Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 220 Ì181220bÎ181220 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 12/09/2019 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Hooper) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (156020) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 89 - 138 5 and insert: 6 Section 3. The Division of Historical Resources of the 7 Department of State shall ensure that any abandoned African 8 American cemetery identified by the Task Force on Abandoned 9 African-American Cemeteries is listed in the Florida Master Site 10 File. Upon such a cemetery’s listing in the Florida Master Site 11 File and in lieu of the normal application process for 12 historical markers, the division must seek placement of an 13 Official Florida Historical Marker at a site so long as the 14 approval of the owner of the property where the marker will be 15 placed has been obtained. A person or an organization affiliated 16 with an abandoned cemetery may assist the division in 17 researching the history of such a site in the preparation of a 18 historical marker’s creation and placement. The costs for the 19 creation and placement of a historical marker authorized 20 pursuant to this section shall be borne by the division. 21 Section 4. For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the sum of 22 $100,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General 23 Revenue Fund to the Department of State for the purpose of 24 implementing this act. Of such sum, $50,000 shall be allocated 25 for the creation, placement, and maintenance of a memorial at 26 the site of the former Zion Cemetery in Tampa, and $50,000 shall 27 be allocated for the creation, placement, and maintenance of a 28 memorial at the site of the former Ridgewood Cemetery at C. Leon 29 King High School in Tampa. 30 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020. 31 32 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 33 And the title is amended as follows: 34 Delete lines 165 - 180 35 and insert: 36 directing the Division of Historical Resources of the 37 department to ensure the listing of certain cemeteries 38 in the Florida Master Site File; requiring the 39 division to seek placement of historical markers at 40 certain abandoned cemeteries, subject to certain 41 limitations; authorizing certain persons and 42 organizations to assist the division in researching 43 the history of such cemeteries; specifying that costs 44 associated with the creation and placement of such 45 historical markers be borne by the division; providing 46 appropriations; providing an effective date.