Florida Senate - 2019                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7024
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environment and Natural
       Resources
       
       
       
       
       592-02107-19                                          20197024pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Department of Environmental
    3         Protection citizen support organizations; amending s.
    4         20.2551, F.S.; requiring that contracts between the
    5         department and a citizen support organization include
    6         a specified provision; requiring the department to
    7         submit a report to the Legislature by a specified
    8         date; providing requirements for the report;
    9         abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions
   10         governing citizen support organizations established
   11         under the department; amending s. 258.015, F.S.;
   12         abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions
   13         governing citizen support organizations established
   14         under the department for the benefit of the state park
   15         system; providing an effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section
   20  20.2551, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5),
   21  (6) and (7), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to that
   22  section, and present subsection (6) is amended, to read:
   23         20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
   24  audit; public records; partnerships.—
   25         (4) REVERSION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding s. 20.058(4), a
   26  contract between the department and a citizen support
   27  organization must include a provision that requires any state
   28  funds held in trust by the organization to be transferred to
   29  another citizen support organization under the department or
   30  revert to the state if the authorizing statute for a citizen
   31  support organization is repealed, the contract is terminated, or
   32  the organization is dissolved.
   33         (7)(6) REPORT REPEAL.—By December 1, 2019, the department
   34  shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the
   35  Speaker of the House of Representatives which examines the
   36  financial transparency, accountability, and ethics of its
   37  citizen support organizations. The report must:
   38         (a) Include audits for the most recent 3 fiscal years for
   39  its citizen support organizations that are subject to audit
   40  requirements under s. 215.981. An audit conducted after March 1,
   41  2019, must be conducted in accordance with government auditing
   42  standards.
   43         (b) Demonstrate that its citizen support organizations
   44  within the Florida Coastal Office are in compliance with ss.
   45  20.058 and 20.2551.
   46         (c) Identify any citizen support organizations under
   47  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) which are not in compliance with
   48  ss. 20.058 and 20.2551 and describe whether the department has
   49  terminated a contract with such organization. This section is
   50  repealed October 1, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   51  by the Legislature.
   52         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 258.015, Florida
   53  Statutes, is amended to read:
   54         258.015 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
   55  audit.—
   56         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   57  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   58         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.