Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1696
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Stargel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 141 and 142
    4  insert:
    5         (n) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws or policies that require,
    6  before the start of all athletic events conducted under the
    7  direction and supervision of the FHSAA, including but not
    8  limited to Florida High School State Championship Series events,
    9  that each participating school be provided 30 seconds for
   10  opening remarks over the public-address system. The FHSAA may
   11  not prohibit prayer or otherwise control, monitor, or review the
   12  content of the opening remarks, if any. Before the opening
   13  remarks, the public-address system announcer shall announce that
   14  the content of any opening remarks by a participating school is
   15  not endorsed by and does not or reflect the views and opinions
   16  of the FHSAA.
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   18  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   19  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 97 - 98
   21  and insert:
   22         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
   23  1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (n) is
   24  added to that section, to read:
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 17
   29  and insert:
   30         year; requiring the Florida High School Athletic
   31         Association to adopt bylaws or policies requiring that
   32         30 seconds be set aside for opening remarks at the
   33         beginning of all athletic events; prohibiting the
   34         association from controlling, monitoring, or reviewing
   35         the content of the opening remarks; requiring an
   36         announcement before the remarks that the association
   37         does not endorse the views or opinions presented;
   38         providing an effective date.