citrus inspectors appointed for the enforcement of this chapter
   19  shall be persons who are duly licensed or certified by the
   20  United States Department of Agriculture as citrus fruit
   21  inspectors.
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   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 134
   26  and insert:
   27         reference; amending s. 601.31, F.S.; specifying that
   28         certain citrus inspectors must be licensed by the
   29         state Department of Agriculture rather than the United
   30         States Department of Agriculture; amending s. 604.21,
   31         F.S.; deleting a