Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7074
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/24/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Montford) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 20.2551, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
    8  audit; public records; partnerships.—
    9         (6) REPORT REPEAL.—By December 1, 2019, the department
   10  shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the
   11  Speaker of the House of Representatives which examines the
   12  financial transparency, accountability, and ethics of its
   13  citizen support organizations. The report must:
   14         (a) Include audits for the most recent 3 fiscal years for
   15  its citizen support organizations that are subject to audit
   16  requirements under s. 215.981. An audit conducted after March 1,
   17  2019, must be conducted in accordance with government auditing
   18  standards.
   19         (b) Demonstrate that its citizen support organizations
   20  within the Florida Coastal Office, as of November 1, 2018, are
   21  in compliance with ss. 20.058 and 20.2551.
   22         (c) Identify any citizen support organizations under
   23  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) which are not in compliance with
   24  ss. 20.058 and 20.2551 and describe whether the department has
   25  terminated a contract with such organization.
   26         (d)Demonstrate how the contracts between the department
   27  and its citizen support organizations have been revised to
   28  comply with all relevant provisions of law This section is
   29  repealed October 1, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   30  by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 257.43, Florida
   32  Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         257.43 Citizen support organization; use of state
   34  administrative services and property; audit.—
   35         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   36  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   37         Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 258.015, Florida
   38  Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         258.015 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
   40  audit.—
   41         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   42  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   43         Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 259.10521, Florida
   44  Statutes, is amended to read:
   45         259.10521 Citizen support organization; use of property.—
   46         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2024 2019,
   47  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   48         Section 5. Subsection (4) of section 265.703, Florida
   49  Statutes, is amended to read:
   50         265.703 Citizen support organizations; use of state
   51  administrative services and property; audit.—
   52         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   53  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   54         Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 267.17, Florida
   55  Statutes, is amended to read:
   56         267.17 Citizen support organizations; use of state
   57  administrative services and property; audit.—
   58         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   59  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   60         Section 7. Subsection (1) of section 288.772, Florida
   61  Statutes, is amended to read:
   62         288.772 Definitions.—For purposes of ss. 288.771-288.778:
   63         (1) “Account” means the Florida Export Finance Corporation
   64  account in the Florida Intergovernmental Relations Foundation,
   65  Inc.
   66         Section 8. Effective October 1, 2019, section 288.809,
   67  Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   68         Section 9. The Executive Office of the Governor and the
   69  Florida Intergovernmental Relations Foundation, created pursuant
   70  to s. 288.809, Florida Statutes, shall ensure that any
   71  liabilities of the foundation are satisfied by September 1,
   72  2019. Any funds of the foundation remaining following
   73  satisfaction of any liabilities must be transferred to the
   74  Florida International Trade and Promotion Trust Fund within the
   75  Department of Economic Opportunity by September 15, 2019.
   76         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 379.223, Florida
   77  Statutes, is amended to read:
   78         379.223 Citizen support organizations; use of state
   79  property; audit.—
   80         (4) This section is repealed October 1, 2019, unless
   81  reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   82         Section 11. Section 379.2231, Florida Statutes, is created
   83  to read:
   84         379.2231 Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward
   85  Association, Inc.—
   86         (1) As used in this section, the term “convicted” or
   87  “conviction” means any judicial disposition other than acquittal
   88  or dismissal.
   89         (2)In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a
   90  court may order a person who is convicted of a violation of this
   91  chapter or of a rule or order of the commission to pay an
   92  assessment directly to Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.
   93         (3) Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc., may pay a
   94  reward, from the funds assessed pursuant to subsection (2), to a
   95  person who provides information leading to the arrest of an
   96  individual or individuals for a violation of this chapter or of
   97  a rule or order of the commission.
   98         Section 12. Subsection (14) of section 413.615, Florida
   99  Statutes, is amended to read:
  100         413.615 Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation.—
  101         (14)REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
  102  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
  103         Section 13. Subsection (10) of section 570.691, Florida
  104  Statutes, is amended to read:
  105         570.691 Direct-support organization.—
  106         (10) This section is repealed October 1, 2019, unless
  107  reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
  108         Section 14. Subsection (14) of section 570.83, Florida
  109  Statutes, is amended to read:
  110         570.83 Beef Market Development Act; definitions; Florida
  111  Beef Council, Inc., creation, purposes, governing board, powers,
  112  and duties; referendum on assessments imposed on gross receipts
  113  from cattle sales; payments to organizations for services;
  114  collecting and refunding assessments; vote on continuing the
  115  act; council bylaws.—
  116         (14) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2024 2019,
  117  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
  118         Section 15. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  119  act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
  120  
  121  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  122  And the title is amended as follows:
  123         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  124  and insert:
  125                        A bill to be entitled                      
  126         An act relating to support organizations; amending s.
  127         20.2551, F.S.; requiring the Department of
  128         Environmental Protection to submit a report to the
  129         Legislature by a specified date; providing
  130         requirements for the report; removing the scheduled
  131         repeal of provisions governing citizen support
  132         organizations established under the Department of
  133         Environmental Protection; amending s. 257.43, F.S.;
  134         removing the scheduled repeal of provisions governing
  135         the citizen support organization providing support for
  136         the Division of Library and Information Services of
  137         the Department of State; amending s. 258.015, F.S.;
  138         removing the scheduled repeal of provisions governing
  139         citizen support organizations established under the
  140         Department of Environmental Protection for the benefit
  141         of the state park system; amending s. 259.10521, F.S.;
  142         extending the scheduled repeal of the provisions
  143         governing the citizen support organizations operating
  144         to the benefit of the Babcock Ranch Preserve; amending
  145         s. 265.703, F.S.; removing the scheduled repeal of
  146         provisions governing citizen support organizations
  147         providing support for the Division of Cultural Affairs
  148         of the Department of State; amending s. 267.17, F.S.;
  149         removing the scheduled repeal of provisions governing
  150         citizen support organizations providing support for
  151         the Division of Historical Resources of the Department
  152         of State; amending s. 288.772, F.S.; revising a
  153         definition to conform to changes made by the act;
  154         repealing s. 288.809, F.S., relating to the Florida
  155         Intergovernmental Relations Foundation; requiring the
  156         Executive Office of the Governor and the foundation to
  157         ensure the satisfaction of the foundation’s remaining
  158         liabilities by a certain date; providing for the
  159         transfer of any remaining funds by a certain date;
  160         amending s. 379.223, F.S.; removing the scheduled
  161         repeal of provisions governing citizen support
  162         organizations established under the Fish and Wildlife
  163         Conservation Commission; creating s. 379.2231, F.S.;
  164         defining the terms “convicted” and “conviction”;
  165         authorizing a court to order persons convicted of
  166         certain violations to pay an additional assessment;
  167         authorizing a specified citizen support organization
  168         to post certain rewards; amending s. 413.615, F.S.;
  169         removing the future repeal of provisions governing the
  170         Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational
  171         Rehabilitation; amending s. 570.691, F.S.; removing
  172         the scheduled repeal of provisions relating to direct
  173         support organizations of the Department of Agriculture
  174         and Consumer Services; amending s. 570.83, F.S.;
  175         extending the scheduled repeal of provisions governing
  176         the Florida Beef Council, Inc., direct-support
  177         organization; providing effective dates.