Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 310
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Legg) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 38 - 49
    4  and insert:
    5  citizen, who may include, but is not limited to, a person of
    6  distinguished civil or military service, to be commemorated in
    7  the National Statuary Hall Collection of the United States
    8  Capitol. The ad hoc committee shall submit its recommendation to
    9  the Division of Historical Resources and the Division of
   10  Cultural Affairs.
   11         (2) At its first meeting following the effective date of
   12  this act, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, as
   13  established under s. 265.285, Florida Statutes, shall select a
   14  sculptor, according to the guidelines prescribed by the
   15  Department of State and 2 U.S.C. s. 2131, with preference given
   16  to a sculptor from this state, to design a statue of the
   17  prominent Florida citizen selected pursuant to subsection (1)
   18  for replacement of the statue of General Edmund Kirby Smith in
   19  the National Statuary Hall Collection.
   20         (3) The Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the
   21  Department of State shall estimate the costs associated with the
   22  replacement of the statue, including the costs to design,
   23  construct, transport, and place the new statue; the removal and
   24  transfer of the current statue; and any unveiling ceremony for
   25  the new statue. The Florida Council on Arts and Culture may
   26  raise funds from private sources to fund the costs associated
   27  with the replacement of the statue. Funds raised must be placed
   28  in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the Department of
   29  State and may be used only for the limited purposes associated
   30  with statue replacement described in this subsection.
   31         (4) Based on the recommendations and findings of the ad hoc
   32  committee and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the
   33  Department of State shall submit a report, by January 1, 2017,
   34  to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   35  the House of Representatives. The report must include, but is
   36  not limited to, the following:
   37         (a) The name of the prominent Florida citizen and the
   38  process used to select the prominent Florida citizen.
   39         (b) The name of the sculptor and the process used to select
   40  the sculptor.
   41         (c) An estimate of the total costs associated with
   42  replacement of the statue, including the costs to design,
   43  construct, transport, and place the new statue; the removal and
   44  transfer of the current statue; and any unveiling ceremony for
   45  the new statue.
   46         (5) In accordance with 2 U.S.C. s. 2132, upon the selection
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   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete lines 9 - 10
   51  and insert:
   52         statue; requiring the Florida Council on Arts and
   53         Culture and the Department of State to estimate costs
   54         associated with the replacement of the statue;
   55         authorizing the council to raise funds to support such
   56         costs; providing for the deposit of funds raised into
   57         the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the department;
   58         requiring the department to submit a report to the
   59         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   60         specifying required content of the report; providing
   61         for